BioStarBiostar mainboards, notice the onboard video Sub-D and DVI-I connectors.
Integrated cooling, the VGA heatsink is connected to the mosfet heatsink via a thick heatpipe, one fan is making sure that nearly the entire system is not overheating. Lower-end setups only off-course, this is not possible using the HD3870X2 video card.
Biostar P35 mainboard, performance at acceptable price, up to 1600MHz front side bus.
GainwardThe Gainward 8800GT 1Gb Golden Sample. Unfortunately, no fancy high-end video connectors, but you do get a dual slot heatpipe cooler and slightly adjusted clock speeds.
Overclocking is introducing many new product features and overclocking software is one of those, underneath is Gainward’s Expertool which allows overclocking the GPU core, shader and VGA memory clock on NVIDIA video cards.
Arctic CoolingArctic Cooling showed us their Accelero Extreme last year, this year we get to see the Twin Turbo, a smaller more affordable version which should still be very capable of competing with other aftermarket video card coolers. And it will be dual slot instead of triple slot.
Compared to the Accelero Extreme, you also get better compatibility:
A new product from the AC stall, laptop cooler:
And aftermarket memory heatsinks, actively cooled:
The Freezer Xtreme is looking to be quite the contender, with a 120mm fan squeezed in the middle of this large heatsink it’s bound to improve performance over earlier AC offerings.
4 large diameter heat pipes spread out to a large collection of aluminum fins:
Last but not least, a band new retail PSU with high efficiency and lower operating noise, at 550W it’s a mainstream unit, no price known yet.