1Gig HD2900XT gets reviewed

TECH REPORT GOT its hands on an odd product, Diamond Radeon HD 2900XT 1GB was supposed to be a premium card until execs decided to place it in OEM space. Now, some companies are bringing the boards to retail, but drivers are still a bit off. Odd thing about this card was its power consumption. It seems that 1GB of GDDR-4 memory consumes less power than 512MB of GDDR-3 memory.

PC Perspective reviewed maybe the ideal power supply for the job of keeping these two 1GB cards working nicely, PC Power & Cooling's Silencer 750W CrossFire Edition. OCZ PR team is certainly doing a very good job in promoting their recent acquisition, reviews are popping everywhere.

Computer Shopper turned down a notch and posted a guide how to replace your old motherboard with a new one. Even though this is Elementary DIY 1on1, if you're not too sure in your knowledge, you can freely look on-line what you need to do when your old motherboard goes bonkers.

ThermalTake MaxOrb CPU cooler got reviewed over at Virtual-Hideout, and it was interesting to see how are Orb coolers slowly making a return after industry walked away from the concept in early years of aftermarket cooling.

Sapphire HD 2400XT got reviewed over at OverClockersClub. This fastest card of ATi's entry-level line-up is based on RV610XT chip, but do not expect brilliant performance. However, when it comes to value for money and power consumption measures, this card leaves very interesting impression.

If you want higher-performing part with HDMI connector, you might want to take a look at MSI 8600GTS Diamond Plus with HDMI graphics card. Nvidia does not come with integrated sound, but HDMI connector is still usable.

IT-Review.Net came up with a review of two new Intel processors that spot 1.33 GHz FSB. Guys are using interesting combination of computer and car parts (radiator for H2O setup comes from VW Golf II) to cool the QX6850 and E6750 down.

If you're looking for a motherboard to go along those new processors, and want to see what BearLake chipset can do for you, TechGage showed up with a review of two motherboards, ASUS Blitz Extreme and Formula. These motherboards come with some hard-core features, so you might want to take a good look on these.

Bit-tech.net showed up with their second Mod of The Month competition. Even though this is not a regular review of a product, it is really neat to see what modders can do in a month. Sadly, Tim's comment about the weather in July was pretty on the spot.

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