It seems things are going well, at least around here. I had a minor adventure with my VCR, but that’s probably my fault for hanging on to old technology. Note to self: when given the option to replace all VHS tapes with DVDs, you should proabably do that. Maybe next time.

Meanwhile… The Tech Report examines Western Digital’s RE3 hard drive and Thermaltake’s A2413 7-inch LCD

PureOverclock runs the Palit Radeon 4850 Sonic through its paces

Benchmark Reviews gets into the Antec Mini P180 mATX Computer Case

Pro-Clockers checks out the Foxconn Digital Life EFA

Virtual-Hideout pushes the Sans Digital MobileSTOR MS2UT+B to the limit

Guru3D tests the ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB

Elite Bastards chills out with the Gelid Solutions Silent 12 TC and PWM cooling fan

Digit-Life has two to offer today: NVIDIA Quadro FX vs. Intel Core 2 in SPECviewperf 10 and TPower I45 Motherboard

Bjorn3D gets under the hood of the Thermaltake Spedo Case

HotHardware dives into the Asus Eee PC 1000H Netbook and the AMD ATI Radeon HD 4550 Entry-Level GPU

High Tech Reviews brings us back to earth with the iStarUSA 2.5 & 3.5 HDD Docking Station

PCStats takes an in-depth look at the IcyDock MB454SPF-B SATA 4-Bay Hot-Swap 3.5-inch Drive Bay

MVKTech releases a new version of their NVIDIA BIOS Editor (NiBiTor)

TheTechLounge rocks out with the Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 4 Sound Isolating Earphones

Hardware Canucks checks out the OCZ Alchemy Elixir Gaming Keyboard

Matrix Games releases Commander – Napoleon at War

And last but not least of this evening’s offerings, Benchmark Reviews gets down and dirty with the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Toxic Video Card

HONG KONG – Sept. 16, 2008 – ZOTAC International, a leading manufacturer of NVIDIA-based graphics cards today enhances its award-winning GeForce GTX 260² and GeForce GTX 260 AMP²! Edition with 24 additional processor cores for a total of 216. The new enhanced ZOTAC GeForce GTX 260² and GeForce GTX 260 AMP²! Edition delivers performance that obliterates the competition.

“We sought to squeeze extra performance from the NVIDIA GTX 260 graphics processor. By adding 24 additional processor cores, we saw performance gains up to 10-percent in the latest DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.1 and CUDA enabled 3D games and software applications,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC International.

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Futurelooks takes on NVIDIA’s current second in command, the GTX 260 by ZOTAC. Unlike regular reference based GTX 260’s, ZOTAC has “AMPED” this edition up while still using the reference based cooling solution. They also recently upgraded their warranty to a full five years across the board. How does this version perform? Check out the review to find out.

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HONG KONG – Aug. 26, 2008 – ZOTAC International, a leading manufacturer of NVIDIA-based graphics cards, today unleashes its latest entry-level GeForce 9 series graphics cards for budget gamers on the second day of NVISION 08 – the ZOTAC GeForce 9400GT DDR2 and GeForce 9400GT DDR2 ZONE Edition. The new ZOTAC GeForce 9400GT DDR2 series enables users to bring their PCs to life with NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology and NVIDIA unified architecture for smoother high-definition video playback and realistic gaming capabilities.

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HONG KONG – Aug. 1, 2008 – ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd., an award-winning NVIDIA AIC, today unleashes the latest edition to its ZONE Edition line of quiet graphics cards – the ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX+ ZONE Edition. The new ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX+ ZONE Edition delivers the power of NVIDIA GeForce 9 series graphics power, PhysX technology and PureVideo HD video processing technology into a virtually silent graphics card.

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