Another R.O.G. board from Asus has appeared online and although we didn't think too highly of the Maximus Formula that we found some pictures of here, the Maximus Extreme looks like the real deal. Don't think for a moment that this is the same board, as it's not even using the same PCB. We'd also dare to say that this board is using a chip from IDT to split the PCI Express lanes, since the board has three x16 slots, something that the Formula lacks.

If you look carefully you'll notice that the board has a lot of digital switches between the two blue x16 PCI Express slots and there are a further two above the white x16 slot. It seems to make sense and explains why the ICH cooler is so big. The general layout of connectors looks very similar at first, but Asus has moved around quite a few things. The floppy connector is further in on the board and the Extreme is also about 1.5cm wider than the Formula.

PowerColor is the third manufacturer that we know of that has officially announced a dual Radeoon HD 2600 XT card and PowerColor simply calls theirs the PowerColor HD 2600 X2. Each of the GPU's are clocked at 800MHz, which is nothing out of the ordinary. The card also has 256MB of GDDR3 memory per GPU and this is clocked at 700MHz, the same as for PowerColor's normal Radeon HD 2600 XT GDDR3 card.

The picture of the cooler looks almost as if it's computer generated in the picture, but at least PowerColor seems to have designed a fairly small card, just like GeCube and unlike Sapphire. However there's no information whether or not this card needs additional power or not. A single fan should keep the noise down as well and it appears to have a rather chunky heatsink. It's also got four DVI ports and we expect two of them to be able to carry an HDCP encoded HDMI signal via an adaptor.

If you're getting a little sick of hearing music through your notebook's tinny hollow speakers when at home or on the go, Logitech have come up with a great little solution dubbed the "AudioHub".

The AudioHub is made up of two good quality satellite speakers and a subwoofer for improved bass levels, it's designed in such a way that it sits neatly behind your notebook and the satellites can be extended outward to suit the width of your notebook and stop them from being blocked by the back of the LCD display.

Logitech have also considered the fact that available USB ports are generally quite minimal, and have therefore added a three-port Hi-Speed USB hub to it as well. A single USB connection from the laptop powers both the hub and the speakers.

A trio of new mice for notebook users has been added to Microsoft's line-up this week, as well as a couple of new webcams.

Looking quickly over the webcams, there is the LifeCam VX-7000 which is designed for desktop use; this webcam boasts some pretty neat features such as a 2.0 MP sensor and ability to take stills at up to 7.6 MP interpolated. The lense is a 71-degree wide angle type.

nV News have let us know that there is a new build of Fraps out, 2.9.2. This latest version deals with the following :-

- Fixed Direct Stream sound recording with 5.1 speaker configuration

- Fixed World Of Warcraft crash if Alt-Tab pressed while recording