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- Build a high-performance gaming PC for under $650!
- While hardcore gamers will always find a way to pay for that uber component for their gaming rig, I know that many of you out there want to get your hands on a great gaming system, but don't have the dough to blow on your "dream" system. Well, if you're...
- Tags: PC, High-performance, Gaming PC, Games, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- Building high-performance, luxury computers in a recession
- When the world is caught in a global economic downturn, exactly how does one build a business around the fabrication of high-performance, luxury computers? I spoke with Chris Morley, chief technical officer of Maingear Computers, to find out. When it comes to external...
- Tags: Desktop, PC, Recession, High-performance, Gaming PC, Laptop Computer, Computer, ZD, Games, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Maingear introduces 'world's greenest gaming PC' for $799
- Maingear introduces 'world's greenest gaming PC' for $799This is NOT the IonThe Ion platform is the chipset designed for Atom processors. It is NOT the same as the GeForce 9300 chipset that is available for Core 2 processors. I advise that you change the wording in your story...
- Tags: Chipsets, NVidia Corp., Maingear, greenest gaming PC, power supply, gaming PC, PC, game
- Discussion threads 2009-06-05
- Maingear introduces 'world's greenest gaming PC' for $799
- Claiming a title not unlike the "world's most fuel-efficient sports car," high-performance computer manufacturer Maingear has introduced its Pulse, a small form factor gaming PC based on NVIDIA ION graphics. Maingear says the Pulse is the world's first "ION-based" PC that can be...
- Tags: Game, PC, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Gaming PC, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Maingear, Pulse, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- AVADirect Custom Gaming PC
- A dirty secret of gaming PC reviews is that vendors frequently try to submit systems with aggressive overclocking that they won't actually sell because of poor reliability, but that will last long enough to score well on our benchmarks. Imagine our skepticism when this $2,900 AVADirect Custom Gaming PC showed...
- Tags: Network technology, PC, AVADirect Custom Gaming PC, gaming PC
- Product reviews 2009-04-23
- Maingear Ephex (Intel and ATI)
- Welcome to $5,184 of gaming PC. We haven't reviewed a high-end desktop like this Maingear Ephex in a while, largely because we've wanted to upgrade our gaming benchmarks. Now that we're able to tackle the high end again, we're surprised at what we've found. On most titles, you can expect...
- Tags: Games, Desktops, Intel Corp., performance, Uberclok, ATI Technologies Inc., Maingear, Maingear Ephex, PC, game
- Product reviews 2008-02-21
- Building a sub $1,000 gaming PC
- Building a sub $1,000 gaming PC3 ArgumentsFirst, your timing is horrible. Any gamer with the patience for the kill would tell you that while your system is cheap, you are on the eve of a Videocard/Processor Refresh. Second, I don't like your Motherboard because it lacks quad core...
- Tags: Games, Processors, gaming pc, game, DX 10, PC, processor
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- Polywell Poly 975MCE-E
- There's no question that the $3,941 Polywell Poly 975MCE-Extreme is a very powerful computer. It uses Intel's fastest CPU and a respectable graphics card and offers plenty of memory and storage space. It did well on our tests against other Viiv systems, and it even stacked up favorably against some...
- Tags: Games, Desktops, Polywell Poly 975MCE-Extreme, gaming pc, Intel Corp., PC
- Product reviews 2006-03-17
- HP to launch built-to-order gaming PC
- HP to launch built-to-order gaming PCwill it suck...like just about everything else HP?Hardware, CrapSupport, CrapService, Crapdo yourself a favor and buy a whitebox, best hardware, best service, best support. big business cannot compete on anything except price and that is not enough anymore.- SamAgreed!You're definitely on with that. Oddly,...
- Tags: Games, gaming pc, Hewlett-Packard Co., game, PC
- Discussion threads 2004-05-10
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- iTablet goes OLED,??bumped until late 2010
- $2000? I doubt it.Apple puts themselves in a "premium" price range, but $2000 for a 10" tablet? Even they're not THAT crazy.No ThanksDon't need or want either, waste of space...If I want real gaming, I'd rather play real games on my PS3 or Wii on my flat screen; or on...
- Tags: SunSHINE, iTablet, organic light-emitting diode, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- ATI Radeon HD 5970 is world's fastest graphics card
- Isn't this card a little.... bigEven for most gaming class full-tower PC's?No, this is typical for high-end gaming cardsMost ATX cases will handle this. The main problem might be the power supply!And It's ATI...So I Will PassATI is garbage....I'll wait for NVIDIA's 300 series response...I was an ATI fan...
- Tags: Games, ATI Radeon HD 5970, video card, ATI Radeon, graphics, ATI Technologies Inc., NVidia Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- ASUS G51J 3D truly a gaming laptop; starts at $1,700
- If Asus wants to beat out Acer, the new laptop they just announced might help. The new Asus G51J 3D appears to have been built for gamers, incorporating NVIDIA 3D Vision. The 15.6-inch laptop is essentially a gaming station with a 120Hz LCD panel, an Intel Core...
- Tags: Game, ASUS, 3D, Laptop Computer, ASUS G51J 3D, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- GeForce GT 240 - NVIDIA's sub-$100 DirectX 10.1 graphics card
- Nvidia's work great with Linux distro'sNvidia's cards work great with Linux distro'syou can have compiz desktop and runany game you want.The optimization is amazing!;)Who said anything about loser OSes?This is about OSes that actually offer great gaming experiences to users, not OSes that really want to play where the big...
- Tags: Games, Cyberthreats, game, NVidia Corp., operating system, DirectX, Nvidia GeForce, graphics, video card
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology
- AMD seems to be the more viable choice nowThey certainly have improved their offerings over Intel and NVIDIA, which both seem to be up in the air at the moment. Intel isn't focused on offering good mainstream performance for the dollar - they're only working on Atom and the...
- Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Macromedia Flash Player, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., AMD 785G, GPU, AMD Athlon, chipset
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Dell's answer to Apple's Mac mini - The Inspiron Zino HD
- People Actually Buy These Things?Almost a $1000.00 for a cutsey, low powered designer computer? Do people actually buy these things? Maybe they should check out your Very Best Kit list.adrian please 959$ you dont put 959 for a low-end entry level machine you can have...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac Mini, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- My new daughter is a lot like Linux
- Windoze is a boys smelly diaper, Linux is a girls one, that's the messageI guess some people will never be mature enough to get it.Handling the learning curve...is not very hard. Particularly when you let them use the simple Gnome user interface which the standard Ubuntu has.Maybe this website of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, diaper
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask Microsoft
- RE: Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask MicrosoftI built my current desktop in July and purchased/installed an OEM version of Vista Home Premium. I also took advantage of Microsoft's free upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium which I installed on the same PC....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Operating systems, cost difference, Microsoft Corp., OEM, Is it OK, Microsoft Windows, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-11-15
- Microsoft admits its GPL violation; will reissue Windows 7 tool under open-source license
- Tar and feather them nt ;-)ntYeah - they made good on GPL2 - tar them anyway!It's Microsoft - hurt them even when they do admit their errors and make good on them!Seriously Dude, see a shrink!A tad serious?Lighten up a bit - a shrink? I will put my mental health...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, tool, Microsoft Windows 7, open source, Microsoft Corp., GPL
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Microsoft Project Natal available for $50 next year?
- The rumor mill has been buzzing with a potential release date and price tag for Microsoft's mysterious new gaming console: Project Natal. Announced at E3 this past summer, there haven't been many definite details announced so far, but we think there is potential for natural interaction...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Games, Microsoft Project, Personal Technology, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-11-12
- Xfire 1.117 (Windows)
- Xfire is a tool that automatically keeps track of when and where gamers are playing PC games online and lets their friends join them easily. It works regardless of game type, server browser, or gaming service that a player is using. Xfire eliminates the hassles of running multiple programs like...
- Tags: Xfire, Microsoft Windows, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
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