Archive for December, 2006

ASUS Striker Extreme Review @ Hardwarezone

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Hardwarezone reviews the ASUS Striker Extreme motherboard featuring the NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI chipset. Hardwarezone gives this board a final score of 5/5 along with the “Most Overclockable Product Award” and writes:
The ASUS Striker Extreme has been one of the most highly anticipated nForce 680i SLI motherboards since the launch of the chipset. Some have [...]

Biostar 7600GS Review @ OverclockersOnline

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Overclockers-Online reviews the Biostar 7600GS video card which features a software overclocking tool named ‘V-Ranger’ that allows dynamic voltage regulation of the video card. Overclockers-Online writes in the conclusion:
The Biostar E-Gate 7600GS is a ground breaking video card but not because of the hardware, but because of the software that it comes with. The Biostar [...]

OCZ PC2-8500 nVidia SLI Edition Review @ VirtualHideout

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Virtual-Hideout reviews the OCZ PC2-8500 2×1GB nVidia SLI Edition memory kit and writes:
Well overclocking memory it’s not, unless you want to juice it up for not that much of a gain. However it’s already rated for an impressive 1066Mhz so you have to expect that it’s already pretty much maxed out. If it wasn’t, it [...]

ATI Catalyst 6.12 Released

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

AMD has released the new Catalyst 6.12 driver for ATI graphics cards. This version introduces DirectX video acceleration for CrossFire enabled configurations. Furthermore the latest release resolves some issues with Black&White 2, Neverwinter Nights and the Catalyst Control Center.
You can read the release notes here.
Download ATI Catalyst 6.12 here.

Mushkin HP2-6400 DDR2 Memory 2GB Kit Review @ ModdersInc

Monday, December 11th, 2006

Modders-Inc reviews the Mushkin HP2-6400 DDR2 memory 2×1GB set which is available in different colors and overclocks very well. Modders-Inc gives this memory kit the “Must Have” award and writes:
We all want memory that can handle the high demands of todays games, programs and over-clocking.With the stylish look and outstanding performance you can see that [...]