MSI, Qimonda, NZXT and AMD round out this weeks new hardware debuts while Creative Vice President Phil O’Shaughnessy goes after ASUS Xonar Sound Card supposed EAX support claims.
Systems
ASUS Launches U2E 11-inch- 2.7lbs. Hand-Crafted Notebook
MSI Launches GX-600 Enhanced Gaming Notebook featuring Turbo-Drive One Button Overclocking

Video Cards
eVGA Unveils e-GeForce Akimbo 8800GT 1GB
ASRock Unveils A780FDP Equipped with HDMI DVI & DisplayPort
ASUS Launches EN9600GT SILENT Series
ASUS Splendid HD1 Upgrades VGA to HDMI

Storage
Western Digital Introduces New My Passport Elite Portable USB Drives in capacities of 320 and 250 GB
Patriot Memory announces Solid State Drives with capacities up to 256GB
Plextor Announces New Blu-Ray PX-B920SA featuring LightScribe and HD-DVD
Super Talent Ships World’s Thinnest 256GB SSD

Memory
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz and 1800MHz Retail for $400
Qimonda Aeneon XTUNE DDR3-1600 2GB Kit Launches For $340

Cases
NZXT Announces Tempest Gaming Enthusiast Chassis for $99

Processors
AMD announces Four new AMD Phenom X4 processors
AMD Phenom™ X4 9100e is the World’s First 65-Watt Quad-Core Processor
AMD Phenom™ X3 8000 Triple-Core Processor Launched

Sweet Deals
Dell Vostro 200 Mini Tower: Dual Core E2160, 1GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, 19″ Wide LCD, Windows XP Home or Vista Basic $350
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 45nm Dual-Core Processor (OEM) $200
EVGA GeForce 8800GTS (G80) 320MB PCIe Video Card $122 after $30MIR or EVGA 8800GTS OC (G92) 512MB PCIe Video Card $207 after $30MIR
LiteOn 20X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW/RAM IDE/ATAPI Burner (OEM) $23
Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB 32MB Cache Serial ATA Internal Hard Drive $125
PNY GeForce 9600GT 512MB PCI Express Video Card $125 After $50 Rebate
Crucial 2GB (1×2GB) DDR2-667 Desktop Memory $24 After $28 Rebate
eVGA GeForce 8800GTS 512MB PCI Express video card $220 Or Less
XFX 8800GT 512MB PCI Express video card + Company of Heroes $177 After $30 Rebate
KensingtonFM Transmitter/Car Charger for iPod $24 w/ free shipping
PQI i221 4GB USB Flash Drive $17 w/ free shipping
Belkin F6C750-AVR Battery Backup with Surge Protection $63 w/ free shipping
ATI 100-703260 TV Wonder 200 PCI TV Tuner $22 w/ free shipping
Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 Video Card $172 shipped
Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP 24″ Widescreen LCD Monitor $594 w/ Free Shipping
Logitech Z-5500 THX Digital & DTS Hardware Decoding Speaker System $160 + shipping
Western Digital 1 TB 7200 RPM USB 2.0 My Book World Edition Remote Access Storage $250 w/ Free Shipping
OCZ OCZ1010GXSSLI GameXstream Power Supply $170 w/ free shipping

Interesting Stuff
Creative: Asus Misleading Customers on EAX Drivers

New hardware debuts slowed down after the avalanche of NVIDIA GeForce 9800GX2 launches last week. Manufacturers are slowly trickling out products riding the NVIDIA 790 motherboard wave as well, particularly on the system memory front. The rise in SSD product releases over the past sixty days can be attributed to the stagnant traditional hard drive storage market and lower manufacturing costs.

Last week ASUS unveiled a new addition to the Xonar sound card lineup claiming to support EAX 5. Creative took notice and VP O’Shaughnessy suggested “The new ASUS drivers are falsely reporting EAX 5 capabilities in order to get these games to output 3D audio on ASUS sound cards. ASUS customers are not getting a genuine EAX Advanced HD experience with this driver update.” ASUS has not responded to this statement, but from personally testing the ASUS Xonar D2 sound quality was never an issue, only the lack of polished software compared to that of Creative. In the meantime enjoy the special roundup of hardware deals this week. Particularly note the inexpensive Belkin UPS Battery Backup and Crucial 2GB DDR2 memory, as they are sure to disappear within days If not hours.

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