In their typical fashion, ASUS’s latest Republic of Gamers branded release looks to dominate the P45 market. The Maximus II Formula board performs as well as it looks, and seems to be shaping up to give the other Intel boards a run for their money. Did we mention it is themed in blood red and black?
We put the screws to Koolance's new 1300 watt power supply that takes advantage of being fully immersed in a non-conductive cooling liquid. Yes, we test at 100% load and 8-hour Torture Tests! Then we tear it apart to show you the insides. We almost cried.
AMD’s new ATI Radeon HD 4800 series provides shader powered antialiasing features! We examine in-game IQ and AA scaling. We’ve got all the information on using the Edge-detect Custom Filtering AA and what it will do for you in-game. If you are not sure how to best leverage your new 4870 or 4850 video cards, we show you how.
Sigma is back with a high powered computer PSU coming in rated at 700 watts this time. If you are an enthusiast thinking about installing some of the newer more powerful GPUs, a 700w rated PSU or something thereabouts, should be on your list.
The Lion Square incorporates a nickel-plating copper base, four copper heat pipes, aluminum wave fins, and a 9 cm LED inner fan. ASUS claims that this Lion Square can keep your processor safe for up to 180w. Even good for your Phenom guys!
We have an exclusive early look at AMD’s new ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 to be launched later this summer. We will take a look at the 4870 X2 in a CrossFireX configuration as well, and evaluate gameplay in Crysis and Age of Conan with several apples-to-apples tests. We think you’ll be pleasantly surprised to see 8X AA playable at 2560x1600 and 24X CFAA playable at 1920x1200.
The GeForce 9600 GT was a great card for the money in its time, but with the next generation video cards out now and NVIDIAs recent price drops where does this leave it? We see how the BFGTech GeForce 9600 GT OCX does against its new competitors in Crysis, Age of Conan, and Assassin’s Creed.
BFGTech has married OCX with ThermoIntelligence. We're here to evaluate the BFGTech GeForce 8800 GT OCX with ThermoIntelligence in three of today's hottest games. Find out if this supped up 8800 GT has what it takes to compete with the newly released ATI Radeon HD 4850, or is it time for the 8800 GT to take a hike?
Heatpipes have been all the rage for years now. And lapping your mating surface has been all the rage for the last decade. What happens when you take a round heatpipe and make it your actual mating surface? Kingwin answers that question for us.
If you are looking to add an "aftermarket" cooler to your very hot video card, EVGA looks to be serving up some very fine cooling with their AKIMBO cooling systems it launched a few months ago.
Looking for something different when it comes to power supplies with a bit more "coolness" in how it looks? Sigma steps up with a Shark that looks to swim a stealthy path, but does it have the bite to go along with the sharkskin suit?
BFG has come out with a new branding: H20C. As the name suggests the video card comes preinstalled with a waterblock and on top of that is clocked even higher than their top tier OCX line. We see how it compares to a reference 9800 GTX and an 8800 GT.