Exclusive: PowerColor X1300 HyperMemory™ 2 @ Bjorn3D
Bjorn3D :: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Because not everyone can shell out $500+ green for a video card, I decided to review the PowerColor X1600 XT and X1300 not so long ago. On February 21st, Tul Corporation announeced another low-end model based around RV515, the PowerColor X1300 HyperMemory™ 2 (RV515LE). With the PowerColor X1900 XT review behind us, I thought it would be fun and interesting to check out these cheap boards as well.
NVIDIA Chipset Chat @ Bjorn3D.com
Bjorn3D :: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Bjorn3D is having a chat online chat with NVIDIA on March 7th. The time has been set for 7:30Pm Eastern, 6:30 Central, 4:30 Pacific time. The chat will be on IRC and we will send out a follow up e-mail with all the server info in the next couple of days.
ATI AIW X1900
Driver Heaven :: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
It’s not often as a reviewer that you receive a product which doesn?t have a major competiing part from another manufacturer. This is one such product and allows us to say quite easily that the AIW X1900 is the best product of its type that money can buy. This however doesn’t tell the whole story.
Choosing either a High Definition Plasma TV or DLP Projection set
Bona Fide Reviews :: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Quote: If you’re thinking of acquiring a new TV for your den or living room, it probably goes without saying that you’d like to have a high-resolution television with a great picture. But which set to buy, and more, importantly, which type of television should you consider buying?
Asus DRW-1608P2 DVD Burner Review
PC Mechanic :: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Optical storage has come a long way in the past few years. CD Burners were all the rage, and burn speeds went through the roof. But we soon realized that 700MB was not nearly enough room for all the data we had. Enter the DVD. DVD Burners, like their CD ancestors started out expensive and slow. But today we have faster burners for much lower prices.
Why 7.1 Surround Sound is Overkill For Most Homes
Designtechnica :: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Home Theater expert Mark Fleischmann explains why you should not fall for the 7.1 hype and why 5.1 surround sound is adequate for most homes. From the article: With the marketing of 6.1 and 7.1 surround, the industry has decisively outwitted itself. It has convinced many consumers to buy new receivers and more speakers. But it has also undermined the 5.1-channel standard, which is more appropriate for the home, slowing the acceptance of surround sound in general.
SageTV Media Center Version Four
HTPCnews :: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
HTPCnews has a new piece for your readers to check out during the boring Friday grind up at work. A fairly in-depth review dealing with SageTV’s latest version of their software. This software is meant to be a direct competitor to Microsoft’s MCE (well it’s more like the other way around since SageTV was before them ;) )… If you think your readers would be interested in seeing their options compared to MCE, we’d love to have them read it.
Gainward rumour a 7800GTX 512MB ‘GLH’ in the works
Pure Overclock :: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Allegedly a 7800 GTX 512MB “Goes like hell” is in the works. This is not a suped up 256MB GTX, this is a suped up GTX 512MB, the card that is nowhere to be seen in the retail channel and is clocked at 550/1700MHz.
Quote: “Gainward’s GLH version is rumoured to be clocked somewhere around 600-650 MHz on the core and a mind blowing 2.2 GHz on the memory. If this turns out to be more than a rumour it will most likely be faster than a 7900 GTX.”
XFX Overclocked GeForce 6600 256 MB (PV-T43P-UDS7) Review
Hardware Secrets :: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
“Nowadays GeForce 6600 chip is located on the top of all entry-level nVidia GPUs (or at the bottom of all mid-range graphics chips, depending on how you look the market). We reviewed an overclocked model from XFX, called PV-T43P-UDS7, which comes with 256 MB GDDR2. Let’s see how it performs against “normal” GeForce 6600 models and also against other video cards available at the market.”
NVIDIA Solaris SLI
Phoronix :: Monday, February 27, 2006
Summary: “Towards the end of December, we had written two articles to examine the frame-rate performance of both ATI and NVIDIA drivers as they had progressed throughout the year under Linux. Although there were minimal average frame-rate differences between each of the drivers, in most instances, each company had appended critical features throughout the year that was sought after by the Linux community. While we have yet to see any ATI CrossFire support under Linux, nor is it evident if we will ever see this multi-GPU support, the developers at NVIDIA had appended Scalable Link Interface support in their 1.0-8174 display drivers released in early December of last year. However, the folks using Solaris from Sun Microsystems had not received SLI support until the most recent drivers released on December 22. Today at Phoronix, we are taking a quick preview and how-to guide for NVIDIA’s GeForce SLI under Solaris 10.”
Choosing either a High Definition Plasma TV or DLP Projection set
Bona Fide Reviews :: Monday, February 27, 2006
Quote: If you’re thinking of acquiring a new TV for your den or living room, it probably goes without saying that you’d like to have a high-resolution television with a great picture. But which set to buy, and more, importantly, which type of television should you consider buying?
Gainward BLISS 6800 GS ‘Goes like hell’ 512MB
Pure Overclock :: Monday, February 27, 2006
Quote: “Gainward’s BLISS 6800 GS GLH is no reference board. Sure, the core headroom is still up to the gods, but the memory headroom will destroy the competition. I managed to clock the memory to 1480 MHz at its peak. Just try and do that on any other 6800 GS with 2.0ns memory, it just won’t happen”
NMEDIAPC HTPC 300 Case
Think Computers :: Monday, February 27, 2006
PowerColor X1300 HyperMemory 2 Review
Techniz.co.uk :: Monday, February 27, 2006
Quote: “A economical alternative for Office PC ? and like much Overclocking is present ?”
Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA
Techgage :: Monday, February 27, 2006
Quote: Can’t set up a 5.1 speaker setup, but want true surround sound? Maybe you want surround sound to have late at night when your families in bed?! We are taking a look at a new 5.1 headset from Turtle Beach, and throw many tests at it to see just how good it’s 5.1 capabilities are.
Bose TriPort Headphone Review
Designtechnica :: Monday, February 27, 2006
“The Bose Triport headphones offer a healthy mix between lightweight portability and superb comfort. Designed to be more affordable than the Bose QuietComfort 2 headphones, the Triport delivers high-quality sound without active noise reduction technology. Headphone users often find themselves compromising comfort for sound; however, the Bose Triport provides an adequate amount of both. Read on to find out how the Bose Triport performs when put to the test.”
SilverStone SG01s Case Review
Technic3d :: Monday, February 27, 2006
Albatron 6600-512
Overclockers Online :: Monday, February 27, 2006
Quote: The 6600-512 by Albatron was meant to outperform the cards like the GeForce 6800 and even rival the 6600GT. While it may come up a bit short if those cards are overclocked, Albatron has provided an alternative solution that will certainly cost less while maintaining an average level of performance.
ASUS Extreme N6600GT Silencer Video Card Review
Legit Reviews :: Wednesday, February 22, 2006
“I was surprised at how well this card performed considering its silent nature. This would be a welcome addition to any nearly silent computer, as the video card fan is usually the loudest part in such a machine. Those of you looking to rid yourself of a little noise from your current video card while still maintaining gaming performance should take a look at the ASUS N6600GT silencer. ”
Saitek Audio A-200 2.1 Portable Speaker System
Think Computers :: Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Sapphire X1900 XTX
OCModshop :: Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Sapphire’s repertoire of ATI-based graphics cards has recently been expanded to encompass the X1000 series, which includes the X1900 XT and the X1900 XTX, sporting slightly higher core and memory frequencies than the more plebeian “XT” version. The XTX version is what we are looking at today and to make a long story short, there is little out there that could match the performance of the new Sapphire flagship. So how did they do it? We have heard a few buzzwords here and there about the Ring Bus memory architecture and the quad shader blocks or Fast-Z-Clear but details were sketchy at best, so we started our own investigation with the goal of digesting the information down.
ATI X1900XTX Graphics Card Review
CoolTechZone :: Wednesday, February 22, 2006
“Ever since the GeForce 6 series debuted, NVIDIA has held the performance crown undoubtedly. Then it launched the GeForce 7 series and the king became the overlord and made NVIDIA the God of Graphics with hard launches and excellent performance. Despite the R520s best efforts, the 7800GTX 512 bettered it by far and put it in its place. Things, however, have changed.”
Altec Lansing inMotion iM716 Portable HD Audio System
Bona Fide Reviews :: Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Quote: Noise isolating earphones may seem like a simple idea; the combination of noise-blocking earplugs with earphones seems natural. However only recently has this idea been brought to the market by market leaders, Etymotic Research. Altec Lansing has collaborated with Etymotic to produce its own flavor of noise isolating earphones. Here’s how they stack up against Etymotic’s own offerings.
ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon X1900
Hexus :: Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Niggles aside, for just under £300 when it finally makes its way to retail, you’ll get GeForce 7800 GTX performance for less money with the AIW feature set and software to boot. It’s that which makes the AIW great, and peerless, in the world of consumer graphics and multimedia technology. No other product offers the same mix for the same cash, and with R580 ATI get to move that game on even further. The best value graphics board currently in production? It’s hard to say no.
nVidia GeForce 6800 GS Review
Hardware Secrets :: Tuesday, February 21, 2006
“GeForce 6800 GS is the latest mid-range graphics chip from nVidia, competing directly with Radeon X800 GTO from ATI. In this review we will compare not only GeForce 6800 GS against its main competitor, but we will also compare its performance against other GPUs available on the market.”
Samsung SyncMaster 970P White
Bytesector :: Tuesday, February 21, 2006
“Samsung has been a top player in the LCD display market in Canada and the US in recent years. I have come to expect high quality, fully functional displays from them. With each additional one I review, the bar is raised just a little bit more, making it hard to find many LCD displays that measure up. Today, I have the privilege of taking a close look at their latest 19″ display, the SyncMaster 970P. This display sports some nifty features along with a full complement of specifications which make this display something worth looking at closely. The surface looks great, but delving deeper reveals some interesting things.”
Gigabyte GeForce 6150 (GA-K8N51PVMT-9) Motherboard Review
PC Modding Malaysia :: Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Content: “The Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 is the best combination among the NVIDIA latest onboard solution by using GeForce6150 and nForce430. We can see that from the testing, the GPU, memory and others performance weren’t affected much when using the onboard GPU solution. If you are not a serious gamer and run less 3D intensive games, then you should consider the Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9. At least it is one of the top performance among the other onboard GPU motherboard solution in the market. The price for the Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 is just around 105USD/ RM400 so you are have tight budget to upgrade your PC on the moment, you might consider this great value board.”
Leadtek WinFast Walkie TV Review
Bjorn3D :: Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Leadtek Research, Inc., well known for their quite successful line of video cards, also manufactures several internal cards as well as stand alone TV capture devices. It is indeed our fortune today to review one of their newest external capture systems, the WinFast Walkie TV.
