Transcend Information releases its all-new 192GB high speed 2.5-inch Solid State Drive (SSD). This SSD is made of reliable NAND flash memory that contains no moving parts. Featuring a new controller, Transcend’s MLC-equipped 192GB SSD far outpaces standard 2.5″ hard drives, delivering read/write speeds of up to 150MB / 90MB per second to guarantee fast throughput regardless of file size. With these high-speed transfer rates and virtually non-existent (0.2ms) latency, an SSD-equipped computer boots-up faster, games run more smoothly, and overall system responsiveness is improved. Moreover, this SSD’s industry-standard SATA II interface and 2.5″ form factor allow easy and straightforward user installation in most notebook computers and mainstream PCs just like regular hard drives.
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Transcend Introduces 192GB High-Speed 2.5″ Sata II SSD
XFX HD 4870X2 Finally Listed
XFX, one of NVIDIA’s graphics board partners that have decided to join AMD, since the launch of the HD 4000-series graphics cards, is expected to officially announce its first HD4870X2 video card. This top-of-the line model has already been listed on the website of an online retailer, which could only confirm that XFX will soon be officially announcing the aforementioned card.
According to the specifications currently available, the XFX-branded HD4870X2 graphics card appears to be delivering the same technical specifications as AMD’s reference model, offering a core speed of 750MHz and 2GB of GDDR5 memory, set to work at an impressive 3600MHz. The card comes with support for Microsoft’s DirectX 10.1, has dual-DVI connectivity and a 2 x 256-bit memory interface. All those things combined make up for the highest-performance Radeon graphics card currently available on the market.
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Samsung’s New F2EG EcoTriangle HDDs Now On Sale In Korea
The F2EG seriesis now available in Korea at 500GB, 1TB, and 1.5TB. These SATA 7200rpm HDDs are eco-friendly thanks to Samsung’s EcoTriangle Technology involving eco-friendly materials, more energy efficient. Samsung states their 500GB HDD consumes 43% less energy than competitor drives.
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JVC CU-VD50 Everio Sharestation
JVC offers the CU-VD50 Everio Sharestation, a DVD burner designed for direct DVD burning with Everio camcorders. The JVC CU-VD50 can create a 60 minute DVD in about 30 minutes. Users can also connect the CU-VD50 to TV via the HDMI interface. JVC CU-VD50 measures 152×195×42mm and weighs 920g. It is priced at $449.99.
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Smart Phones Lead Market Growth
Although the mobile handset market is seemingly falling into the clutches of the global economic crunch with a majority of big players in the industry posting dull Q4 results, the market of smartphones has apparently been left untouched and it will continue to show positive growth trends in the near future, a recent research revealed.
Smartphones accounted for around 14 percent of all handsets shipped during 2008 globally and the figure seems all set to rise to 17 percent in this year, according to reports from ABI Research Inc.
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3 Year Old G71M Notebook GPU Gets A New Refresh
It seems the bad bump/underfill issue doesn’t just plagued some of the Nvidia G84/G86 notebook GPUs. Their 3 year old “high end” G71M GPUs might suffer the same problem as well. For your information, notebooks with GeForce Go 7950 GTX, Go 7900 GTX and Go 7900 GS are based on G71M.
Nvidia recently informed their partners that they will be producing G71M-T notebook GPU based on the new Eutectic Bump/Hitachi Underfill and encourage customers to transist to this latest revision as soon as possible. This improves product quality and enhances operating life by improved thermal cycling reliability.
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Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 Video Card Review
So you want to be a rock star huh? Well just like the Stones say, you can’t always get what you want. Some of us realize we are just normal people and must settle for our daily mundane tasks and push on day after day. The same holds true for computer graphics cards, or does it? Today Benchmark Reviews will look at a mainstream card with a bit of an identity problem: The Sapphire Radeon HD4670 GDDR4 graphics card. This little guy thinks its a rock star! Maybe it thinks that “6″ in it’s name is an “8″? It does have 512mb of GDDR4 RAM. Well, I’m positive this card is no HD4870 but that hasn’t stopped this little fella from rockin’! Let’s see if this HD4670 has what it takes to be a real star.
Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 Video Card
Sapphire HD 4600 Series Features
HD 4670 Specifications
Closer Look: Sapphire HD4670
HD4670 Detailed Features
Video Card Testing Methodology
3DMark06 Benchmarks
Devil May Cry 4 Benchmark
Crysis Benchmark Results
FarCry 2 Benchmark Results
FarCry 2 - HD4670 Overclocked
VGA Power Consumption
Sapphire HD 4670 Conclusion
Dell - SP2309W Review
At the time of writing, the SP2309W, a full 1080p 23-inch widescreen TFT display, was selling for just north of £220. Factor in that it includes a built-in webcam and has a native resolution of 2048 x 1152 pixels, and it soon emerges as a poster child for just how price-attractive quality displays have become.
For a quality display it most certainly is. It’s bright, for starters, boasting figures of 300cd/m2 brightness and an 80,000:1 contrast ratio. We swapped out a 24-inch Dell, no slack performer in its own right, and the clarity and luminance of the new screen were instantly obvious.
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Seagate 7200.11 Drive Issues! Review
In case you aren’t 100% up to date on all the latest tech news, there is something you might not know. Seagate has been having a lot of issues with there 7200.11 line-up of drives, problems that should concern everyone who has their drives.
Initially, problems seemed to be limited to the 1.5TB versions, drives were freezing during large video transfers and were then inaccessible. Thankfully, Seagate seemed to be openly admitting the problem, and doing things like offering free data recovery.
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Review: Gilty Couture 14k Gold iPhone Bezel
Don’t call it a case. That word implies durable protection, which this Gilty Couture product is not. A $125 buys you a gold-plated bezel that’s sure to invoke more unneeded iPhone safety paranoia. Now, not only do you have to anally obsess ‘bout the phone’s glossy plastic back and the delicate touchscreen, but now this damn bezel. Is that how you wanna live? Really?
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Apple iMac In Short Supply, Upgrade Imminent
If you believe the rumour mill, the iMac being in short supply means Apple is clearing its retail channels and preparing to upgrade the all-in-one desktop. It’s certainly overdue, with all Mac portables now packing Nvidia’s newest chips, and DisplayPort connectors. Posters at the MacRumors forums are reporting Apple resellers in short supply of the iMac. What’s more, 20 inch iMacs in particular have suddenly become hard to track down, say the posters.
However, a quick check on Apple’s UK store shows all but the top spec 24 inch iMac available for shipping within 24 hours. We’ve been expecting an iMac refresh ever since the new Nvidia chips popped up inside Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops. Will Apple add them to the iMac? Definitely. The only question, is when?
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ASUS N10JC: The Netbook Goes Corporate
Just over a year ago, ASUS made some big waves in the mobile computing world with the launch of the Eee PC. The idea was to make an ultra small laptop that could provide “enough” computing power for a very low price — something like an oversized PDA but with a full OS and a standard user interface. The concept seems simple and obvious in retrospect, and the Eee PC has created an entirely new category of laptop: the netbook. Competition in this market that ASUS spawned has become fierce, with Dell, HP, Acer, and others now shipping netbook PCs ranging in size from the same 7″ chassis as the original Eee PC up to 10″ models.
Page 1 - Index
Page 2 - Specifications And Features
Page 3 - Physical Overview
Page 4 - Day-To-Day Use
Page 5 - Performance Evaluation
Page 6 - Battery Life And Power
Page 7 - Lcd Quality
Page 8 - Graphics Performance
Page 9 - Conclusion
Alphacool NexXxoS XP Core i7 Water Block Review
If you are an avid Guru3D.com reader that some of you might remember that yours truly personally is somewhat fond of water-cooling. Here in my office there are a lot of PCs. Each and every pc has some sort of water-cooling applied to it. And that’s not because I just like to play with water (hey, any kid does), moreover it’s due to the fact that I hate the noise of loud aircoolers.
Introduction
The NexXxos Xp Bold Highflow CPU Water-Block
Photos Setup & Installation - Alphacool NexXxos Xp (1)
Photos Setup & Installation - Alphacool NexXxos Xp (2)
Photos Setup & Installation - Project X
Testing And Benchmarking @ 3200 Mhz
Testing And Benchmarking @ 3750 Mhz
Testing And Benchmarking @ 4000 Mhz
Final Words & Conclusion
Review: Asus P6T Deluxe
Asus's P6T Deluxe isn’t the most over-the-top Core i7 board we’ve tested, but it certainly has a leg up on Intel’s bare-bones DX58SO. For one thing, it finally brings us graphics reunification by supporting both two-card SLI and CrossFire X configurations.
And instead of the gimpy four-slot DIMM setup of Intel’s DX58SO, the P6T Deluxe features six DDR3 DIMM slots. The board, of course, supports all Core i7 CPUs. Since Intel is the sole chipset provider for X58 and the memory controller is in the CPU itself, most performance differences will be the result of BIOS tweaks each manufacturer implements. We found Asus’s BIOS to be far friendlier than the Intel board’s, which at first glance seems designed for engineers. Truth be told, though, the Asus BIOS can be just as daunting if you tread into the Advanced section.
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Intel Core i7 920 Undergoes C-0 to D-0 Stepping Change
Intel issues a Product Change Notice (PCN) today detailing the stepping conversion of the Core i7 920 processors from the current C-0 to D-0. So far, only the i7 920 processors will undergo the stepping change while i7 940 and 965 remain unchanged.
The main reason for the change is not revealed but one of the cosmetic change stated is the ink swatch where the IHS covered the marked serial number partially. Intel states that the electrical, mechanical and thermal specifications remain within the current specifications. Enthusiasts will definitely be eager to see if the new stepping improves overclockability.
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MSI X58 Platinum Reviewed
The MSI X58 Platinum is an unusual motherboard as it is, in essence, a budget X58 motherboard for Core i7, which up until now has been something of an oxymoron. Of course the word ‘budget’ is a relative term and you’ll still be forking out over £200 for this board but, considering many X58 alternatives are priced well above £300, it’s a relative bargain.
At first glance the X58 Platinum looks more like a high end Core 2 motherboard. What gives the game away, though, is the six DDR3 slots that are a new feature to emerge thanks to Core i7’s triple channel memory.
Two PCI Express 2.0 slots are present but they only support CrossFire and not SLI, which is probably the single biggest reason this board costs less than most. If you do have a yearning for, say, dual nVidia GTX 260 graphics you’ll need to consider the MSI Eclipse SLI with its triple graphics slots and full support for CrossFire and SLI. MSI has gone the whole hog with the Eclipse+ which has four graphics slots and an nForce 200 PCI Express chip but we gather that particular model might not make it to the UK. There are of course other options from alternative manufacturers, including the Asus Rampage II Extreme.
MSI X58 Platinum - (1)
MSI X58 Platinum- (2)
MSI X58 Platinum - (3)
Performance Result
