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HD4850 Roundup
Today we are going to get a bit more familiar with some of the more interesting HD4850-offerings. All of these cards feature an improved cooler, higher frequencies and better performance than the reference cards.
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Aiptek PocketCinema V10
Projectors are nothing new but the ones that you could carry inside your pockets are. Aiptek is one of the first to introduce this new technology that utilizes LED light to shrink the dimensions of the projector.
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Antec Skeleton
Skeleton really is something new in Antec's catalog. They call it an Open Air Case and it is aimed at the enthusiast market. The case has an unique design, which is designed to give lots of airflow onto the motherboard area in addition to making changing components a walk in the park. Atleast on paper the Skeleton looks great, but how does it perform in real-life?
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Creative HS-1200 Wireless Headset
Wireless really is one of the buzz-words in the business at the moment. It seems like anything wireless is cool nowadays. Sure wireless hardware will cut down on the cable-clutter that we often find on our desks, but will this come without a cost?
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Hardware Components with Sketchup
There are a couple of things in SketchUp that make building and managing models that much easier. One of these things is the use of components. These not only make editing easier, but also save you from many other headaches along the road.
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6-way DDR3 Memory Roundup
Our goal was to get some of the highest-performing memory kits and pit them against each other over various different benchmarks. This time we are mainly going to concentrate on the performance of the kits, not the technology behind them. The people at CSX, Patriot, Crucial, G.Skill, Mushkin and Corsair were nice enough to send us something to test. Now that the contenders were sorted out we can get busy...
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Lian-Li Tyr PC-X2000
The case we received from Lian-Li this time is one of the newer models - Tyr PC-X2000 and it mainly aims at not only to high end HTPC use, but also to "gaming" markets.
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MSI Star Mouse GS-501
MSI is not so known for its mice than for example its laptops and motherboards. Today we have their new gaming mouse in our hands.
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Steelseries Ikari Laser & Optical
After reviewing the two headsets from Steelseries, we are going to review two gaming mice from the same company. As the owner of Clanbase, the biggest online gaming community, the sponsor of dozens of professional gaming teams, and one of the biggest producers of mouse surfaces moving into producing gaming mice makes a lot of sense for them.
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10.11.2008 21:38
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Aiptek PocketCinema V10
Want to spray the walls with your videos in school or just take it easy and watch a movie from a ceiling while lying back on your bed? PocketCinema V10 makes it happen!
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Misc
:.Lenovo Ideapad S10 Netbook @ HotHardware
There are a number of reasons why Lenovo's Ideapad is one of the more exciting releases to date. First off, right off the bat they are offering 10" diagonal screens on the Ideapad S10, which appear to be what most consumers are drifting towards when looking at netbooks. Secondly, Lenovo's build quality is generally perceived as one of the best in the notebook market. Come on by the site and check it out...
Network
:.Sitecom WL-306 Wireless 300N XR Router @ ITreviewed
Sitecom's WL-306 packs the latest networking technology into an eye-catching box. Designed to meet the demand for a simple and user-friendly networking solution for the home and small-office, the router provides an impressive `out of the box experience' where even inexperienced users can create a fast, secure network connection. It also fast and secure, making it a good choice for those with limited networking experience. As long as you don't expect 802.11n to be anywhere near as fast or as reliable as a wired connection you'll be happy. Tech-heads will be left wanting in terms of features....
Power Supply
:.Antec Signature 850W @ DriverHeaven
Recently they have released a new PSU series dubbed Signature which don't come cheap, however Antec claims that they are implementing cutting-edge technology and quality currently available for consumer PSUs. We will examine if these claims are true in this review as we will be pushing the Signature 850W unit to its limits.
Storage
:.Silicon Power 32GB SLC SATA-II SSD @ Benchmark Reviews
Silicon Power is a rather unknown player in the North American marketplace, despite having numerous products available to the retail market. Not very long ago, Benchmark Reviews tested the first-generation Silicon Power SATA SSD. In that article we found ourselves torn between performance that left some room for improvement, and the press release announcement that Silicon Power had a new SATA-II SSD product ready to launch. As fortune would have it, we didn't have to wait very long to see if the marketing hype was true. In this article, the Silicon Power 32GB SLC SATA-II SSD SP032GBSSD750S25 receives benchmark testing and gets compared against a dozen other high-performance Solid State Drives.
Video
:.Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 Dual-GPU Graphics @ Benchmark Reviews
Sapphire is best know for taking an ATI product, and making better. It's rare that an AMD partner takes engineering into their own hands, a produces a self-made product. What's impressive is that they've decided to do so with a dual-RV770 Radeon HD 4850 X2 as their latest evolution in graphics cards. Benchmark Reviews compares performance against the GeForce 9800 GX2, CrossFireX 4850's, and the Radeon HD 4870 X2 to name a few, but add a collection of todays hottest video cards to make sure the Sapphire 11139-00-40R receives a workout.
:.Palit Radeon 4870 Sonic Dual Edition CrossfireX @ TechwareLabs
Video Cards are more powerful than ever before. But thats just not good enough for Palit. Today, Chris S takes a look at the Palit 4870 Sonic edition in both CrossfireX and single card mode. How will it stack up against the competition? Join us and find out...
:.EVGA 9800 GTX+ 512MB @ Hardware Canucks
Manufacturers like Nvidia and ATI have perfectly seeded this changed market with a plethora of graphics cards which won't put you out of your rent money since they focus on a "bang for buck" factor everyone seems to be happy with. Let's be honest, the $150 to $250 price range is the place to be right now as evidenced by the massive number of products all clustered within a mere $100 price bracket. ATI has their new HD 4830 and HD 4850 while Nvidia has the 9600 GT, 9800 GT and 9800 GTX+. Most of these cards have been reviewed by Hardware Canucks but there has always been one notable absentee: the 9800 GTX+.
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| Cheap 10.4 Ah EEE battery + two new reviews
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24.09.2008 19:06
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10.4 Ah Lithium battery for Asus EEE 7/8/9 series for only $49.90 (includes shipping fees)!
Batteries for laptop are always expensive but there are some retailers that try to alter this fact. This time the DealExtreme offers a 10400 mAh High Capacity Lithim battery for Asus EEE 7/8/9 -series with only $49.90. Battery is A22-P701H compatible and will extend the already reasonably long battery life of the EEE series considerably. And the best part is that the price includes all the shipping fees! Order now!
Lian-Li Tyr PC-X2000
MSI Star Mouse GS-501
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| Microsoft's new SideWinder products
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10.09.2008 23:37
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Microsoft SideWinder X5 and X6 reviewed
Want to replace your old gaming keyboard and mouse? Perhaps these new SideWinder products would do the trick?
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Audio
:.Audio Technica ATH-ANC7 Noise-Cancelling Headphones @ hardwarezone
Audio Technica's QuietPoint ATH-ANC7 is the latest traveler's noise-cancelling headphone on the block, and we test it out to see if it's really as good as its name suggests.
Cases & Cooling
:.Noctua NH-C12P @ XSReviews
With the increasing amount of tower-type CPU coolers on the market, enthusiasts seem to have entirely forgotten about the classic top-down format. So today, we'll be taking a step back from tower format heatsinks by reviewing the Noctua NH-C12P - a cooler which surprisingly, uses the top-down design. Let's resurrect this staple of days gone by, and find out if it can beat today's preferred format.
Input
:.WolfKing Timber Wolf Gaming Keyboard @ benchmarkreviews
The typical gaming keyboard is hardly more than a standard keyboard with a few enhancements. They have unnecessary software to set up profiles for multiple games, which can bring along its own issues. Multiple and fast keystroke capability are also on the list of features. Will the design of the Timber Wolf change the way you play?
Misc
:.Acer Aspire One @ InsideHW
On fast-growing market of small portable computers another "big player" put itself into play in the struggle for leadership. Acer's trump card is Aspire One model A110-Ab. Term netbook came out as result of need for making boundary between these little guys and classic notebooks. Therefore, the most precise name of tested device should be Acer Aspire One A110-Ab Netbook (A110-Ab is just a model identification for certain region). As people from Acer are aware of fact that they are a little bit late with launching of this kind of device on market, they tried different approach - attractive price and different design solutions from competitions...
Motherboards & Memory
:.Gigabyte & Foxconn AMD 790GX @ InsideHW
It' s been a while since AMD-ATi Company introduced, so far the best integrated chipset - AMD RS780 i.e. AMD780G which surpassed, by performances of integrated graphics and by quality of video display, its competition. nVIDIA soon after introduced its 780a chipset that offered support for SLi and didn't fall much behind AMD/ATi RS780. Comparing to AMD RS780, nf780a is attended for more expensive motherboards that are equipped with better and more quality electronics. But, motherboards with RS780 couldn't go hand in hand with specifications of "hot" quad core Phenom processors (dissipation is up to 140W) and it often happened that cheap 780G motherboard in combination with such a processor broke down in guarantee time period...
:.Aeneon Xtune PC3-12800 @ XSReviews
Thanks to the lowered pricing of memory these days, it's not uncommon for relatively unknown companies to throw down the gauntlet for the bigger boys and this is a good thing, as it keeps the market leaders on their toes at the very least. With that in mind, today I have a kit entitled the XTune from Aeneon which is interestingly a subsidiary of Qimonda, the chip makers. Their reputation has always been relatively good when it came to memory chips, so how will their own brand of kit stand up to the flack? Let's find out.
:.ECS P45T-A @ pcstats
If you're not interested in paying extra for overclocking headroom you'll never use, the ECS P45T-A motherboard is a great board to consider. Built with the Intel P45 Express and Intel ICH10R chipsets, the ECS P45T-A motherboard supports all Socket 775 Intel processors running with a Front Side Bus of 800/1066/1333 MHz. That includes the new generation of 45nm 'Yorkfield' and 'Wolfdale' Core 2 Duo processors. Gamers who plan on running a pair of CrossfireX enabled videocards in tandem (say, a pair of Radeon HD4850's for example), will find two PCI Express 2.0 compliant PCIe x16 slots at their disposal.
Power Supply
:.Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W @ Rbmods
It's time to take a look at a 1200W PSU from Thermaltake, we are going to look at their biggest PSU from the Toughpower series. This PSU has four 12V rails from 20A and up so there is alot of power to be used, the question is how stable all the rails are and how loud this thing actually will be? I can only imagine how hot this thing actually will be after awhile of gaming or using the computer at load.
Video
:.Palit 9800GT Sonic & Palit Radeon HD 4850 Sonic @ Driverheaven
Palit are one of a growing number of companies who now sell Nvidia and ATI cards which means that in the same price range they can often have several competing products. In the case of the sub $200 market two such products are their 9800GT and 4850 Sonic graphics cards.
:.Twintech 9600 GT Overclocked With Phase-Change Cooling @ Madshrimps
We continue our hardware torture tests with the Twintech 9600 GT. Using a custom build phase-change unit we cooled the GPU and overclocked it to new heights. Can we break some world records? Read on to find out. |
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