Force3D Radeon HD 4870 Black Edition review
http://www.techspot.com/review/120-force3d-radeon-4870/
When we compared the Radeon HD 4870 and GeForce GTX 260 graphics cards a couple of months ago, the Radeon came up on top with one major exception, heat generation.
While the 80C+ load temperatures of the the Radeon HD 4870 were a little concerning, it was the 70C+ idle temps that had us really worried. This meant that even when sitting at the Windows desktop the Radeon HD 4870 was cranking out more than 70 degrees of heat, much of which escaped into the case.
And finally we have a Radeon HD 4870 card that has dealt with this issue. The new Force3D Radeon HD 4870 Black Edition slightly overclocks the standard core and memory clocks, but most importantly replaces the reference cooler with one of the best VGA air coolers money can buy, the Arctic-Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo.
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NEW CONTENT (Motherboards) - GIGABYTE EP45-UD3P Motherboard - Exclusive Review
QUOTE: “GIGABYTE has been on the forefront of motherboard technology for some time; not only were they the first to introduce dual phase voltage systems on their boards to allow voltage phases above 8, but they were the first company to introduce the RoHS motherboards as well as being able to implement any sort of power saving technology on their boards. While others claim to save more power, GIGABYTE can’t be knocked for starting this power saving revolution and it continues today.
Just recently GIGABYTE added a new chapter to its motherboard line, namely the Ultra Durable 3 design. UD3 is the final replacement for the UD2 line that GIGABYTE has used for the last three years and hopefully we will see a lot more UD3 based boards in the near future. Today we have the first UD3 board to roll out from GIGABYTEs Taiwan factory; we graciously test out the EP45-UD3P.”
For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1626/gigabyte_ep45_ud3p_motherboard_exclusive_review/index.html
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Title: ATP ProMax II SDHC Class 6 2GB @ APH Networks
* Description: Here’s some food for thought: Why bother with a 2GB SDHC card
and sacrifice compatibility advantages of a regular Secure Digital memory
card? If you already know the answer, carry on. If you don’t, I won’t keep
you waiting for all too long. Although Secure Digital High Capacity — or
otherwise SDHC — cards have the same physical format as a standard SD card,
they are not backwards compatible with drives that don’t specifically support
SDHC. The reason behind this is different memory addressing methods. SD1.x
cards uses byte addressing, while SD2.0 uses sector addressing which
theoretically allows maximum capacity of up to two terabytes. Compatibility
and technical issues aside, SDHC cards may yield much better file performance
compared to SD cards; and SDHC cards are thus classified into Class 2, 4, or
6 depending on their minimum write speed by the SD Association. Yes, it may
be weird that we have a 2GB sized ATP ProMax II Class 6 SDHC cards for our
tests today, as this product scales all the way up to 8GB according to ATP’s
product page. That aside, let’s take a close look at the ATP ProMax II SDHC
Class 6 2GB, and then we’ll put it to the tests.
* Link: http://aphnetworks.com/reviews/atp_promax_ii_sdhc_class_6_2gb
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Title:
Das Keyboard Professional Reviewed @ TheTechLounge
Quote:
“Any keyboard will type, but the Das Keyboard Professional (and Ultimate) take the decades-proven IBM standard and make it perfect. Each key is crafted, every keystroke is perfect. The sound coming off it is musical. Gaming being just as important as typing, this machine turns would-be broken little fingers into nimble sprinting, crouching, or whatever you bind to left shift.”
Article URL:
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TITLE: MSI Radeon HD 4850 Video Card R4850-512M @ Benchmark Reviews
DESCRIPTION: MSI takes what ATI started, and clean up a few rough edges. There’s no doubting the performance potential of any Radeon HD 4850, but taming the beast within has been another story. All too often the industry produces a product a little too hot to handle, and the RV770 GPU is one fine example. Plagued with high heat output, it takes the daring minds at MSI to calm fire with ice. Benchmark Reviews has already tested the high-performance cooling options dedicated to the Radeon HD 4870: Sapphire has their Toxic and Palit has their Sonic, but it seems that the big names have overlooked the warm-blooded 4850. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the MSI Radeon HD 4850 video card R4850-512M SKU- MS-V803-285.
ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=189&Itemid=72
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Title: Tales from a Modder’s Garage @ Techgage
Link: http://techgage.com/article/tales_from_a_modders_garage/
Quote: Over the course of the past few years, PC modding has exploded into a hobby enjoyed by many, and for good reason. I’ve been building mods for a while now, and if I can say one thing, it’s that it can be one of the most rewarding hobbies you can have. Read on as I tell you why I enjoy it so much, and what it takes to become a modder yourself.
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Title: ECS GF9300T-A Black Series Motherboard Review
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/631
Category: Reviews
Summary:
ECS GF9300T-A is a socket 775 motherboard targeted to Intel processors featuring on-board video based on the new GeForce 9300 chipset and HDMI output. Let’s take a look on the features and performance of this new product.
Here is a snippet:
“ ECS GF9300T-A Black Series is a socket 775 motherboard based on the latest chipset from nVidia, GeForce 9300, which features on-board video with a DirectX 10 engine and is the first nVidia chipset for the Intel platform to support Hybrid SLI. In this review we will compare the performance of GeForce 9300 to GeForce 7100, Intel G31, Intel G33 and Intel G45. Check it out.”
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NVIDIA and MSI make a good team with the P7NGM Digital. This is an mATX board with more features than you might expect, and more to offer than just budget media duties.
Today is the release day for the new NVIDIA GeForce 9 Series motherboards. We will be looking at the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 based MSI P7NGM Digital mATX motherboard, which aims to bridge the gap between onboard graphics and game playing frame rates, something that can come in handy if you’re on a budget or perhaps looking to build a Multimedia PC such as an HTPC. It doesn’t stop there though, as the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 gives the MSI P7NGM Digital more than one trick up it’s sleeve.
http://www.viperlair.com/index.php/reviews/msi-p7ngm-digital.html
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InsideHW.com has posted article about HTC Touch Diamond & Touch Pro. You
can read a clip from review:
“It’s not likely that you could find someone that never has
heard of Apple’s iPhone. Also, everyone that had some experience
with PDA devices based on Windows Mobile platform will tell you that
iPhone is nothing spectacular. Thanks to aggressive marketing, iPhone was
set as reference point for these kind of devices, as for anything else but
for response time on commands. High response time is result of optimized
operating system on which is iPhone is based (OS X)…”
If you are interested to read some more, we present you link:
http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Gadgets/HTC-Touch-Diamond-and-Touch-Pro.html
Title:
HTC Touch Diamond & Touch Pro @ InsideHW
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TweakPC has posted a new article.
Titel:
NVIDIA GeForce 9300 Chipset for Intel-Systems (with Videos)
Teaser:
We took a look at the new NVIDIA GeForce 9300 for Intel-Systems. Read on…
Link:
http://www.tweakpc.de/berichte/nvidia_geforce_9300/s01.php
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NZXT Guardian 921 Case Review:
Link: http://www.rbmods.com/Articles/Nzxt/Guardian_921/1.php
Quote: With the large number of case manufacturers on the market, we here at Rbmods.com don’t get a chance to review every case on the market. But it’s still exciting when we get to evaluate a new company’s case, especially when they offer features that stand out amongst the crowd. Today we get to look at a case from NZXT, a provider of a wide range of computer and gaming accessories, called the NZXT Guardian 921 Case. Will this case turn a build into a computer rig everyone will want? We will find out in this review.
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Title: CoolerMaster 932 HAF Review @ High Tech Reviews
Snip: One of the newest cases to be added to the CoolerMaster lineup
is their new 932 HAF or 932 High Air Flow. The name is well founded,
thanks to multiple high volume low rpm fans that are included with
the case. These include three - 230 x 30mm fans and a single 140mm
fan located at the rear of the case. One of the best features of this
case is the fact that it may have large amounts of air moving through
it, but the noise is kept to a mimimum thanks to the low rpm fans.
Link:
http://hi-techreviews.com/reviews/current-reviews/coolermaster-haf-932-review.html
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American Gangster Blu-Ray Review @ Ascully.com
Quote
“I was curious why the movie was called American Gangster. I watched it a few days ago. I talked about it in our podcast. I have thought about it a lot and I only just figured it out. This gangster isn’t a gangsta. Frank Lucas was his own man. He took traditional mob tactics and applied them to a corporate mentality. He wasn’t beholden to any other mob family, no boss, no one could intimidate him. One of the best crafted parts of this film is that Lucas is brought to life through Denzel Washington’s performance and Ridley’s direction, not to mention the excellent script.”
Article Link - http://www.ascully.com/?page_id=388
Article Title - American Gangster Blu-Ray Review @ Ascully.com
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Title: Canonical Publishes ATI Catalyst 8.11 Beta @ Phoronix
Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=12957
Summary: “X Server 1.5 was officially released last month with X.Org 7.4, but there had been server pre-releases going back to earlier this year. Fedora 9 had even shipped with an early version version of X Server 1.5. For those using the open-source X.Org drivers, running the latest server is not a big deal, but those with ATI or NVIDIA binary drivers they sometimes can be slow in supporting the latest version. NVIDIA has supported X Server 1.5 for a number of weeks now, but ATI has yet to update their Catalyst Linux driver with such support. With Ubuntu 8.10 being released in two weeks and it’s using this newest X Server, how will ATI graphics cards be supported? Well, an interesting event has occurred and we will tell you what has happened in this article.”
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TechwareLabs has published a review of the JETART - CoolStand 3. Here’s a clip from the review:
Quote: Today Artiom Takes a look at the JETART CoolStand 3. With graphics card temperatures crawling up to 97 C (Boiling point of water is at 100 C) and the processor cores coming in just below at 91 C and 89 C, will this cooler be able to chill RTMs laptop out? Read on and find out.
LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/cooling/jetart_coolstand_3_laptop_cooler/
Title: JETART - CoolStand 3 @ TechwareLabs
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We have just posted a review of the very shiny Evercool Transformer 6 CPU Cooler. This cooler is pretty large and uses a 120mm fan to cool down the heatpipe inducted fins on this unit. If it performs as good as it looks, we’ll have a winner on our hands for sure. Find out if it is a winner as you take a look at our review for all the details.
Title: Evercool Transformer 6 CPU Cooler
URL: http://www.bcchardware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6241&Itemid=40
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TechwareLabs has published a review of the Antec Veris Multimedia Station Basic. Here’s a clip from the review:
Quote: The most economical choice in the Antec Veris line-up is the Veris Multimedia Station Basic. Being the smallest of its kind, can the Veris Basic really compare to its big brothers? Join artiom as we find out.
LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/peripherals/antec_veris_multimedia_station_basic/
Title: Antec Veris Multimedia Station Basic @ TechwareLabs
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October 16th, 2008 by Kristofer
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