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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/>
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>



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