news 28 Posted April 15, 2009 Topics in this news-letter: OCZ Vertex 120 GB SSD review Rivatuner GPU Monitor Gadget 2.0 Released OCZ Vertex 120 GB SSD review <http://www.guru3d.com/article/ocz-vertex-120-gb-ssd-review/>'>http://www.guru3d.com/article/ocz-vertex-120-gb-ssd-review/> With the Vertex series SSD, OCZ offers an extremely high performing SSD with a new controller and ... in addition to that a nice phat 64MB cache to tackle the slow small file write issue. Now taking this course makes SSDs a little more expensive then they already are, but hear me out on this one. Technology as shown today at one stage will also reach high volume and yes... then the price will go down as well, much like we have seen with the early generation SSD drives from last year. The result? Well, the Vertex is in many ways a stunning SSD drive that wipes the floor clean with JMicron controller based SSD drives. But sheesh... this thing is fast. You can check out this review right here: http://www.guru3d.com/article/ocz-vertex-120-gb-ssd-review/ <http://www.guru3d.com/article/ocz-vertex-120-gb-ssd-review/> Rivatuner GPU Monitor Gadget 2.0 Released Version 2.0 of the GPU Monitor sidebar gadget is now available. This version adds extensive user customization options. This application is a Vista Sidebar Gadget that uses Rivatuner's low level hardware monitor for stats. I've finally released it on Microsoft's site. If your Rivatuner install is reporting back values that you would like to see in the sidebar, then install this gadget and have it easily accessible. Values will vary depending on the model card you have and its capabilities. Values capable of being displayed include, but are not limited to: GPU Usage GPU Temperature Core and Memory Clock Speed Fan Speed Frames per Second AND MORE ** Add CPU, RAM, HDD and additional data with RivaTuner plugins Version 2.0 General options and features: Colors: background, border, title text, default monitor title/value/units text Title: customize the text and icon Filter to remove RivaTuner's monitors from display in the gadget Flyout window provides additional information from RivaTuner and WMI Ability to reset min/max values Celcius/Fahrenheit You can also customize each monitor's display individually: Colors: use default or override title/value/units text Bar: specify min/max limits as well as color change limits Choose from 10 different display styles Choose from 20 different icons Change displayed monitor title text Add a separator to help group similar monitors Copy settings from 1 monitor to another with control over what is pasted Read the help tab in the gadget config for explicit instructions and configuration information. We have a thread open on this tool (visited by programmer) right here <http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=288037> . Download: click here <http://downloads.guru3d.com/Rivatuner-GPU-Monitor-Vista-Sidebar-Gadget-2.0-download-2185.html> -- Share this post Link to post
