The LCD market continues to be one of the frequently updated segments in the consumer electronics segment, as OEMs and vendors alike are eager to bundle their high-end, high performance displays with professional workstations. The ZR30w belongs to that same pro market, offering a 10-bit panel with 1.07 billion colors - for an advertised 99 percent coverage of the AdobeRGB 1998 gamut and 30-bit per pixel color. HP claims that the ZR30w is the first 30" display to break 1 billion colors. When you’re selling a 30” LCD to enthusiasts, every bit of performance matters, and as we’ll show in a bit, the ZR30w doesn’t fail to impress.
In recent years it’s become customary to have 3-4 high-end cards on the market at the same time using the same GPU. For the GTX 200 series we had the GTX 260, GTX 275, and GTX 285, while for the Radeon HD 5000 series we have the 5830, 5850, and 5870. With the launch of NVIDIA’s GTX 400 series last month NVIDIA filled in the first 2 spots in their lineup with the GTX 480 and GTX 470, with obvious room to grow out the family in the future.
Above the GTX 480 is of course the “full” GF100 with all of its functional units enabled, and which is still missing in action on both the consumer and HPC markets. However there’s also room for a card below the $350 GTX 470, particularly with AMD being the sole inhabitant of the “bargain” high-end $300 point. NVIDIA is to the point in the Fermi rollout where they want a piece of that market, and they have a stash of further-binned so-so GF100 chips they want to fill it with. This brings us to today, and the launch of the GeForce GTX 465.
This mainboard is based on Intel H55 Express chipset and supports contemporary LGA1156 processors. Mini-ITX form-factor allows building a powerful system in a compact case. Despite tiny size, the board is equipped with numerous controllers, and can even overclock processor and memory if needed.
Today we are going to talk about a universal, lightweight, compact and inexpensive liquid-cooling system from CoolIT Systems Inc.
Nvidia didn’t stop at launching GeForce GTX 480/470 solutions and very soon will expand their DirectX 11 family with one more mode. We will try to find out how promising the new products called GeForce GTX 465 actually looks.
Today we will check out two very beautiful coolers to prove that attractive exterior and high cooling efficiency can in fact go hand in hand in processor coolers. Although not in all of them…
This is a review of a fully-functional microATX mainboard that has all necessary features and additional controllers, including USB 3.0. We will not only determine the performance improvement provided by this new interface, but will also check the mainboard performance in nominal mode and during overclocking, and test its power consumption in different conditions.
This mainboard is very well designed, its technical specifications meet all today’s requirements, its BIOS allows fine-tuning the system to your liking. It boasts a number of features typical of higher-end mainboards, but has not very high price point.
What is the difference between Performa model and all the previous Zalman CNPS10X solutions? What kind of animal this new Zaward Vapor120 is? Find answers to all these questions in our new review.