SOYO 24" Pearl Series LCD Monitor Review
Bjorn3D takes a look at the SOYO 24" Pearl Series LCD Monitor

To help you with your buying decision we at Bjorn3D will be looking at one of the largest monitors offered by a company well known for making great monitors at a great price, SOYO. With us today is their 24' Pearl Series LCD monitor that brings with it plenty of quality specs on paper. Is it the right monitor for your next upgrade? How much will it cost you? And most importantly, are you getting your money's worth? Read on to find out just how well this monitor performs in our testing labs.

SOYO 24" Pearl Series LCD Monitor Review

AMD Phenom X4 In Real-Life Applications
Digit-Life takes a look at the AMD Phenom X4 in real-life applications

This small article touches upon a single problem: how memory performance affects the speed of a computer based on a quad-core AMD Phenom X4 9850 processor. However, it would be reasonable to assume that tendencies discovered in this article will be true for at least all Phenom X4 products.

AMD Phenom X4 In Real-Life Applications



Sapphire 1024MB Radeon HD3850 Graphics Card Review
Bigbruin.com has posted a review on the Sapphire 1024MB Radeon HD3850 Graphics Card

By taking the decent features and specifications that the ATI Radeon HD3850 GPU offers on its own and enhancing it with a few tweaks here and there, Sapphire just might be able to deliver on the marketing hype found on the box for this card... "Delivering mayhem to the mainstream".

Sapphire 1024MB Radeon HD3850 Graphics Card Review

Gateway P-6831FX Gaming Notebook Review
HotHardware.com posted a review on the Gateway P-6831FX Gaming Notebook

While there are quite a few manufacturers building GeForce 8800M equipped notebooks, almost all of them are high-end products that demand top dollar for the pleasure. Gateway's "P-Series FX" line-up of 17" gaming notebooks seems no different at first glance. However, careful inspection of their product specifications reveals that the most junior P-Series FX model weighs in at just $1,349.99, a decidedly mid-range price point for this type of machine. Yet it's still powered by a GeForce 8800M, just like the rest of the otherwise high-end FX notebook line-up. This GPU choice alone potentially makes the junior P-Series FX model one of the best gaming and multimedia machines in the entire mid-range notebook price segment, so we couldn't resist taking a closer look. Come on by the site and check it out...

Gateway P-6831FX Gaming Notebook Review

PowerColor AMD TV Wonder 600 PCIe x1 Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the PowerColor AMD TV Wonder 600 PCIe x1

The new TV Wonder 600 PCIe TV tuner card is the PCI-Express x1 entry level model of the new series. This is also the first time that the TV Wonder series is available in Europe with the PAL standard. It can be used for analog or DVB-T signals and manages MPEG encoding by software. The card is built on a fancy purple PCB, comes with an extremely stylish IR receiver along with a remote and PowerCinema 5.

PowerColor AMD TV Wonder 600 PCIe x1 Review

Symphonic Designs Tube Amplifier Review
TechwareLabs has published a review of the Symphonic Designs Tube Amplifier with iPod Dock and Bluetooth

For the high end audio enthusiast the holy grail has always been vacuum tubes. Nothing else is capable of producing as clear or powerful sound. We take a look at the Symphonic Designs Vacuum Tube Amplifier which mates old with new in its design which integrates an iPod dock and even bluetooth. Do we like this "lifestyles of the rich and famous" priced amplifier? Or do we think it needs some more refinement. Read our review to find out.

Symphonic Designs Tube Amplifier Review

G.Skill PI 2x2GB PC3-12800 DDR3 Kit Review
Hardware Canucks posted a review of the G.Skill PI 2x2GB PC3-12800 DDR3 Kit.

G.Skill has recognized this need for high performance 2x2GB kits of DDR3 memory and has sprinkled the pot with a PC3-12800 4GB kit with tight timings of 7-7-7. DDR3 memory frequencies have really started taking off but at much looser timings. The DDR3-1600 and 7-7-7 timing combination really is a steadfast combo that has been common for 2x1GB kits but is a little harder to find in 2GB density sticks. To top off these rather impressive specifications, G.Skill has added in a set of their new PI heat spreaders.

G.Skill PI 2x2GB PC3-12800 DDR3 Kit Review

Kingwin Revolution RVT-12025D CPU Cooler Review
DragonSteelMods posted a review on the Kingwin Revolution RVT-12025D CPU Cooler

Today I've got the last of three CPU coolers that Kingwin has sent me over for review, the RVT-12025D, and this thing is huge.The RVT-12025D offers decent cooling performance but not what you might expect from such a large cooler, you won't be breaking any records with this cooler. It's built to be silent and keep your CPU cool, and that it does well. Installation though can be tricky, and downright difficult actually...

Kingwin Revolution RVT-12025D CPU Cooler Review

XtremeMac Tango X2 Review
Techgage posted a review of XtremeMac's Tango X2 docking iPod speaker.

ASUS finally antes up to the bang-for-the-buck table with a value-priced product in their Xonar family of performance audio cards. It's got a solid feature set, and debuts with ASUS' new DS3D GX 2.0 environmental DSP, but does it break new ground in the price/performance department?

XtremeMac Tango X2 -- Techgage Review

HIS HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Video Card Review
3D Game Man posted a review on the HIS HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Video Card

The Radeon HD 4800 series video cards are currently available in three flavors; the 4850, 4870 and 4870 X2. The single GPU HIS HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Video Card is based on the RV770 core which is built on the 55 nanometer manufacturing process and has 956 million transistors. The core speed on this product is 750MHz and the 512MB of GDDR5 256 bit memory is 3.6GHz DDR. It comes with 800 stream processing units for vertex, pixel and geometry data, 40 texture units and 16 raster operators. The pixel fill rate is 27 GPixels/sec and the memory bandwidth is 115.2GB/s. If you've been waiting to purchase a high-end Video Card, it's arrived! This is the best performance vs. price video cards currently on the market, hands down! Watch the video to find out more.

HIS HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Video Card Review

Razer vs. SteelSeries Headset Comparison
TweakTown posted a comparison review between Razer vs. SteelSeries Headsets

Today we’ve got two gaming oriented headsets in hand from SteelSeries and Razer. Both headsets are equipped with built-in microphone booms and offer in-line switches to control volume and mute functions for the microphone.

Comparing things of an auditory nature can always be tricky, so first I will give you the specs of both and later on I will give you the impressions of each through a series of tests based on my finely tuned aural senses...

Razer vs. SteelSeries Headset Comparison

Aten CS1782 DVI KVMP Switch Review
OCC has published a new review on the Aten CS1782 DVI KVMP Switch

Overall, I'm extremely impressed with this Aten CS1782 KVM switch. The Wife was very annoyed by the WoW keyboard problem, but as mentioned, it went away the instant I plugged in a USB keyboard, which made her happy and negated that annoyance. I would figure most gamers that are willing to drop the cash for something like this, would already be beyond the older PS/2 keyboards and into something like the Logitech G15. Speaking of price, Aten's MSRP is $279.95, but I've used my Google and shopping skills and have found it around the net from $172.87 to $237.83. This is definitely a bit pricey for a KVM, especially considering most KVM's that users would buy (other than enterprise/corporate clients) cost around $50.00 to $100.00. My own KVM's have never nailed me for more than $55, but then again, my KVM's won't do DVI natively (and LCD's look ghosted or strange through a KVM with a DVI adapter), most don't have USB functions, and not a single KVM I've ever seen before has had the ability to 7.1 audio.

Aten CS1782 DVI KVMP Switch Review

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 280 AMP! Edition Video Card Review
Benchmark Reviews has released a new article on the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 280 AMP! Edition Video Card

NVIDIA has recently launched the GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 video cards. Both the GTX 280 and GTX 260 products position themselves at the most elite segment of the GeForce product line, so just imagine how much more powerful the GeForce GTX 280 could become after ZOTAC give it their special AMP! Edition treatment. The recent Radeon HD 4870 launch may have shown how close ATI/AMD can get to NVIDIA's bar of performance, but the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 280 AMP! Edition graphics card has just raised that bar much higher. Benchmark Reviews tests the ZOTAC ZT-X28E3LA-FCP against the GeForce 9800 GX2 and 9800 GTX, as well as the new Radeon HD 4850 in CrossFireX configuration.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 280 AMP! Edition Video Card Review

Scythe Orochi CPU Cooler Review
HardwareLogic posted a review on the Scythe Orochi CPU Cooler

Is bigger better? Well that probably depends on what we are talking about. Right? Get your mind out of the gutter. Scythe sent us their new Orochi CPU cooler and they made no bones about hiding the bulge. This thing is huge, plain and simple. Scythe has manufactured some fantastic high performance coolers, as well as some respectable bang-for-buck quiet mid-range coolers. This time they set their sights on more size and less noise to try to get respectable performance out of the Orochi. They expect this cooler to be used as a passive cooler (fanless) or with a large nearly silent fan. So back to our original question: Is bigger better? Let's check out this monster and find out.

Scythe Orochi CPU Cooler Review

Dynapower USA TP-LINK (TL-WR543G) 54Mbps and (TL-WR642G) 108Mbps Routers Review
Virtual-Hideout posted a review on the Dynapower USA TP-LINK (TL-WR543G) 54Mbps and (TL-WR642G) 108Mbps

Dynapower USA sent over the TP-LINK 54M Wireless AP Client Router and the 108M Wireless Router. Each of the routers have XR, or Extended Range, technology which can increase the range 2 to 3 times the normal 802.11b range. They both are designed for Small Office/Home Office wireless networks, and integrate Firewall, NAT-router and Wireless AP. The 54M Router additionally sports a 4-port switch. Not only designed for the Small Office/Home application but for those of use on a small budget.

Dynapower USA TP-LINK (TL-WR543G) 54Mbps and (TL-WR642G) 108Mbps Routers Review

Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 CrossfireX test
The Guru of 3D tested the performance of Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 CrossfireX

Guru3D posted a Radeon 4850 and 4870 Crossfire review. Since Radeon series 4800 cards offer so much value, it might even ne interesting to pair them in CrossfireX mode.

Much like NVIDIA's SLI offerings, AMD's ATI solution can be paired and matched as well. So pretty much today we'll place several cards together in CrossfireX mode, first the cards paired (two) and then we'll for the sake of it see if we can pair three cards CrossfireX mixed, meaning 2x 4870 and one 4850. When you compare the results to NVIDIA's latest high-end single card offerings, the results are a little shocking.

Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 CrossfireX test