Tuesday, August 24, 2010

IT News HeadLines (PCSTATS) 24/08/2010


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ViewSonic VOT125 PC Mini and VX2739wm Monitor @ PCSTATS

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MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone OC 1024MB tested @ PCSTATS
"Known mostly for its monitor and projector lines, ViewSonic has recently rolled out a new line of Mini PCs (AKA “Nettops”) and All-in-Ones. Today, we’ll take a look at two new products from the company; the VOT125 Mini PC and the VX2739wm LCD monitor. This particular combo boasts the ability to physically integrate with one another using the VE... [PCSTATS]

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Graphics Card @ PCSTATS
We test and review the MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone OC with 1024MB graphics memory. The Cyclone GTX 460 OC model flexes the GPU muscle all the way up towards 725MHz, the shaders to 1500 MHz and the GDDR5 to 3600 MHz (effective). Built with military class components to last you a long time, meanwhile they slapped the Cyclone edition cooler on top... [PCSTATS]

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EVGA P55 FTW Overclocking Mainboard @ PCSTATS
"NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB is quite a success, considering the recommended price. It outperforms the cheaper AMD Radeon HD 5770 and performs on a par with (and in some tests outperforms) the similarly priced AMD Radeon HD 5830. Fast tesselation, the advantage of the Fermi architecture, remains in this product as well."... [PCSTATS]

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GIGABYTE Radeon HD 5770 Super Overclock 1GB Video Card @ PCSTATS
The EVGA P55 FTW comes in black colour and with an area of expertise: Overclocking. We checked if it can really use the name affix FTW. ... [PCSTATS]

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Lenovo ThinkCenter M90z All-In-One Review @ PCSTATS
"Occasionally I'll have a sample that slips through the cracks; the HD 5770 SOC from GIGABYTE is one of those cards. When I first heard about the model I was looking forward to testing it. Combine the SOC series from GIGABYTE which we love, along with the HD 5770 which carries with it some excellent value, and we thought surely we're onto a winner.... [PCSTATS]

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Intel's $7.68 billion acquisition of McAfee @ PCSTATS
Lenovo has been making a push in touch-enabled products as of late. A few months back, we tested one of the company's first touchscreen-enabled ThinkPad notebooks (and an IdeaPad, for that matter). Regardless, the company isn't exactly a household name when it comes to touch-enabled products, but with Windows 7's built in touch capabilities, the co... [PCSTATS]

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Scythe Chouriki 2 750 Watt Power Supply @ PCSTATS
The news of Intel's $7.68 billion acquisition of McAfee was a bit of a surprise to many of us, and the vague justifications both sides offered for the deal largely focused on the proliferation of mobile devices. However, I couldn't help but think of another implication of this acquisition for the traditional PC market. Buying McAfee instantly makes... [PCSTATS]

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Patriot Bolt 8GB Hardware Encrypted USB Flash Drive @ PCSTATS
Call it what you may but Scythe is no stranger to the power supply industry. They have currently five models of power supplies to offer to the consumer looking for a power unit to push their rig. And today we will be taking a look at their latest PSU entitled the Chouriki. The Chouriki is like many other models of power supplies as it comes in s... [PCSTATS]

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Gigabyte H55N Mini-ITX Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS
"Patriot's Bolt series of flash drives prove that file security doesn't have to come at a premium price. $25 for the 8GB model is easy on the wallet, and it performs just as well as any other flash drive out there and has a sleek look to boot. The AES 256-bit hardware encryption will keep your files safe in the event the drive gets lost or stolen, ... [PCSTATS]

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Gigabyte X58A-UD9 and GTX480 Quad Sli Review @ PCSTATS
Mini-ITX motherboards are typically designed for low power consumption and cherished for their compact form factor. So what happens when you replace a low powered system with an Intel H55?... [PCSTATS]

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ASUS RT-N16 Multi-Functional Gigabit Wireless N Router @ PCSTATS
Fancy a motherboard that has absolutely everything you could need? Gigabyte have the answer.... [PCSTATS]

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AMD Athlon II X4 640 CPU @ PCSTATS
If you think us computer/electronic reviewers are some kind of epic technogeeks with out-of-this-world powers composed of a completely different set of DNA than the general consumer, then you are only viewing a small part of a big picture. Yes, we do work with many different manufacturers to various extents in a wide variety of such products -- but... [PCSTATS]

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Corsair Flash Voyager GTR @ PCSTATS
Today we will take a look at the AMD:s newest consumer class quadcore cpu. AMD Athlon II X4 640 is a 3.0GHz processor and we will be taking a look at how well it performs against AMD Phenom II X4 and the older AMD Athlon II X4 635. Let's have a closer look at it.... [PCSTATS]

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Nvidia Quadro 5000 Professional Graphics Card Review @ PCSTATS
HT4U.net tested every type of USB-drives in the past. Newly launched models usually have not much to differentiate from earlier ones. This time it is Corsair again to launch a new series of high-end models. HT4U.net presents the Voyager GTR and shows what you can expect. ... [PCSTATS]

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AMD 890FX Mainboards Roundup: ASRock, Asus, Biostar, Gigabyte and MSI @ PCSTATS
New generation of professional graphics cards from Nvidia uses chips with Fermi architecture. Today we are going to introduce to you one of the new solutions, Quadro 5000 that belongs to high-performance segment and is coming to replace Quadro FX 4800. ... [PCSTATS]

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Clarkdale and High-Speed DDR3 SDRAM @ PCSTATS
Today we are going to talk about six mainboards on AMD 890FX chipset, namely: ASRock 890FX Deluxe3, Asus M4A89TD Pro and Asus M4A89TD Pro/USB3, Biostar TA890FXE, Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 and MSI 890FXA-GD70. We will compare their technical specifications, BIOS functionality, overclocking potential; will check out their performance and power consumpti... [PCSTATS]

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AMD Radeon HD 4250 880G On Linux @ PCSTATS
The memory controller of the dual-core Clarkdale processors is seriously inferior to the integrated memory controllers of other Intel processors in terms of pure performance. We decided to check if there is a way to fix this situation by using overclocker DDR3 SDRAM.... [PCSTATS]

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MSI N460GTX Cyclone OC 1024 MByte @ PCSTATS
"Back in May we looked at the AMD Radeon HD 4290 integrated graphics Linux performance of the 890GX motherboard chipset found on the MSI 890GXM-G65 and many other motherboards. This ATI Radeon 4290 (890GX) wasn't the most compelling integrated graphics processor we found with its OpenGL performance using the proprietary Catalyst driver bein... [PCSTATS]

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Corsair Survivor GTR 32GB Review @ PCSTATS
MSI sends another GeForce GTX 460 to HT4U.netÂ’s lab. With itÂ’s design, and 1 GB of graphics RAM it has to compete with the good results of 768 MB cards. ... [PCSTATS]

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ASUS EAH5850 and 5850TOP in Crossfire @ PCSTATS
"The Corsair Survivor GTR 32GB USB-Stick arrived Technic3D. Technic3D will see the Corsair Survivor GTR against the Flash Voyager GT USB-Stick and more. You can see the Speed in the following Review."... [PCSTATS]

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Patriot Inferno 100GB SSD Review @ PCSTATS
In our last CrossfireX article we performed a mix and match experiment, pairing up two RADEON 5870 from two different manufacturers and also with two different memory configurations to see whether they would play along nicely. The outcome was that in most of the applications tested, no problems occurred, however, in some of the synthetic benchmarks... [PCSTATS]

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Thermaltake Level 10 case @ PCSTATS
“A solid state drive (SSD) is the greatest single upgrade you can perform on a modern computer.” At least that’s what we’ve been told at one time or another. SSDs have come a very long way since their first release. They’re more reliable, larger and most importantly, their cost-per-gigabyte has come down. Today, we’ll see if that modern day adage i... [PCSTATS]

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SilverStone HDDBoost Review @ PCSTATS
"The Level 10 is a 53 pound aluminum chassis that combines a modular design along with a central pillar to create a case... that doesn't look like a case at all. In fact, it actually appears more a work of structural art rather than a means to house your computer hardware. Still, even with the exceptional look of the case only a select few will be ... [PCSTATS]

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DHP-307AV & Devolo dLAN 200 AVplus @ PCSTATS
"System builders are at a crossroads of sorts when it comes time to choose a storage solution. Do you go for balls-to-the-wall performance and slap your wallet silly by investing in a high performance solid state drive (SSD), or are you better off picking up a high capacity, yet slower performing hard drive for a fraction of the cost? There isn't a... [PCSTATS]

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AirLink101 SkyIPCam777W @ PCSTATS
“The short definition of a computer network could be put this way - the magical term that will be understood by most people as a bunch of unknown terms related to settings and a mystical image of an incomprehensible forest of cables. This wasn’t that far from the truth until recently, but the definition has changed along with new solutions ... [PCSTATS]

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