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<b>Warning: Overclocking will void your warranty.</b>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-51754021755826321612011-06-24T14:49:00.000+01:002011-06-24T14:49:32.765+01:00ASUS P8Z68-V PRO Review: Our First Z68 Motherboard<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><strong style="color: #0068a5; font-size: 13px;">ASUS P8Z68-V PRO: Friend or Foe?</strong></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><strong style="color: #0068a5; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Yet another 6-series chipset is upon us from Intel. In terms of just consumer level desktop Cougar Point chipsets, this makes the seventh on offer—the Z68 is being marketed as the logical progression from both P67 and H67 for consumers. Z68 introduces a host of new features, including combined overclocking of the CPU and integrated Intel HD Graphics, <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/4329/intel-z68-chipset-smart-response-technology-ssd-caching-review/2" style="color: #0068a5; text-decoration: none;">SSD caching</a>, and use of integrated GPU features such as Quick Sync while still maintaining full discrete GPU usage in true 3D applications. ASUS have kindly supplied us with their <b>P8Z68-V PRO</b> model, which should retail at $210, and is a small price premium as an update from the P8P67 PRO model we looked at previously.</div><div align="center" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/4330/ASUS%20Visual%20Oblique.jpg" style="color: #e07100; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/4330/ASUS%20Visual%20Oblique_575px.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" /></a></div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-67438931227470373492011-05-10T07:29:00.000+01:002011-05-10T07:29:40.066+01:00P67 $190 Part 2: MSI, ASRock and ECS<hr /><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/4323/p67-190-part-2-msi-asrock-and-ecs">http://www.anandtech.com/show/4323/p67-190-part-2-msi-asrock-and-ecs</a><br />
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Our <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/4130/the-battle-of-the-p67-boards-asus-vs-gigabyte-at-190" style="color: #0068a5; text-decoration: none;">first look at $190 P67 boards</a> started with ASUS and Gigabyte. Within hours of posting the review, I was commandeered by several other companies to look at their $190 motherboards. This is still one of the best selling P67 price points, even with Z68 around the corner. Here, we look at the MSI P67A-GD65, the ASRock P67 Extreme6 and the ECS P67H2-A2, and come up with some interesting results. Read on…</div><div align="center" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/4323/p67-190-part-2-msi-asrock-and-ecs" style="color: #e07100; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/4323/1-Front-Small.JPG" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" /></a></div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-60264341977005834432011-03-28T01:59:00.001+01:002011-03-28T01:59:40.928+01:00H67 – A Triumvirate of Tantalizing Technology<hr /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0068a5; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/4241/h67-a-triumvirate-of-tantalizing-technology" style="color: #0068a5; text-decoration: none;">http://www.anandtech.com/show/4241/h67-a-triumvirate-of-tantalizing-technology</a></span><br />
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<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Sandy Bridge is more than just P67. With the plethora of issues regarding the B2 stepping and Intel’s recall, there is still hope in the land of Sandy Bridge. Before Z68 is launched sometime later this year, we have laid our hands on some H67 boards. The H67 allows us to use the onboard graphics capabilities of the Sandy Bridge platform, at the expense of processor overclocking, as well as one of the two graphics based PCIe slots that P67 afforded. Today we are examining the Gigabyte H67MA-UD2H, the ECS H67H2-M and the ASRock H67M-GE/HT, all below the $150 mark, all micro-ATX.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/4241/h67-a-triumvirate-of-tantalizing-technology" style="color: #e07100; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/4241/Combined_575px.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" width="400"/></a></div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-50553743887012995322011-01-20T22:08:00.002+00:002011-01-20T22:08:49.597+00:00The Battle of the P67 Boards - ASUS vs. Gigabyte at $190<hr /><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/4130/the-battle-of-the-p67-boards-asus-vs-gigabyte-at-190">http://www.anandtech.com/show/4130/the-battle-of-the-p67-boards-asus-vs-gigabyte-at-190</a><br />
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<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">In the world of motherboards and manufacturer competition, the idea is to beat your competitor. To develop the product, with more features, more fancy gadgets, and perform better than your competitor at every price point. Today, we pit arguably the two most popular motherboard vendors at a price point that will see a significant number of sales from consumers and enthusiasts alike – the <strong style="color: #0068a5; font-size: 13px;">ASUS P8P67 Pro</strong> and the <strong style="color: #0068a5; font-size: 13px;">Gigabyte P67A-UD4</strong>, which were both released during the Sandy Bridge week for $190. Forget all the marketing fluff; this is a showdown!</div><div align="center" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/4130/FrontImage.PNG" style="color: #e07100; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/4130/FrontImage_575px.PNG" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" width="500" /></a></div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-82132537663330385362011-01-08T23:13:00.000+00:002011-01-08T23:13:07.661+00:00Welcome to Sandy Bridge, with the ASRock P67 Extreme4<hr /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/4080/welcome-to-sandy-bridge-with-the-asrock-p67-extreme4">http://www.anandtech.com/show/4080/welcome-to-sandy-bridge-with-the-asrock-p67-extreme4</a></span><br />
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The launch of the Sandy Bridge platform today brings Intel’s newest socket, the new LGA-1155 platform, into the hands of the consumer. Pre-release information across the internet has heralded this new platform for its per-clock performance, and the reduction in complexity when it comes to overclocking. Through the ASRock P67 Extreme4 motherboard, let us examine some of the new features Sandy Bridge has to offer, and see whether this board is worth the $150 projected price point.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/4080/BOX-P67Extreme4.jpg" style="color: #e07100; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/4080/BOX-P67Extreme4_575px.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" width="400" /></a></div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-17767440782859409172010-12-03T15:17:00.001+00:002010-12-03T15:19:17.094+00:00Zotac Announce two 880G AMD Mini-ITX Motherboards<hr /><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/4046/zotac-announce-two-880g-amd-miniitx-motherboards">http://www.anandtech.com/show/4046/zotac-announce-two-880g-amd-miniitx-motherboards</a><br />
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With the launch of Sandy Bridge on the horizon, the larger motherboard manufacturers are putting the final touches to their products. ASUS, Gigabyte, EVGA, MSI, Foxconn, and others will all be vying for your hard earned cash by attempting to wow you with images of hardware, and words regarding supposed performance. So when ASUS started handing out images of their upcoming high-end P67 range, we had to dissect and pass on the information. Click through for the P8P67 Pro, P8P67 Deluxe and the P67 Maximum IV Extreme.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/4019/IMG_0013-1_x%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="color: #e07100; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/4019/IMG_0013-1_x%20-%20Copy_575px.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" width="400" /></a></div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-44565734881310348932010-09-29T14:53:00.000+01:002010-09-29T14:53:04.817+01:00A Quick Glimpse of the Biostar TP67XE and TH67XE<hr /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/3950/a-quick-glimpse-of-the-biostar-tp67xe-and-th67xe">http://www.anandtech.com/show/3950/a-quick-glimpse-of-the-biostar-tp67xe-and-th67xe</a></span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">ASUS’ Republic of Gamers range is soon to have a new member, in the shape of the ASUS Rampage III Formula. Using the X58 chipset, this board is designed for looks, uncompromised performance, overclocking, and the best possible online gaming experience with the new SupremeFX X-Fi 2 audio solution. However, based on <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/3820/asus-evga-gigabyte-msi-four-flagship-motherboards-reviewed" style="color: #0068a5; text-decoration: none;">our recent high-end X58 roundup</a>, the X58 market is stagnating between the budget X58 and high end, where the minor features that few people end up using seem destined to create a huge markup price. ASUS hopes to alleviate such issues with the release of the Rampage III Formula, by finding a happy medium.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/3841/Intro.JPG" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" width="400" /></div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-6953275335678512602010-08-05T22:47:00.000+01:002010-08-05T22:47:00.577+01:00Logitech Releases a Smörgåsbord of Gaming Peripherals<hr /><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/3840/logitech-releases-a-smrgsbord-of-gaming-peripherals">http://www.anandtech.com/show/3840/logitech-releases-a-smrgsbord-of-gaming-peripherals</a><br />
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A competitive gamer loves being at the cutting edge. Every piece of hardware needs to be meticulously set to his or her specifications and customisations – being hindered by substandard equipment is not an option. For a number of years, Logitech have played a role in this field, trying to give the gamer what they want – assuming money is no object, of course. Today they have announced a triumvirate of a new headset, new mouse and new keyboard to add to any prospective warrior’s arsenal, if your wallet stretches that far.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/3840/gaming-keyboard-g510.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" width="400" /></div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-60797078338405588932010-08-04T22:05:00.000+01:002010-08-04T22:05:40.265+01:00Corsair to release the H70<hr /><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/3837/corsair-to-release-the-h70">http://www.anandtech.com/show/3837/corsair-to-release-the-h70</a><br />
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Water cooling is typically seen for an enthusiast, requiring pumps, reservoirs, tubing, know-how, and a cautious mind not to spill water all over your precious components. The benefits of water cooling are obvious to many – having your system run cooler, better stability at higher overclocks, and aesthetics. Lower down the order of the water cooling, manufacturers like CoolerMaster, Corsair and Coolit have over the years come to the market with all-in-one solutions, requiring little knowledge to reap water cooling benefits. These early models were readily slated in reviews, for being more expensive than high-end air cooling, yet performing worse. It wasn’t until the Corsair H50 and H50-1 models came along that these all-in-one water coolers were taken seriously, because here was a product that performed as good as a high end air cooler, in certain situations quieter, could easily fit in many cases, and only for a small premium. So now Corsair is due to release the next model in their line – the Corsair H70.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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If you’re on the lookout for a GTX460, you had two choices – the 768MB versions, or the 1GB variants. From<a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/3809/nvidias-geforce-gtx-460-the-200-king" style="color: #0068a5; text-decoration: none;">our recent review</a>, the 1GB versions, due to their increased memory bus width, outperformed the 768MB versions by quite a few percentage points. This is also reflected in the price of the 1GB 460 over the 768MB 460. So now Gainward are adding to the mix, with a 2GB GTX 460 model.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/3835/GTX460%20GS_2GB%20(1).jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" /></div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-47882771076303562602010-07-13T18:16:00.000+01:002010-07-13T18:16:19.745+01:00OCZ Unveils 4GB DDR3-2133 Modules<hr /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/3815/ocz-unveil-4gb-ddr32133-modules">http://www.anandtech.com/show/3815/ocz-unveil-4gb-ddr32133-modules</a></span><br />
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<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Sapphire is bringing a constant stream of passively cooled 5xxx series GPUs to the market – if you recall, we reported on the <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/3683/" style="color: #0068a5; text-decoration: none;">Sapphire HD5550 Ultimate</a> only a couple of months ago. This time, they have another iteration to introduce to the market – the HD5670. With HDMI, Dual-Link DVI and DisplayPort connections, the card will support three monitors in an ATI Eyefinity configuration with a suitable DisplayPort monitor or active display adapter. DirectX 11 and CrossFireX support comes as standard.</div><div align="center" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><img alt="" src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/3785/HD5670%20Sapphire.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" /></div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-65212558136880792802010-06-18T19:46:00.001+01:002010-06-18T19:47:56.867+01:00Computex 2010: Motherboards<hr /><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/3770/computex-2010-motherboards">http://www.anandtech.com/show/3770/computex-2010-motherboards</a><br />
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Another year, another Computex. Every time it comes around, vendors attempt to tease and tantalise both journalists and Joe Public alike with concept models, previews, machines running really fast, and the ubiquitous booth attendants holding motherboards upside down. As part of our motherboard coverage here at AnandTech, rather than post separate news articles for each motherboard, we've had a look through what Computex 2010 had to offer, including current and to-be-released products, and got facts straight from the manufacturers where possible.</div><div align="center" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><img alt="" src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/c3770/boothbabe.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" /></div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-43532641614211182282010-06-06T15:44:00.004+01:002010-06-18T19:49:23.604+01:00ASRock X58 Extreme3: An Enthusiast X58 Motherboard at a Budget Price?<hr /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1487660228">http://www.anandtech.com/show/3751/asrock-x58-extreme3an-enthusiast-x58-motherboard-at-a-budget-price</a><br />
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Today, we take a look at an X58 motherboard from ASRock, the Extreme3. The Extreme3 is the next iteration up from the ASRock X58 Extreme, with the notable additions being USB3 and SATA 6Gb/s functionality. The good news is that ASRock have managed to provide the extra features whilst retaining a sub $200 price point, making it a difficult board to ignore...<br />
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">AMD today have launched five new processors, to replace current products, ranging from the budget Athlon II X2 260 to the Athlon II X4 610.</span></span></blockquote><div align='center'><img src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/3714/AMD_Athlon2.png" /></div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-61038551646063403412010-05-11T07:43:00.000+01:002010-05-11T07:43:20.496+01:00Hard Drives to reach 3TB in 2010?<hr /><a href="http://anandtech.com/show/3713/hard-drives-to-reach-3tb-in-2010">http://anandtech.com/show/3713/hard-drives-to-reach-3tb-in-2010</a><br />
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">The newest product to be thrusted into Intel's server arsenal will be called Westmere-EX, and is set to directly compete with AMD's Mangy-Cours server chip which features 12 cores, and AMD's future Bulldozer architecture.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/c3712/IntelCPUs.jpg" width="400" /></div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-37180045054059141512010-05-10T22:47:00.001+01:002010-05-10T22:50:26.998+01:00MSI has announced the HTPC oriented 740GM-P25<hr /><a href="http://anandtech.com/show/3708/msi-ananounce-htpc-740gm-p25">http://anandtech.com/show/3708/msi-ananounce-htpc-740gm-p25</a><br />
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">The Fermi cards have now been out (and only just available) for the just over a month. Like the AMD 5xxx series, the first cards used reference PCBs and reference coolers - the only way you could distinguish between the different companies was by the branded sticker on the large chunky cooler. Given time, and knowledge of the system, custom coolers were just around the corner. This is what we see in the new Inno3D GTX 470 Hawk.</span></blockquote><br />
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Galaxy have pleasantly surprised us, and the folks at <a href="http://vr-zone.com/articles/non-reference-and-factory-overclocked-first-looks-at-the-galaxy-geforce-gtx-470/9048-1.html" style="color: #0068a5; text-decoration: none;">vr-zone</a>. To the table, they bring their GTX 470 GC, a 100% non-reference design graphics card utilising an NVIDIA GeForce Fermi 470 GPU. Measuring 9 inches (compared to the reference 9.5 inches) and featuring a blue PCB, Galaxy have essentially mated a graphics card with a robot figurine.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><img src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/3706/fermi2.jpg" width="400" /></span></div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566207971820468339.post-86015573682613152782010-05-07T05:51:00.000+01:002010-05-07T05:51:23.641+01:00Fastest memory race heats up - Corsair® announce blazing hot 2533Mhz DDR3<a href="http://anandtech.com/show/3705/fastest-memory-race-heats-up-corsair-announce-blazing-hot-2533mhz-ddr3-">http://anandtech.com/show/3705/fastest-memory-race-heats-up-corsair-announce-blazing-hot-2533mhz-ddr3-</a><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">The whole 'fastest memory' halo product race is a bit of a farce. In terms of DDR3, Corsair started the race back in 2007 with their first set of Dominator modules, running at 1600Mhz, 10-8-8-24. This has been followed and bested, mainly by Corsair, but with sneak appearances by Kingston, G.Skill and Patriot (see below). Now Corsair are marketing the next in their line of 'I've got a big cock' memory - 2533Mhz DDR3.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://images.anandtech.com/doci/3705/1473765.jpg" width="400" /> </div>borandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07194565577231991046noreply@blogger.com0