Seven LCD monitors compared @ TechReport

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IDC is predicting manufacturers will ship more LCD screens than traditional CRT displays this year, so we've whipped up a seven-way LCD comparison to find out what the fuss is all about. Read on to see which screen is most likely to tempt you away from that trusty CRT.

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

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Just got word that Guru 3D have posted their review of Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamer Edition! Here's a snip.

Creative recently updated the Audigy2 product line with the Audigy2 ZS, but is it a rehash of an aging architecture, or is it a refinement of a good brand? Guru of 3D is going in depth, even with gaming benchmarks.

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Review @ Beyond3D

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ATI recently announced their latest, highest performance, mobile graphics solution, Mobility Radeon 9700, based on the M11 mobile graphics chip. ATI left the announcment until it was shipping in products and here Beyond3D looks at the performance of Mobility Radeon 9700 in one of the implementations it is already available in.

TuneUp Utilities Exclusive-Review

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This just in from WinFuture.de!

you guys can find the first final review about TuneUp Utilities 2004 with 15 Screenshots and 4 whole pages are available after 10 hours of testing and writing. The product will be available to the public in about 2 days, so WinFuture.de is a exclusive source.

Vantec AeroFlow 2 VA4-7245 (Socket A) HSF Review @ ExtensionTech.net

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The AeroFlow packed quite a punch for a low budget, medium noise cooler, but issues with the T.M.D. technology caused it to fall out of favor as newer and bigger heatsinks overshadowed it. Little more than a year later, Vantec returns with the AeroFlow 2, which sports a few features that are similar to its predecessor, but also tries to create waves of its own.

Zalman Theater 6 @ DriverHeaven

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The first thing of interest was the unique folding concept they use on the arms of the headset. It allows them to be stored safely and take up less space. As far as headphones go, comfort is very important. The Zalman headset has padding on the top as well as the padding for the ear cups which provides a decent level of comfort but I think there should be some perforations in the ear padded area to help prevent sweating when worn for long periods of time gaming.

Zalman ZM300B-APS PSU

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What happens when the king of silence gets knocked off their throne? They step it up and get right back in the game with a whole new product lineup. We have the latest PSU from Zalman and take it through the ropes here at HTPCNews.com. Come find out if this new product lineup has what it takes to get the crown back.

Socket A cooler Roundup @ Sirius.pl

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How do you choose one cooler over another when in every store You vist there's, so many different types of heatsinks and fans combo's? We taken seventeen lowend to highend heatsinks for a spin.

OCZ Technology Gladiator 3 heatsink fan @ XtremeSystems.org

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XtremeSystems is pleased to release a review by our own CCW on the OCZ Technology Gladiator 3 heatsink fan.

Recently, the company OCZ Technology which is pre-dominantly concerned with the manufacture of high-quality memory has been moving more and more into the cooling arena with their introduction of a heatsink and a thermal paste. Their recent cooling products are not actually made in-house by OCZ Technology however. They are outsourced from other companies, and then re-distributed with the OCZ Technology moniker attached.

SeaSonic Super Tornado 120mm 350w

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DataFuse.net just finished reviewing SeaSonic's Super Tornado 350W! Here's a snip.

I've looked at quite a few PSU's in the last two years, and I must say, I thought I had seen it all: 1, 2 even 3 fans, sometimes 80mm fans, sometimes 92mm, but this is a first to me: a 120mm.

MSI Mania - 3 of MSI's latest goodies

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Today TweakTown are taking a break from looking at the usual motherboard, video card or CPU and they've decided to look at three of MSI's latest PC goodies. Read on as they take a look at their USB Mega Stick, 8x DVD recorder and Wireless 11g equipment.

Mid End dogfight - ATI 9600XT Vs nVidia 5900XT

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Nordic Hardware have thrown up their mid-range graphics card review! Here's a snip.

We have two cards in the Testlab today: PowerColor Radeon 9600 XT Bravo Edition and XFX GeForce FX 5900 XT. The first card is a overclocked Radeon 9600 XT and the nVidia-based 5900 XT is the challenger of today. Radeon 9600 XT is known to most of you since a long time. GeForce FX 5900 XT got, strangely, a rather silent launch. Despite that nVidia did not give it much attention the reactions have been good and is often called "the new Ti4200". For you who have lived under a stone for the last years: Ti4200 is one of the most popular cards ever, mostly thanks to its great price/performance ratio. The goal of today's article is simply to examine the best graphics card of these two.

iRock 860 Portable Audio Player @ CoolTechZone

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Portable media is the future and already we have started to see portable video and audio players. Nowadays, people don't want to carry ten different CDs. CDs take too much space and are hard to manage. Portable audio players allow users to carry their entire audio collection on player and forget about it. They are easy to install and operate, which makes them an ideal choice for anyone.

Sunbeam RGB Liquid CCFL

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OCIA.net checks out the Sunbeam RGB Liquid CCFL in their latest review! Here's a snip.

Installation was pretty quick and easy for this product. It took me around 10 minutes from start to finish. Just simply plug in the pass through molex, mount the switch, invertor, and CCFL, and enjoy. The hardest part of installing the product was finding the best place to put it. With a normal CCFL, it is ok to put it where the bulb cannot be seen. However, with the Liquid CCFL, you want to be able to see the bulb. You will need to make sure to test fit it and put your side panel back on to see if you can still see the bulb through the window.

ATI Radeon 9600XT 128Meg Videocard @ Tweaknews.net

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The 9600XT certainly is the mainstream card to buy. I tested it in many games while I was working on this review, from Vietcong to Morrowind to Need For Speed: Underground and then some. With tweaked-out settings, and the highest texture settings, my testbed never slowed down once, not even in the worst sandstorm in Morrowind. I was floored by its performance and never thought that my All-In-Wonder 9700Pro looked any better. DVD movies were crystal clear, and the output to my television was as good as my AIW. Another major bonus with this card is the bundled Half-Life 2 coupon. What this means is that you take the retail price tag of $199 and subtract the game price of $50, and now you're only paying $149 for this card? and that, my friends, is how you justify such a purchase to your wife!"

Graphic Card Reviews

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Just got word from Crow at Darkcrow.co.kr that he's been searching the web high and low for the latest graphics card reviews to have hit the web and grouped them all together on one page! There's 30 reviews in total. Here are some of the list: