The TechwareLabs guys do a specs comparison between a decent on-board sound solution and an ASUS Xonar card. They go through the reasoning behind the comparison, & the meaning of the specs. It's a decent write-up that should give anyone thinking about an add-in card some thoughts to mull over.

"With the widespread availability of onboard sound why would a consumer select an add-on sound card to their system?"

Looks like we may finally have a time-frame for the XP SP3 release. techARP is reporting that we'll see the final service pack for WinXP released in the second half of next month. Speculation? I hope not.

Video Cards

Nvidia GeForce 9800 GX2 @ THG

Nvidia GeForce 9800 GX2 @ the TechReport

HIS HD 3870 IceQ3 512 MB @ techPowerUp

Apollo Radeon HD 3850 512 MB @ OCIA

Motherboards

Abit AX78 @ 3DGameMan

EVGA NVIDIA 790i SLI Ultra @ Motherboards.org

RAM

Kingston HyperX 2GB PC3-14400 DDR3-1800 @ ASE Labs

Storage

Mtron Pro 7000 2.5-Inch 16GB SSD SATA7025 @ BenchmarkReviews

VOX V1 750GB External Hard Drive @ TechGage

Etc.

Army of Two Xbox 360 @ TTGamer   E-TEN Glofiish X800 Smartphone @ TweakTown

Bgears b-Envi Cube Case @ TechwareLabs  Logitech Alto Express @ Phoronix

From everything that I can tell, this is a native OS X game; not one that requires running an emulation layer. That being said, it's for Intel-based Macs only. Of course, I'd postulate that the majority of gamers who own Macs these days are recent buyers...

"Mac users can at last join the struggle for Earth, as the Mac OS X flavor of Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is now shipping in North America!"

Notebooks

Explosive HP 500 @ ChileHardware (Spanish)

CPUs

Intel E8000 "Wolfdale" @ OCAU

Motherboards

XFX nForce 790i SLI Ultra @ the TechReport

EVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLI @ HardwareSecrets

DFI LanParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G @ ThinkComputers

Displays

Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition @ TechGage

Samsung 2493HM @ OverclockersOnline

Samsung SyncMaster 2243BW @ Tweaknews

RAM

OCZ Technology PC2-8000 Platinum Edition 4GB @ Bigbruin

Audio

Razer Mako 2.1 @ XSReviews  Logitech G51 Speakers @ DigitalTrends

Cases

Aerocool iCurve Plus Mid Tower @ Pro-Clockers

GMC R-2 Toast Case @ TechwareLabs  Antec P180 @ hi-techreviews

Sunbeamtech UFO Acrylic Cube Case (ACUF-T) @ HardwareLogic

Glacialtech Altair 380 Media Center Chassis @ TechwareLabs

Cooling

Glacial Tech Igloo 5750 CPU Coolers @ 3DGameMan

Thermaltake iXoft Notebook Cooling Pad @ OCIA

Noctua NT-H1 Heatsink Compound @ Pro-Clockers

Etc.

Steelseries Ikari Laser Gaming Mouse @ Tweaknews

Tagan BZ 900W PSU @ Phoronix   Kingston SD/2GB-U @ ASE Labs

Rosewill RX81-MP-SC eSATA HDD Enclosure @ TweakTown

Manfrotto 190XPROB Pro Aluminum Tripod @ Futurelooks

GIGABYTE DES and ASUS EPU @ TweakTown

nVidia offiicially launched the long-awaited 9800GX2 yesterday, & the reviews have hit the web. Also, Alienware has already announced an Area-51 desktop system with the new king card inside. There certainly are plenty of reviews to peruse...

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