Mainstream solutions for GPU has been hitting a good share in the global market lately. Some people who can't afford the latest and expensive high-end models are contented in dealing with the mainstream products. Just recently, Nvidia released its most affordable member of the GTX 500 Series family - The GTX 550 Ti (Ti for Titanium).

The Nvidia GTX 550 Ti has a well rounded number of stream processors amounting to 192, that's 50% lesser than the GTX 560 Ti. But despite this, the GTX 550 Ti runs at a higher core clock speed of 900 MHz and 1800 MHz in shader clock. This component runs at 1GB memory with an interface of 192-bit at DDR5. Moreover, the Geforce GTX 550 Ti has a DVI and a mini HDMI connector.

In the foreign market, the 550 is introduced at an entry price of US$149. This will probably take a month or so before this reaches our Philippine shores. There are also a number of companies which has catered to producing this Nvidia based GPU. The companies include ASUS, EVGA, Inno3D, Palit, MSI, Sparkle and the like. We already know that these companies have established a stable market here in our homeland, let's hope they will speed things up and get this Video Card in the stores faster.

Ever since the entry of the dual-core processors, computer hardware fans have been fascinated by the thought of having one component working in multiple forces. Now comes another one... it's the EVGA GTX 460 but this time it's not any ordinary Video Card. This one is labelled 2Win! Yes, it has 2 GPU (Graphics Processing Units) on one card... amazing, isn't it?

The EVGA GTX 460 2Win runs with its stock 2048 MB memory on a 512bit DDR5 lane at an effective rate of 3600 MHz with an approximate of 230.4 GB/s bandwidth. Other specifications under this magnificent EVGA graphics blaster include 700MHz GPU, 400MHz RAMDAC and 672 CUDA Cores.

According to EVGA, this will draw a lot of power from your system indeed since it's basically like 2 video cards fused into one. You'll probably need 700 watts true-rated power supply to juice this one up, including 2 8-pin PCI-E power connectors. EVGA also emphasized that a 46 amp rating on the +12V rail will be needed for this endeavor. 

For those wanting to enjoy intense graphics in your gaming environment, you can't go wrong with this baby right here. It'll probably costs a lot too once it hits the local pinoy market. Let's keep an eye on this one.

For most enthusiasts, Kingston memory modules have been a big factor in the fields of overclocking. The Hyper X memory modules that Kingston introduced into the market a while back has been quite impressive for those who want to squeeze more out of their setup.

Just recently, Kingston announced that their high-end Hyper X class will invade laptop memories as well. These come in the form of DDR3 SO-DIMM platform. These modules come in two models - the 8gb (2 x 4gb) and the 4gb (2 x 2gb) combos. Hyper X laptop memories are pegged at 1600 Mhz and has clock timings of CL 9-9-9-27. Although pricing and listings are not yet available to date, Pinoy PC is expecting a lot from this new Kingston entry. This will move things in the laptop industry and make heads roll.

ASRock, one of the company which was known to cater entry level motherboards before (as a subsidiary of ASUS), is currently getting ready to set out its proud motherboard which supports AMD's next level processor codenamed "Zambezi" Fusion Black CPUs. This motherboard will be known as the ASRock 890FX Deluxe5. This is equipped with the AMD 890FX + SB850 (as its southbridge) chipset.

The ASRock 890FX Deluxe5 is set to be released in the late parts of February 2011. Its processor socket will be the AMD's AM3r2 or a.k.a. AM3+. The AM3 socket will also be compatible with the existing AM3 processors such as the Athlon II and Phenom II. But more importantly, the AM3 socket will be ready to take on the most anticipated 8-core CPU that AMD will be planning to release this year.

This motherboard also features the different Crossfire technologies including AMD Quad Crossfire X, 2-way Crossfire X, and the 3-way setup. The ASRock 890FX Deluxe5 will have the standard 4 DDR3 memory slots, 2 PCI slots, 2 PCI Express x1 slots, one PCI Express x4 slot and 2 slots for PCI Express x16.

USB 3.0 will also be carried on by the Deluxe5, as well as SATA and IEEE 1394 ports consequently. 7.1 Channel HD Audio will be in the integrated audio. Apart from all these compartments, ASRock also placed a extraordinary feature into the paradigm - Enabling Turbo UCC. This feature is like the older version UCC wherein it tries to unlock the disabled cores of a processor however, that is only half of the job. This newer Turbo UCC also claims to instantly overclock CPU frequency, memory frequency and the voltage settings to higher levels. This feature will certainly be put to the test once this motherboard comes out in the open.

As for the price, there's no knowledge on how much this baby will cost our enthusiasts. One thing is certain though, this will be something that we'll have to look out for. AMD's 9 series chipsets will be coming out soon, so we may as well stay tuned for that one also.

With all the fuss of getting the most bang in the market, Sparkle has unveiled a new card with extraordinary features based on the Nvidia Geforce GTX 570 engine. This new model is overclocked-set in the factory. The Calibre X 570 is currently clocked at 772 MHz, which is around 5% faster than the stock settings of the original GTX 570. This model also has 1280 MB of GDDR5 memory at 4,212 MHz within a 320-bit interface. Sparkle revealed that this card has Accelero Xtreme cooling from Arctic and can run with less heat at full load as compared to its similar counterparts.