Review VGA NVIDIA Calibre X680 2GB GDDR5: Premium Quality with High Performance

The main factor in choosing an assessment of the graphics card is seen in advance the type of class GPU chip used on the graphics card, with a view of the class or series GPU at least we've been able to see the "Big Picture" of the performance of the graphics card product compared with graphics other cards.

Performance is important, but for most gamers, get the performance standards of a top-class graphics card is still not enough. Therefore, it is pretty much brand that offers products with the quality of his graphics card that is higher than its reference product, whether it be in terms of quality of components, cooling design, to tweaking the default performance graphics card that makes its products more attractive than the graphics card similar. As an example the Calibre X680 graphics card that will we review this time. What is the quality that is able to offer Calibre X680's, consider continuing our review below.

Testing Calibre X680 GeForce 2GB GDDR5

• Prosesor: Intel Core i7 3960X @4.5 GHz
• Motherboard: Intel Desktop Board DX79SI
• Graphics Card:  AMD HD 7900/7800 Series; NVIDIA GTX 500 & 600 Series
• Memory: 4x 2 GB Kingston HyperX blu. (@1600 MHz; 1.65 V)

• Storage: Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 64 GB
• Power Supply: Corsair AX1200

• CPU Heatsink: Corsair H100 (Fan Speed Minimum)

• Casing: Corsair 500R (All Fan On)

• Monitor: LCD Monitor 1920×1080
• Input: Generic Keyboard and Mouse
• OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
• Driver : Catalyst 12.3|12.7 Beta|12.11 Beta|13.1 WHQL; Forceware 296.10|301.10|304.79 Beta|310.90 WHQL

(*) All graphics cards tested on the default settings provided by the driver, in this version.

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Review Lenovo Ideapad S400 : Notebook with Color Images

Bored with the color standard notebook (black and gray)? Maybe you should glance at the yard notebook Lenovo Ideapad S400 series. This notebook is in the dressing with bright red color on the LCD screen lid and the bottom. Lenovo Ideapad S400 feels very solid when you menggengamnya at hand. The dimensions of this device is not too small because it uses a 14 "but Lenovo Ideapad S400 feels thin when compared to notebooks with screen size, this device will look thinner.

Unfortunately, to get the thinness of the Ideapad S400, Lenovo had to sacrifice an optical drive that is usually found on a notebook with a 14 ". But this is not a problem, given the current optical drive is rarely used and the lack of an optical drive is also benefit in terms of trimming the weight of this notebook weighs only 1.5 kg up, usually notebooks with screens 14 "and an optical drive weighed about 2 kg.

Before we look further Lenovo Ideapad S400, you should look at the specifications promoted by the notebook.

Specification

Processor                 Intel Core i3  2365U

                                Speed ​​1.4GHz 3MB L3 Cache

Memory                   4GB DDR3

Storage                    Hard disk 500GB

Graphics                  Intel GMA 3000

Screen                     14 "1366 × 768

Interconnection         802.11bgn wifi and Bluetooth V3.0

USB 2.0                          2

USB 3.0                          1

HDMI                              1

Audio In / Out                  1

webcam                            1

Ethernet                            1

Card reader                      1

Operation System              Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit

Battery                               2000mAh

Size (mm)                           336x241x21.9

Weight (kg)                        1,587

Charger+Weight (kg)          1832

Lenovo Ideapad S400 is present in our test table is still using the Intel 2nd generation Core i Sandy Bridge but Lenovo itself has been upgraded in this series using the Intel Core i 3rd generation Ivy Bridge. Processors used by Lenovo Ideapad S400 is a type with low power consumption so that the notebook is not hot on the bottom and handrestnya when used for a long time.

The screen size is very convenient to use because it uses a size of 14 "with a resolution of 1366 × 768. Lenovo Ideapad S400 uses a glossy screen that will be a little annoying when you use because it will cast shadows around you. However, you can meminimalisasikannya by raising the level of brightness. Viewing angle is also quite good because the screen does not change color gradation excessive when viewed from either side. The display will change color gradation when you see it from the top.

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