Divinity II Ego Draconis Concept Art, Trailer and Videos

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“Divinity II isn’t slated for release until next year actually, but CDV was nice enough to send it along to me, last week actually, and I’ve been playing it for several hours already, and having quite a bit of fun. For right now though I’ve got three game play videos along with the trailer and some concept art that they sent along for me to check out, being the nice guy that I am I thought I’d share with you. I’ll have my own screen shots and videos up for you soon, and then a brief preview or review as well after that, but I want to get a bit farther along in the game first. For now continue on to check out the movies and concept art: ”

Main site link: http://www.testfreaks.com

Be.ez LE Rush 13 – Lagoon Dream MacBook Commuter Bag

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“The LE Rush 13 is designed specifically to house 13” MacBook model laptops. Lagoon Dream is the color of the particular unit I was sent, as the bag also comes in Black Coffee and Lime Park flavors. Protecting our computers is an important part of ownership, especially when you’ve shelled out as much cash as it takes to pick up Apple gear. Bags like this are an essential part of life for laptop owners who take their hardware with them. Without any further introduction, let’s take a look. ”

Main site link: http://www.testfreaks.com

NZXT Beta Evo Mid Tower Black Steel Computer Case

Quote: “All in all if you are looking for a killer looking case that isn’t going to set your wallet on fire the NZXT Beta Evo is a great case choice. It keeps your system cool even without the use of all of the extra fans and there is plenty of room to tinker around and build your system out properly.”

AMD vs. NVIDIA – Are they even playing the same game?

QUOTE: “In the GPU world there are many flavors, despite the perception that you either get AMD or NVIDIA. There is Matrox, WildCat/3D Labs, S3, VIA and a few more. But in the end what you hear the most about are NVIDIA and AMD. These two companies are compared back and forth in a game of favorites that would make a selfish 4 year old proud. Still, can you really compare them in equal terms?

On the surface you can. After all, you are measuring the number of frames per second the GPU (attached to a specific build of materials) can render. The magic number you are looking for is between 28 and 32 frames per second. This is the number of frames per second that will “fool” the human eye into thinking you are seeing full, fluid motion.”

Sapphire HD 5970 OC

It seems like every year we are presented with a brand new graphics card that leaps ahead of the competition and steals the performance crown. This last happened when the Nvidia GTX295 jumped ahead of the 4870X2. Recharged, ATI is finally ready to jump ahead of Nvidia with the 5970. ATI made an interesting choice on the name here. Previously they included an X2 after the name of the card’s GPU’s. This time ATI decided to just name the series of cards with a flat number, similar to what Nvidia has done with the GTX295.

In an interesting move Sapphire has decided to not only release their version of the 5970 on launch day, but include an overclocked edition! Overclocked editions have always had marginally better performance, which puts the card at a slight advantage when being researched by the consumer. We expect this to be no different here, and we should actually see slightly more performance since there are two GPU’s on this card. The part that is the most worrisome is the cooling ability of the stock cooler. The 4870X2 no doubt ran very hot if the fan on the card was not turned up. Hopefully this issue will be fixed for the 5970.

AeroCool Touch 1000 LCD Controller and Panel Review

Quote: “We got a chance to look at the AeroCool Touch 2000 Dual Bay LCD Panel back in August, but today we have the opportunity to look at the single bay version, the Touch 1000, panel which still displays four temperatures and controllers up to four fans. The AeroCool Touch 1000 offers an easy to use, colored touch panel LCD for quick adjustments and fast displays. Read on further to see how well it compares with the Touch 2000.”

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 Video Card Round-Up

QUOTE: “What my “Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs” ultimately resulted in was having a grand total of six GT 240s in my possession. While we made sure one review was ready for the NDA lift, it didn’t really solve the issue of covering the remaining five. So what we’ve done today is get the rest of them together, take some photos, look at some specifications and benchmark them to see if Palit, Galaxy, GIGABYTE, AXLE and TwinTech can offer us something a bit more exciting.

Being a round up, we won’t be going into huge details on the cards themselves. We’ll have a quick look at the package before doing a quick once over on the card itself. From there we’ll have a quick look at the specifications and move onto the next card. Our benchmarking procedure has also slightly changed, but we’ll cover that under the Test System Setup.”

Patriot Viper-II DDR3 Lynnfield Memory Kit

In testing the Lynnfield platform, we’ve have had to stick to fairly moderate memory speeds to ensure uniformity with the other Benchmark Reviews test platforms. Even at these speeds, though, Lynnfield has already proven an excellent performer in terms of memory bandwidth. In this review, we’ll push our system even further with the help of a 2000MHz DDR3 kit from Patriot. As part the of the Viper II Sector 5 Series, the PVV34G2000LLKB kit we’re testing was designed specifically for the P55 platform and should provide some insight into how Lynnfield handles high performance memory.

A Futurelooks News Flash – Choiix Air-Through Stash

Just as we are moving toward convergence in the mobile phone world, the same can be said about notebook coolers. One of the most versatile offerings in this realm is the Choiix Air Through Stash Notebook Cooling Pad, a product also known by its less memorable C-HL04 model name. Its core feature may be its cooling, but it does so much more than keep the temperature down.

Direct Link:
http://www.futurelooks.com/choiix-air-through-stash-c-hl04-notebook-cooling-pad-review/

NOCTUA NF-P14 FLX Fans

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“In this review I will test and describe the latest fans from Noctua, named NF-P14 FLX, which follow in the footsteps of the already successful NF-P12; the NF-P14 are highly optimized, premium quality 140mm fans with technologies like Vortex-Control Notches, Metal Reinforcements, SCD2 technology and SSO Bearing and offer exceptional airflow, while producing little to no noise.”

Link: http://www.pcshoptalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24165

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