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ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 @ AnandTech
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Tuesday

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
@ AnandTech
@ TweakTown
@ Hardware Canucks
@ Hot Hardware
@ Driver Heaven
@ Techgage
@ The Tech Report
@ Guru3D
@ OCC
@ Elite Bastards
@ AMD Zone
@ Phoronix
@ Hartware.net
@ Club Overclocker

Notebooks
Dell Studio 15 Notebook @ gadget zone

Processors
Intel Core 2 Duo E7300/E7200 @ MadBoxPC

Video
ASUS ROG Extreme N9600GT Matrix @ Legion Hardware
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ Overclocking Guide @ Tech ARP
ATI HD4870X2 vs NVIDIA GTX 280 - High-End VGA Comparison @ Madshrimps

Cases
Moneual Lab Moncaso 972 HTPC Case @ Tweaknews.net

Power Supplies
Antec "Signature Series" 850W Power Supply @ Hi-Tech Reviews

Networking
Linksys RangePlus Wireless Router WRT110 @ Trusted Reviews
TRENDnet 200Mbps Powerline Network Kit @ TweakTown

Consumer Electronics
HTC Touch Diamond vs Apple iPhone 3G @ tkArena

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By HOOfan 1 on 8/12/2008 1:06:48 PM , Rating: 5
They take their measurements with a software program. That is ridiculous. Anyone can tell you that software is a very flawed way of measuring Voltage. Just look at some forum posters who state OCCT is telling them their 12V rail is running at something like 7V....the computer wouldn't even function like that.

In their review of the In Win Powerman Commander 1200W, their readings (which are more than likely flawed) show that the 5V rail never got higher than 4.7V and was as low as 4.65V and then have the gall to state that the PSU stays "well within the 5% tolerance"

Umm. 5*.05=.25 5-.25=4.75. Last time I checked both 4.7 and 4.65 were below 4.75 and thus according to their flawed measurements the unit would in fact be out of the 5% voltage regulation tolerance.




By homerdog on 8/12/2008 2:06:40 PM , Rating: 2
Unfortunately many sites out there take this same amateur approach: Hook up an 800+W PSU to a relatively pedestrian rig with a couple of midrange GPUs and give us nothing but voltage readings from (at best) a multimeter; as long as the thing doesn't explode it's an A+ Editor's Choice. Paid advertisements as far as I'm concerned.

Also, has DT been slow for anyone else today? I blame the 4870X2 :)


By gunzac21 on 8/12/2008 3:00:59 PM , Rating: 2
yeah its been slow


By 306maxi on 8/12/2008 3:09:03 PM , Rating: 2
Not to mention the guys English skills leave a lot to be desired.

The fact that he took a picture of the modular SATA connectors makes it look like he's never seen a PSU before either.

Definitely another site which should never grace the pages of Dailytech again.


Nice! =)
By fibreoptik on 8/13/2008 10:08:22 AM , Rating: 2
The card looks alright too...




RE: Nice! =)
By matriarch wolf on 8/13/2008 11:06:37 AM , Rating: 2
yeah good numbers


I want that card
By mattclary on 8/13/2008 10:34:53 AM , Rating: 2
Just for the picture on it!




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