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Friday, February 22, 2008
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Network Attached Storage (NAS) is slowly emerging as a single storage unit that could be easily attached to your home or business network, and could be accessed easily over your local area network. Today at Benchmark Reviews we have the QNAP TS-109 Pro Turbo Station All-in-one NAS server. QNAP TS-109 Pro comes with laundry list of features and the ability to expand the storage capabilities through the on-board USB and eSATA ports. Please read on to explore the performance and capabilities of TS-109 Pro as we compare it to the previously tested NAS products from other manufacturers.
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Nvidia's GeForce 9600 GT 512MB is a great performer, as long as it hits the right price point. If it doesn't, there's even more of a reason to buy the GeForce 8800 GT than there ever was before - it just goes to show how great that product really was for gamers. Thankfully, there are a few partners and retailers out there willing to charge what the card should ship at instead of what they'd like it to be in order to cash in on the sales rush at launch. Simply put, don't pay any more than £130 for a GeForce 9600 GT - regardless of whether it's a standard card or one with a factory overclock.
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NVIDIA's GeForce 9600 GT is set to give ATI's Radeon HD 3850 and 3870 a bloody good fight in the sub-£150 market.
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The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT series has proven itself to be a very solid mainstream graphics card with a suggested MSRP between $169-$189. Obviously, many of the board partners will have overclocked versions at higher price points and the EVGA and Palit cards that we reviewed today are examples of this as both are priced over $200. After using these three GeForce 9600 GT video cards it's clear that 512MB is the sweet spot as it is ideal for higher resolutions that require larger frame buffers. All of the cards did great and it was interesting to see the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB cards beat up on the overclocked GeForce 8800 GT 256MB at higher resolutions...
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Today is the launch of the NVIDIA 9600 GT. This is the latest mid-range video card from NVIDIA. We are looking here at the XFX 9600 GT video card that runs stock clock speeds. In the end I was impressed with the performance of the XFX 9600 GT given its stock clock speeds and low price. The XFX 9600 GT may well be the next big thing in affordable and attainable graphics performance from NVIDIA.
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Times sure have changed with the graphics cards market. Gone are the days when a new generation of graphics cards was introduced by the top-of-the-line product with a BANG and medium-end cards followed a few weeks or months later. I guess AMD/ATI could be given the credit for starting this trend as they have been launching high and mid-end products at the same time with their last couple of generations of graphics products. nVidia follows that trend today by introducing their latest 9xxx series of graphics card with the 9600GT- a mid-range product.
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Today NVIDIA announced their new GeForce 9 Series. The first product is the GeForce 9600 GT, based on the new G94 GPU. Zotac's AMP! Edition comes overclocked straight out of the box for a little bit extra performance. This can bring the card very close to the GeForce 8800 GT in performance.
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The ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Mainboard arrived Technic3D. The Mainboard from the AMD Spider Platform with 790FX Chipset, see you in the the following Review under Linux and Windows. AMD Phenom Ready?
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The mobo turned out to be working great! The Intel C2Q Q6600 worked perfectly on 3.4 GHz with a voltage of 1.41 V. This is a fantastic result considering the cooling system and CPU limits. All in all, the 6-phase voltage unit proved more than adequate even for a quad-core processor. The board does exactly what you tell her to, not what she decides to, which is a rare case nowadays.
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
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Will the 9600 GT be "The One" to dominate the mid range market, or are ATI going to be happy on an Nvidia launch day, for once?
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The ECS A770M-A (V1.0) AMD 770 motherboard should not be overlooked by anyone looking to build a reliable, low cost system around the latest AMD processors. Those in the market for a highly configurable, overclocking motherboard should keep shopping, but if you want modern features and solid performance right out of the box, this is a good choice.
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Noctua improved the design of the original NH-U12 to make it fit more motherboards, at the same time they decided to bundle it with a low noise 120mm fan. Can this refreshed product stand a chance against heavy competition? We find out.
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Sigma's new Shark line of power supply units combines a functional, stable supplier of required electricity with a stylish, finned, dual-fan cooling design, resulting in a silent but powerful device. It's also one of the most stable devices we've seen in a while. Combine that with a sub $100-price and it looks like we've got quite a nice unit on our hands. Read on for the review.
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Today we are checking out one of the coolest racing wheels for PC and PS3 that you can get your hands on, the Fanatec Porsche 911 Wheel. This wheel looks just like it was ripped from the interior of a 911 turbo and put on your desk. Setting the Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo Wheel up is easy. The shifter can connect to either side of the wheel and slides onto two metal bars. The H-pattern shifter isn't as slick feeling as the shifter on the Logitech G25, but the Fanatec shifter is usable and fun to play with. Paddle shifters are mounted behind the racing wheel as well.
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Some people may mistake this MP4 player from Super Talent as an iPod Touch, but what you won't confuse is the money you will save when you go to purchase one. If you want to know what really wowed us about this product come read our review and find out.
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