January 12, 2005

Sapphire Radeon X850 XT PE @ TrustedReviews

“Just to recap briefly, the X850 XT PE, codenamed R480, is a 16 pixel-pipeline and six vertex pipeline VPU, backed up by 256MB of GDDR3 memory. Unlike the recent X800 XL, which has been shrunk to 0.11 Micron process, this part is still based on TSMC 0.13 Micron process. However, experience has enabled ATI and TSMC to optimise the process enabling higher clock speeds to be achieved. The core is running at a new high for ATI of 540MHz, while the memory is up to 590MHz or 1.18GHz effective.”

Alphacool Xtreme Pro Set 240 12Volt @ Systemcooling

“As water cooling begins to get more and more popular, the number of companies getting their foot in the door in the US market is increasing. Today we are going to be looking at Alpahcool’s top of the line kit to see if outstanding German engineering can beat out the pure brute force of American high flow systems. Alphacool has been in the water cooling business for a few years now, and have built a very good reputation for making high performance water cooling components.”

Bullfrog Gamepad @ moddin.net
Foxconn WinFast 755FXK8AA-8EKRS Socket 939 SiS Motherboard Review @ EOC
Flexiglow xRaider Mouse Pad @ ThinkComputers
The BOG Book Results @ ARP
Gigabyte X800 Pro Review @ PCmoddingmy
BTX Form Factor Exposed @ PCStats
MSI SW8G 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Review @ PCStats

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