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Early Look: Asus Eee PC T91
Bit-Tech published an early hands-on look at the Asus Eee PC T91

Pricing is one final topic that we haven¡¯t covered yet ¨C that¡¯s because nothing has been confirmed yet. Sadly, the exchange rate fluctuations we¡¯re seeing at the moment mean that all Asus can give us is a ballpark range for the device. The company is expecting the Eee PC T91 to sell for somewhere between the Eee PC 1000HE at around ?360 and the Eee PC S101, which is currently available for about ?420.

That¡¯s quite a lot for an 8.9-inch netbook, but when you factor in some of the features Asus has integrated into this model ¨C such as the touch screen, the DVB-T TV tuner, 3G data card and GPS functionality ¨C it looks like it might be quite good value. Aside from the price, there are several more unknowns, including the quality of the keyboard, touch screen software and whether or not the touch pad problems we encountered are limited to this pre-production sample.

Ultimately, the quality of Asus¡¯ touch screen software is going to determine the fate of this device because, without great software, you¡¯re paying for a feature that might be useful on occasion, but is likely to be a hindrance more often than not. Having not spent time using the software yet, it's impossible to gauge the fate of the T91 ¨C keyboard and touch pad issues aside though, the device's build quality is a notch above most other Eee PCs and not too far from the S101. And given the amount of time between now and the expected end of April availability date, we expect the issues we encountered to be resolved. If touch is your thing, this might be worth a look.
Early Look: Asus Eee PC T91

ATI All-In-Wonder HD Review
Viper Lair posted a review on the ATI All-In-Wonder HD

PC-based TV tuners are nothing new. For years, we've seen tuners of all kinds pass through the labs from a variety of manufacturers. ATSC tuners are a bit newer, but we've worked with those for a few years as well. An ATSC Tuner built on to a PCI Express video card, well, that is new for us.

Today we'll be looking at the ATI All-In-Wonder HD. The card we'll be reviewing is an ATI/AMD reference card and when shopping around, you'll most likely find a version from one of AMD's board partners. As the name implies, the card is designed with HD in mind, and while Over-the-Air (OTA) ATSC tuners have been released by ATI before, the AIW HD is a step forward in integration.
ATI All-In-Wonder HD Review



Sony HDR-SR11 HD Handycam Review
TechReviewSource.com posted a review on the Sony HDR-SR11 HD Handycam

Sony is the gorilla in the room when it comes to digital camcorders, especially in the high definition world. The all new Sony HDR-SR11 HD Handycam is one of their most advanced HD-digital camcorders yet. It has a built-in 60GB hard drive, a touch screen LCD display, 5.1 Dolby Digital sound recording, and automatic face detection. For its pricey price tag of $750-$1000, it's definitely a digital camcorder for those who are professionals or someone needing excellent quality audio and video.
Sony HDR-SR11 HD Handycam Review

Antec Sonata Elite Review
Metku.net took a closer look at Antec's latest version in their Sonata lineup - Sonata Elite.

Sonata has gone through some cosmetical changes before. Let us see if the update this time is just skin-deep or has Antec made some larger changes to their very popular case.
Antec Sonata Elite Review

XFX Radeon HD 4870 512MB XXX Review
InsideHW.com has reviewed XFX Radeon HD 4870 512MB XXX

The trend of expanding product's portfolio among manufacturers of graphics cards doesn't abate, and this situation resulted in many new products based on ATI GPUs on the market. Nvidia's so far exclusive partners are beginning to reject this kind of "monogamy". For some of those partners this decision was quite expected from the very beginning but XFX came out as a true surprise because of their reputation of being Nvidia's "hard core" partner. Even though we had to wait little bit more than it was officially announced, the first XFX Radeon was finally introduced.
XFX Radeon HD 4870 512MB XXX Review

Jetway X-BLUE P45 Motherboard Review
PCShopTalk posted a review on the Jetway X-BLUE P45 Motherboard

In this review I will test the X-BLUE-P45 motherboard from Jetway, which is one of their low-cost motherboards with this chipset and see how it performs compared to the MSI Memory Lover motherboard, reviewed recently.
Jetway X-BLUE P45 Motherboard Review

Tuniq Potency 750w Review
PureOverclock posted a review on the Tuniq Potency 750w

Consumers are looking for quality and performance at a price that won't break the bank, and today we have a power supply that promises just such an enticing combination. We're looking at the Tuniq Potency 750w, a unit that looks sharp and is priced very well in a competitive market segment.
Tuniq Potency 750w Review

First GeForce GTS 240 Card Exposed
VR-Zone posted first details on the GeForce GTS 240

We have already told you quite a bit of details about GeForce GTS 240 which is slated for April release. It is basically 55nm G92 based 9800 GT GPU on a new P361 PCB and internally Nvidia calls it D10P2. Now we will provide you a glimpse on the schematic diagram of the GTS 240 card. The differences are mainly on the power design department.
First GeForce GTS 240 Card Exposed

Diamond Radeon HD 4670 1GB GDDR 3 Review
Hi Tech Legion posted a review on the Diamond Radeon HD 4670 1GB GDDR 3 video card

The Diamond Radeon HD 4670 1GB GDDR 3 is chock full of memory. The HD 4670 by Diamond has 1 gigabyte of memory and utilizes graphics double data rate 3, or GDDR 3, technology. The Diamond HD 4670 1 GB comes with two DVI outputs and an S-Video output and dongles to adapt to composite and VGA outputs. The Radeon HD 4670 1 GB is meant to compete in the Radeon 4600 family and with other entry level graphics cards and has no problem doing that.
Diamond Radeon HD 4670 1GB GDDR 3 Review

ASUS P5Q3 LGA775 Intel P45 ATX Motherboard Review
Benchmark Reviews takes a look at the ASUS P5Q3 LGA775 Intel P45 ATX Motherboard

Launched last summer by Intel, the P45 chipset has quickly grown in popularity, replacing the aging P35 chipset. Intended for a mid to upper mainstream consumer base, the P45 chipset boasts some impressive features, such as: full DDR2/DDR3 support, 20 PCI Express 2.0 lanes, ATI Crossfire support, and a 65nm manufacturing process. By now manufacturers have had ample time to design and refine their P45 based motherboards and today Benchmark Reviews takes a look at ASUS' mainstream P45 DDR3 motherboard: the P5Q3. As a twist on our usual motherboard reviews, this article will also shed some light on the growing DDR2 vs DDR3 debate with some hard numbers in the benchmark sections.
ASUS P5Q3 LGA775 Intel P45 ATX Motherboard Review

Alienware Area-51 m15x 15.4-inch Gaming Notebook Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Alienware Area-51 m15x 15.4-inch Gaming Notebook

Gaming notebooks are an odd breed of machine that tends to be much more expensive than what you could get a higher performance desktop for. However, anyone who has tried to lug a decked out full tower desktop gaming machine to a LAN party can tell you, sometimes giving up performance for portability isn’t such a bad thing.

Today we are going to look at one of the latest gaming notebooks form Alienware called the Area-51 m15x. As you can gather from the name of the gaming rig, it uses a 15-inch screen and packs oodles of performance inside the slick looking chassis. If you have the green and you want a serious 15-inch portable gaming machine, this is the review for you.
Alienware Area-51 m15x 15.4-inch Gaming Notebook Review

ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD Monitor Review
Techgage.com posted a review of ASUS' 25.5" VW266H LCD monitor

It's been quite a while since we have last taken a look at an ASUS monitor, much less one that we've been ultimately impressed by, so when we received their latest model, the VW266H, we couldn't wait to tear it out of the box to see if things have improved with their line-up. Read on as we find out whether this TN-based monitor is a winner.
ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD Monitor Review

GELID Silent Spirit Review
OCC has published a new review of the GELID Silent Spirit

In testing the Silent Spirit, the temperatures rose to 62 degrees Celsius, which is pretty good. With an extra high CFM fan mounted on the heat sink, I was able to overclock to 3.8ghz with the same temperatures. The stock i7 heat sink performed similarly, although a little more loudly. Idle temperatures come close to the competition, but at load the temperatures escalated to near-stock performance. The heat sink looks to be able to handle the 130w i7 920, and would probably fair even better with a dual core or tri-core processor.


eDimensional Voice Buddy Software for Gaming Review
XtremeComputing posted a review on the eDimensional Voice Buddy Software for Gaming

Strangely, a few days later when I came back to get some screenshots of Voice Buddy, the problem seemed to have magically resolved! Voice Buddy understood every command I threw at it. I think that this could be down to a temporary system fault (or background noise, as it was much quieter in my house on the last time I tried), so I don’t think it should be blamed on Voice Buddy.
[url=http://www.xtremecomputing.co.uk/review.php?id=445]eDimensional Voice Buddy Software for Gaming Review


Heatsink Showdown: Cooler Master V10 vs. Xigmatek Thor's Hammer
VR-Zone posted a comparison review between Cooler Master V10 and Xigmatek Thor's Hammer

We take a look at 2 new CPU heatsinks from Cooler Master and Xigmatek - the TEC-enabled V10, and Thor's Hammer, which features Xigmatek's Heatpipe Direct Touch technology.
Heatsink Showdown: Cooler Master V10 vs. Xigmatek Thor's Hammer