Windows 7 Performance Guide
After nearly a year of serious waiting, the next Windows is here. Its arrival puts a stake in Vista, and may finally be what Microsoft needs to put XP...
205 by Ryan Smith and Gary Key on 10/26/2009
ASUS UL80Vt First Look: Mobility Redefined
We give our initial impressions of the ASUS UL80Vt, the first in what promises to be a long line of Windows 7 laptops. The bar has just been set.
101 by Jarred Walton on 10/24/2009
Dell Studio 14z: Thin and Light Done Right
One of the most popular mobile form factors, thin and light laptops need to carefully balance features, performance, and design. The Dell Studio 14z is one of the better...
57 by Jarred Walton on 10/20/2009
AMD's Athlon II X3 435 & New Energy Efficient CPUs: Killing Intel Below $90
Hot on the heels of last months' $99 quad-core, AMD is back with a higher performance alternative to Intel's Pentium E6xxx series. It's the return of the triple core...
178 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/20/2009
Marvell's ARMADA: Custom Designed ARM SoCs Break 1GHz
Anyone can license ARM's microprocessor architectures, Marvell chooses to license only the instruction set and build its own designs. We look at Marvell's architecture to see if it's...
28 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/19/2009
P55 Extreme Overclockers: Check your sockets!
If you plan on overclocking your P55 past current 4.3GHz limits on air or water, you need to be aware of potential problems with current socket designs.
275 by Rajinder Gill on 10/15/2009
The Highest-End Notebooks, 2009
Unlike desktops, it's not currently possible to get a notebook that wins every benchmark, but we have three of the fastest currently available notebooks and we'll show you where...
56 by Jarred Walton on 10/14/2009
NVIDIA's Bumpy Ride: A Q4 2009 Update
A much delayed Fermi, pulling out of the chipset business coupled with GTX availability woes made conditions ripe for us to talk about NVIDIA. We explain what all...
108 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/14/2009
AMD’s Radeon HD 5770 & 5750: DirectX 11 for the Mainstream Crowd
The next phase begins. AMD is launching the 5700 series, their mainstream line of cards based on Juniper. Do these new cards follow in the 5800 series legacy?
117 by Ryan Smith on 10/13/2009
NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 220: 40nm and DX10.1 for the Low-End
NVIDIA's first DX10.1/40nm part finally gets a retail launch after a 3 month OEM-only stint. How does NVIDA's latest part part stack up to the competition?
80 by Ryan Smith on 10/12/2009
Gigabyte's GTX 260 Super Overclock: A GTX 275 on the Cheap?
What happens when you overclock a GTX 260 Core 216 by 20%? As Gigabyte has discovered, you get a GTX 275 for less.
30 by Ryan Smith on 10/11/2009
MSI P55-GD65 - Mid-Range P55 for the Masses
We provide an in-depth review of MSI's midrange P55 offering and find a great board in need of a few adjustments.
45 by Gary Key on 10/10/2009
MSI X610: Supersizing the Netbook?
Take one part netbook, one part MacBook Air, and add in some other ingredients… but what we want to know is, will it blend?
43 by Jarred Walton on 10/6/2009
Expensive Quad Sockets vs. Ubiquitous Dual Sockets
Should you bother with quad socket servers now that we have powerful dual socket platforms available? We check how the quad Xeon X7460, quad Opteron 8345, and the dual...
32 by Johan De Gelas on 10/6/2009
Budget Micro-ATX P55 Faceoff: Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 and ASRock P55M Pro
We take our first look at two of the budget micro-ATX P55 offerings from Gigabyte and ASRock. Who wins, who loses, does it really matter if both boards are...
57 by Gary Key on 10/5/2009
AMD’s Radeon HD 5850: The Other Shoe Drops
Hot on the heels of their launch of the 5870 last week, AMD is launching the value version, the 5850. With it, AMD has captured the high-end.
95 by Ryan Smith on 9/30/2009
Facebook
Twitter
RSS