July 21 News from Around the Web
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:45 am
ECS GF8200A Black Motherboard Review
For the budget-minded consumer, the ECS GF8200A is a pretty good deal. For $70 USD, the board has the features to build a good gaming PC or a HTPC with the integrated graphics with the caveat that there is no digital audio output and DVI port. The benefit of having DirectX 10 integrated graphics include: PureVideo HD playback of Blu-Ray discs and the ability to use the Aero UI in Windows Vista. GeForce Boost is an interesting concept but with it working only on the 8400/8500 cards is limited in usefulness to most people as they might be better served buying a 9600GT and using the integrated graphics in an emergency. Hybrid SLI shows performance increases in most of the tests but in others it shows the same performance as the 8500GT by itself.
@ motherboards.org
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For the budget-minded consumer, the ECS GF8200A is a pretty good deal. For $70 USD, the board has the features to build a good gaming PC or a HTPC with the integrated graphics with the caveat that there is no digital audio output and DVI port. The benefit of having DirectX 10 integrated graphics include: PureVideo HD playback of Blu-Ray discs and the ability to use the Aero UI in Windows Vista. GeForce Boost is an interesting concept but with it working only on the 8400/8500 cards is limited in usefulness to most people as they might be better served buying a 9600GT and using the integrated graphics in an emergency. Hybrid SLI shows performance increases in most of the tests but in others it shows the same performance as the 8500GT by itself.
@ motherboards.org
Monday Web Reviews:
HARDWARE
Moneual Lab MonCaso 972 HTPC Case @ OCC
Cyber Snipa PWNAGE Desktop
OCZ Core Series SSD vs VelociRaptor, Sneak Peek! @ HotHardware.com
Passive HDD Coolers Compared from Scythe and Titan @ Madshrimps
Sans Digital MS2UT+ Black RAID Enclosure Review @ ASE Labs
Visiontek HD 4870 Review @ OCC
Peripherals
Logitech Quickcam Vision Pro Review @ ASE Labs
Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 WebCam @ Benchmark Reviews
3DConnexion SpaceExplorer 3D Controller review @ Metku.net
Electronics
Jumper HD Movie Review
Games
Supreme Ruler 2020 - PC Review