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Graphics Card: Asus EAH5800 Series

Features: These graphics cards utilize Voltage Tweak technology and enable users to boost GPU voltages via the SmartDoctor application that gives a 38% improvement in performance. These cards support Microsoft DirectX 11 and Windows 7 and utilize 40nm process and GDDR5 memory technologies.

The other features include native DisplayPort and Eyefinity technology that expand the field view across up to three displays. The cards also come bundled with Colin McRae: DiRT 2 racing game.

Price: EAH5870/G/2DIS/1GD5: Rs.31,900 (excluding taxes) and EAH5850/2DIS/1GD5: Rs.21,250 (excluding taxes)
Contact: Vinay Shetty
Telephone: 022-67668800 / 1800-2090365
E-mail: media_india@asus.com
Website: www.asus.in

Switch: Dax Networks DX-526 Series

Features: This series of Ethernet switches has been designed to meet network environment standards with an IP 30 enclosure. The series supports X-Ring and a fast network recovery with a reaction time of under 10 milliseconds over 250 switches. It also comes with relay-contact-to-alarm system.

It is a 6-Port 10/100TX + 2-Port 100FX, multimode/singlemode Fiber Industrial Switch series with advanced SNMP functionality. These features include MSTP, QinQ, QoS for 4 queues, 801.q VLAN, IGMP snooping and query mode. The switches also have SNTP and SMTP functionality.

Price: Rs. 81,000
Contact: Thirupura Pradeep
Telephone: 044-42923558/7
E-mail: thirupura@dax.in
Website: www.daxnetworks.com

Graphics Card: Sapphire HD 5870

Features: This graphics card is built upon the DirectX11 capable 40nm RV870 core with clock speeds of 850 MHz on the GPU core and 1200 MHz on the 1 GB frame buffer. It comes with a new 150 GBps memory interface supporting fifth generation GDDR5 memory and a new architecture with a total of 1600 stream processors and 80 texture units.

The card has a low-power idle mode at 27W that uses Dynamic Power Management. It also comes with ATI Eyefinity and ATI Stream technologies and provides Microsoft Windows 7 support and OpenGL 3.1.

Price: Rs. 25,000 plus taxes
Contact: Raj Bhatt
Telephone: 1800-4256664
E-mail: fusion.india@amd.com
Website: www.sapphiretech.com

Inkjet Printer: Epson Stylus Office T1100

Features: This A3+ capable office inkjet printer features the proprietary Epson Micro Piezo print head with Variable-Sized Droplet Technology (VSDT) that achieves a maximum print resolution of 5670x1440 dpi. It employs separate DURABrite Ultra pigment inks contained in Epson’s INKdividual cartridge system.

It offers print speeds of 30 and 17 A4-sized pages-per-minute for black and color printing respectively and is Energy Star certified for its low power consumption of 26 watts. It is also resistant to smudges and can resist fading.

Price: Rs. 14,999
Contact: Tushad Talati
Telephone: 080-30515000
E-mail: tushad@eid.epson.co.in
Website: www.epson.co.in

Digicam: Genius G-Shot V 1200

Features: This is a 12-megapixel digital camera that comes with a 12 megapixel CCD sensor, 2.7-inch color display, and 3x optical zoom. The other features include anti-shaking to avoid any blurring when holding the camera by hand, an intelligent mode that automatically detects eight different types of scenes and chooses the appropriate camera settings, and a high ISO value up to 6400 to reduce camera shaking effects.

The new offerings also have pre-composition mode to configure the background that the user wants, and more than 29 vivid scenes are available to get a clear image, along with an anti-blink mode. Both the options support HCSD card up to 32 GB and have 16:9 HD resolution to fit HD TV Ratio. It also supports file formats like JPEG and MJPG.

Price: Rs. 10,995 with a two year warranty
Contact: Renu Kohli
Telephone: 09650191166
E-mail: renu@geniusnet.com.tw
Website: www.geniusnet.com.tw