Mountain House (CA) - You gotta love this industry. 12 days ago, we reported about a website making progress in getting Nvidiaā€™s CUDA platform and PhysX to run on ATI Radeon cards, which Nvidia denied would be possible. Some even claimed that such a tool was a planned hoax. Now we are told that developer Eran Badit has not only been invited to join Nvidiaā€™s developer program, but has also been offered hands-on help. Here is an update to a fascinating story that may soon bring PhysX support to your Radeon graphics card.
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Corsair has increased its Dominator product line with the launch of a 2,133 MHz (PC3-17066) DDR3 memory module. Available in 2 GB kits (TW3X2G2133C9DF) this module features Dual-path Heat Xchange (DHX) technology that uses convection and conduction methods to remove heat from the memory module. This memory has been verified to operate at 2,133 MHz at latencies of 9-9-9-24 at 2.0 V on nVidia 790i-based motherboards.

Sony has announced an 8 GB Memory Stick Micro card (M2), twice the capacity of the companyā€™s most capacious M2 card currently available. This M2 card comes with a USB adaptor allowing you to read your data using a computer. Sony didn’t say how much this card will cost and when it will reach the market.

Palit has just announced its latest product, Palit GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics card. This card is based on GeForce 9800 GTX+ GPU (an overclocked 9800 GTX) and it supports 3-way SLI and HybridPower technologies. See the specs for this new Palit model below.
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Scythe has increased its Ninja product line with the launch of Ninja 2 (SCNJ-2000), a CPU cooler for Intel (sockets 478/775) and AMD (sockets 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+) processors. Its base is made of aluminum with six cooper heat-pipes connecting its base to the coolerā€™s fins. Ninja 2 weight 26.46 oz (820 g), uses a 120-mm fan that can spin at 1,000 rpm making a noise level of 20.50 dBA. According to Scythe Ninja 2 can produce an air flow of 52.90 CFM. Its MSRP isnā€™t available yet.
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Thermaltake has just launched its latest liquid cooling system, Bigwater 770 (CL-W0187). This system comes already pre-assembled and can be easily installed on two available 5 Ā¼ā€¯ bays of your PC case. Bigwater 770 is equipped with a radiator, a 120-mm fan, a pump with embedded water tank, a cooper CPU block, hoses and liquid coolant. It fits both AMD and Intel CPUs. Its MSRP isnā€™t available yet.
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Transcend has released aXeRam DDR3-1800+ Extreme Performance memory modules designed specifically for gamers and overclocking enthusiasts. These modules are available in 2 GB kits, has typical voltage of 1.8 V, 8-8-8-24 timings, aluminum heatsink and feature XMP (Intel Extreme Memory Profiles), which allows memory modules to negotiate with memory controller betters timings and the higher clock under which they can work in order to achieve the best performance. This feature works only with Intel X38 and X48 chipsets.

Leadtek has just increased its WinFast product line with the launch of WinFast PX9800 GTX+, a graphics card based on GeForce 9800 GTX+ GPU (an overclocked 9800 GTX). Leadtek says that this new card is 15% faster than WinFast PX9800 GTX. WinFast PX9800 GTX+ supports 3-way SLI and HybridPower technologies. See the specs for this new Leadtek model below.

WinFast PX9800 GTX+

• GPU: GeForce 9800 GTX+
• Core clock: 738 MHz (9.33% above default clock)
• Memory: 512 MB GDDR3
• Memory clock (real): 1,100 MHz
• Memory clock (DDR): 2,200 MHz
• Memory interface: 256-bit
• Memory transfer rate: 70.4 GB/s
• Bus: PCI Express 2.0
• Connectors: Dual DVI-I and HDTV

MSI has launched a factory-overclocked graphics card based on AMD/ATI Radeon HD 4870 GPU. See the specs for this new MSI model below.
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Arctic Cooling officially launched Accelero TWIN TURBO, a VGA cooler compatible with several graphics cards including ATI Radeon HD4870/4850. This cooler has four heat-pipes and two 80-mm fans with variable rotation speed controlled by the video card. The Accelero TWIN TURBO MSRP is USD 35. Bellow you can see the graphics cards supported by this cooler.

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