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NOW SAPPHIRE HD 4870 TOXIC has 1GB !

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:53:49 GMT

NOW SAPPHIRE HD 4870 TOXIC has 1GB ! Vapor-X cooler again featured on latest high performance graphic card SAPPHIRE Technology has just announced global availability of a new 1GB version of its highly acclaimed HD 4870 TOXIC Edition graphics card featuring...(read more)

Dymo DiscPainter Giveaway, Redux

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:22:37 GMT

The fine folks at DYMO have not only sent us a DiscPainter to review over at PlanetX64 but they also sent us a second one to give away! That's right gang, a $279 DYMO DiscPainter. Here's what you have to do: Post a short essay on what you will...(read more)

Swiftech Apogee GTZ waterblock for Intel Core i7

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:17:00 GMT

The word Apogee means the farthest or highest point according to Merriam-Webster. With this definition in mind Swiftech gave this name to their top of the line water block. The Swiftech Apogee under various sub-names (GT, GTZ etc.) is one of the best...(read more)

Hiper Anubis Aluminum ATX Case Evaluation

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:09:00 GMT

Hiper is a name that used to be synonymous with high end modular PSUs. However they were not content to leave it there and have branched out to many other facets of performance gear. One of their recent products is the Anubis high-performance PC Enclosure...(read more)

Cryostasis Technical Preview Demo

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:43:09 GMT

When Ageia was running the PhysX game the biggest complain (other than needing another card in an increasingly crowded system) was the lack of game support. The second complaint right on the heels of the first was that even in games that supported PhysX...(read more)

Thecus® Digital Era Has Arrived with Supreme N7700 NAS Sensation

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:19:04 GMT

Thecus® Digital Era Has Arrived with Supreme N7700 NAS Sensation Publish By: Thecus Technical Marketing 12/16/2008- Already with an enviable and complete portfolio of network attached storage (NAS) products, Thecus® has once again impressed IT community...(read more)

CoolerMaster ATCS 840 Evaluation

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:23:00 GMT

CoolerMaster has been hard at work over the last few months turning out some top notch products. From the HAF 932 to the V8, now they have dropped another Full Size (perhaps jumbo would be a better word) case that build on the success of the HAF and refines...(read more)

HP Touchsmart IQ816 PC

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:47:19 GMT

Brief Review Quite frankly, the whole touch screen on a computer up until now seemed impractical to me. I may have just changed my mind, sort of. When you open up the HP Touchsmart IQ816 PC box, the feeling is of excitement. For this unit is not only...(read more)

QNAP Unveils TS-509 Pro Firmware Upgrade

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:43:23 GMT

Taipei, Taiwan, December 2008 - QNAP Systems, Inc. today unveils the new firmware version 2.1.0 for the high performance TS-509 Pro Turbo NAS (http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=104) to support iSCSI (http://www.qnap.com/pro_application.asp...(read more)

Streaming Speeds Video Conversion for SAPPHIRE users

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:38:54 GMT

Streaming Speeds Video Conversion for SAPPHIRE users Latest driver unlocks potential of Stream Processors SAPPHIRE Technology has announced that the next release of graphics driver from AMD Catalyst 8.12 - will unlock the potential in all the recent...(read more)

Cooler Master Unveils 500 Sets of Black Label Limited Edition

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:44:22 GMT

Cooler Master Unveils 500 Sets of Black Label Limited Edition A masterful collection of Cooler Masters best in chassis, cooler and power supply Taipei, Taiwan December 11th, 2008 Cooler Master introduces the Black Label Limited Edition with worldwide...(read more)

2K GAMES LICENSES NVIDIA PHYSX TECHNOLOGY

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:10:55 GMT

2K GAMES LICENSES NVIDIA PHYSX TECHNOLOGY FOR ITS STUDIOS WORLDWIDE SANTA CLARA, CADECEMBER 8, 2008NVIDIA Corporation today announced that 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., has selected NVIDIA® PhysX technology for...(read more)

EA SIGNED ON TO LICENSE NVIDIA PHYSX TECHNOLOGY

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:53:19 GMT

EA SIGNED ON TO LICENSE NVIDIA PHYSX TECHNOLOGY NVIDIA PhysX Technology Made Available as a Development Platform for EAs Global Studios SANTA CLARA, CADECEMBER 8, 2008NVIDIA® Corporation today announced that Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) has...(read more)

HP Magic Giveaway begins now!

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:39:39 GMT

The PlanetX64/PlanetAMD64/Echenique dot com edition of the HP Magic Giveaway starts right now! Here's what you have to do: Sign up to Animoto (http://animoto.com/?ref=luyofxgh) (free) and create a 30-second slideshow using your pictures and their...(read more)

HP Pavilion dv4 -1145go

The Daily PlanetAMD64 — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:20:19 GMT

Brief Review The HP Pavilion dv4 -1145go is an Entertainment Notebook PC powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5800. It comes with 4GB of RAM, 360 GB had drive, and is pre-loaded with Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1. With it's...(read more)