Antec put on the spot about its cooler

IT SEEMS THAT as the year draws to a close people begin to contemplate the achievements of the year just gone and what lies ahead and the tech industry is no different.

Phoronix looks back over the progress Nvidia has made over the course of 2006 in NVIDIA AYiR 2006, casting a similarly speculative eye over ATI's annual progression later this month.

With High Definition content starting to make its presence felt more and more, PC Perspective takes a gander at NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology looking at whether today's PCs are capable of providing as good an HD experience as a dedicated set-top box.

On a similarly visually appealing note Tweaktown has provided us with an easy guide to Playing DivX and Xvid content on Xbox 360. Most of us know that the 360 can play movies over your network from a PC running Windows Media Centre, but now, thanks to some rather clever chaps at TVersity it looks like you can play more than just WMV files.

Bjorn3d has made a small addition to the reviews of the 8800 series of graphics cards by adding a XFX 8800 GTX: SLI Performance review, giving an indication of what these monsters are capable of when strapped together.

Elite Bastards has reviewed the PowerColor Radeon X1650 XT video card and while most people would agree that Nvidia has dominated the mid-range graphics market for a while, this card certainly gives us food for thought, providing an impressive set of features and performance.

Bit-tech has reviewed the Seagate 500GB eSATA External HDD which does very well for itself, but seems to trade off performance for compatibility.

XSreviews managed to track down and test the OCZ Special Ops. Urban Elite Memory, which for reasons that are quite beyond me has been decorated in an urban camo motif, but fortunately that doesn't seem to hinder performance.

It was Virtual Hideout's turn to review the Antec SpotCool Flexible Fan System Cooler, which has come up twice before on my hardware roundup. It's still a nifty idea and it still does a good job.

Madshrimps has reviewed the Seasonic M12 Modular 600W Power Supply, which shapes up to be an impressive performer, albeit a tad on the pricey side.µ

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