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Friday, August 1, 2008
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NVIDIA recently launched the GeForce 9500 GT. This low-end card in the GeForce 9 Series is designed to offer acceptable gaming performance for the small wallet. Galaxy has created an overclocked edition which runs at higher clocks and comes with a quiet heatpipe cooling solution. In our testing we saw amazing overclocking potential of over 35% compared to the reference design clocks.
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NZXT was established in 2004 in Los Angeles, California with the goal of providing every gamer with a case they can identify with. By combining unique design with improved case performance, they hope to provide their users with quality cases that represent their individual styles and personalities. Today, Mac Daddy will be taking a look at a case from their Crafted series - the NZXT Tempest. This case claims to be the "airflow king" with 6 fans including dual 120 mm intake fans, dual 140 mm exhaust fans as well as additional side and rear 120 mm fans. Let's find out just how true that claim is!
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The HDT-S1283 from Ximatek may not have a name that rolls off the tongue with ease, but it is light, easy to install, easy on the wallet, and it has a spoiler; that has to at least add 1 or 2 horsepower. Aside from the possible clearance issue with some large chipset coolers I didn't find anything that I didn't really like about the HDT-S1283...
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Revoltec are a company based in Germany, well known throughout Europe for their line-up of gaming and modding products. They have been in business for several years and most people know that they are a subsidiary to Listan (along with other brand names such as BeQuiet). A couple of years ago we had a look at several gaming and illuminated desktop peripherals from Revoltec, including the first version of Lightmouse as well as the Fightboard and the Fightmouse of their gaming series. Revoltec have expanded their gaming series with the FightPad Advanced which is a mini-keyboard designed for FPS games and released three new versions of the Lightmouse. These are the very products we are checking out today.
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Vizo is back with a new notebook cooler aimed at enthusiasts looking for the perfect blend of performance and portability. Leveraging on the success of their popular Ninja line of notebook coolers, Vizo introduces the Xena II, a lightweight and highly functional notebook cooling solution designed for 12" to 15.4" laptops. Boasting a unique tilting, 360 degree swiveling base, the Xena II looks to supplant its competition. Will Vizo's newest addition to their notebook cooling lineup pass muster? Can it compete with other more expensive coolers in its class? Let's take a look and find out!
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Earlier this month Intel had announced the GMA X4500 series, which is their latest and greatest when it comes to integrated graphics processors. These IGPs were greeted by same-day Linux support (it had actually arrived before the chipset was announced), but it's still next to impossible to find motherboards using the G43 and G45 Chipsets that bear this IGP. Fortunately, however, our friends at Super Micro have come through and we have managed to get our hands on the C2SEA. The Super Micro C2SEA is an ATX motherboard that uses the Intel G45 Chipset in conjunction with an ICH10 Southbridge. This motherboard provides Intel GMA X4500HD graphics with VGA and HDMI interfaces. In this article, we are looking at the performance of this new Intel graphics processor under Linux.
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
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When it comes down to it, OCZ provides choice. It has clear pro's and con's and isn't for everyone, but it doesn't apologise for it - it has taken an angle and refined the Flex range to make a product of potential. Let's not stray from the fact the Flex II feels special, no, masculine in its design and it should certainly push the rest of your hardware to its limits. Coupled both with a great price and our criticisms are set schtum. Provided it has passed the essential "will it fit" question: if we wanted 4GB of ultra high performance memory to overclock the nuts off our systems - we'd certainly grab the OCZ Flex II PC2-9200 kit, then have a good night out with the wad of cash left over.
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NVIDIA's new GeForce 9800 GT Series is not really new. The performance, specification and GPU are identical to that of the GeForce 8800 GT. Only a few minor features like Purevideo HD and Hybrid Power are present. At least Zotac showed a bit of creativity and added a bright orange PCB and higher clocks out of the box.
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For the power hungry overclocker and the bling-happy enthusiast, Benchmark Reviews brings you a review of Crucial Technology's 4GB Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800 kit (BL2KIT25664AR80A). Outfitted with red LEDs, tight timings, and EPP settings that go up to DDR2-1000, could the Ballistix Tracer be the overclocker's system memory kit of choice for the DDR2 platform?
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The Thermaltake DuOrb CPU Cooler provides more than just CPU cooling. The dual fan design cools the entirety of the upper portion of the motherboard in addition to the CPU. The DuOrb includes double-sided radiant heatpipes disperse the heat through the extensive number of fins surround each fan. The mirror coated copper base provides even better heat dissipation between the contact surface and the CPU over other CPU coolers. Read on further for the full review.
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I'm of two minds on this wireless SD card. It's clever, unique, relatively inexpensive, and essentially universal. It's pretty, in a memory card sort of way. It has a couple of flaws that would be far from deal-breakers if, as a whole (hardware and software) it just did more. Without raw image support, this Eye-Fi creation will never be the memory card for professionals. Without open wireless networking support, it won't help the traveling photographer. The direct-to-online photo service feature is cool, but indiscriminate, posting every underexposed, blurred up-nostril without remorse.
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The Silverstone Commander ESA Edition enables complete system monitoring functionality through the nTune System Monitor. Instead of going for one of the few ESA enabled cases out there, the CMD01 Commander gives unprecedented flexibility, as you can enable ESA connectivity for any case of your choice.
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We check out Creative's Vado Pocket Video Cam to see if a compact, quality pocket video camcorder is possible, or just a video blogger's pipe dream.
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Playing games over the internet like Counterstrike or Team Fortress 2 without a headset is really frustrating. It's faster to issue commands and ask for help by speaking into a microphone than by typing on the keyboard - which usually will get you killed (virtually, we mean). That's why the serious gamer always confides in a good headset while playing. Razer, a company known for their gaming mice, is releasing a headset pompously dubbed as a "gaming communicator", the Piranha. It's an entry-level model when compared to the Barracuda headset, which has a bigger size and more sound features. Let's proceed to our field test of the Piranha.
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NVIDIA quietly rolls out the GeForce 9800 GT. An incremental upgrade or something really new? We tell you
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