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- More notebooks using two, and now three, GPUs
- Laptops using multiple GPUs aren't new, but they are becoming more widespread. Earlier this week AMD touted the first laptop "from a major manufacturer" with two ATI Mobility Radeon GPUs, the Alienware M17. Not to be outdone, Nvidia announced yesterday that it was powering the first three-GPU laptop, the Toshiba...
- Tags: Alienware, Notebook, Nvidia GeForce, Intel Core 2 Duo, Toshiba Corp., GPU, Toshiba Qosmio X305 Series, Alienware M1, Trade-off, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
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- Maingear Ephex (Intel Core i7 965)
- Even though lots of vendors offer the capability, we've resisted reviewing a three-way SLI PC until now. Our hesitation had to do with a desire to keep the high-end PCs we reviewed at or around the $6,000 mark, hard to do with $1,800 worth of graphics cards alone. But last...
- Tags: Maingear Ephex, Maingear, Intel Core Microarchitecture
- Product reviews 2009-01-27
- Alienware Area-51 X58
- Alienware pitched us this $6,473 Area-51 X58 desktop as one of the first PCs it has shipped that truly takes advantage of the buying muscle afforded by its parent company, Dell. Given that the features you get for the dollar noticeably surpass the $8,000 Falcon Northwest Mach V we tested...
- Tags: Network technology, Games, DVD, NETWORKING, Alienware, hard drive
- Product reviews 2008-11-24
- Velocity Micro Edge Z-55 (Intel Core i7-920)
- Velocity Micro's Edge Z55 is the second PC we've seen with Intel's new Core i7 processor. This $2,499 gaming desktop is not quite as ambitious as the $8,000 or so Falcon Northwest Mach V, but thanks to the new chip and a smart configuration, the Edge Z55 holds its own...
- Tags: Desktops, Processors, Intel Core Microarchitecture, Velocity, Velocity Micro, Edge Z55
- Product reviews 2008-11-12
- Alienware Area-51 (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770)
- From its chrome trim to its customizable case lighting, Alienware's Area-51 ALX high-end gaming desktop bears all the visual hallmarks of a luxury-class gaming PC. Our $7,738 review model came configured with Intel's highest-end Core 2 Extreme CPU, overclocked, no less, and a quad-graphics card set up, which give it...
- Tags: Games, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Alienware, Area-51 ALX
- Product reviews 2008-06-05
- Falcon Northwest Mach V (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770)
- Falcon Northwest's latest Mach V ($6,957, as reviewed) remains true to the company's reputation of high performance and best-of-breed craftsmanship. But for a few exceptions, its parts offerings remain on the cutting edge, and its smart system building philosophy results in outstanding performance. If your goal is to build the...
- Tags: Processors, Memory, Intel Corp., Falcon Northwest, Mach V, Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770, Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Duo
- Product reviews 2008-05-29
- Sony VAIO VGX-TP25E Home Theater PC
- As much as we find Sony's $3,000 VAIO TP25 Home Theater PC overpriced, this premium model actually has better bang-for-the-buck than the VAIO TP1 it replaces. Thanks to a beefy processor and more memory, the TP25 delivers respectable performance for a $3,000 PC built with laptop components. Unfortunately, we don't...
- Tags: Desktops, VAIO TP25, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp., PC
- Product reviews 2008-02-13
- Dell XPS M1730
- The latest revision to Dell's flagship line, the massive XPS M1730 features a redesigned case that combines familiar touches, such as flashing LEDs beneath the speaker grills, with newer elements, such as the integrated Logitech GamePanel LCD and 10-key numeric keypad. But, as with any gaming-oriented system, the most important...
- Tags: Games, Processors, XPS M1730, XPS, Alienware, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2007-10-23
- Sony VAIO LT19U
- Even after our hands-on of Sony's new VAIO LT19U, we'd go with Apple's iMac for a general purpose all-in-one. If, however, you're considering one of those monstrous pseudo-laptops from Dell or HP, you'll find the VAIO LT19U offers many of the same features, and with a $2,999 price tag that's...
- Tags: Desktops, VAIO LT19U, Sony Vaio, Apple iMac, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2007-08-28
- AVADirect Core 2 Duo SLI
- Unlike many vendors submitting their first system to us for a review, AVA Direct didn't try to blow the doors off our benchmarks. Instead, this $2,747 Core 2 Duo SLI system--while still a powerful, capable gaming machine--is a little more modest. It has a dual-core, overclocked Intel Core 2 Duo...
- Tags: Games, Processors, AVA Direct, Intel Core 2 Duo, game
- Product reviews 2007-04-12
- Acer Aspire 9300-5005 (Turion 64 X2 Mobile 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 120GB HDD)
- Getting a laptop's price down to $999 seems to be the magic number for many shoppers, and the Acer Aspire 9300-5005 is one of the few 17-inch desktop replacements to slide in under that wire. This $999 laptop serves up plenty of extras you wouldn't expect in a budget system,...
- Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, hard drive, Dell Computer Corp., Acer Aspire, Web-cam, Acer Inc., Dell Inspiron E1705, Dell Inspiron, laptop computer, AMD Turion
- Product reviews 2007-03-28
- ABS Ultimate X8 Stealth Extreme
- We've seen seven or eight PCs with an overclocked Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 quad core chip. All of them together might make less noise than the ironically named ABS Ultimate X8 Stealth Extreme. Its bulky, boxy case also looks less like a PC and more like a modern design...
- Tags: Desktops, asset based security, PC
- Product reviews 2007-03-19
- Dell Inspiron E1705 (Core Duo T2250 1.73GHz, 1GB RAM, 120GB HDD, Vista Home Premium)
- Dell's high-end 17-inch XPS M1710 is a popular choice for hard-core gamers who need a desktop replacement system, but the company's mainstream Inspiron E1705 offers a more media-center-oriented take on big-screen laptops. Minus the flashing lights and overwrought industrial design of the XPS line, the $1,909 Inspiron E1705 (configurations start...
- Tags: Notebooks, Keyboards, HD DVD, Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics, Intel Core Duo, hard drive, Inspiron E1705, Dell Inspiron, XPS M1710, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2007-03-16
- Alienware Area-51 m5790 Special Edition
- Special editions are usually reserved for DVDs and the occasional iPod, so for a laptop to be labeled as such, it must be pretty special indeed. Alienware has added the Special Edition designation to its Area-51 m5790 desktop replacement, but what's so special about it? You can now order the...
- Tags: Notebooks, Blu-ray, Monitors & displays, laptop computer, Special Edition, Alienware Area-51, Alienware
- Product reviews 2007-03-01
- Gateway FX530XT (Windows Vista)
- Only the operating system and the amount of system memory set this Gateway FX530XT apart from the FX530XT that we reviewed in November 2006. That $3,650 model had Windows XP and 2GB of memory; this newer one goes for $3,660 and comes with Windows Vista Home Premium, and 4GB of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Gateway Inc., card, Gateway FX530XT, 3D, Nvidia GeForce, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Product reviews 2007-02-15
- Falcon Northwest Mach V (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700)
- Of the next-generation game systems we've seen recently, none has performed as well on our game tests as Falcon Northwest's Mach V. Similar PCs are by no means slow, but if your goal is showing off frame rates, Falcon Northwest turned in the fastest scores. Like its competition, the Mach...
- Tags: Games, Processors, Intel Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo, Falcon Northwest, Mach V, game
- Product reviews 2007-01-26
- Dell XPS 710 H2C
- Thanks to dual-graphics-card technologies and the expensive, high-wattage power supplies required to run them, the average price tag of a best-of-the-best PC has ballooned to well over the $7,000 mark. That's why, despite running a still-ridiculous $5,759, the Dell XPS 710 H2C looks like a downright bargain. Dell remains tied...
- Tags: Chipsets, Performance management, Processors, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2007-01-18
- Systemax Venture VX2
- The Systemax Venture VX2 isn't a gaming PC to inspire envy among your fellow fraggers. It won't net you the fastest frame rates on your block, and its plain-Jane looks cannot be classified as "head turning" or "conversation starting." But what this affordably priced, fixed-configuration, $1,999 gaming system provides is...
- Tags: Games, PCI, Desktops, Systemax, Venture VX2, card, ATI CrossFire
- Product reviews 2007-01-18
- Velocity Micro Raptor Signature Edition (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700)
- The Velocity Micro Raptor Signature Edition is the midsize vendor's elite gaming PC. Company founder and CEO Randy Copeland helps build each unit, and they all come with his signature. This system is supposed to represent the best in modern PC hardware. Our review unit's configuration prices at $7,395, which...
- Tags: Desktops, Video cards, Processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Velocity Micro, Velocity, Raptor Signature Edition, Widow PC, PC
- Product reviews 2007-01-05
- Widow PC IX2 SLI
- We've seen a handful of quad-core PCs so far with a single Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX 3D card in them, but we had yet to see any with two of those cards in SLI scalable link interface mode until the Widow PC IX2 SLI. More than simply a high-end game...
- Tags: Performance management, Desktops, Games, Processors, Widow PC IX2 SLI, Widow PC, IX2 SLI, PC
- Product reviews 2007-01-05
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