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ASUS P6T Deluxe X58 Motherboard Coming Soon

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 22, 2008 · 2275 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

XFastest.com posted today a ton of ASUS P6T Deluxe motherboard press event shots and detailed product pictures. All the valuable information about the motherboard can be seen in the pictures. Only four pics will be posted here, the rest of them can be viewed at our collegues at VR-ZONE . Source: techPowerUp!

ASUS Packs 1 GB Memory onto GeForce 9400 GT

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 15, 2008 · 2246 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

ASUS prepared a new entry-level video card based on the GeForce 9400 GT with 1 GB memory. The EN9400GT/HTP/1G card from ASUS comes equipped with 1 GB of DDR2 memory. The card is based on the entry-level GeForce 9400 GT graphics core. The core is clocked at 550 MHz with 800 MHz for the memory and 1375 MHz for the…

Zotac Ready with GeForce GTX 260 (216 SP) Amp²!

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 15, 2008 · 2093 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

NVIDIA is preparing the launch of a revised GeForce GTX 260 graphics processor that has 216 shader units. Early performance evaluations show that the card is NVIDIA's sharp retaliation to the Radeon HD 4870 GPU, and it manages to outperform it comprehensively (covered here). Zotac is ready with a factory overclocked…

GeForce GTX 260 with 216 Stream Processors Pictured, Benchmarked

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 14, 2008 · 2957 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

NVIDIA is dressing up a new version of the GeForce GTX 260 GPU as reported earlier, with a revision that carries 216 shader units (against 192 for the original GTX 260). Chinese website Bear Eyes has pictured the new GPU. Other than the increased shader count, that should provide a significant boost to the shader…

MSI Non-Reference R4850-T2D512 Quad Pipe Card

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 13, 2008 · 1942 reads · ★★★★☆ (2 votes)

MSI today unveils non-reference R4850-T2D512 graphics card with Quad Pipe thermal design. In order to allow the -T2D 512 Quad Pipe graphics card to provide better stability and overclocking performance at full speed, MSI R&D team added a large heatsink in the graphics memory and power module to enhance the cooling…

Gainward Launch Feature-rich Radeon HD 4670

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 13, 2008 · 2017 reads · ★★★★★ (6 votes)

Gainward has launched a custom design Radeon HD 4670 graphics card featuring the latest GPU from ATI. The card spans across two slots. While cooling might attribute to that, the other reason is that Gainward has provided every kind of display connector that's standard today. The card has a dual-link DVI, an analog…

Review of Evercool Royal laptop cooler

Reviews · Author krisko92 · September 13, 2008 · 1989 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Seems like all our new review are on laptop coolers. Today we will have a look at one aluminium stand for 17'' laptops, manufactured by Evercool and named Royal. Review on ModReactor

Review of Revoltec RNC-2100 and RNC-3000 laptop coolers

Reviews · Author Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq · September 13, 2008 · 1884 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Laptops invate our life very quickly. With their spread worldwide, the accessories for them also increase. In this review we will have a look at two coolers/stands for laptop, branded Revoltec. Review on ModReactor

Review of Port laptop and camera bags

Reviews · Author Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq · September 13, 2008 · 129 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

In this review, we at modReactor will have a look at one very ignored category of products in our reviews. Now the expensive mobile toys and computers are very popular, but we never told you about the products where we carry them. In this review we will have a look at some of the products for laptop and camera,…

ASUS Expands ROG Graphics Card Series with GeForce 9800GT MATRIX

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 8, 2008 · 1938 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Following the mammoth success of the ROG (Republic of Gamers) EN9600GT MATRIX graphics card, ASUS, world-leading producer of top quality graphic solutions, has today released the new ASUS ROG EN9800GT MATRIX/HTDI/512M. Combining cutting-edge technology and features, this innovative piece of hardware unleashes the true…

World of Warcraft lantern or Chronology of a gift

ModReactor · Author Говедо · September 7, 2008 · 2279 reads

You might know how my ideas come to me. This one hit me so hard I made a 360 with the chair. But let me give you more details... One sunny day I was riding my kodo through Ashenvale listening to the song of the woods, when I thought “I must find this music, I WANT to listen to it day and night". So I did, along with…

GlacialPower GP-AL 650W PSU reviewed @ ModReactor

Reviews · Author Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq · September 7, 2008 · 1914 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Every serious PC enthusiast knows that a quality PSU is one of the most important parts for the stable work of a high-end computer configuration. And the last few years the power consumption of the modern computers is getting higher and higher and many hardware producers have started making their own power supply…

Review of Razer Destructor mouse pad

Reviews · Author krisko92 · August 21, 2008 · 2095 reads · ★★★★☆ (3 votes)

Many of us use if not gaming, at least mouses with high resolution. As you all now, no matter how good one mouse is, her job is connected to the surface that you use it on. Today we will have a look at one very high quallity mouse pad - the Razer Destructor. Review on ModReactor

Review of Everglide DKTBoard - aluminium gaming keyboard

Reviews · Author krisko92 · August 21, 2008 · 1807 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

In the last month, we at ModReactor have shown you series of gaming peripherals, mostly gaming mouses, keyboards and headphones. Today on our attention is the Everglide DKTBoard aluminium gaming keyboard. Review on ModReactor

WD VelociRaptor comes in reach of 3.5" drive bays

Hardware · Author krisko92 · August 13, 2008 · 2356 reads · ★★★★☆ (2 votes)

Western Digital bringing its fierce VelociRaptor hard drives, backplane and all, to a 3.5" drive bay near you, is the subject of this report from TechConnect Magazine.Breaking speed limits at 10,000 RPM, the VelociRaptor utilises a SATA 3.0 GBps interface and boasts capacities of either 150 or 300 GB. Married up with…

Asetek Offers Liquid Cooling For HD 4870 X2

Cooling · Author krisko92 · August 13, 2008 · 2583 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Asetek's LCLC liquid cooling solution is now available for AMD's much anticipated multi-GPU cards, the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 family of graphics cards (codenamed R700). Tests indicate that Asetek's highly integrated, liquid cooling solution lowers the GPU temperatures found on the 4870 X2 by as much as 28 degrees.…

First PowerColor HD 4870 X2 Images Appear

Hardware · Author krisko92 · August 13, 2008 · 2248 reads · ★★★★☆ (3 votes)

Another HD 4870 X2 picture leak comes from an anonymous E-Mail.The pictures show how the PowerColor HD 4870 X2 will look like. Source: techpowerUp!

MSI Tempts with Product Images of their R700 Product

Hardware · Author krisko92 · August 13, 2008 · 1826 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

The good souls at GPU Café provided product images of the Radeon HD 4870 X2 offering from MSI, placed under the product name MSI R4870X2. Being a standard reference design, it is identical to R700 products from any of ATI's partners (AIBs). MSI went a step ahead by providing product images of a suspended-dismantle…

Inno3D Innovates GeForce 9800GT with Pre-fitted Arctic Cooling and ZeroTherm Coolers Inno3D

Hardware · Author krisko92 · August 13, 2008 · 2293 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Inno3D has come up with two models of the GeForce 9800 GT graphics cards with factory-fitted coolers made by Arctic Cooling and ZeroTherm. These products branded under the iChill banner use the ZeroTherm Hurricane and Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo coolers and are accordingly named Hurricane and Twin Turbo.Both…

First Product Images of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 Emerge

Hardware · Author krisko92 · August 13, 2008 · 1687 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

The first product images of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 have been posted at Pro-Clockers. This card is based on the reference ATi design and features a total of 2 GB GDDR5 memory. GPU Café reports online stores to have started listing this product (such as this one) within a 5% price-range of the GeForce GTX 280,…

ASUS Makes 3-way SLI on GeForce 9800 GT a Reality

Hardware · Author krisko92 · August 13, 2008 · 3939 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Although it was speculated by many that 3-way SLI would be a standard feature with the GeForce 9800 GT graphics cards, reference designs of the card were just a little more than an improvement over the 'previous generation' 8800 GT. 3-way SLI didn't turn out to be a feature standard to all 9800 GT cards, at least not…

Review of Coolink GFXChilla - video card cooler

Reviews · Author krisko92 · August 11, 2008 · 2083 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

These days the high-end class video cards are not only pricey, but they also release a lot of heat. Video card makers try to make their reference coolings silent, but thats not always what happens. Its good that producers like Coolink are here with products like GFXChilla! Link to the review

Sapphire Non-Reference RV770 PCB Pictured

Hardware · Author krisko92 · August 11, 2008 · 1786 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

The success of the RV770 graphics processor (GPU) meant that partners of ATI could experiment with the design and come up with several products based on the GPU. The likes of Sapphire, HIS, PowerCOlor, Palit, HIS, etc., have already come up with numerrous non-reference designs, though all those designs had a common…

Pictures of the RV730 Emerge

Hardware · Author krisko92 · August 11, 2008 · 1954 reads

Pictures of an engineering sample of the RV730 based reference design card that will be branded as the Radeon HD 4760 have come to surface, the pictures show this low-mid range offering from ATI, the sample features 512 MB of GDDR3 memory at 900 MHz that shares a 128-bit wide memory bus to churn out a bandwidth of…

Galaxy Prepares Low-Profile 55nm GeForce 9600 GT Video-card

Hardware · Author krisko92 · August 11, 2008 · 2305 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Low-profile add-on cards are a boon for builders of PCs with slim form-factor, the kind which takes form of home-theater PC (HTPC) and slim business PCs. Targeting the HTPC consumer segment, Galaxy prepares a low-profile graphics card featuring the 55nm G94 graphics processor (GPU), the new GeForce 9600 GT.From the…

MSI Launches New GX620/GX720 Gaming Notebooks

Hardware · Author krisko92 · August 8, 2008 · 2542 reads · ★★★★☆ (4 votes)

MSI Computer, a leading manufacturer of computer hardware products and solutions, is pleased to announce the release of the new GX620/GX720 Gaming Notebook. Winner of a Best Choice Award at COMPUTEX 2008, the GX620 ‘s Blu-Ray player, MSI’s VIVID Image Enhancement Technology, the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 3D graphics card…

NVIDIA Partners Unveiled GeForce 9500 GT Cards

Hardware · Author krisko92 · August 5, 2008 · 2462 reads

Walton Chaintech, the world’s renowned graphics card and memory module manufacturer, announces today the GeForce® 9 series GSE9500GT DDR3 512MB graphics card, the officially appointed gaming graphics card for the famous game C.S. On-Line in Taiwan. CHAINTECH GSE9500GT is the mainstream graphics card not only geared by…

Lenovo Enters the Netbook Market With IdeaPad S10

Hardware · Author krisko92 · August 5, 2008 · 2203 reads

Lenovo this morning officially started selling its first netbook, the IdeaPad S10. The ultra-portable system will compete with the latest ASUS Eee PC and MSI Wind models, offering a 10-inch LED backlit LCD screen and Intel's 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor. Two configurations of the 2.4 pound S10 will be available…

PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 2GB tested

Hardware · Author krisko92 · August 4, 2008 · 2401 reads

PowerColor did something few graphics card makers till trump. It took AMD\'s very popular Radeon HD 4850 and quadrupled the memory buffer, going from 512MB to 2GB. Even if there have been some complaints regarding the rather small memory buffer it would seem rather exaggerated to quadruple it. At least with a…