Visiontek X1950 Pro 256MB AGP review
Driver Heaven :: Monday, February 12, 2007
About a month ago we reviewed the Sapphire AGP version of the X1950Pro. The focus of the review was on how well the card compared to a PCI-E version of the same card. The results were surprising as there was literally no difference between the two bus types. This time around we’ll be focusing more on how far we can actually push the AGP card. While 1600×1200 is enough for most, it can’t hurt to see if an AGP card can handle a game running at 1920×1200. After all, one of the main arguments against AGP is the (so called) limited bandwidth.
PC infrared remote control tutorial updates
OC Inside :: Monday, February 12, 2007
There are several different PC remote control tutorials on the ocinside.de modding section for long time. They include serial infrared receiver, USB IR receiver and also different solutions to switch the PC with a remote control on and off. Today, new versions of the 3 most important infrared receivers were published, as well as new DIY solder kits.
Creative XMod
t-break :: Monday, February 12, 2007
Plug, play and enjoy. Those three words basically describe the XMod by Creative- a small and stylish device that “enhances” the quality of audio that you’re listening to. Packaged in small and slick black box, the XMod comes with a white pouch, a white USB cable and a white pair of earphones.
SteelSeries SteelSound 3H
techPowerUp :: Monday, February 12, 2007
Today we will be taking a look at the recently launched and highly anticipated SteelSound 3H gaming headset, which should bring some quality audio to the low-/midrange headphone market. The headset can be folded together nicely to take up very little space in your LAN party backpack, for a very competitive price of $50.
nVidia GeForce 8800GTS 320MB – Halving the memory
Tweak Town :: Monday, February 12, 2007
“They shouldn’t have changed the name anyway, since it is an 8800GTS with just less memory. Fortunately they didn’t do something stupid like call it the “8850GT” which does nothing but cause panic to everyone who owns a new graphics card.
Palit have come to the party today and shown us the 320MB version of the 8800GTS – we’re going to have a quick look at it and the package before we gets stuck into what really matters, and of course what we really want to know. Are we sacrificing much by loosing 320MB of memory?”
HT Omega Claro Soundcard
Dragonsteel Mods :: Monday, February 12, 2007
” A little bit ago I took a look at a soundcard from Bluegears, based on the C-Media Oxygen 8788 sound engine and I found it to be a very capable card. Today for review, HT Omega has sent me their HT Claro soundcard, it is based on the Oxygen 8787 chipset, which is more of a bigger brother to the 8788, and I have to say I’ve found this to be one great soundcard. Normally I’ve been pretty happy with the onboard sound of my motherboards, in the last couple years it has come very far and it’s fairly decent, especially if you have a good set of speakers to use with it, but once you know what it is to use a real high end soundcard, you can really never go back to the onboard sound. So read on to learn more about the HT Claro soundcard from HT Omega… ”
XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB XXX Edition
Bjorn 3d :: Monday, February 12, 2007
In a continuation from the featured GeForce 8800 series product launch covered by Bjorn3d.com, NVIDIA has added some new spice to the plate with their introduction of a new value-priced GeForce 8800 GTS video card featuring a 320MB video frame buffer. Built on the exact same high performance platform as the previous 640MB version, this new edition to the family offers all of the same great performance at almost half the cost.
Geforce 8800 GTS 320Mb Review – Does 640Mb matter?
Madshrimps :: Monday, February 12, 2007
“With the introduction of the Geforce 8800 GTS NVIDIA made available an affordable high end DX10 video card, now they’ve slashed its memory in half, reduced the price, to make it even better deal. Can the new GTS keep up with its memory-loaded brother? We find out.”
Samsung 22″ WideScreen LCD Monitor
LAN Addict :: Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Bruno is back in the saddle with one of Samsung\’s latest creations. The 225BW 22\” WideScreen! If you haven\’t realized, word has been spreading like wildfire over this monitor! Does a resolution of 1680×1050 on a 16:10 aspect ratio with a blazing fast 5ms response time all under a price tag of $300.00 sound like it will fit your bill? Find out what Bruno thinks inside!
AMD ATI Radeon X1650 XT
Driver Heaven :: Wednesday, February 07, 2007
The battle for supremacy in the graphics card arena is as fierce as ever these days, and both companies (nVIDIA and ATI – yes, we’ll continue to call it that) are keen to point out their advantages and try to grab as much market share as possible. nVIDIA has stolen the thunder recently with the introduction of the all-powerful 8800 line of cards, but it’s the midrange market segment where the battle is usually won or lost for the two companies. The reason is quite simple: although the super high-end cards earn bragging rights, it’s the £100 cards and lower that are the best sellers, and in this category both companies want to be able to claim victory. When was the last time a friend approached you because you know more about computers, and asked: “Hey, I would like to buy a new graphics card to play all the latest games with great speeds, and I am prepared to pay good money; up to £100!” I bet that has happened more than once!
Gainward 8800GTX Review –
XS Reviews :: Tuesday, February 06, 2007
“2006 was the year of Nvidia. Straight off the back of their 7950GX2 release – an awesome card in itself – came the jaw dropping performance of their latest incarnations, the 8800GTX and GTS. Today I have with me Gainward’s rendition of the 8800GTX; lets see if this card is all its hyped up to be.”
Logitech FreePulse Wireless Headphones Review
Digital Trends :: Tuesday, February 06, 2007
“Designed to be paired with all types of Apple iPods, the FreePulse headphones come with several small adapters to fit the original iPod, the iPod Video, the iPod Nano and the iPod Mini. Included in the box with the headphones is the wireless receiver, iPod adapters, AC power recharger, stereo mini-jack extension cord and a quick-start guide. After an initial charge of the headphones and receiver that takes about 40 minutes, the next step is to find the right iPod adapter to fit the receiver to your iPod. After finding and attaching the adapter to the wireless receiver, you connect the receiver to your iPod and are ready to start enjoying music. For those people who have MP3 players other than the iPod, there is also a short extension cable to work with any media player that has a stereo mini-jack.”
PCI-E x1 Graphics Performance with Galaxy GeForce 7300GT
Tweaktown :: Tuesday, February 06, 2007
“There are three key reasons why a PCI-E x1 graphics card can work and we’ll show you why. Today we are checking out a GeForce 7300GT that utilizes DDR-3 memory and PCI-E x1 slot. We’re going to have a look at what environments this could work in before we have a closer look at the card itself.
While we’re at it though, we will also have a look at it from a performance perspective in a low-end graphics card environment – is PCI-E x16 nothing more the marketing mumbo jumbo like AGP 8x vs. 4x (1056MB/s vs. 2112MB/s respectively) back in the day or is there actually a performance difference? Considering there is a total of 500MB/s of bandwidth (Single Data Lane – Both Directions) available on x1 slots compared to that of the huge 8000MB/s of bandwidth compared to x16 slots, it will be interesting.”
Pertelian X2040 LCD Review
XS Reviews :: Tuesday, February 06, 2007
“ForeSight Systems LLC… ever heard of them? Nor me, but today I have their Pertelian X2040 LCD display designed for the lazy end user who doesn’t want to do through the modding process of using, say, a Matrix Orbital. Hopefully their display will improve on others in the market.”
X.Org 7.2: ATI Open v. Closed Drivers
Phoronix :: Tuesday, February 06, 2007
“Last October we had compared the performance of the open-source R300 display driver against the closed-source fglrx driver for ATI Radeon graphics cards. In that comparison a Mobility Radeon X300 was used with X.Org 7.1, but we have decided to take another look at this driver comparison under X.Org 7.2. In this last comparison, the fglrx binary blob had greatly outperformed the open-source driver. While the fglrx driver remains faster, has the performance delta between these two drivers decreased?”
AMD/ATI Catalyst Control Centre Improvements
Overclock 3d :: Tuesday, February 06, 2007
AMD have announced some major improvements to the Catalyst Control Center to coincide with Windows Vista. In this article we take a look at what’s on the cards for the near future.
nMedia HTPC 200BA Enclosure Review
Virtual Hideout :: Monday, February 05, 2007
“We are a little over a month past Christmas, and I know some of us received some really good computer hardware. So what does that mean for the other hardware that was replaced, but is still good? It means it’s HTPC computer building time!”
BFG Geforce 8800 GTS
Hardware Overclock Austria :: Monday, February 05, 2007
Hardwareoverclock Austria has reviewed BFG’s Geforce 8800 GTS. We have tested them in a comparison to a 7950GX2 and 8800 GTX.
Foxconn 7950 GT OC 512MB Video Card 
The Tech Lounge :: Monday, February 05, 2007
“What company first comes to mind when you think about NVIDIA video cards? Chances are you’re thinking of either BFG, XFX, or EVGA. In today’s review we’ll be taking a look at an overclocked 7950 GT from an enormous company whom, ironically, you may not be that familiar with, Foxconn. Chances are you own something Foxconn had a part in making. They produce Apple’s iPod and Mac Mini, Intel-branded motherboards, components for Dell, Hewlett Packard, and more… The reason Foxconn may not come to mind as a graphics card vendor is that they didn’t enter the market until March of last year. We’ll compare their overclocked 7950 GT with a standard Leadtek 7950 GT along with 6 other cards.”
