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By HotHardware, published 05-08-2012
Finding a GeForce GTX 680 graphics card in stock is still a nearly impossible mission, but while gamers wait for retailers and e-tailers to fill up with stock, NVIDIA's GPU partners keep churning out new models. Today's it's Zotac's turn, which just introduced a pair of new GeForce GTX 680 videocards, including an AMP! Edition SKU and another...
By HotHardware, published 04-11-2012
Over the last couple of years, Zotac has introduced a number of ultra small ZBOX systems that have seemingly gotten smaller and smaller with each new generation. The latest model we’ll be showing you here today, however, is the smallest yet. The new Zotac ZBOX Nano XS AD11 Plus is an AMD E-series APU based small form factor / HTPC system...
By HotHardware, published 04-10-2012
There’s a pair of new Intel 7-Series motherboards out from ZOTAC, and they’re both in the mini-ITX form factor. The ZOTAC Z77-ITX WiFi and H77-ITX WiFi support LGA1155 3rd-generation and 2nd-generation Intel chips, and although both are equipped with a PCI-E x16 (3.0) slot, they’re also Intel HD 2500/4000-ready. The boards...
By TechwareLabs, published 04-04-2012
By TechwareLabs, published 28-01-2012

By HotHardware, published 13-01-2012
Our coverage of the latest technology on display as CES continues today, with some goodies from Zotac. In addition to offering some hot graphics cars, Zotac has also been innovating in the small form factor and mini-ITX motherboard markets, especially over the last couple of years. As such, it should come as no surprise that Zotac had a number...

By HotHardware, published 01-09-2012
The next generation of ZOTAC’s ZBOX mini-PC platform is here in the form of three new models--the ZBOX ID81, ID80 and AD04. New enhancements include an external WiFi antenna and integrated Bluetooth 3.0 for connectivity as well as a Media Remote designed to work with the likes of Windows Media Center. The barebones systems require just...

By TechReport, published 15-12-2011
The video card market has been surprisingly static in the second half of 2011, so Nvidia's recent introduction of a new product—the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448—was a happy occasion on several counts. First, it was a chance for something different to perhaps offer a little extra value to Christmas shoppers. Second, it was an opportunity for us to revisit some fancy new GPU testing methods with the latest games. Thus, we fired up the graphics test systems in Damage Labs, installed titles like Skyrim and Batman: Arkham City, and set to work. Finishing up this review has taken a little longer than we'd have liked, but we've managed to include some fresh insights on several fronts. Read on for our take. ...Read more...

By MaximumPC, published 29-11-2011
Just in time for the holiday season, Nvidia’s rolling out a new promotional GPU in select markets (read: US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Russia and the Nordic countries). The GeForce GTX 560 Ti With 448 Cores – and yes, that’s its actual name – is built around a toned-down version of the same GF110 GPU that powers the higher-end GTX 570 and GTX 580, rather than the GF114 GPU that the traditional GTX 560 Ti runs on. Its 448 CUDA cores places the promotional GPU squarely between the normal GTX 560 Ti (which has 384 cores) and the GTX 570 (which has 480 cores). Specs? Sure. The graphics clock in at 732 MHz while the shader clock speed for all those CUDA cores is 1.464 GHz. The 1,280MB of onboard GDDR5 memory hums along at 950 MHz (3.8 GHz data rate). Since these cards are based on th...
By TechwareLabs, published 29-11-2011

By TechReport, published 22-11-2011
Via has updated its ARTiGO mini PC with a dual-core CPU from the Eden X2 family. The palm-sized system measures just 5.7" x 3.9" x 2", making it considerably smaller than Zotac's diminutive Zbox Nano, which is also available with Via hardware under the hood. While the Nano's Via config features a dual-core CPU clocked at 1.2GHz, the ARTiGO A1150's processor runs at a more sedate 1GHz. Via's VX900H integrated graphics chipset rides shotgun, offering hardware acceleration for HD video decoding in multiple formats at resolutions up to 1080p. ...Read more...

By MaximumPC, published 22-11-2011
Home theater PC enthusiasts want their HD video and Blu-ray discs to run smoothly, dammit, and the HTPC doing to the leg work had better being whisper-quiet doing it. Zotac is a company that has made its name by catering to the demanding HTPC crowd, and a product they’ve announced today continues that razor-sharp focus: the GeForce GTS 450 ZONE Edition graphics card mixes DirectX 11 visuals with a fan-less cooling system that helps keep noise to a minimum. We’d paraphrase, but Zotac says it best for themselves. From the press release: The ZOTAC GeForce GTS 450 ZONE Edition takes the award-winning GeForce GTS 450 graphics processor with 192 high-performance shaders and passively cools it using a ZOTAC-exclusive dual-slot fan-less cooling system that features copper heat-pipes and alum...

By HotHardware, published 22-11-2011
ZOTAC introduced the silent GeForce GTS 450 ZONE Edition graphics card. This card was designed for users that demand Microsoft DirectX 11 visuals and noise-free cooling. The ZOTAC GeForce GTS 450 ZONE Edition combines the GeForce GTS 450 graphics processor with a dual-slot fan-less cooling system that features copper heat-pipes and aluminum...
By TechwareLabs, published 22-11-2011
By Bjorn3D, published 22-11-2011
Zotac has a way of coming up with cards that fit a niche. This one seems perfect for systems where users require extremely low noise levels.
By Bjorn3D, published 11-12-2011
Battlefield 3 Bundles with ZOTAC GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMP!/OC That's right, if you get a Zotac GTX 560Ti AMP or OC edition, you'l recive a redeemable coupon for a full digital download version of Battlefield 3.
By Bjorn3D, published 30-10-2011
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos Intel SNA Acceleration Architecture Continues To Mature at Phoronix Zotac A75-ITX WiFi Mainboard Review at Technic3D Video Cards Sapphire Radeon HD 6990 Review at Technic3D Peripherals Arctic Sound E461 Earphones at reviewstash.com Thermaltake MEKA G-Unit Keyboard R

By TechRadar, published 29-10-2011
Speed up your hard drive: Intel Smart ResponseWe're living in the 21st century right? Sure, if you look out of the windows there may be no flying cars or orbiting space hotels, and you're definitely not basking in the heat of a fusion reactor generating endless free power.But, if you wait several minutes, your Windows PC may just manage to provide a desktop that you can check the date with. Despite it being a new century and there being an abundance of silicon storage, the world is still plagued by slow-spinning mechanical hard drives.It seems you're not the only person to notice this dichotomy, as Intel with its latest Z68 chipset has introduced a technology that enables you to break free of those mechanical shackles and unleash the lightning speed of solid state storage. Its Smart Respon...

By TechRadar, published 29-10-2011
This week's hottest reviews on TechRadarThis week's we've got a great batch of reviews for you as well as lots of hands on reviews including the new Motorola Atrix 2 and Nokia's new Lumina 800.In full reviews, tablets are also prevalent this week - we've got the rather fine new Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 as well as the Asus Eee Pad Slider review.And for camera fans, there's the super new Nikon J1. Read on to check out all this week's reviews from TechRadar.Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 reviewSamsung's attitude to the tablet market has been to throw so much mud at the Android wall that at least some of it sticks. It's got its Android 2.3 7-incher, the wonderful 10.1-inch flagship, the beautiful forthcoming 7.7-inch model and this here 8.9-inch masterpiece. By having all bases covered elegantly, Samsun...
By HotHardware, published 28-10-2011
Zotac is one of a select few companies that have fully embraced the ultra-small form factor and home theater PC markets. Although they’re also known for producing custom, high-end graphics cards, and an array of motherboards, which include a smorgasbord or mini-ITX options, Zotac’s Zbox and Mag lines of mini PCs are quite diverse....

By TechRadar, published 24-10-2011
Zotac has been the recent master of the small-form factor motherboard. We've seen H67 boards rocking the mini-ITX style, with the top-end Intel Z68 and AMD A75 chipsets getting the same sort of treatment. These boards all had something in common (aside from the scale); a surprising amount of serious functionality in a frankly silly size. Now Zotac has turned its shrink ray on full devices and has created a PC with what has to be one of the smallest footprints ever. The Zbox Nano AD10 Plus is absolutely tiny. It's shorter than a Rubik's cube and smaller than a CD case. Ickle. But in there you've got a full PC. Well, so long as your idea of a 'full PC' means something sans optical drive and you have no interest in doing anything beyond multimedia playback and some light web browsing. The Zbo...

By TechReport, published 21-10-2011
XBMC is by far my favorite media-center software. Recommending XBMC is easy, too, because it runs on Windows, OS X, and Linux. In fact, the OpenELEC folks have even crafted a bespoke Linux distribution designed specifically for XBMC. I played around with a beta version when testing Zotac's awesomely tiny Zbox nano nettop, and now the official 1.0 version has been released to the public. ...Read more...
By HotHardware, published 18-10-2011
Until Intel's next-gen, high-end Sandy Bridge-E and its companion X79 chipset launches sometime this quarter, Sandy Bridge-based family of second generation Core processors and the Z68 Express chipset remain Intel’s premiere desktop platform. It is with that in mind that we've just taken a look at several different motherboard offerings...

By MaximumPC, published 10-07-2011
Looking to get your movie watching on? Turn to Zotac. The company might not be at HP’s level in terms of sales, but when it comes to HTPCs, few companies deliver better small form factor results. The company’s ZBox line has been a go-to brand for video streaming enthusiasts, and now, there’s a new Zotac ZBox available that ditches Intel and AMD in favor of a VIA processor. The Zotac ZBOX nano VD01 Series – which Zotac says can fit in the palm of your hand – actually sports two VIA processors: both the 1.2 GHz dual-core Nano X2 U4025 CPU and the VX900H media system processor join this HTPC party. There’s also an open DDR3 DIMM slot and space for a hard drive on the basic model; opting for the “Plus” rig fills those with 2GB of DDR3 RAM and a 320GB hard drive. Connectivity op...
By TechReport, published 10-06-2011
Zotac's Zbox Nano AD10 nettop won an Editor's Choice award back in August. Take one look at the thing, and it's easy to see why. The AD10 is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, it's available in pre-built and barebones configurations with easily accessible internals, and there's a potent AMD E-350 APU under the hood. No wonder the $220 barebones version quickly went out of stock at Newegg. ...Read more...
By TechReport, published 10-05-2011
AMD's latest mainstream desktop platform boasts arguably the most potent two-chip combo in the industry. At the head, you've got an A-series APU powered by the latest Llano silicon, which offers four reasonably fast CPU cores backed by a DirectX 11-class Radeon that puts competing integrated graphics solutions to shame. Baby's got back, too. The tail end features a Hudson-based platform hub that's loaded with 6Gbps Serial ATA and USB 3.0 connectivity. No other tag team offers such a cutting-edge array of baked-in goodness, making this Lynx platform perfect for the next wave of small-form-factor systems.If you want to roll your own mini PC, you'll be needing a Mini-ITX motherboard. Our first instinct would be to look to Zotac, which is largely responsible for reinvigorating interest in the ...

By HotHardware, published 28-09-2011
ZOTAC announced a pair of graphics cards in its GeForce GT 520 line, one each in the PCI and PCI-E x1 form factors. The cards are designed to offer an easy performance boost for older systems and pre-built systems that otherwise don’t have many expandability options. “Upgrading your graphics card is the easiest way to boost your...

By TechReport, published 27-09-2011
Yes, believe it or not, PCI graphics cards are still a thing. Zotac has just announced one: a PCI version of the GeForce GT 520. The card is also available with a PCIe x1 interface, for folks who happen to be out of PCIe x16 slots yet still need an additional GPU. (I expect the PCI version will mostly please luddites and paupers with unusual priorities.) ...Read more...

By TechRadar, published 23-09-2011
Zotac A75-ITX WiFi - OverviewZotac is really making a mark for itself as a motherboard manufacturer, especially in the small form factor arena, and this Zotac A75-ITX WiFi certainly looks to continue that trend.We checked out the Z68-ITX WiFi a little while back and its combination of packed PCB and impressive performance made it an incredibly interesting prospect for a wee Intel Sandy Bridge machine.More suited to the smaller PC though is AMD's Llano APU. In a form factor where space is at a premium having decent graphics power on-chip makes for a well-rounded machine in a very tight space. Intel's Sandy Bridge may also have integrated graphics but that hardly gives you much power beyond a little light media play and standard web-crawling. The Llano APUs though have discrete-class graphic...

By TechReport, published 23-09-2011
This week in our look at miscellaneous product releases, we bring tidings from Enermax, LaCie, Lian Li, Thermaltake, and Zotac: ...Read more...

By HotHardware, published 22-09-2011
ZOTAC announced a new mini-ITX motherboard today called the A75-ITX WiFi, which is designed for gaming and HTPC applications. The company tried to pack in as many features as possible in the small form factor, and all things considered it did a pretty good job of it. Running on the AMD A75 chipset, the A75-ITX WiFi has an FM1 socket that supports...

By HotHardware, published 22-09-2011
Video: Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 Dirt 3 Edition OC Video Card Review @ Tweaktown Motherboards and Chipsets: Funky Kit Review: Zotac Z68-ITX WiFi Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe5 AMD Motherboard Review @ ThinkComputers.org Memory and Storage: TechREACTION Review: Silverstone TS07B Patriot Pyro 120GB SSD Review, RAID0 Performance Tested @ TechSpot...
By jonnyGuru, published 22-09-2011
Today we are reviewing the Zotac FUSION350-A-E Mini-ITX motherboard, which comes with an on-board AMD E-350 CPU, four USB 3.0 ports, Wi-Fi as well as additional features. Check it out!
By Bjorn3D, published 16-09-2011
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 Motherboard Review at OCIA.net Zotac FUSION350-A-E Motherboard Review at Hardware Secrets ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z LGA1155 at techPowerUp Video Cards MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edition Review at Neoseeker Cases, PSUs, Coolers The

By TechRadar, published 09-10-2011
This week's hottest reviews on TechRadarHas the economy suddenly picked up? This week we got our hands on the fantastic 60-inch, 3D-capable and Smart TV-enabled UE60D8000 from Samsung, which doesn't come cheap at £4,300, and then the £1,000+ Asus MARS II Limited Edition graphics card landed on our desk.At the other end of the spectrum we were impressed with the Samsung PL120, which can be picked up for under £100 and the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro, which is both small in price and size.Read on for this week's most popular reviews on TechRadar.Samsung UE60D8000 reviewWhen Samsung gave us exclusive access to its brand new flagship LCD TV, we were excited. It's hard not to be excited by these new Samsungs - just look at them. There's almost no bezel at all, which means the picture goes ...

By TechRadar, published 09-06-2011
Components company Zotac has announced its Zbox nano mini-PC, with a form factor of 127mm square and 45mm deep.The one-typo-away-from-a-lawsuit Zbox is built on AMD's Brazos E-350 APU platform, which includes Radeon HD 6310 graphics for high-definition Flash and Blu-ray support.In its barebones form, the wee PC ships without memory or a hard drive but it will accept DDR3 RAM and a 2.5-inch SATA 6.0Gb/s hard drive or solid state drive.However, the Zbox nano AD10 plus model ships with a pre-installed 320GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM.Mystery science theatreZotac clearly has home theatre PC users in its sights, and the mini-PC can be VESA-mounted on the back of your television or monitor.Outputs are catered for with HMDI and DisplayPort connections, as well as 7.1-channel digital audio, USB 2.0...

By TechRadar, published 09-06-2011
OverviewThe Zotac Z68-ITX Wi-Fi really is an ITX board. Zotac, the mad fool, has opted to stick Intel's latest and greatest tech – the Z68 chipset with Sandy Bridge processor architecture – onto one of the smallest motherboard form factors available, but that's what Zotac does. What's impressive is that Zotac has done this and managed to retain almost all of the features you'd expect on a full ATX motherboard. The single available x16 PCIe slot is certainly a little less than you'd usually expect, while a mere two DIMM slots support 16GB of system memory. That aside, there are three digital video outputs, four SATA ports, two USB 3.0 ports, eight channel audio with digital out and enough space left for Gigabit networking and twin wireless N antenna. It's a mighty feast of technology fr...
By Bjorn3D, published 09-05-2011
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos Sapphire Pure Platinum A75 at Phoronix ECS A990FXM-A Motherboard at Hardware Secrets Zotac ZBOX AD02 Plus Review at XtremeComputing ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional Motherboard Review at Kitguru Cases, PSUs, Coolers DeepCool V6000 VGA Cooler Review at eTekni
By Bjorn3D, published 09-03-2011
A couple weeks ago we brought you news of the (then) upcoming AD10 mini PC from Zotac. sit is now available in 2 models, one ready to go with an AMD "Brazos" E-350 APU, 2Gb of DDR3 memory, and a 320GB HDD. The other a stripped down version where the end user supplies the APU and HDD (2.5 inch) of their choice, and up to 4GBs of DD

By HotHardware, published 09-03-2011
Small just keeps getting smaller. Zotac's ZBOX line has been around for a few years now, and we've been rather impressed with every iteration that we have played with. But the "palm-sized" ZBOX Nano AD10 makes those prior models look like giants. The new AD10 series shrinks the form factor even more, and inside it's packed with an AMD Brazos...
By TechReport, published 31-08-2011
Netbooks deserve a lot of credit not only for ushering in an era of affordable ultra-mobile computing, but also for spawning a new class of small-form-factor systems dubbed nettops. These similarly inexpensive PCs are less intimidating than cobbling together a Mini-ITX rig from discrete components, and they're usually smaller and cheaper than do-it-yourself alternatives. There are performance limitations, of course, but the low-power platforms that underpin nettops get more potent with each new generation.At the moment, AMD's Brazos platform—specifically its Zacate APU—is the cream of the crop. The chip's dual CPU cores are quick enough to handle basic desktop computing tasks, and its integrated Radeon graphics processor has formidable video decoding capabilities ...Read more.....

By TechRadar, published 31-08-2011
When the GTX 560 Ti first arrived Nvidia was quick to point out it wasn't a like-for-like replacement of the GTX 460, as the GTX 550 and GTX 570 had been for their respective brethren. The GTX 460 then still had life left in it. Realistically though that life was snuffed out with the non-Ti version of the GTX 560. With the same core configuration as the out-going 1GB GTX 460: 336 CUDA Cores, 56 texture units and 32 ROPs - and the GTX 5-series' transistor-level enhancements over the GTX 4-series GPUs, this was always going to be putting the old classic out to pasture. Indeed where once the 1GB version of the GTX 460 cold be picked up for around £120, now you're lucky to be able to find it for the £150-odd you can pick up this overclocked version of the GTX 560 for. And with a decent overc...
By Bjorn3D, published 29-08-2011
Video Cards ZOTAC GeForce GTX 550 Ti AMP! Edition Video Card Review at Legit Reviews Cases, PSUs, Coolers SilverStone Strider Plus 500 W Power Supply Review at Hardware Secrets Sentey Burton - GS-6500 at Computing on Demand SilverStone TJ08-E Micro-ATX Chassis at MissingRemote Periph
By Bjorn3D, published 27-08-2011
Alrighty then!, Nivida is hosting the next Gfroce LAN on the Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet in Alameda, CA. This event will be held October 14-16. So gather up your gaming gear and hold your breath... because registration isn't open yet. "Sponsored by Toshiba, MSI, Zotac, ASUS, Falcon Northwest, Digital Storm, Plantronics, V3
By Bjorn3D, published 23-08-2011
Zotac has another offering. This time it's the Geforce GTS 450 ECO Edition . 'The new ZOTAC® GeForce® GTS 450 ECO Edition delivers best-in-class energy efficiency with a 33-percent reduction in energy consumption." With oodles of features and 192 unified shaders, this promises to be a nice card fo
By TechReport, published 19-08-2011
Storage devices are a staple of our weekly deals posts, and today is no exception. Newegg has a couple of intriguing discounts on mechanical hard drives, including Samsung's EcoGreen Spinpoint F4 1.5TB. The drive usually costs $65, but you can knock it down to an even $50 by applying promo code EMCKBJD32. Want to double up on the EcoGreen's storage capacity? Western Digital's Caviar Green 3TB can be had for only $119 with promo code EMCKBJB28.Perhaps the best way to complement a low-power hard drive is with an SSD to store one's OS and applications. OCZ's latest solid-state drives are on the receiving end of hefty discounts this week, with the Agility ...Read more...
By Bjorn3D, published 16-08-2011
Need to add HDMI output to you current configuration? if you have an open (mini)display port then you can add 2.
By Bjorn3D, published 08-06-2011
Zotac has announced a water cooled GTX580, and a water cooling soulution for the 580, 570, and 480 referance design cards. A single slot solution aimed at gamers who want more cooling. So far we can't find any images for these. New ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 Infinity Edition and ZOTAC Omni deliver water-cooled graphics and w

By HotHardware, published 31-07-2011
Video: HIS Radeon 6770 IceQ X Turbo @ PureOverclock ZOTAC GTX560 1GB AMP! Edition SLI Review @ Vortez HIS Radeon HD 6770 IceQ X Turbo 1GB Video Card Review @ Tweaktown Motherboards and Chipsets: Sapphire Pure Platinum A75 Motherboard Review @ eTeknix.com ASUS F1A75-M PRO FM1 Motherboard @ Benchmark Reviews Processors: AMD Llano A8-3850 Review...

By HotHardware, published 21-07-2011
Video: Zotac GTX 550Ti AMP! @ LanOC Reviews Asus Radeon HD 6670 1GB Graphics Card Review @ eTeknix.com Motherboards and Chipsets: ASRock H61M/U3S3 @ Phoronix ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z (Intel Z68) mATX Motherboard Review @ Tweaktown AMD 990FX Review: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX vs ECS A990FXM-A @ t-break Memory and Storage: Patriot Gamer 2 AMD Edition...
By Bjorn3D, published 07-12-2011
Are you ready for a fun time with ZOTAC? You think you got some skills to beat the competition. If so, check out these sweet prizes you can win from ZOTAC in their latest StarCraft II Cup for North America. HONG KONG – Jul. 12, 2011 – ZOTAC® International, a leading innovator and the world’s largest channel man

By TechRadar, published 07-09-2011
The Optimus 3D is the first smartphone to launch with a "glasses-free" 3D display and we've reviewed it this week on TechRadar. The phone enables you to take still photos and record videos in full 3D, then play them back in 3D on the phone's 4.3-inch display. Also this week. we've brought you our initial verdict on Google's social networking offering, Google+, as well as reviewed the Nokia E6 and the webOS-toting HP TouchPad tablet. LG Optimus 3D review While 3D has yet to win the hearts and minds of the general public, the hot 3D products are still hitting the high street thick and fast. The latest wave of 3D products is coming in the form of glasses-free 3D mobile devices. LG's Optimus 3D is one of these very gadgets, and comes packing dual-core innards and the ability to not only show 3...
By Bjorn3D, published 25-06-2011
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos ASUS P8Z68-V PRO Motherboard at Hardware Secrets Zotac Z-Box Mini PC BluRay 250GB HTPC Review at XSReviews MSI Z68MA-ED55 (Intel Z68) mATX Motherboard Review at Tweaktown Video Cards Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB DiRT 3 Edition Graphics Card Review at HardwareHeaven.com Cases, PSUs, Cooler

By TechRadar, published 25-06-2011
Nvidia's GTX 590 is not a card that needs to be overclocked for gaming performance. Two GF110 GPUs, as found on the GTX 580, working in unison will kick any game's behind, and the idea of being short of frames with the card's stock clock settings is wild and preposterous. What's intriguing about the spec sheet of the 590 though is that each GPU has been down-clocked significantly to sit safely on the same bit of circuit board (any lisping readers are invited to read that last part aloud). While a big performance increase is evident from single to dual-GPU cards, the 590 doesn't produce twice the performance of the 580. That means there's potentially some untapped power in the 590. Obviously the clock settings have been tamed for the sake of power and temperature. After all, there's only on...
By TechReport, published 23-06-2011
This week's release roundup is a doozy. We've got product announcements from Biostar, Crucial, Lian Li, Scythe, and Zotac: Biostar releases the most powerful AMD APU mainboards. Biostar may not have the standing and reputation of its bigger rivals, but that hasn't stopped it from unleashing...

By TechRadar, published 23-06-2011
The latest manufacturer to join the Sandy Bridge/ITX revolution is Sapphire, with its Pure Platinum H67 based around Intel's H67 chipset. When Intel was gazing into its crystal ball to get an idea of the impact its Sandy Bridge technology might make on the market, there's a fair chance it didn't see the second – or at least the third – coming of an old motherboard format back into the limelight. Since its inception back in 2001, every now and then the ITX motherboard format makes an appearance, with some brave manufacturer hoping that this will be the time the format takes off. But with the coming of Sandy Bridge, at last it seems the format's time to bask in the sun has arrived. With the tiny platform now being able to offer performance that previous generations of boards could only d...

By TechRadar, published 18-06-2011
There's one component in your machine that will be superseded by faster and more powerful versions quicker than any other, and that's the graphics processor. The graphics card is the supermodel part of any modern gaming PC. It, more than anything else, makes your games look beautiful and run as smoothly as a baby's velvet smoking jacket. So, if you're a gamer and you've got a bit of cash to spend, forking out the lot on a new graphics card is the best way to up the frame rate of your favourite games and make the girls think you're attractive, right? Unfortunately, that's not necessarily the way the graphics game works. The top-performing rigs are always the most well balanced. Put a Ferrari engine into a Mk1 Golf GTi and it will go fast, sure, but you'll fly off the first corner you come t...
By TechReport, published 15-06-2011
Unlike some graphics card and motherboard makers, Zotac has its own production capacity. We tour the Zotac factory in Dongguan, China to see where the company's GeForce cards and Mini-ITX mobos are born.
By TechRadar, published 13-06-2011
Sapphire has got its shrink-ray online again with this tiny AMD Fusion board, the Sapphire Pure Fusion Mini E350.AMD's long-awaited, and even longer talked-about, Fusion technology has finally seen the light of day with a few motherboard manufacturers offering boards built around it. Fusion is the world's first APU (Accelerated Processor Unit); a combination of a dual core processor, Northbridge controller and a DX11 supporting graphics processor all built into the same piece of silicon and is AMD's belated riposte to Intel's dual core version of the Atom.?The compact nature of the technology has enabled the board producers to have another go at trying to persuade people that the tiny (17cm square) ITX format is a serious proposition, but unfortunately that's a road that the past 10 years ...

By TechRadar, published 06-11-2011
This week's top reviews start with an unexpected winner - the TomTom Start 20 packs in features while achieving an affordable price point. We've also looked at one of the most eagerly-awaited new compacts, the Canon IXUS 220 HS as well as a great new 37-inch 3D TV from Panasonic.Scroll down to browse through all of this week's reviews published on TechRadar. TomTom Start 20 reviewIf you own an Android phone, you most likely have access to Google's Navigation app. And providing your phone's GPS chip isn't awful, that means your phone can double as a decent sat nav device. There are also free sat nav apps available for the iPhone and iPad, and so it's not surprising that traditional sat nav manufacturers like TomTom are being given the squeeze. The TomTom Start 20 packs in the features while...

By HotHardware, published 06-07-2011
Video: HIS Radeon HD6870 IceQ-X Turbo-X Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews Motherboards and Chipsets: Legion Hardware - (Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3) Zotac H67-ITX WiFi H67 Motherboard Review @ eTeknix.com Memory and Storage: Intel 320 Series 120GB SSD Review @ ITShootOut.com OCZ Agility 3 SSD Review @ Neoseeker Plextor PX-NAS4 Network Attached Storage...

By HotHardware, published 06-05-2011
Video: [Tech ARP] Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 22.8 Zotac GTX 560 TI Amp! Edition Review - XSReviews Motherboards and Chipsets: Asus Crossfire IV Review @ HCW Memory and Storage: Sharkoon Flexi-Drive Extreme Duo 16GB USB 3.0 Thumb Drive Review @ Tweaktown ioSafe Rugged Portable Review @ DragonSteelMods Patriot Javelin S4 NAS...

By TechRadar, published 06-04-2011
This week we've reviewed the fabulous new Android handset from HTC - the HTC Sensation.Featuring the first dual-core Snapdragon ARM-based processor, it comes with Android 2.3 and a new version of HTC's own software.We've also reviewed the latest Canon PowerShot SX230 HS compact as well as the Panasonic TX-P42GT30B 3D plasma among scores of other reviews. Read on for the full list. HTC Sensation reviewEver since the first wave of Android phones washed up on these shores, HTC has been at the forefront of the fight against Apple and its iPhone. The first major assault came in the shape of the HTC Hero. Then came the HTC Desire. And here we now have the HTC Sensation. Sporting the latest version of Android and a revised version of HTC's own Sense UI overlay, it's a cutting edge phone with cutt...

By TechRadar, published 06-03-2011
The rise of the tablet is making Shuttle's desktop sales suffer, it admitted today.A Shuttle representative explained the reason behind its push into the business sector is more about the harm tablets and other mobile devices are doing to its traditional desktop strategy than just plain diversification.It's been focusing much of its resources here at Computex towards generating more interest from the business sector rather than the consumer - looking at digital signage and point of sale equipment to try and take over the shortfall in its desktop sales.Shuttle has been known for its small form factor desktop machines for many years now and was previously successful.The rise and rise of the mATX and recently Mini ITX motherboard markets may well also have had some impact on Shuttle's rather ...

By MaximumPC, published 06-03-2011
This week we've reviewed the fabulous new Android handset from HTC - the HTC Sensation. Featuring the first dual-core Snapdragon ARM-based processor, it comes with Android 2.3 and a new version of HTC's own software. We've also reviewed the latest Canon PowerShot SX230 HS compact as well as the Panasonic TX-P42GT30B 3D plasma among scores of other reviews. Read on for the full list. HTC Sensation review Ever since the first wave of Android phones washed up on these shores, HTC has been at the forefront of the fight against Apple and its iPhone. The first major assault came in the shape of the HTC Hero. Then came the HTC Desire. And here we now have the HTC Sensation. Sporting the latest version of Android and a revised version of HTC's own Sense UI overlay, it's a cutting edge phone with ...
By TechRadar, published 28-05-2011
The Zotac GTX 570 is the daddy in graphics cards terms. At a chunk under £300 it's a card that will more than likely take up most of your upgrade budget, so is it worth that outlay on a single component? Well, as we've seen before the answer is not that easy. Dropping in the fastest, most expensive GPU is not always the magic pill to deliver instant frame rate bonuses for your favourite games. But this GF 110-powered graphics card is a quite excellent example of just why the Fermi architecture is so good, especially in this second generation of Nvidia's GPU. Despite the naming conventions this is not really a direct replacement for the GTX 470 from the previous generation, it's actually got far more in common with the top-card of that line, the GTX 480. Tweaked GPU It carries the same num...
By Bjorn3D, published 27-05-2011
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos $599 AMD Gaming PC Built and Tested at Tweaktown Video Cards MSI R6850 Cyclone IGDS Power Edition Review at Neoseeker Zotac GTX 580 Amp! Edition at XSReviews Radeon Gardenshed DRM + Gallium3D Benchmarks at Phoronix Cases, PSUs, Coolers Corsair AX1200 1200W 80Plus Gold PSU Review
By TechRadar, published 26-05-2011
The dual-chip, single card war rages on between AMD and Nvidia – both the HD 6990 and GTX 590 are ridiculously expensive and powerful, so which do you choose? There's so little difference in performance terms it's nigh-on impossible to call a winner by simply analysing benchmarks. But with the arrival of the Define XL from Ginger6, we've now seen gaming PCs built around both cards. Perhaps it's here, in the real world, that we can establish the better of the two cards? Well, perhaps if Ginger 6 had paired the HD 6990 with Intel's all-conquering i7 2600K CPU we'd have a straight fight. Last issue, Dino PC went and clocked the 2600K up to 5GHz for its Evolution 2600K rig, and working with the GTX 590 the resultant benchmark results were frankly bonkers. Ginger6's rig comes in at exactly th...

By MaximumPC, published 18-05-2011
Small, powerful, and flexible Nothing illustrates our problem with MSI’s E350IA-E45 mobo (reviewed last month) better than the Mvix Minix 890GX-USB3. Manufactured for Mvix by J&W, the Minix pretty much solves the primary issue we had with MSI’s Fusion-based mother-board: While the MSI board featured a soldered-on CPU in the form of a Fusion E-350, the Minix is far more traditional in that you pair your board with the processor that best suits your needs. In this case, Mvix gives you an AM3 socket with standard AMD cooling brackets. This lets you run a standard cooler. However, lower-profile cooling units we tried, such as the Silverstone NT07, were an extremely tight fit, to the point where the heatsink literally sat on one of the caps and jumpers. Not good. In the features depart...

By TechRadar, published 13-05-2011
Upgrading certain components can give your PC a boost in specific areas. This is fine if there's a certain Achilles' heel that's making your computer hobble along when it should be sprinting, but if you want to give your machine an upgrade that offers the most performance enhancing possibilities - both now and in the future - then a new motherboard is essential. In many ways, your PC is only as fast as its motherboard will allow. Sure, you might be able to upgrade bits and pieces every so often to prevent your computer becoming obsolete, but if the motherboard is too old to support the latest technology then it's always going to hold your PC's performance back. Replacing your old motherboard with a new one opens up a whole world of possibilities for your computer. Faster processors and mor...
By TechRadar, published 05-11-2011
OverviewThere are plenty of things you can do with a barebones system such as Shuttle's SX58H7 case-PSU-motherboard bundle. Buy a powerful, reasonably priced CPU such as the Intel Core i7 930 and a budget 3D card and RAM, and you get one formidable workstation or media centre. Those eight threads across four cores on the 930's die will chew through processor-intensive applications and rendering tasks like a beaver through balsa wood.Alternatively, whack in a decent DX11 card, match it again with an affordable Core i7 and triple-channel, low-latency DDR3 RAM and boot up a very capable gaming or Photoshop rig. Watch the size of your memory modules though: there's little headroom between the RAM slots and overhanging storage bay.What almost no one would think to do with this diminutive deskto...
By TechReport, published 05-09-2011
Zotac's GTX 580 AMP²! may not be the value shopper's most rational choice, but any enthusiast will appreciate its obvious virtues.

By HotHardware, published 05-09-2011
Video: XFX HD Radeon 6790 Review @ OCC Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 and HD 5830 1GB Xtreme Video Cards Review @ Tweaktown Motherboards and Chipsets: ASUS Sabertooth P67 B3 TUF Motherboard Review @ Benchmark Reviews Sapphire Pure Black P67 Hydra @ Phoronix Zotac Mini ITX M880G Review - XSReviews Processors: AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition AM3...

By TechRadar, published 05-08-2011
The graphics card is the racehorse of your PC components stable. It's a high-value add-in board that's traditionally done one thing and one thing only: let you play games with all the latest graphical wizardry. Increasingly though, the graphics card is becoming far more than just a gamer's luxury. With architecture improving year on year, 3D graphics aren't the only thing your discrete GPU can do. It can now be used to enhance your web browsing experience and enjoyment of high-definition media, let you explore your creative side with enhancements for productivity software and even help cure terminal diseases through projects like Folding@home. So as well as producing some stunning visuals, your graphics card can also help save lives. In the last decade, GPUs have been following in the foot...

By HotHardware, published 05-08-2011
Video: PowerColor HD 6950 Vortex II 2 GB @ techPowerUp Zotac GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMP! Edition 1GB Video Card Review @ ThinkComputers.org Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 Review by Ultimate Hardware Motherboards and Chipsets: Intel DP67BG: LGA1155 Mainboard from the Extreme Series @ X-BitLabs Asus P8P67 Pro Revision 3 Review @ OverclockersHQ Processors:...
By Bjorn3D, published 05-06-2011
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos Sapphire Pure Black P67 Hydra at Phoronix ASUS Sabertooth TUF Motherboard at Benchmark Reviews GIGABYTE G1.Assassin Motherboard at OCAU Zotac Mini ITX M880G Review at XSReviews AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition AM3 Processor Review at eTeknix.com ADATA DDR3 1600

By TechRadar, published 05-04-2011
We've been getting hot under the GPU-collar for the top end of the graphics market in the last few months, with the release of both AMD's Radeon HD 6990 and Nvidia's GeForce GTX 590 dual-GPU monoliths. But we still love a cheeky, cheap GPU like the AMD Radeon HD 6670.It's all very well talking about £600 graphics cards that need PC cases the size of Andre the Giant to house them, and a mini Arc reactor to keep them powered, but how many of us are actually going to drop a month's wages on such a pixel-pushing behemoth?More likely you're going to be looking at a maximum outlay of around £150-£200. And currently there's a lot of graphics processing power available all the way down the price spectrum too.AMD though has come in, GPUs-blazing, at a sub-£100 price point with its latest Direct...

By MaximumPC, published 05-02-2011
We set out to build a Sandy Bridge box that takes up little space in our entertainment center and fulfills all our streaming needs Back in the August 2010 issue of Maximum PC I built a 3D HTPC that I was pretty damned happy with, but the times have changed. The CableCard quad tuner that was featured prominently in that machine is no longer needed, as I have joined the ranks of the Cable Cutter Movement™. So without the need for a CableCard, I wondered if I could build a rig with all the same capabilities but make it much, much smaller. Ingredients Case/PSU Silverstone Lascala LC12 w/120W PSU $180 www.silverstonetek.com Mobo Zotac H67-ITX WiFi $160 www.zotacusa.com CPU Intel Core i3-2100T $130 www.intel.com Cooler Si...
By TechReport, published 28-04-2011
Midget motherboard maker Zotac is finally throwning its hat into the Fusion ring. The company has announced the FUSION-ITX WiFi A-series, bringing shouty allcaps to AMD's Brazos platform. Like most Brazos boards, Zotac's offering combines the E-350 APU with a Mini-ITX form factor. Rather than relying on...
By Bjorn3D, published 22-04-2011
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos ASUS Sabertooth P67 - B3 Revision Motherboard Review at HardwareHeaven.com ECS P67H2-A2 at Phoronix Video Cards Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 Review at Neoseeker Zotac GeForce GTX 580 AMP, Zotac GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMP, Zotac GeForce GTX 460 SE Graphics Cards at iXBT Labs Cases, P
By TechRadar, published 21-04-2011
You know how it goes: Nvidia releases a new GPU, everybody signs up to re-badge the reference design and throws it out at launch. Li'l while later, and for a bit of a premium, you'll find new spins of the card that have new coolers, higher clocks and sometimes a bit of extra graphics memory for giggles. But you are nearly always paying that premium. I say nearly because the Asus GeForce GTX 560 Ti Direct CU II, as well as being a bit of a mouthful, is also bizarrely cheaper than a lot of the competition. Unfortunately when the board is pushed to the 950MHz mark that the Zotac GTX 560 Ti AMP! sits at, it starts to become as flaky as Alicia Silverstone. It's nothing to do with the cooling, but I think this GPU, essentially a slightly re-worked GeForce GTX 460 processor, has gone as far as it...

By TechRadar, published 20-04-2011
This article is brought to you in association with LG Optimus 2XWant to build the fastest PC ever? Want to know what the best graphics card is to go with the fastest processor? Come with us and we'll tell you how to put together the ultimate performance PC.Sometimes only the fastest will do and that is especially true with a performance gaming PC. The pinnacle of PC excellence is a machine with only the biggest, quickest and most powerful components known to man, all working in unison to make everything you do with your PC an absolute joy.But it's the part about them working together that is possibly one of the most important things to consider if you're looking to put together the fastest machine on the face of this earth. The one thing you absolutely cannot have is a bottleneck in your s...
By TechReport, published 18-04-2011
The GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Radeon HD 6950 1GB both target PC enthusiasts seeking potent mid-range graphics. We compare a couple of hot-clocked XFX and Zotac variants to see which offers the best combination of performance, noise levels, power consumption, and overall value.

By HotHardware, published 18-04-2011
New GPU? Yes, please! NVIDIA's been on a roll here lately, pushing out one GPU after another in rapid succession. The company's latest is the GeForce GT 520, using one of NVIDIA's newest low/mid-range cores to provide a boost in power to those who aren't willing to pay for any of the hardcore cards that are tempting enthusiasts today. The...

By TechRadar, published 04-10-2011
Sandy Bridge processors certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons when Intel released them. Some of those metaphorical pigeons were their own loyal customers. Those who had bought a Socket 1156 platform must have felt like they had received a slap round the chops, as barely 12 months after releasing the splendid Lynnfield, Intel had produced a CPU family that redefined the standard for performance and price. Sandy Bridge's release is doubly harsh as the new processor uses a different socket, making for an expensive upgrade for anyone trying to stay up to date. It seems odd that Intel couldn't work the new architecture into a package that would fit the existing LGA 1156 socket. After all, the package size is identical, and even though the LGA 1155 socket has a different pin layout (it isn't...

By TechRadar, published 04-10-2011
Sandy Bridge processors certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons when Intel released them. Some of those metaphorical pigeons were their own loyal customers. Those who had bought a Socket 1156 platform must have felt like they had received a slap round the chops, as barely 12 months after releasing the splendid Lynnfield, Intel had produced a CPU family that redefined the standard for performance and price. Sandy Bridge's release is doubly harsh as the new processor uses a different socket, making for an expensive upgrade for anyone trying to stay up to date. It seems odd that Intel couldn't work the new architecture into a package that would fit the existing LGA 1156 socket. After all, the package size is identical, and even though the LGA 1155 socket has a different pin layout (it isn't...

By TechRadar, published 04-10-2011
Sandy Bridge processors certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons when Intel released them. Some of those metaphorical pigeons were their own loyal customers. Those who had bought a Socket 1156 platform must have felt like they had received a slap round the chops, as barely 12 months after releasing the splendid Lynnfield, Intel had produced a CPU family that redefined the standard for performance and price. Sandy Bridge's release is doubly harsh as the new processor uses a different socket, making for an expensive upgrade for anyone trying to stay up to date. It seems odd that Intel couldn't work the new architecture into a package that would fit the existing LGA 1156 socket. After all, the package size is identical, and even though the LGA 1155 socket has a different pin layout (it isn't...
By HotHardware, published 04-06-2011
If you can't find a Zotac-brand GeForce GTX 580 videocard that suits your fancy, it's certainly not from a lack of available options. That's because Zotac today announced yet another GTX 580 variant, the AMP2 Edition, which is the company's fourth videocard built around Nvidia's GTX 580 architecture. Zotac also sells an 'ordinary' AMP Edition...
By Bjorn3D, published 28-03-2011
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch Review at Hothardware Crucial Ballistix Smart Tracer DDR3 PC3-12800 Memory Kit Review at Madshrimps Hands On Preview With ZOTAC's ZBOX AD02 Plus AMD Fusion E-350 Mini-PC at Futurelooks Video Cards XFX HD6950 1GB Overclocked Edition Review at OCC Asus
By TechRadar, published 26-03-2011
This week's popular reviews on TechRadar include the iPad 2, which went on sale in the UK on Friday 25 March, and the Nintendo 3DS, which also went on sale on Friday.We also brought you an exclusive review of the Acer Iconia Tab W500 tablet which is running Windows 7, and in the graphics card world, we got our hands on the new Nvidia GeForce GTX 590.Read on to find out how we rated this week's hottest new tech products.Top five reviews on TechRadarAcer Iconia Tab W500 reviewThe problem for Acer is its choice of operating system - Windows 7 wasn't designed for use on a tablet, and it really shows. Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 reviewIt's slightly disappointing that with this Zotac GeForce GTX 590 it couldn't have pushed the performance past what we've already seen in the AMD Radeon HD 6990.Nokia X...
By TechRadar, published 26-03-2011
This week's popular reviews on TechRadar include the iPad 2, which went on sale in the UK on Friday 25 March, and the Nintendo 3DS, which also went on sale on Friday.We also brought you an exclusive review of the Acer Iconia Tab W500 tablet which is running Windows 7, and in the graphics card world, we got our hands on the new Nvidia GeForce GTX 590.Read on to find out how we rated this week's hottest new tech products.Top five reviews on TechRadarAcer Iconia Tab W500 reviewThe problem for Acer is its choice of operating system - Windows 7 wasn't designed for use on a tablet, and it really shows. Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 reviewIt's slightly disappointing that with this Zotac GeForce GTX 590 it couldn't have pushed the performance past what we've already seen in the AMD Radeon HD 6990.Nokia X...
By TechRadar, published 26-03-2011
This week's popular reviews on TechRadar include the iPad 2, which went on sale in the UK on Friday 25 March, and the Nintendo 3DS, which also went on sale on Friday.We also brought you an exclusive review of the Acer Iconia Tab W500 tablet which is running Windows 7, and in the graphics card world, we got our hands on the new Nvidia GeForce GTX 590.Read on to find out how we rated this week's hottest new tech products.Top five reviews on TechRadarAcer Iconia Tab W500 reviewThe problem for Acer is its choice of operating system - Windows 7 wasn't designed for use on a tablet, and it really shows. Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 reviewIt's slightly disappointing that with this Zotac GeForce GTX 590 it couldn't have pushed the performance past what we've already seen in the AMD Radeon HD 6990.Nokia X...

By SlashGear, published 24-03-2011
Poor old AMD; the company got to hold on to the “world’s fastest graphics card” title for all of two weeks with the Radeon HD 6990, and now here comes NVIDIA to try to snatch it away. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 is finally official, and as we expected it’s a dual-GPU masterpiece of CUDA grunt folded into a super-quiet chassis. Video demo after the cut In fact, despite having 1024 CUDA cores, 3GB of GDDR5 memory and 32 tessellation engines, the GeForce GTX 590 only musters 48dB; that’s enough, NVIDIA reckons for it to be the world’s quietest graphics card as well as being the fastest. To manage that, the pair of GeForce GTX 580 GPUs are clocked down to 607MHz and the memory to 3.4GHz, and dual vapor cooling chambers employed to keep temperatures low. Fo...

By TechRadar, published 19-03-2011
This week, Tesco announced that Android sales have overtaken iPhone sales on its network, while in other iPhone news, supposed leaked images of iPhone 5 cases popped up.And in the viewing world, Sky launched a new multiroom HD box and Google acquired a technology that should enable it to tidy up low quality video on YouTube. Read on for this week's most popular stories on TechRadar…Top five news storiesTesco: Android has overtaken iPhoneTesco has revealed that the sale of Android phones on its network have surpassed Apple's iPhone for the first time.Tesco, a virtual mobile operator running on O2's network, says its customers indicate that Google's operating system is poised to grow even larger in 2011.In the pre-Christmas period the iPhone was outselling Android smartphones by a factor o...

By TechRadar, published 19-03-2011
This week, Tesco announced that Android sales have overtaken iPhone sales on its network, while in other iPhone news, supposed leaked images of iPhone 5 cases popped up.And in the viewing world, Sky launched a new multiroom HD box and Google acquired a technology that should enable it to tidy up low quality video on YouTube. Read on for this week's most popular stories on TechRadar…Top five news storiesTesco: Android has overtaken iPhoneTesco has revealed that the sale of Android phones on its network have surpassed Apple's iPhone for the first time.Tesco, a virtual mobile operator running on O2's network, says its customers indicate that Google's operating system is poised to grow even larger in 2011.In the pre-Christmas period the iPhone was outselling Android smartphones by a factor o...

By TechRadar, published 19-03-2011
This week, Tesco announced that Android sales have overtaken iPhone sales on its network, while in other iPhone news, supposed leaked images of iPhone 5 cases popped up.And in the viewing world, Sky launched a new multiroom HD box and Google acquired a technology that should enable it to tidy up low quality video on YouTube. Read on for this week's most popular stories on TechRadar…Top five news storiesTesco: Android has overtaken iPhoneTesco has revealed that the sale of Android phones on its network have surpassed Apple's iPhone for the first time.Tesco, a virtual mobile operator running on O2's network, says its customers indicate that Google's operating system is poised to grow even larger in 2011.In the pre-Christmas period the iPhone was outselling Android smartphones by a factor o...

By TechRadar, published 15-03-2011
Another new graphics card from Nvidia... Here's Zotac's factory overclocked take on it, the Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti AMP! Newer means faster, right?Right?So, what is the best entry-level graphics card you can buy? How much should a DX11 capable graphics card cost? Recent releases, such as the AMD Radeon HD 6990 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 have focused on high-end DX11 graphics, but what about the more-affordable DX11 graphics cards? Those looking to get their hands on reasonable levels of performance haven't exactly been spoilt for choice lately. The likes of the Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 and AMD Radeon HD 5750 are looking a little long in the tooth now, but still hover around the £100 mark. Could this Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti AMP! represent a new dawn for DX11?Apart from a little tweaking of...

By TechRadar, published 15-03-2011
Another new graphics card from Nvidia... Here's Zotac's factory overclocked take on it, the Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti AMP! Newer means faster, right?Right?So, what is the best entry-level graphics card you can buy? How much should a DX11 capable graphics card cost? Recent releases, such as the AMD Radeon HD 6990 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 have focused on high-end DX11 graphics, but what about the more-affordable DX11 graphics cards? Those looking to get their hands on reasonable levels of performance haven't exactly been spoilt for choice lately. The likes of the Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 and AMD Radeon HD 5750 are looking a little long in the tooth now, but still hover around the £100 mark. Could this Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti AMP! represent a new dawn for DX11?Apart from a little tweaking of...

By SlashGear, published 03-04-2011
Zotac has unveiled a pair of new nettops today that include the new Zbox AD02 and AD02 Plus offerings. Both of the machines run the AMD Brazos platform inside that is combined with the E350 dual-core APU. The machines also have 2GB of DDR3 RAM and have graphics that support DirectX 11 for entertainment content and good multimedia playback. The GPU inside the machines is the Radeon HD6310 unit. Data storage inside the nice looking Plus version of the nettop is to a 250GB HDD. The difference between the standard AD02 and the AD02 plus is that the standard version gets no storage or RAM. The buyer has to add their own hardware to that machine. Other features include a gigabit Ethernet card and WiFi in both machines. Both of the nettops have a single USB 3.0 port and a pair of USB 2.0 ports...

By HotHardware, published 03-03-2011
Zotac clearly has a thing going with their ZBOX series. The company has been cranking them out like nobody's business lately, and the ZBOX AD02 mini-PC is the latest. They've been doing great things with the SFF form factor, and particularly with the HTPC crowd, these space saving machines have really hit the spot. The newest series is powered...
By TechReport, published 03-01-2011
With barebones nettops systems built around Ion and CULV underpinnings, it was only a matter of time before Zotac put Brazos inside a Zbox. In fact, AMD's first Fusion platform has arrived in two models: the Zbox AD02 and AD02 Plus. The latter comes equipped...
By HotHardware, published 24-02-2011
Video: Funky Kit Review: Zotac Geforce GTX 560 Ti (1Gb GDDR5) graphics card XFX Radeon HD 6850 Black Edition Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews ASUS GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II Review @ Overclockers Australia Processors: AMD Phenom II X4 975 3.60GHz AM3 Processor Review @ eTeknix.com AMD Athlon II X2 255 Review by Ultimate Hardware Memory and...

By HotHardware, published 21-02-2011
Video: VisionTek Killer HD5770 Combo Card @ Benchmark Reviews HIS HD 6970 Review - XSReviews ZOTAC GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMP! Edition 1 GB @ techPowerUp ASUS ENGTX570 Video Card Review @ [H] MSI GeForce GTX 460 1GB Hawk Review @ Hardware Canucks [Tech ARP] Mobile GPU Comparison Guide Rev. 10.9 Gelid Icy Vision Rev 2 Graphics Card Cooler Review...

By TechRadar, published 17-02-2011
What are the best gaming upgrades for your PC today? How do you turn a whimpering little PC into the gaming goliath you want, nay, deserve?Well, stick around because no matter what you can afford to spend, we've got a the best PC upgrade for you.Obviously the key components we'll be looking at are the graphics card, CPU, motherboard, memory and your storage devices. Upgrading any of these will always help, and we're here to tell you which ones are right for you.To get the most out of your machine you need to know first what you're mostly going to be using it for and secondly which components will deliver the best performance increase for the things you're going to do with it.After all, there's little point in forking out £500 on a dual-GPU graphics card when all you're using it for is pla...
By Bjorn3D, published 16-02-2011
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3-1600 at PureOverclock Intel Demos Sandy Bridge Virtualization, Security and KVM Features: VPro On Lenovo's New ThinkPad T420 at Hothardware.com Archos 101 Internet Tablet (Android) Review at HardwareHeaven.com Test: Zotac Zbox HD-ID40 Plus at PC-lunch
By HotHardware, published 16-02-2011
Recently, a smattering of products based on Zacate and its lower-power cousin, Ontario, have since begun trickling out to retail and we’ve gotten our hands on two of them for some in-house testing. Although they are based on the same AMD E-350 APU (Accelerated Processing Unit), the Gigabyte E350N-USB3 and Zotac Zbox Blu-Ray AD03 Plus...
By Bjorn3D, published 14-02-2011
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos Zotac IONITX-P-E Integrated Motherboard Review at OCC Intel Core i5-2500K Processor Review at APH Networks Sapphire PURE Black P67 Hydra Socket 1155 Motherboard at Pro-Clockers Sapphire Edge-HD Mini PC Review at HardwareHeaven.com Quick Review: OCZ Gold XTE Series PC3-

By HotHardware, published 14-02-2011
Whenever NVIDIA pops out a new GPU, Zotac is close behind with a new graphics card to support that core. This week, the GeForce 560 Ti is being unveiled, and if you need a bit more power, the GTX 560 Ti AMP! Edition is being introduced also. The AMP! Edition gets a 950MHz engine clock, 384 unified shaders, 1GB of DDR5 memory, a 256-bit interface,...

By TechRadar, published 02-12-2011
This week, the numbering and naming of future versions of Android got a little confusing as Viewsonic revealed Google's plans for Android 2.4, which involve keeping the Gingerbread name and effectively replacing Android 2.3.And on a more retro tip,we discovered that Sinclair's ZX Spectrum is set to be relaunched to celebrate the classic computer's 30th anniversary.With Mobile World Congress kicking off tomorrow evening, the HTC Desire 2 looks to be one of the handsets that'll be making an appearance.Read on for this week's most popular stories on TechRadar…Top five news storiesAndroid 2.4 to replace 2.3, retain Gingerbread flavour?Viewsonic has revealed Google's plans for Android 2.4, which involve keeping the Gingerbread name and effectively replacing Android 2.3.The American company ha...

By TechRadar, published 02-11-2011
Affordable and factory overclocked, Palit's GeForce GTX 560 Ti Sonic could be the ideal iteration of Nvidia's latest mid-range Fermi.The GeForce GTX 560 Ti caused a bit of a stir last month when it first hit our test benches. We were, and still are, fans of the GTX 460 and were hoping for more of the same graphical goodness in this next generation. Unfortunately though it doesn't hold as special a place in our heart as the GTX 460 though, but that's actually nothing to do with the card itself. It's still a speedy little daemon, and it's still coming in at the price/performance sweetspot of £200.The issue here is that the market has moved onwards since the inception of the GTX 460, or more specifically the competition has moved on.There was nothing to touch the original mid-range Fermi whe...

By MaximumPC, published 02-08-2011
The next generation of Windows Home Server enables video streaming and transcoding operations, so we built a WHS system that can handle the load [Editor's Note: This story was originally written in November 2010 and published in our January 2011 issue. In early January 2011, Microsoft ended the Beta program for Windows Home Server Vail, and announced that the next version of Vail would ship without the Drive Extender technology it had previously used. The new Drive-Extender-less Release Candidate for Windows Home Server 2011 was released in early February, and we have updated this guide accordingly.] If you buy a Windows Home Server system off the shelf, you typically get an anemic processor—usually an Atom of some kind—and the original version of WHS, updated with various power packs....
By Thinkdigit, published 02-08-2011
Graphic cards generally have plane jane looks, but offlate we are seeing some really well designed cards. The latest one to join that club is the Zotac GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMP edition, which was launched today. The moment we set our eyes on the card, we let out an appreciative gasp. The yellow grilled metal design filling the gaps between the strong metal chassis does not only look aesthetically pleasing, but also enhances heat dissipation. The fan is located bang in the cent [...] Read the entire article
By Bjorn3D, published 02-08-2011
Zotac today unveiled their GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMP! Edition video card. The card runs at a clockspeed of 950MHz (the reference clock is 822MHz), and includes two bundled packs, including the ZOTAC Boost Premium software and a download voucher for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Read on to see more pictures and specific

By TechRadar, published 02-08-2011
Nvidia's mid-range marvel has hit every branch on the way down the overclocking tree to produce Zotac's GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMP!Now the origial GeForce GTX 560 Ti was a big hit when it first turned up last month. Tipping up with the same balance of price and performance as it's older sibling, the GeForce GTX 460, you could colour us impressed.Unfortunately for Nvidia the market has changed since the GTX 460 first arrived, and that £200 pricepoint is more crowded than ever.And the card that stands out of that crowd is AMD's Radeon HD 6950.It's slightly more expensive than the £200 vanilla GTX 560 Ti, but it's got the DirectX 11 performance chops to make the mid-range Nvidia card even greener with envy.One thing the HD 6950 can't do is overclock, as shown by the MSI Radeon HD 6950 Twin Froz...

By TechRadar, published 02-05-2011
This week, an online crime map of the UK went live, and soon crashed under the weight of traffic, while a new PS3 update had some people criticising Sony for building in a backdoor that enables remote control of your console.Also on TechRadar we took a look at how the Motorola Xoom and PlayBook stack up against the iPad and updated our Android 3.0 article with a whole load of new features that are coming to the OS.Read on for this week's most popular stories on TechRadar…Top five news storiesOnline crime map of the UK launchedThe Home Office has created a new website that allows you to look up towns in the UK and see what the crime is like in that area.The website, found at www.police.uk, is currently overburdened with worried folk who want to scare themselves even more by seeing just ho...

By MaximumPC, published 02-05-2011
This week on TechRadar, an online crime map of the UK went live, and soon crashed under the weight of traffic, while a new PS3 update had some people criticising Sony for building in a backdoor that enables remote control of your console. Also on TechRadar we took a look at how the Motorola Xoom and PlayBook stack up against the iPad and updated our Android 3.0 article with a whole load of new features that are coming to the OS. Read on for this week's most popular stories on TechRadar… Top five news stories Online crime map of the UK launched The Home Office has created a new website that allows you to look up towns in the UK and see what the crime is like in that area. The website, found at www.police.uk, is currently overburdened with worried folk who want to scare themselves even m...
By Bjorn3D, published 02-02-2011
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos Zotac IONITX-P-E Mini-ITX Motherboard Review at ThinkComputers.org Alienware M17x R3 with 3D Vision Gaming Laptop Review at HardwareHeaven.com Intel Sandy Bridge CPU In-Depth Look At Overclocking, Memory Timings and More at Madshrimps Asus E35M1-M Pro AMD Fusion Micro-ATX Motherboard Review at eTeknix.

By TechRadar, published 02-02-2011
Maximum power in a minimalist package. That's what the new Asus Rampage III Gene is all about. But is it even a sensible idea to force-feed enthusiast-class performance and features into a small-form factor motherboard? Quite possibly, yes. Micro-ATX motherboards aren't hugely smaller than the ATX standard. What's more, the greater level of feature integration in the latest processors means motherboards themselves are simpler and require fewer components. Affordable high-enderUltimately, however, what really counts are the features and performance on offer, not size. The Asus Rampage III Gene sports Intel's top CPU socket and chipset combo in the LGA1366 and X58. That means support for Intel's Core i7 processors, including the mighty six-core Gulftown chip. You also get USB 3.0 and SATA 6G...

By TechRadar, published 02-02-2011
Nvidia's original GeForce GTX 580 is a lightening fast card, and is the fastest thing on single GPU legs right now. So an overclocked version, like this GTX 580 AMP! from Zotac is surely going to be a beast.Buying a pre-overclocked graphics card though is like buying a car with all the options. You might not see a major performance gain, but you're safe in the knowledge that, in its class, your card is probably the best.The flipside, of course, is that pre-overclocked cards play on this perceived value, and the performance gain is rarely in line with resultant price-hike percentage over stock. These are margin-making products for board partners, and offer flagship performance in-class that influences the way we feel about the rest of the company's line-up.This is no great conspiracy; it's ...

By SlashGear, published 25-01-2011
NVIDIA is obviously particularly proud of its new GeForce GTX 560 Ti GPU – it suggests it “pwns the gamer’s sweet spot” in the press release – and at first glance the Fermi-based video card does have plenty going for it. Eight tessellation engines, a total of 384 CUDA cores, DirectX 11 support and a 52.5 billion/sec texture fill rate add up to a card 33-percent faster than the GeForce GTX 460 and up to 65-percent faster than AMD’s Radeon HD 6870. In fact, NVIDIA reckons the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is up to 46-percent faster than the significantly more expensive AMD Radeon HD 6950, something we can’t see their rivals being particularly pleased about. That’s at the core 822MHz clock speed, too; NVIDIA expects some manufacturers to overclock the GT...

By TechRadar, published 25-01-2011
Nvidia's GTX 560 has arrived – bringing 384 CUDA cores, DirectX 11 and 820Mhz core clock speed. The GTX 560 is the latest graphics offering from Nvidia as the company continues its long-running competition for gamer hearts with AMD. Following the path laid down by Nvidia's last two 500 series cards, the 560 offers around a 30 per cent improvement on the GTX 460 but, impressively, uses 20 per cent less power. FootstepsAlthough much of the tech under the bonnet is similar to the GTX 460, the GTX 560 follows in the footsteps of the GTX 580 and GTX 570 in its incrementally rejigged GPU architecture, offering extra streaming microprocessors – 8 to the 7 already in the 460 – and with it another 48 CUDA cores. The clockspeeds of the GTX 560 might raise some eyebrows though.At 820MHz and 164...

By TechRadar, published 25-01-2011
The graphics card dance continues to rumba on in the shape of Nvidia's GeForce GTX 560 Ti.It seems that pretty much every week of the last six months we've seen a new GPU design hit our desktops. If it isn't Nvidia refining and rolling out more and more spins of its rather speedy Fermi architecture it's AMD trying to keep pace with an opponent that had seemed to overtake it before rolling out its own brand new architecture.On the Nvidia side the GTX 480, the first Fermi card out of the green company, turned up less than a year ago and since then we've had ten different cards based on that architecture turn up. Possibly more, we've lost count to be honest what with the vast array of OEM cards it's spat out in the intervening time.Interestingly that long line of cards included rapid replacem...

By HotHardware, published 25-01-2011
Video: Zotac Amp! Edition GeForce GTX 480 Graphics Card Review @ OCIA.net MSI HD 6950 Twin Frozr II @ techPowerUp Samsung FX2490HD 24" LED Hybrid HDTV & Monitor Review @ Hardware Canucks Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 BFBC2 Vietnam Edition @ Techgage ASUS Radeon 6950 and 6970 @ PureOverclock Motherboards and Chipsets: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3...

By MaximumPC, published 24-01-2011
Another option for cable-cutters emerges Does the cable-cutter movement have a name yet? Yes, it’s called, “I’m cheap as hell, and I don’t want to pay for your 250 channels of garbage anymore!” For those cable TV and satellite abandoners, we present to you Zotac’s Zbox HD. Think of it as the ultimate streaming box. OK, we’re exaggerating. It’s not. It’s really just a nifty, stylish PC made by Zotac. But it will certainly give you far more flexibility and options than any streaming box available today. That’s because as a PC, just about anything you can view in the browser, you can view on the TV. The Zbox HD includes an HDMI port, a DVI port, and optical S/PDIF outputs. In storage I/O you get a gigabit LAN port and—très cool on a HTPC—three USB 3.0 ports, one of w...

By TechRadar, published 24-01-2011
The ZotacGTX 480 graphics card - £370 worth of polygon-pushing graphical wizardry using the latest Nvidia tech - was agreed by PC Format magazine earlier this year to be "the best single GPU money can buy."We have managed to get hold of one of these beasts to give away as a competition prize, in addition to a bagful of 3D goodies from Nvidia, including some of the best 3D-ready PC games on the shelves right now.All in, in addition to Zotac's GTX 480 card, Nvidia has given us a 3D Vision kit – worth £120 – and a pile of quality 3D-enabled PC games to keep the hardest of hardcore gamers more than happy well into spring 2011.In addition to the card and the 3D kit, the prizewinner will also pick up a copy of Ubisoft's HAWX 2, an exclusive collector's edition of Blizzard's World of Warcra...

By TechRadar, published 22-01-2011
iPhone 5 is going to be completely redesigned, invisible tanks are heading to the battlefields and the BlackBerry Storm 3 isn't so invisible now that images have leaked. These are just some of the top stories this week on TechRadar.Over in reviews, our in-depth look at Google TV proved popular as did our Motorola Flipout review and our updated Google Nexus S review.Read on for this week's most popular stories on TechRadar…Top five news storiesiPhone 5 set to be 'completely redesigned'Clues about Apple's forthcoming iPhone 5 have been leaked online, claiming that the new device will have a new powerful CPU and feature another redesign.Engadget is quoting 'extremely accurate' sources in saying that not only will the new device land in the summer (in line with every iPhone launch for the pa...
By Bjorn3D, published 18-01-2011
CPUs, RAMs, Mobos ASRock P67 3-Way Motherboard Roundup at PureOverclock Intel's SandyBridge II HD Gfx, Open GL and AVX Performance at LostCircuits ZOTAC H55ITX-C-E Mini-ITX Motherboard Review at Futurelooks Dell Vostro 130 Review – the svelte business laptop at Kitguru FaceVision TouchCam N1 720p Review