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PCW columnist
Gordon Laing has a compact digital camera group test where it compares a Canon Powershot with a Fujifilm Finepix, Pentax Optio and Sony Cybershot. Compact cameras have matured wonderfully like wine. Overall, the Powershot wins the day; it may be larger and heavier than the rest of the competition but it is the obvious winner.
Meanwhile, still in field of digital imagery, Xbitlabs reviews the
Epson Perfection 3490 Photo Scanner, which is a single pass flatbed scanner. Its maximum optical resolution is 3.2k dpi. Like digital cameras, the scanner market has matured to a point that adding more features does not improve things that much. There are still some lows but nothing to shout about.
Anandtech
updates us on ATI's AVIVO. ATI will release the Catalyst 5.13 drivers in some days - just on time for Christmas - and the latter will pack H.264 decode acceleration. CPU utilization will be reduced and even on low end computers, you will be able to watch HD content. ATI's combination of software and hardware brings noticeable improvements to a host of video-based applications. They even have an unsupported pre release software available.
Cooltechzone reviews the
Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 mATX motherboard with onboard video. It is based on the increasingly popular Geforce 6150 chipset combination. With integrated graphics ready for Vista, PCI-e upgradability, enough SATA and USB ports to cater for OEM needs and a good price, the board is destined to become a sure winner with entry level buyers.
PC Perspective tests the
XFX Revo RAID 3 Controller which users the
older and slower PCI bus but ain't a slouch. Cost cutters will rely on their integrated RAID solution while those looking for RAID support should get the XFX Revo quickly. The 64 MB buffer together with a zero CPU overhead and longer than average SATA cables make it a perfect combination for storage savvy users. Others though will wait for a PCI-express x1 card.
Laptop Logic has a review of the
Lenovo Thinkpad Z60M laptop which comes in a 15.4-inch form factor. The test laptop was packed with a 2GHz Pentium M, a 100GB HDD, 1 GB memory and Radeon X600 graphics. The laptop is very sturdy and certainly provides with top notch, first class, award winning Thinkpad software. It might be big, expensive and heavy, but you can't match its build quality and the amount of features built in. After all, it is an IBM.
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