DH and ECS Competition: Win 5 Video Cards !
In today's digital age, Media PC's have reached new levels of popularity, with many people building quiet, cool running systems which are capable of powering HDTV content to your monitor and TV. The popularity has increased so much that Driver Heaven has even published guides on how to build your first Media PC. To aid our readers in embracing this technology ECS have very kindly donated 5 cards to Driver Heaven, 3 x N7300GT-256DY and 2 x N7600GS-256DY cards. So this is your chance to build that second system for your bedroom or living room.
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XTracPads Mad Dotz Mouse Feet
The XTracPads Mad Dotz try to overcome the weakest link between a mouse and the mouse pad - the glide feet. The Mad Dotz greatly reduce the friction between the two parts and make mouse movement a lot easier and increase the speed greatly. At a price of just under four US Dollars, these Dotz perform well for a limited time.
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PowerColor Radeon X1950 Pro SCS3 Silent cooling on show
"You would think that the Radeon X1950PRO would just about be discontinued, with the new mid-range graphics cards from Nvidia offering Direct X 10 and the HD 2600 just around the corner, why would you even bother looking at the AMD DX9 counterpart? Well the new Nvidia cards come with an increased price tag and do not seem to offer the punch that the last generations do in DX 9 games. If you are not looking at jumping onto the DX 10 bandwagon straight away the X1950PRO and 7900GS are still very real examples of mid-range graphics cards you would consider buying."
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Stars Wars Series Mimobots
Mimoco has been releasing a number of custom Mimobots from professional artists, but they recently took the USB drive world by storm when they announced a series of Stars Wars drives. The first Stars Wars series would feature drives in 1GB, 2GB and 4GB capacities featuring four iconic characters from the movies: Chewbacca, Darth Vader, Stormtrooper, and R2-D2. The drives will not only look like a cute, cartoon version of the characters but come preloaded with bonus materials from the series, like wallpapers, icons, and trailers.
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Ageia PhysX Review
"Ageia and their PhysX technology have taken some serious flack since they first introduced the idea of a dedicated PPU (Physics Processing Unit). Despite this however, they have struggled on, getting their hardware supported in many a popular game. Recently, Cell Factor also came into play, a game that practically runs like a PhysX benchmark. Just over a year on from our original PhysX review how have things changed and is there any difference between the two currently offered choices for a physics junkie; the BFG and the Asus? We hope to answer these questions in this review."
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Spy Shot of a Quad Core Enabled Laptop
Techwarelabs has acquired a spy shot of a Intel quad core enabled laptop that boasts compatibility with upcoming 8XXX Nvidia cards and much more, we have the initial scoop on what could be the most kick butt laptop of the year.
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OCZ DDR2 PC2-9200 Reaper HPC Edition
The performance of these Reaper HPCs at 5-5-5 certainly was bright enough to blind me without glasses. I still can't get over how well they scale above DDR1200 with such small amounts of voltage. Obviously the ability for these crazy high clocks to continue rising just isn't there. I saw with my P5B-Dlx that it simply couldn't handle dual-channel memory past DDR1280 although the memory seemed more than willing. It appears as though the tortoise has caught up to the hare and is going to pass him...until the new round of chipsets come out which has already begun.
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Thermaltake Max 4 External HDD Enclosure Review
"Thermaltake keeps themselves busy churning out computer cases, CPU coolers, and power supplies, but don't label them a 3-trick pony. Venturing into previously unchartered territory for Thermaltake, today HardwareLogic looks at their Max 4 external HDD enclosure."
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Asus M2A-VM HDMI
We're writing to let you all know that we've just posted an article at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features and performance of Asus' M2A-VM HDMI motherboard. The M2A-VM HDMI is based on AMD's recently released 690G-chipset for socket AM2 processors and as its name suggests it has built in support for HDMI. Head on over to the site and check it out.
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AMD Reveals "Griffin" and "Puma" Mobile Platform
AMD recently disclosed a few details regarding their upcoming mobile platform technologies, codenamed "Griffin" and "Puma". We've been given some preliminary information regarding their plans and thought we'd share a few of the more salient details with everyone. You can check them out right here:
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Patriot DDR2-1150/PC2-9200 2 GB Memory Kit Review
"PDC22G9200ELK is a PC2-9200 2 GB memory kit from Patriot, meaning that it can be run up to 1,150 MHz maintaining its programmed timings (5-5-5-12), being targeted to serious overclockers. We reviewed this kit and we will see if this kit is really capable of running at 1,150 MHz and what are the advantages of using PC2-9200/DDR2-1150 memories over regular ones."
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OCZ Equalizer Mobile Gaming Mouse Reviewed
In the high speed world of gaming having the right mouse can mean the difference between pwning, and being pwned. OCZ has been helping people pwn for years with their RAM, but what do they know about peripherals? Let's find out!
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NZXT Zero Full Tower Aluminum Enclosure Review
"I must say I really like this Zero enclosure, from the way the front bezel is laid out to all the room on the inside. The exterior is black on the panels and the plastic is polished and really shines. A word to the greasy people: you will leave noticeable fingerprints. With all that said, I would feel confident in purchasing the NZXT Zero, whether it's for gaming or using all the extra room..."
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Lost Planet DX9 Vrs DX10 Screen Shots
The screenshots above were taken with the DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 versions of the Lost Planet demo running on GeForce 8800 GTX using the latest Windows Vista drivers available from NVIDIA. The game was configured for a resolution of 1280x720, with 8X anti-aliasing and 16X anisotropic filtering enabled. If you flip through the screenshots and compare the two versions, you'll see that visually they don't differ very much at all. The motion blur effect is more pronounced in the DX10 shots and it gives the game a more realistic look that's not conveyed well over still captures. Other than that, those of you with DX9-class video cards really aren't missing out on much, if anything at all with this title.
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Halo 3 Beta Impressions
"Today was the launch of the Halo 3 beta for everyone who was lucky enough to get into it. After about a full day of gaming we wanted to give you our thoughts on the game and give you a video of some of the gameplay if you were unable to get into the beta. You should have received an e-mail from Bungie giving you your download code. I downloaded the beta first thing this morning. It really did not take long at all. After you download is complete you can go ahead and go into your game demos and you will see the beta. Read on to see our thoughts on the beta and see our gameplay video!"
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