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Brandon Hill (Blog) - September 25, 2008 10:05 AM

7 comment(s) - last by vortex222.. on Sep 28 at 8:12 PM

Dell Studio 15 - 15.4in Notebook @ Trusted Reviews

DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Thursday

Notebooks
Dell Studio 15 - 15.4in Notebook @ Trusted Reviews

Motherboards
Abit IX38 Quad GT Motherboard @ TechwareLabs
Biostar TPower I45 Motherboard @ PCSTATS.com
Asrock K10N78-1394 AM2+ Motherboard @ Pro-Clockers
Intel Atom/ECS 945GCT-D Motherboard @ t-break
ASUS GeForce GTX 260 TOP Graphics Card @ TweakTown

Video
ASUS EAH4870x2 TOP (2Gb GDDR5) @ CPU3D
Foxconn 9500GT-256FR3 OC Video Card @ Futurelooks
Sapphire HD 4670 @ High Tech Reviews
Sapphire Radeon 4870 TOXIC 512 MB @ AMD Zone
eVGA GeForce GTX 280 HC16 Hydro Copper @ Guru3D
BFG Tech GeForce GTX 260 OCX Maxcore @ bit-tech

Storage
QNAP TS-209 II Turbo NAS @ bit-tech
OCZ Spyder 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive @ Virtual-Hideout
QNAP TS-509 Pro Turbo Five Bay NAS Network Attached Storage System @ Tweaknews.net

Cases
Cooler Master (RC-1100) Cosmos S Case @ XtremeComputing
GMC Noblesse AVC-S1 HTPC Case @ Rbmods

Cooling
Cooler Master Hyper 212 CPU Cooler @ ThinkComputers.org
Antec Notebook Cooler to go & Notebook Cooler @ Mikhailtech
Forcetake MARS RAM Cooler @ Frostytech.com
Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev.2 Heatpipe VGA Cooler @ Tweaknews.net
Glacialtech Igloo 7312 Silent E Heatsink @ Frostytech.com
Thermalright True Black 120 @ HardwareLogic
Zalman CNPS9300 AT CPU Cooler @ PC Perspective

Power Supplies
Antec NeoPower 650 Blue PSU @ OCModShop
QPower 1050w @ XSReviews
Hiper Type R Mark-II 880 Watt Power Supply @ TweakTown
BFG Tech LS-680 680W Power Supply @ Bigbruin.com

Peripherals
Altec Lansing T612 Speaker System @ ThinkComputers.org
WolfKing Trooper MVP Laser Gaming Mouse @ Benchmark Reviews
OCZ Dominatrix Laser Gaming Mouse @ OCC

Consumer Electronics
Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray Player @ Trusted Reviews
COWON iAUDIO 7 MP3 Player @ TheTechLounge

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4850 X2?

By koenshaku on 9/25/2008 3:38:24 PM , Rating: 2

What ever happened to the 4850 X2?

RE: 4850 X2?

By Totally on 9/26/2008 12:26:13 AM , Rating: 2

Everyone is asking the same question, seculation ranges from:

1. AMD wants to sell as many 4870's as it can
2. AIB partners are taking their sweet time since they are allowed to design their own PCB.
3. Waiting for Nvidia to bring the heat, and then BAM!
4. AMD promised us another product that won't happen.

I'm pretty sure it's number 3 and 1 is an effect, but since there isn't a official answer to this question, believe want you want.

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RE: 4850 X2?

By kmmatney on 9/26/2008 1:54:35 AM , Rating: 2

Assuming that AMD has good yield on the 4870, they make more money selling a 4870, versus a 4850x2 at the same price. So the 4850x2 doesn't make a lot of sense for AMD. Of course you can crossfire two 4850's, although it doesn't help if your MB does not support crossfire.

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By semo on 9/25/2008 3:06:23 PM , Rating: 2

virtual hideout's reviews suck.

quote:
What's nice about these tests is that they're quick, they're clean, and they're well cut.

who cares how lazy the reviewer is? we need to know the results and just posting a single read test doesn't constitute a review; where's the simple write test atleast?

quote:
During testing, the drive felt responsive, provided no problems , and stayed a bit warm, but never scalding to the touch.

aah, remember the days when usb drives provided problems and used to scald you... yeah, neither do i.

quote:
That being said, it's time for the conclusion

obviously just using fillers to make his/her reviews look longer.

anyone know a site with decent usb flash drive reviews?

RE: vh

By zzeoss on 9/26/2008 2:11:24 AM , Rating: 2

http://xbitlabs.com/articles/memory/

I had the same problem few days ago with a review on rbmods if I remember correctly. Nobody else seemed to be bothered that they provided no write speed and the review overall was crap.
Probably nobody read it but they were quick to bash me.

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AMD Zones Review

By yxalitis on 9/27/2008 10:29:54 PM , Rating: 2

Ugh,

someone should point some things out to AMD Zone:
1. Don't benchmark GPU's with Crysis on AMD hardware, you're CPU limited from the get go.
2. List the GPU's in the same order they appear in the graph, makes for much nicer reading.