Archive for September, 2008

Zotac GeForce GTX 260 AMP² Edition Review @ techPowerUp

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

techPowerUp reviews the Zotac GeForce GTX 260 AMP² Edition graphics card which features an increased shader count of 216 while the “old” GTX 260 comes only with 192 shaders. techPowerUp gives this new card a final rating of 9.2 and writes in the conclusion:
Back at the launch of the GTX 260 and GTX 280 the [...]

Gigabyte EP45-DS3R Review @ Overclockersclub

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Overclockersclub reviews the Gigabyte EP45-DS3R motherboard which features Intel’s P45 chipset. The board is given the “OCC-Gold-Award” and the author couldn’t find anything to complain about:
The Gigabyte EP45-DS3R performs almost exactly the same as the Gigabyte EP45-Extreme when all settings are equal. It just does not have the additional cooling capabilities. This motherboard has many [...]

Sapphire Radeon HD4670 Review @ TweakTown

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

TweakTown reviews the Sapphire Radeon HD4670 mid-range graphics card and gives it a final rating of 92%, writing in the conlcusion:
At the end of the day the HD 4670 is going to run every game you play better than the 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 card. AMD deserve a pat on the back because this card [...]

Palit HD4850 Review @ Overclockersclub

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Overclockersclub review the Palit HD4850 graphics card and gives it the “OCC-Gold-Award”. The only downside the author complains about is the high temperature of the card. Here is a part of the final thoughts:
The Palit HD4850 performed consistently just below the performance of the GTX260 and HD4870. However, it did beat out the G92 based [...]

Gigabyte EP45-Extreme Review @ TweakTown

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

TweakTown reviews the Gigabyte EP45-Extreme motherboard and gives it a final rating of 93% and the ‘Must Have’ editor’s choice award. Here is an excerpt of the conclusion:
The EP45-Extreme has the most impressive array of voltage options I have ever seen on any motherboard out there. They are also practical, allowing for tweaking of the [...]