March 10th, 2011
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The Daily VR-Zone News Summary - 10 Mar 2011 Source: http://vr-zone.com/articles/the-daily-vr-zone-news-summary--10mar-2011/11556.html March 10th, 2011
In today's news roundup: Advances made to MRAM technology might see it rivaling performance of DRAM and SRAM soon; Sparkle's Calibre X580 graphics card gets reviewed; Microsoft's Patch Tuesday does little to secure Internet Explorer from a known security hole; HP drops a bombshell on Microsoft by announcing its plans to preload its desktop PCs with Palm's webOS; A new patch to Catherine unlocks access to a 'Super Easy mode', and Sony seems to have scored a victory against hackers by issuing a new firmware that is reportedly capable of blocking the master key hack Hardware News: MRAM chip connection manages high speed data storage Description: Scientists have managed to significantly speed up the data transfer of Magnetic Random Access Memories (MRAM), meaning that the spintronics based memory could soon rival DRAM and SRAM. Antec Kuhler H2O 620 Liquid CPU Cooler Review @Hi Tech Legion Description: The Antec Kuhler H2O 620 CPU Cooler is one of the newest offerings in self contained liquid CPU cooling with zero maintenance. The technologies of the Antec Kuhler H2O 620 would have been available only in the highest priced enthusiast coolers a short time ago, but Antec is now delivering them in an affordable, easy to install and maintain unit. The Kuhler H2O 620 offers all of the benefits of liquid cooling, including lowered CPU and component temperatures without the complications typically associated with liquid cooling. Thermaltake Level 10 GT Modular Case @ Benchmark Reviews Description: Thermaltake set the computer case world on its ear in 2009, when it introduced the amazing Level 10
computer case. Designed in collaboration with BMW, the Level 10's unique design, with separate compartments hung from the side of a central "spine", was unlike anything anyone had ever seen before. But so was its price, at $800.00. The high price kept it out of retail stores and also kept sales low. The Level 10 GT attempts to incorporate some of the features and style of the original Level 10 at a lower price that's still at the high end of the mainstream case market. Benchmark Reviews takes a look at this latest salvo in the "case wars." Noctua NH-C14 CPU Cooler Review @ Tweaknews Description: Noctua's NH-C14 is a huge cooler, both in physical size and performance. The build quality is excellent and the mounting solutions are very robust and easily installed. I particularly like the fan clip design and implementation. With two included fans, a feature rich accessory package including LNA and ULNA fan speed reducers, a screwdriver and an enameled metal case badge, the NH-C14 would seem to be a dream product for the enthusiast/ overclockers among us. AMD Radeon HD 6990 Review: Sumptuous Dual-GPU Power Description: The high-end Radeon HD 6970 and HD 6950 also arrived late last year, while the dual-GPU version of AMD's last generation graphics series code-named Antilles was expected to arrive shortly after. Coincidentally (or not) both AMD and Nvidia took a few months longer than expected to show its hardcore dual-GPU graphics cards, with the former making the first move to finally unveil the Radeon HD 6990. ASUS EAH6870 1GB Radeon HD6870 Thermal Image Analysis @ Bigbruin.com Description: The PCB behind the Radeon HD6870's GPU did get to over 72C, and it washed over a large area of the card with temperatures exceeding 60C. These numbers themselves aren't of much concern, but it does imply that the actual GPU is even higher. An aftermarket cooler may not be necessary, but it should lower those readings by a fair amount. Fractal Design Define XL Computer Case @ TweakPC.de (German) Description: (Machine translation) Fractal Design is well known for midi-tower computer cases. The Define XL is the first big-tower. We took a look. Sparkle Calibre X580 Video Card Review @ Madshrimps Description: The Calibre X580 graphics card offers impressive performance in most games and synthetic benchmarks, comes with a beefy but very efficient (and silent enough) air cooling solution from Arctic Cooling and if that wasn't enough, it
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