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- Gateway DX430X
- Gateway first announced its DX430X midrange desktop at this year's CES. Why it's taken this long to get us a unit to review we're not exactly clear on, but the delay has given Gateway the chance to submit this $1,470 system with some updated specs. What we like most about...
- Tags: Desktops, Games, Video cards, Processors, Gateway Inc., Gateway DX430X, PC
- Product reviews 2007-05-18
- XFX GeForce 8800 GTS (320MB)
- We know that AMD's next-gen ATI Radeon graphics cards are on the way this year, but until they make their debut, Nvidia's GeForce 8000-series cards continue to offer far-and-away the best 3D graphics performance. XFX's new 320MB GeForce 8800 GTS card is no exception, and its $300 price tag means...
- Tags: card, Nvidia GeForce, GeForce 8800 GTS, GeForce 8800, 3D, NVidia Corp.
- Product reviews 2007-02-12
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- "Why do you hate Vista so much?"
- "Why do you hate Vista so much?"Reasons that Vista bothers me...1) I have now spent over 4 hours trying to get SP1 installed on a new box.... the BSOD's are blurry (kind of funny huh?) The same box, XP installed with less heart ache and fewer issues... while I am...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, SP1, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q701
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q701 marks a new look for the Qosmio brand. Gone are the subdued blacks and silvers of years past; in their place come stylized...
- Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Qosmio, Qosmio X305-Q701
- Product reviews 2008-08-21
- HP Pavilion dv5-1015nr
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.As a back-to-school laptop, the HP Pavilion dv5-1015nr is overkill, unless, perhaps, you've managed to squeeze a large LCD in your dorm room or pooled funds with...
- Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, HP Pavilion, laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2008-08-20
- News to know: IDF; Windows 7 wishes; IE 8; Salesforce.com
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list ...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Jason O'Grady, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Intel Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Marketing
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Dell to offer one year warranty extension on GeForce 8600M GT
- Dell to offer one year warranty extension on GeForce 8600M GTDell & HP have made good on this issue...So where are all the rest of the vendors that used these admittedly faulty GPUs?Apple, Lenovo, Acer, Sony, Gateway....Whats's the deal?
- Tags: GeForce 8600M, GeForce 8600M GT, warranty extension, Dell Computer Corp., Nvidia GeForce
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Dell to offer one year warranty extension on GeForce 8600M GT
- On 8 August 2008 I reported that some MacBook Pros with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT GPUs were failing prematurely. Today Dell extended the warranty on their notebooks that use the chip. According to a post on setteB.IT (Italian | English translation): Dell will offer 12-month...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- HP Pavilion Elite m9300t
- At its core, our $1,100 HP Pavilion Elite m9300t review unit is a reasonably priced example of HP's midrange desktop. It gives you about $900 worth of basic computer, and an extra $200 in home theater-style extras. The good news is that this system is configurable, so if, like us,...
- Tags: Desktops, DVD, Consumer electronics, Network technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, HP Pavilion Elite
- Product reviews 2008-08-18
- More info on USB 3.0 emerges
- More info on USB 3.0 emerges4.8Gbps Huh?Not too shabby, now only if I can think of a consumer computer peripheral that can utilize that speed. With the other bottle necks in data storage devices such as hard drives I think there is a need to improve those data...
- Tags: NOW IT, USB, USB 3.0, More Info
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Gateway P-7811FX
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.Gateway's budget-minded, 17-inch gaming laptops have impressed of late, offering high-end graphics and enough CPU power to make for a decent gaming experience. Our...
- Tags: Processors, Gateway P-7811FX, Intel Core 2 Duo, Gateway Inc., laptop computer
- Product reviews 2008-08-15
- Gateway's new desktop replacement: How much game does $1,400 get?
- Gateway's new desktop replacement: How much game does $1,400 get?After 3 less than reliable Gateways - I don't think soThis new Gateway looks nice but after purchasing 3 Gateway laptops (1 business and 2 commercial) over the last year and a half that have been less than stellar I don't...
- Tags: Notebooks, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, game, desktop, Gateway Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- HP Pavilion dv7-1025nr
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The $1,499 HP Pavilion dv7-1025nr is both familiar and brand new at the same time. On the one hand, the desktop-replacement laptop is like any other Pavilion:...
- Tags: Desktops, HP Pavilion, dv7-1025nr, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2008-08-14
- Gateway's new desktop replacement: How much game does $1,400 get?
- Gateway has released its first Centrino 2-based laptop, a 17-inch wide-screen model that rivals the performance of pricier gaming and entertainment desktop replacements. To get its PCs noticed on crowded store shelves, Gateway has been experimenting with a different mix of features, opting for less expensive processors...
- Tags: Game, Gateway Inc., Memory, Gateway P-7811FX, ComputerShopper.com, Blu-Ray, Desktops, Flash Memory, Processors, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Get the best graphics card upgrade
- Get the best graphics card upgradePerformance CheckThe low-end part was right, but then again upgrading to just about any card >$100 from a low-end is common sense. Moving on, say you do have a 8800GT or a HD3870, the HD4850 happens to be a rather large upgrade to either card...
- Tags: Processors, Games, graphics, video card, ATI Technologies Inc., NVidia Corp., HD4850
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- How hot should my NVIDIA GPU be?
- How hot should my NVIDIA GPU be?I don't know but I can tell you how hot it SHOULDN'T be![url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=2126] Apple hardware burns down Cupertino HQ. [/url]That's too hot. Anything less than that is golden.should question be how many watts shouldmy card darw.RE: How hot should my NVIDIA GPU be?The biggest...
- Tags: GPU, NVidia Corp., NVIDIA GPU
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- NVIDIA responds to Intel's Larrabee GPU
- NVIDIA responds to Intel's Larrabee GPUCISC and RISC.I have wondered how Intel proposed to scale their CISC x86 instruction set up to more than a few cores. They can only do this by reducing the complexity of each core, and use less transistors. That means dropping all the clever stuff...
- Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, NVidia Corp., Intel Larrabee, GPU, Intel Corp., Intel Larrabee GPU, graphics
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- NVIDIA responds to Intel's Larrabee GPU
- Intel's forthcoming multi-core Larrabee graphics processing unit GPU promises a chip "with comparable performance to GPUs on the market at that time." The upcoming chip has raises the hackles of fierce GPU competitors ATI and NVIDIA. NVIDIA PR sent me an email with "a couple of things...
- Tags: NVidia Corp., CPU, Graphics, Intel Corp., GPU, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- News to know: SAP; Microsoft patches; Nvidia; iPhone
- Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: SAP: Oracle price-gouges customers even more than we do Michael Krigsman: Business Objects Influencer Summit: Strategy to execution Larry Dignan: Microsoft plugs IE, Office in big patch haul Roland Piquepaille: No more need for...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, NVidia Corp., Patch Management, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, 3G, E-books, Web Browsers, Linux, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Are NVIDIA G92s and G94s failing prematurely too?
- The Inquirer is reporting that in addition to the NVIDIA G84 and G86 GPUs being bad and failing due to thermal issues, the G92s and G94s are also affected. If you haven't been following the story, the short version, up till now, is that all G84 and G86 chips...
- Tags: NVidia Corp., Chip, GPU, Inquirer, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
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