Archive for November, 2006

eVGA nForce 680i SLI Review @ Hexus

Friday, November 24th, 2006

Hexus reviews the eVGA nForce 680i SLI motherboard which supports all Intel LGA775 processors, including Core 2 Duo, Quad and Extreme. This board features 3 PCI-Express X16 slots for SLI graphics and an additional physics card! Other highlights include Gigabit-LAN, 6 SATA2 ports, HD Audio, 2 FireWire ports and 10 USB 2.0 ports. Hexus gives [...]

PowerColor X1650 Pro 256MB Review @ OverclockersOnline

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

OverclockersOnline reviews the PowerColor X1650 Pro graphics card which features 256MB DDR3 memory with a 128bit memory bus. OverclockersOnline loves the excellent performance (for a budget card) and the low fan noise, however, dislikes the package contents. Here is an excerpt of the conclusion:
I have had my hands on a number of mid-range video cards [...]

Asrock ALiveNF6G-DVI Review @ Pro-Clockers

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

Pro-Clockers reviews the Asrock ALiveNF6G-DVI motherboard which features the NVIDIA NF6100-430 chipset. This board supports all AMD AM2 CPUs and up to 8GB DDR2-800 dual channel memory. It also features integrated Geforce6-class graphics supporting PixelShader 3 and DirectX 9. Pro-Clockers writes in the conclusion:
Regardless of the max overclock I would say that the ALiveNF6G-DVI is [...]

ATI Catalyst 6.11 Released

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

ATI has released the latest Catalyst 6.11 video driver. This release introduces Software CrossFire™ support for any combination of Radeon® X1900 and X1950 installed in a system running either the Windows XP or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system. Notice that Software CrossFire™ is not supported on the Radeon® X1950 Pro product line.
There’s also [...]

MSI NX8800GTS-T2D640E Review @ Hardwarezone

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

Hardwarezone reviews the MSI NX8800GTS-T2D640E graphics card featuring the brand new Geforce 8800 GTS with 640MB DDR3 memory. This card supports Shader Model 4 and DirectX 10 which is introduced in Windows Vista. Hardwarezone gives a final score of 4.5 out of 5 and writes in the conclusion:
Based on its US$449 launch price, the GeForce [...]