Value monitor from Asus shapes up

LCDS ARE coming in odder shapes and sizes these days. Asus has one model in particular that measures 25.5-inches on the diagonal and does 1920x1200 resolution. It's called the VW266H. VW usually means it's 'value' in Asus' book, and at $340 it certainly looks affordable. It might also sit well in the living room connected to your HDTV box.

Guru of 3D is testing the Palit Geforce GTX 260 SP216 Sonic, an overclocked, custom-PCB graphics card. Hilbert thinks it's hot stuff.

Anandtech is examining the scaling of today's dual-GPU combos. It's a mess to figure out what's what, but if you stare at the charts long enough something will appear.

George at Hillbilly Hardware got his first look at the Phenom II X4 940. He's matched it to a Q6700 from Intel's side and faced them off.

Overclock3D has a Zotac GTX 295 on the bench. The card, despite its reference looks, does a very reasonable amount of overclocking. Price is a bit insane, though.

Cooler Master's UCP 900w is on review at PC Perps. Very high efficiency (89 per cent) and quality components earned it top marks.

Alienware continues to spawn the Area-51 m15x series of gaming notebooks. They've sent one off to TweakTown which has obliged with a review.

Ars Technica is doing a sort of full-range (not just games) benchmarking session of the Phenom II X4 940 and facing it off with the Core i7 family.

So Core i7 is here, but the majority of people still buy Core 2 processors... well, Benchmark Reviews has a look at the Asus P5Q3 motherboard, based on the P45 chipset.

Chile Hardware is testing the GSkill PI PC12800 dual-channel DDR3 kit (Googlenglish). It's got some pretty strong selling points: they're cheap, and they perform well.

Voodoo's handiwork can be seen at HP nowadays. The Firebird 803 with VoodooDNA is one example of how they passed on their genetics... on review at CNET.

Those most Elite of Bastards are testing the Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1 sound card. It's pricey, but good, according to Hanners.

Embedded.com is looking at the networked audio concept. This isn't a review per se, but an insight into the technology.

If you're into HTPCs then take a look at Legion Hardware's review of the Thermaltake MeOrb, a low profile (47mm height) CPU cooler that is also very quiet.

MSI makes the new GX260X gaming notebook that'll get you playing for under €1000. It also includes overclocking tools... that's interesting, innit?

Legit Reviews is getting it on with an Asus N10Jc-A1 netbook. This model includes the 9300M GS video card with 256MB VRAM. You can get away with some 3D and HD video on this one, it seems.

Notebook Review is testing the Toshiba E105-S1402 notebook. It's a new 14.1-inch full-aluminium notebook that doesn't break the bank.

Thrusted Reviews is testing a NB100-128 netbook from Toshiba. It didn't earn much praise from Ardjuna who's reviewed tons of netbooks by now. µ