New Soyo fulfils old promises

MAXIMUM PC CAME up with an article about how new Soyo paid up a three-year old rebate on a motherboard that was sold as free after rebate. All in all, an interesting move from Soyo. Paying old rebates aren't a regular move by other companies in the business, but then again, rebates are almost exclusively US territory. We in Europe like discounts up front.

Since the Radeon HD 2000 series puts a strong accent on VC1/H.264 playback, take a look at HardSpell's video benchmarks of these cards.

BCCHardware tested Samsung's T9 Bluetooth digital media player. As it happens with devices from Samsung, this one brings some surprising things to the table.

Everything USB followed up with a review of Rivier Clix Gen2 4GB PMP, another flash based MP3 player.

For those who cannot live without drooling about gaming performance of latest graphics cards, take a look at IT-Review's take on 8800Ultra and high-end gaming performance. On the other side, if you are looking for a card that might prove to be the right ticket for you, HardOCP did a good real-world benchmark of 8800GTS 320MB vs. HD 2900XT vs. 8800GTS 640MB and results are surprising, to say the least. XSReviews tested Super Talent's T800UX4GC5, a four-gigabyte kit with CAS5 latency. It seems that 4GB DDR2 will be the flavour of summer and winter, so give some consideration and see the review here.

TechGage reviewed ASUS P5K DeLuxe WiFi-AP motherboard, a combination of a new chipset with several ASUS-only features. If the board didn't come with a hefty price tag, it might be your new best friend. Then again, sometimes price does not matter if extra value is there… which category P5K fits? See it for yourselves.

Dave from OverclockersClub posted a review of Lapworks Aluminium Desktop Stand, a product intended not for overclockers, but rather road warriors who like to have that homely feeling every time they put their laptop on a strange desk.

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