At long last, VIA says it's ready to fight back in earnest, and the chipset maker has enlisted the help of its sister company, S3 graphics, in making its push. The new K8T900 north bridge features a more robust PCI Express implementation that can divvy up its PCI Express lanes into two set of eight for better multi-GPU support, and it's paired up with the long-awaited VT8251 south bridge, sporting a full slate of next-gen I/O capabilities. Alongside this new chipset comes a new GPU family, the Chrome S20 series, ready to fire in a double-barreled GPU configuration known as MultiChrome.

A month ago, we revealed the existence of the GeForce 7800 GS. Today we have a mini review of it for our readers. The GeForce 7800 GS has 16 pixel pipelines and 6 vertex pipes. The core has been clocked to 375MHz and the memory is clocked at 1000MHz. This reference card looks the same as many other NVIDIA reference boards. The GeForce 7800 GS is based on the G70 architecture after all.

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Here we have the Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 5 VGA cooler. These coolers are becoming an industry standard of sorts when it comes to top of the line video cards. HIS started the trend and now many other top manufacturers like ASUS have added them to their high end offerings.

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With ATI's X1800 XL VPU at its core, the ALL-IN-WONDER X1800 XL can do it all. Whether it's gaming, watching TV, or recording tonight's Monday Night football game, the AIW X1800 XL is up to the task. See what's new with ATI's latest multimedia marvel in today's review!

Time for a true "Gamer/LAN" chassi to enter our test lab. With a good cooling potential and integrated carrying handles this seems to be the case for the demanding user, but does it cut the cake?

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Asus' A8N32-SLI Deluxe is the first nForce4 SLI X16-based Athlon 64 motherboard to hit the market, and it's more than just a simple refresh of Asus' nForce4 SLI design. The A8N32-SLI is equipped with a swanky new heat pipe cooler that keeps its VRMs and chipset cool without making a sound. It's also loaded with extra peripherals and eight-phase power. Oh, and it overclocks like mad, too. Read on for more on NVIDIA's nForce4 SLI X16 chipset and Asus' excellent implementation in the A8N32-SLI Deluxe.

GeIL is a modest manufacturer that was founded in 1997. They have made other memory manufacturers stand up and take notice, and have gained a lot of fame in a very short time. Those that may want to know, GeIL stands for Golden Emperor International Ltd. Today we have the chance to review some GeIL CAS 1.5 DDR memory. Memory that runs at this latency is rare and is not easy to find. This DDR can run at 250MHz at CAS 2 with nice tight 2-2-5 timings.

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The CM Stacker returns to our labs, but this isn't the original that we reviewed previously. Cooler Master has updated its Stacker but has wisely retained the fundamentals in its newest version, the CM Stacker 830. Still as enormous as before, find out how it has evolved to fit in with current trends.

Legit Reviews has recently had the opportunity to look at seven PC2-6400 memory kits from some of the most popular enthusiast brand lines here in North America. Our Seven DDR2-800 kits came from A-DATA, Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, Mushkin, OCZ and SyncMAX. While all three brands are rated at 800MHz, this is where the similarities end.

The design and execution of the P160W, while not perfect, is very impressive indeed. It's quiet and has very good cooling potential. With the exception of the drive rail issue and the rather fussy stealth cover buttons, the case was a pleasure to work with. I particularly like the design of the HDD drive trays, the motherboard tray and the control panel. The aluminum chassis is light but robust with a well-designed layout.

OCIA.net takes a look at the Thermalright SI-120 Heatsink in their latest review.

The heatpipes pass through the center of the fins and are soldered in place. A total of 52 fins provide for a large surface area for cooling. As with Thermalright's other coolers, the finned portion of the heatsink overhangs the base by a good margin and should provide indirect cooling for components surrounding the CPU socket.

In order to get a system to run in SLi mode, you would usually have to buy 2 graphics card of the same model. But today, VR-Zone takes a look at this physically large graphics card, that actually has 2 7800GT cores on a single PCB, connected via NVIDIA's SLi interface. Look here for performance benchmarks and more pictures on this monster card!

There is no way I am going to put this card down. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this card if you consider its' targeted consumer genre. This card is meant to be a value based premium graphics card with exceptional cooling and overclocking potential. What more could you ask for when you are laying down US$139. Sure there might be cheaper, but I bet it isn't as loaded as this model. If you are in the market for a cheap, yet superb value videocard, give this one a try.

Lots of memory manufacturers have tried their hand at custom heat spreaders, but most don't usually make much of a noticeable difference. Being the innovators that OCZ are, they have delivered a very unique new spreader, that incorporates a honeycomb design to aide with better heat transfer. We are taking a look at their Gold GX PC3200 1GB kit..... Techgage

There are loads around; if you could get one of each, you would stack all of the crates in a dust2 map (and that's alot). Choosing the right one is indeed a task, but here at playREACTION, we know what it takes for pixel-edge gaming. Today's package delivers the Func F-Series F-10S & F-30R mouse pads for our review!

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With 512MB of GDDR3 memory running at 850MHz (1.7GHz effective) and a 550MHz core clock, the GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB is designed to deliver extreme performance. But does the board deliver? See how the board performs and overclocks as we pit it against five other cards, including ATI's X1800 XT 512MB in all the latest games and benchmarks inside!

Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 with GPS Locator combines customizable trip planning software with a sleek and stylish Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Now it is easy to plan out a trip and track current location in real-time.

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NZXT known for their more extravagant case designs like the Guardian and Nemesis, has decided to introduce a more common-look case. The Lexa is a sight to behold, lightweight with a lot of space, comes with 4 rather silent case fans. How does it perform?

To be completely realistic, this in my mind is pretty well as close to a perfect power supply as you can get. It looks great, the build quality is absolutely immaculate and the aesthetics are surprisingly good for "just a power supply". When you also kick in the fact that it has three adjustable voltage nails and rock steady power production and you have a no brainer for your next power supply purchase.

OCIA.net takes a look at the Zalman CNPS9500 CPU Cooler in their latest review.

The Zalman CNPS9500 comes with everything you need to get your system up and running quickly, including Zalman's own TIM and Fanmate 2 fan speed controller. The included instructions are easy to read and understand, but if you have a problem, Zalman offers very good information on their website ranging from a Knowledge Base to user forums to Flash Video instructions.