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Monday, May 7, 2007
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The Coolermaster Aquagate Duo VIVA Watercooling Set arrived Technic3D. We look at the handling and low noise. The Cooling better for Sli and Crossfire Cards? Technic3D will see that in the following Review.
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Spider-Man 3 isn't a very good game, to put it bluntly. There's a lot to be done in the PC version, from collecting tokens to thwarting super villains, but a lot of it feels too hamfisted to be enjoyable. The camera issues that plague the PC version aren't such a big problem for the Wii, but there are still massive issues hampering the gameplay on either platform. The two versions offer different pros and cons, so it's only fair to judge the two versions separately despite the almost identical plot and engine.
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While INTEL continues to release quality chipset after quality chipset (with their G33 and G35 chipsets already showing up for pre-order), those who favor the NVIDIA silicon and the benefits they offer (SLI anyone?) are fairly limited. Those wanting to match a Core 2 Duo processor with SLI were forced to toss down premium money on high end 680i motherboards, or settle for the older NVIDIA 570 or 590 SLI mobos, which, while no slouches, don't feature 1333FSB support or other newer features found on NVIDIA's 680i chipset. Enter the NVIDIA 650i chipsets.
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ZEROtherm's new GS815 Gamer Edition VGA cooler is a great product that has good performance, is very quiet, easily installed and looks good to boot. It's compact size and quiet operation make it a very attractive solution for gamers and HTPC enthusiasts alike. The included ramsinks and mounting options only serve to sweeten the deal, but its best feature may be its modest price.
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ZEROtherm's new fanless BTF95 CPU cooler is a bold move by a relative newcomer in this market. The butterfly design is somewhat kitschy, but I was pleasantly surprised by its cooling performance. I can certainly see a niche that this cooler fits into nicely. If quiet computing is your bag, then the BTF95 may be a butterfly worth collecting. The mounting solutions are superb and the manual is quite good.
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While it did see release on the Xbox in 2005, Jade Empire has taken this long to feature on the PC, only to see little in the way of PC focused changes.
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Today we have a treat for you as I will be reviewing the Gainward 8800GTS 640mb Bliss Golden sample in SLi, this is one of the latest GeForce chipsets on the market, holding a massive 640mb of RAM on each card. Which adds up to a total of 1280mb of GFX memory which should be more than enough to play the latest games on the market, as well as some future titles. Add to that they are also the golden sample editions with a GPU clock speed of 550 and 1760 I am expecting great things.
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The Mustek Ality PF-T80R Digital Photo Frame not only shows pictures, but adds a clock and calendar.
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Nvidia has listened, traditionally there are only one or two chipsets for each platform from Nvidia, but currently the company has four for the Core 2 platform, five if you want to count the old 590 Intel Edition. Within the 600-series there are now a total of four options; 680i SLI for the enthusiast, 680i LT for the high-end, 650i SLI for the mid-range and the 650i ultra for the vale end of the market. We have tested a motherboard from ECS, our first 650i SLI chipset, which we found to be a very good contender. Its performance was on the money, in fact it was not that far behind the 680i-series, only the SLI implementation and a few additional features are where the chipset really differs. 650i falls back on the old twin PCI Express x8 slots for its SLI setup. If you want to use SLI, your graphics cards only run at x8 speeds, this eliminates the ability to run quad-SLI.
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Are high speeds and pretty lights enough to make a winning package? We take a look at Crucial's new DDR2-1066 Tracer kit, and find that the answer is a solid yes.
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The advent of the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra actually makes GeForce 8800 GTX cards more attractive to hardcore gamers. Today, we examine why that is the case by taking a look at one of the premium GeForce 8800 GTX graphics cards in the market - the ASUS EN8800GTX. While it has been and still is a very expensive graphics card, the ASUS EN8800GTX has many things going for it. Join us as we pit it against the new GeForce 8800 Ultra, the GeForce 7900 GTX and the GeForce 7950 GT. Then you will see why it's worth considering, if you have the money to spare.
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Flash drives are becoming the standard for transporting files from one place to another. A lot of people use them to take important documents home from work and then back to work again. Flash drive users are usually looking for some type of data protection. Well the DataTraveler secure offers 2 types of data protection. First it is wrapped in a titanium-coated stainless steel casing that is waterproof up to 4 feet. Then it offers 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) hardware-based encryption. Looks like Kingston has got you covered on this drive. Let's take a look...
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Look Ma, no cables! Like it or not, modular cables are here to stay, and Silverstone is getting in on the action too. Featuring the same single +12V design as its wired siblings (Olympia OP series), Silverstone's new Decathlon units boast high efficiency, low noise, and lots of power. Today we put the DA750 under the scope and throw a pair of nVidia 8800GTS videocards into the mix.
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Friday, May 4, 2007
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Creative's latest digital audio player is featherlight and really small. Like the iPod shuffle, it also lacks a display screen but touts a few advantages that easily makes it a must-have, even if you already have an MP3 player.
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NVIDIA has launched two new chipsets in the last few weeks, the nForce 680i LT SLI chipset, which has many of the features of the 680i chipset minus the higher memory clocking and a third PCI Express x16 slot for other uses and the nForce 650 Ultra chipset which was launched this week which lacks SLI technology for $99. This board is fairly well rounded and offers adequate performance and features for its price range.
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