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- Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Jul/Aug 09
- Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Jul/Aug 09Adrian:Use Intel much?I appreciated your lineup, but noticed one glaring fact: while I can agree that Intel offers the best extreme processor in the i7 965 EE (for $1000), I noticed the glaring omission of any AMD parts. I think that if...
- Tags: Processors, Virtualization, RAID, Jul/Aug 09, Hardware 2.0, Intel Corp., CPU, HyperThreading, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-07-02
- Dell cedes gaming spotlight to Alienware; introduces M17X laptop
- Gamers: say your goodbyes to Dell's XPS line. It's going away, for good. Well, not exactly -- but the computer manufacturer is shifting the rest of the gaming community toward its Alienware arm the hardcore gamers already switched and plans to move its...
- Tags: Alienware, Dell Computer Corp., Laptop Computer, Games, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
- SPARKLE packs 2GB or video memory onto GeForce GTX 285
- Taiwanese video card manufacturer SPARKLE Computer has made NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 285 better by packing 2GB of memory onto the board. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Nvidia GeForce, Video Memory, Video, Corporate Communications, Corporate Governance, Video Cards, Memory, Marketing, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q725
- On the outside, the Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q725 is identical to all the other recent X305-series models we've looked at, so if you can't stand the bold design, there's little chance you'll care what's inside. But, if you're down with shiny flame graphics, the X305-Q725 is loaded up with high-performance parts,...
- Tags: Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Processors, Toshiba Qosmio, processor, Toshiba Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-04-16
- NVIDIA cancels plans for GeForce GTS 240 graphics card
- NVIDIA will not be going ahead with its controversial GTS 240 rebranding of the GeForce 9800 GT graphics card, reports DailyTech. Instead, NVIDIA is telling customers to focus on the three cards using the 9800 GT name: the standard version, a reduced power version and the 9800...
- Tags: Card, Video Card, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Graphics, Video Cards, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-03-13
- Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 (PCI-e 2.0, 2GB, GDDR3)
- AMD bestowed its ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 graphics chips exclusively on board partner Sapphire to bring to retail. It started at $399 when it launched back in November, but prices have come down as low as $299 for the 2GB version reviewed here. At that price especially, we find...
- Tags: PCI, Video cards, PCI Express, Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2, SAPPHIRE, Sapphire Radeon, Radeon HD, Radeon HD 4850, Radeon, card
- Product reviews 2009-02-06
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 295
- ATI has given Nvidia some staunch competition on the 3D card front the past six months or so, but with the dual-chip GeForce GTX 295, Nvidia has raced back to the top of the performance pile. At $500 for a boxed version (from Nvidia's board partners), the GTX 295 is...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Video cards, NVidia Corp., Nvidia GeForce, GeForce GTX, card, GeForce GTX 295, ATI Technologies Inc., Radeon, Radeon HD 4870 X2
- Product reviews 2009-01-16
- NVIDIA lifts lid on world's most powerful single and dual GPU graphics cards
- NVIDIA lifts lid on world's most powerful single and dual GPU graphics cardsThis GTX 285 is just...the 55nm version of the GTX 280, maybe the shrunk transistors will offer some better power efficiency and somewhat reduce the price but there is no performance improvement.You need more than cash...you need space,...
- Tags: Video cards, PCI, GTX 295, video card, most-powerful, NVidia Corp., dual-GPU, cable, graphics
- Discussion threads 2009-01-08
- NVIDIA slapped with securities lawsuit
- NVIDIA slapped with securities lawsuitLooks like some lawyers are going to get rich.Looks like some lawyers are going to get rich. man them guys are blood sucking leaches. they are akin to sharks. they smell blood and they go in for the kill. they try and make you think they...
- Tags: Notebooks, Investment, NVidia Corp., securities lawsuit, GPU
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- Review roundup: AMD's Radeon 4870 X2 delivers
- AMD has been on a roll lately with its Radeon 4800 series GPUs, and with the official introduction of the Radeon 4870 X2, it can now claim the world's fastest 3D gaming card. The Radeon 4870 X2 combines two of AMD's fastest GPU, the RV770, each clocked...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Radeon, GPU, Radeon 4870 X2, Games, Video Cards, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System
- If you consider this upper midrange $3,220 AVADirect's Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System representative of the value and build quality available from this small custom builder, we can report that we were mostly happy with this PC, even if we found it loud and its gaming performance a bit...
- Tags: Games, AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System
- Product reviews 2008-07-02
- Vista: 32-bit vs. 64-bit & RTM vs. SP1
- Vista: 32-bit vs. 64-bit & RTM vs. SP1Time to downgrade?Perhaps we should all downgrade to Vista RTM and just use all the performance patches/reliability updates available for it :/Unless you need >3GB RAM ???But if you are doing somthing that can actually benefit from having more than 3 GB of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), 32-bit system, Microsoft Corp., 32-bit, SP1, 64-bit, Microsoft Windows Vista, RTM
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08it's not faster - ??????yr right the clock speed isn't any faster - but when u hit the enter key yr not waiting for the last job to finsh - you can run a virus check while yr doing a word DOC...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Processors, PCI, Games, Hardware 2.0, hardware, CPU, Serial ATA, Digital Equipment Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-20
- First look at the ATI Radeon HD 3870
- First look at the ATI Radeon HD 3870Would of been nice to know this beforehand...Since I just recently upgraded my 9800 Pro AIW AGP to an SLI motherboard cause I couldn't find any acceptable Crossfire alternatives to the SLI versions.Oh well, I ain't gonna return my motherboard, cause now I'm...
- Tags: Home entertainment, Consumer electronics, GTS 640, card, ATI Technologies Inc., ATi, ATI Radeon HD 3870, home theater, ATI Radeon
- Discussion threads 2007-12-05
- The falling price of graphics cards and RAM will be the death of the 32-bit OS
- Despite having support for 64-bit operating systems, almost every new desktop PC sold today is shipped with a 32-bit OS. But over the next few years this will change. The change won't come about because users want 64-bit OSes or because vendors suddenly see the light. No, the change will...
- Tags: 32-bit, Video Card, Operating System, Microsoft Windows, RAM, Graphics, Driver Issue, 64-Bit, Network Technology, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- The trouble with mid-range graphics cards - they're not mid-range
- The trouble with mid-range graphics cards - they're not mid-rangeBuy an older top-end card...- Just before the 8800 was released it delivered as my card was being shipped, the 7600 I think was the "mid-range" card from nVidia, and a 7600GS (or whatever the mid-level letters are) was about $230.-...
- Tags: Games, card, game, mid-range graphics card, DVD, graphics, video card
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- Gateway FX530XT (Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX)
- With this newest reiteration of its high-end FX530XT, Gateway finally brings it flagship desktop in line with the other enthusiast PCs in its class. And all it took was a graphics card. Our $4,449 build comes with an overclocked GeForce 8800 GTX. Combine that with the system's familiar overclocked Intel...
- Tags: Video cards, Games, Processors, NVidia Corp., Gateway Inc., Gateway FX530XT, Maingear, Nvidia GeForce
- Product reviews 2007-05-31
- From Sun 1 to T5240
- From Sun 1 to T52404 Cores?Your article states that modern desktops go "up to" 4 cores, but Apple's latest Mac Pro systems can be custom-configured with 8 cores...The standard config on those has 4 cores.Soon 16 Coreswill be available for server with 4 x Quads for both Intel and AMD.And...
- Tags: Workstations, Processors, Storage, Desktops, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-19
- Choosing the right PSU for your PC
- So, just how big a power supply unit does a PC really need? In this post Ill show you how you can work out how big a PSU your system needs and some of the considerations that you need to keep in mind when buying a PSU.It seems to...
- Tags: Desktops, PSU, PC, calculator
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
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