Ask the Experts: Heterogeneous and GPU Compute with AMD’s Manju Hegde
AMD’s Manju Hegde is one of the rare folks I get to interact with who has an extensive background working at both AMD and NVIDIA. He was one of...
101 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/14/2012Corsair Performance Series Pro (256GB) Review
Shortly after the Plextor M3 review went live, I received numerous emails asking us to review Corsair's Performance Series Pro. Your voice was heard and we went and asked...
41 by Kristian Vättö on 5/14/2012A Tale Of Two Thunderbolt Storage Devices: Seagate's GoFlex Desk and Western Digital's Thunderbolt Duo
I remember the early days of the USB-vs-FireWire wars like they were yesterday, although Wikipedia reminds me that they were more than a decade ago (sigh). USB 1.0 arrived...
46 by Brian Dipert on 5/13/2012ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe Review - Know Your SKU
Now that Panther Point is in full swing, and perhaps Sandy Bridge processor stocks may start to dwindle in favor of Ivy Bridge, market segmentation of motherboards is all...
52 by Ian Cutress on 5/12/2012A First Look at Thunderbolt on Windows with MSI's Z77A-GD80
I finally made the transition to a notebook as my desktop last year, a move many had made years prior. Quad-core mobile Sandy Bridge and good SSDs made the...
98 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/11/2012Cubitek HPTX ICE Review: How Far Aluminum Can Go
Aluminum has been experiencing a bit of a renaissance in the notebook industry, spearheaded largely by Apple and now Intel's ultrabook initiative, but as a construction material for desktop...
20 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/11/2012NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Review Feat. EVGA: Bringing GK104 Down To $400
In a typical high-end GPU launch we’ll see the process take place in phases over a couple of months if not longer. The new GPU will be launched in...
414 by Ryan Smith on 5/10/2012MIPS Technologies Updates Processor IP Lineup with Aptiv Series
ARM has been making waves over the past two years with plenty of processor and graphics IP announcements, but they are not alone in the game. MIPS Technologies, almost...
41 by Ganesh T S on 5/10/2012HP Unveils New Ultrabooks, "Sleekbooks"
At the 2012 Global Influencer Summit in Shanghai, HP announced a full slate of new thin-and-light and ultrabook systems, and we've gotten to go hands on with all of...
23 by Vivek Gowri on 5/10/2012Intel Z77 Motherboard Review with Ivy Bridge - ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI
So we have survived one of the biggest days of the year for all things computer performance related - the release of Intel's new Ivy Bridge processor. It...
117 by Ian Cutress on 5/7/2012ASRock's High-End Vision 3D 252B HTPC Review
In late 2010, we reviewed the ASRock Vision 3D, and declared it to be the best pre-built SFF (small form factor) HTPC we had reviewed. ASRock duly updated the...
60 by Ganesh T S on 5/7/2012The iPad 2,4 Review: 32nm Brings Better Battery Life
When Apple launched the 3rd generation iPad (as the new iPad), it also dropped the price of the entry-level 16GB WiFi iPad 2 to $399. Apple's products tend to...
100 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/4/2012The Samsung Galaxy S III Preview
It's been a long day in London, and hot off the heels of our Galaxy S III performance preview is some discussion about the hardware itself. For any successful...
126 by Brian Klug on 5/3/2012The Samsung Galaxy S III Revealed: 4.8" HD SuperAMOLED, Exynos 4 Quad, Available 5/29 in Europe
Apple is a bit infamous for its tight control over new products, particularly iPhones. Development mules are often updated internals stuffed into nondescript previous generation designs. And talk of...
57 by Jason Inofuentes on 5/3/2012NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 Review: Ultra Expensive, Ultra Rare, Ultra Fast
In an unusual move, NVIDIA took the opportunity earlier this week to announce a new 600 series video card before they would be shipping it. Based on a pair...
200 by Ryan Smith on 5/3/2012The HTC One X for AT&T Review
For just over a week, I’ve been using two phones interchangeably. The first is the Lava Xolo X900 with Medfield inside, the second is the flagship of HTC’s new...
138 by Brian Klug on 5/1/2012NEC PA271W - When Accuracy and Consistency Matter
As long as I’ve been following, using, or writing about computers, NEC has been a leader in displays. From the early MultiSync monitors to their current line of LCDs...
69 by Chris Heinonen on 5/1/2012MSI Z77A-GD65 Ivy Bridge Motherboard Giveaway
Thanks to everyone who entered our last giveaway. We're waiting for eligibility confirmation from our four potential winners: bigbluerobo, nhilyna, Lord 666 and fiftysixtius. Respond to the email in...
2294 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/30/2012SilverStone Grandia GD07 Review: Centering and Serving Your Media
The last time we reviewed one of SilverStone's Grandia enclosures, it was the GD04, and it was a review that launched the first major revamp of how we test...
37 by Dustin Sklavos on 4/29/2012NVIDIA Unveils GeForce GTX 690: Dual GK104 Flagship Launching May 3rd
As we mentioned back on Monday, NVIDIA was going to be making some kind of GeForce announcement this evening at the NVIDA Gaming Festival 2012 in Shanghai, China. NVIDIA’s...
109 by Ryan Smith on 4/28/2012