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NVIDIA ION 2 Preview @ PC Perspective

“NVIDIA’s new next-generation ION technology was a necessary move from the team that has been pushed around by Intel for too long.  Intel successfully cut NVIDIA out of the chipset business all together starting with the mainstream and enthusiast desktop nForce  brand and now with the original ION.”

NVIDIA ION 2 Preview @ Legit Reviews

“The next generation of the NVIDIA ION architecture brings some much needed changes in order to bring forth the performance desired by low-power, low-performance mobile users. While we have heard the ION 2 name bounced around leading up to the launch, it seems NVIDIA is just referring to the platform changes as the next generation of NVIDIA ION.”

NVIDIA ION 2 Preview @ Hot Hardware

“Ever since NVIDIA’s original ION chipset proved it was possible to pair Intel’s low-power Atom processor to a relatively powerful graphics core and attain acceptable multimedia performance, the market has been curious as to what NVIDIA’s Ion 2 Next-Generation Ion product might offer. This has also been a topic of some discussion between Intel, NVIDIA, and the FTC.”

ECS A785GM-AD3 @ Neoseeker

“I will not hide my disappointment about the A785GM-AD3. It is mainly due to the many features it lacks that the vast majority of boards based on the 785G chipset have. Most importantly, it does not have an onboard HDMI output.”

ASUS X58 Rampage III Extreme @ Legit Reviews

“I know in just writing this article I’ve mumbled that to myself a half-dozen times with a grin on my face. I have a feeling the Rampage III Extreme will be another board that goes down in the history books for high performance. The ASUS R3E motherboard though won’t be limited in appreciation to just those people who benchmark with liquid nitrogen and dry ice.”

Jetway NC94-510-LF @ Techware Labs

“Today we take a look at a low power high efficiency Intel Atom D510 based board from Jetway. This board offers the ability to have a Home media or backup server that wont break the bank. The NC94-510-LF from Jetway includes some surprising features for such a compact board with some possible issues which we explore in our review.”

ASUS P6T SE @ Hexus

“Entry-level status means that the P6T SE does without a lot of the bells and whistles that, really, most people don’t need. Whilst we can understand the lack of bundled brackets and the omission of a board-mounted button here or there in the name of cost, the absence of SLI certification is a considerable compromise that isn’t made on some competitors’ cheaper boards.”

Intel Core i7 930 CPU @ Hexus

“Priced at the same $284 (£215) as the entry-level LGA1366 offering, Intel is quietly pushing the Core i7 930 to retail. Dropping into our labs on a Friday afternoon from the folks at Scan, we take a look at performance against the chip it effectively replaces. We throw in AMD’s £137 Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition for good measure.”

OCZ Vertex Limited Edition @ Hot Hardware

“When we first took a look at OCZ’s Vertex 2 Pro series SSD back in February, we noted that our evaluation was a product “preview” due to the fact that the product was still being finalized in many ways and wasn’t yet available on the open market.  Little did we know that exact product would never see the light of day in retail.”

OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB @ TweakTown

“Today we are looking at the OCZ Technology Vertex 2 Pro. What makes the Vertex 2 Pro so special is that it uses one of the first true enterprise grade solid state controllers and pairs it with low cost consumer grade Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND flash memory.”

Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB @ Bjorn3D

“Resigned with a Toshiba controller and Toshiba Nand Flash the drive we are looking at today boasts a 230MB/s read and a 180MB/s write speed. Previous versions had a Samsung controller and the new Toshiba controller and Nand MLC flash is expected to be faster and supports Trim out of the box in Windows 7.”

Toshiba HG2 43nm 256GB SSD @ Legit Reviews

“The 256GB Toshiba HG2 Series drive that we benchmarked proved to be a solid performing mainstream SSD from our testing. The vast majority of file transfers in Windows are sequential read and write data moves and the HG2 had very respectable sequential speeds. For example in ATTO we were able to reach 241MB/s read and 177MB/s write.”