Whenever the subject of vacuum tube amplifiers is brought up, it is most likely that someone is discussing expensive hi-fi audio equipment. SonicGear brought this category of amplifiers to the computer world. Their i-Steroid 2.1 system represents a unique attempt at integrating “old-fashioned” vacuum tubes into the cold electronics and high-tech world. The name itself is obviously an allusion to iPod players and that becomes even more obvious by taking a glance at the device itself.
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Very often short descriptions in manufacturer manuals for displays are: exceptional design and excellent performances which is the case with Samsung T220. If some monitor looks nice we can see that by ourselves when we take it out from the packaging, but when it comes to other manufacturer’s promise (about performances) we need to check them by ourselves for its authenticity. Samsung T220 satisfied the first half of its description from the moment we put it on the table.
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This point-and-shoot camera gives impression of reliability and well built product. Canon IXUS 80 IS has all standard and expected functions without unnecessary “fancy” stuff that some manufacturers implement with intention to attract customers. Canon intended this model for users who desire modern, reliable and quality photo camera without any unusual functions (with limited usability). ...
SanDisk, as one of mayor flash memory manufacturers, naturally has big USB flash drive portfolio. It’s very hard to stand out, when there is a huge amount of different USB flash drive models from different manufacturers on the market. Generally speaking, you can only recognize a specific type only by its different USB casing. Design of casing is something that all manufacturers pay attention to attract more customers. On the other hand, in the eyes of final user a big plus is always bigger capacity and speed of data transfers.
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This time we’ve compared two CPUs: Core2Quad Q9300 (this is the bottom model of current lineup) and Core2Extreme QX9650 (the top model of current lineup). We have experimented with QX9650, bringing down its multiplier so we got whole palette of Core2Quad processors from Q9x50 generation. To make evaluation of performances we have included in test even Core2Extreme QX6850 which is the top model Quad CPU from previous generation (65nm).
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Reviews 
DualGPU systems are very trendy in recent time and whole story begun with ATi “Gemini” project. Idea was born long time ago, when two graphics processors were integrated into one graphics card, but that idea didn’t get much popularity until now. On the other hand, 
At first, ATI popularized MultiGPU solution with Radeon HD 3870X2. As this model turned out as great solution it was natural that ATI create similar model which should be accepted by most users. HD 2600X2 was the first model with graphics chip R6XX but unfortunately users didn’t embrace it, which only means that low-budget MultiGPU solution has not appear yet.
If you are asking yourself, “Who is Peak?” we completely understand you. But, we also want to drive away all your suspicions. Peak is coming from Taiwan and will soon have fifth anniversary. In the past, this manufacturer has been focused on producing memory, mainly flash portable type like USB sticks, memory cards of various types etc.
As it usually happens, after the fast models have appeared, we can expect slower, but cheaper ones. ATI HD 2600 cards reached an impressive degree of popularity, mostly for their video possibilities, but nice performance as well, at least in 1024x768. Radeon HD 2400 was also a great solution, since it was better than any integrated solution and offered all of the HD 2000 series video possibilities at a killer price. Now we have their inheritors under the scope. Are they something revolutionary or just slightly improved? We shall see.
Nvidia has been bringing new models out onto the market quite seriously lately, and the same thing can be said about ATI as well. Although both companies are more or less aware that previous models were not really wallet-friendly, the retaken exam simply had to be passed. To make the entire issue more interesting, while there were significant “holes” in pricing before, it is quite the opposite now.
Although they are still outnumbered on the market, the new GeForce 8800GT and GTS cards are very good and asked for. As we couldn't find a single 8800GTS with 512 MB of VRAM so far, we decided to plunder a little, and dug out an XFX model.