NVIDIA Announces GTX 480M: Mobile Fermi Coming Soon
Today NVIDIA announced their latest mobile GPU, the GTX 480M. Based on the GF100 (Fermi) architecture, this will be a fully featured mobile counterpart rather than the "outdated" architectures...
50 by Jarred Walton on 5/25/2010
Intel Kills Larrabee GPU, Will Not Bring a Discrete Graphics Product to Market
Bill Kircos, Intel’s Director of Product & Technology PR, just posted a blog on Intel’s site entitled “An Update on our Graphics-Related Programs”. In the blog Bill addresses future...
57 by Ryan Smith on 5/25/2010Futuremark Announces 3DMark11: Gentlemen, Start your ORBgines!
Futuremark has announced the latest version of their popular benchmark software for gaming PCs, 3DMark11. New to 3DMark11 will be the ability to benchmark DirectX 11 capable hardware like...
10 by Balraj Sandhu on 5/25/2010
Intel Ultra Thin: CULV Arrandale Boosts Performance and Reduces Size
Intel launched their Core i3/i5 (Arrandale) mobile processors early in 2010, with roadmaps showing low voltage and ultra low voltage parts. Earlier today, Intel released new details on their...
29 by Jarred Walton on 5/24/2010
News Just In: Gigabyte Announces USB3 Mini-ITX H55 Motherboard
In the race to get a USB3 capable mini-ITX motherboard to market, Gigabyte has today announced the first entry into the arena - the GA-H55N-USB3. Measuring a tiny...
43 by Ian Cutress on 5/24/2010
NVIDIA Beta 256 Drivers: Optimus Included
Last month we mentioned NVIDIA's plans for their upcoming drivers: the 256 series of drivers (don't ask us why they jumped from 197 to 256). Today, NVIDIA has released...
22 by Jarred Walton on 5/24/2010
Seagate's Momentus XT Reviewed, Finally a Good Hybrid HDD
The promise of Hybrid HDDs has come and gone with no champion. Today Seagate is announcing its Momentus XT, a 2.5" 7200 RPM notebook drive (9mm form factor) with...
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Apple MacBook 2010 Update: 10 Hours Battery Life
Apple has updated their MacBook notebook to bring it into line with their recently refreshed MacBook Pro series. Starting at $999 the new machine features a faster processor, improved...
48 by Balraj Sandhu on 5/20/2010
Overclocked: Our Custom Radeon HD 5870 Roundup
Fans of custom video cards have undoubtedly found themselves a bit disappointed with the Radeon HD 5800 series. Due to a perfect storm of low GPU yields from TSMC...
45 by Ryan Smith on 5/19/2010
News Just In: A Single Slot GTX 470 from Galaxy
Power and heat output are often issues which stride the minds of graphics card enthusiasts. Sufficient cooling and a beefy power supply are often a prerequisite if one...
30 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 5/19/2010
ASUS U30Jc: Refining Thin and Light Performance
Over the past year or so, we've been watching the evolution of ASUS' U-series (and UL-series) of ultraportable laptops. The first generation ULxxVt models were highly promising, coupling switchable...
57 by Jarred Walton on 5/18/2010
Sceptre X270W-1080P Review: A Value 27" That Delivers
If you’ve been in the market for a large or even midsize LCD display lately, chances are good you’ve seen relatively low-cost offerings from a relative newcomer to our...
61 by Brian Klug on 5/17/2010
New HP Value LCDs
This past weekend, HP unveiled three new LCD monitors aiming to be an affordable companion to your computing needs. Available starting May 16, these monitors range in size from...
15 by Balraj Sandhu on 5/17/2010
Announcing: Gateway NV59C and NV7 Series
Gateway has announced their new NV59C and NV7 series of notebooks. These new models will enter the crowded mainstream notebook market, and therefore will have to offer something different...
21 by Balraj Sandhu on 5/13/2010
Update: Mac OS X Portal Performance
Update 5/15/2010: Valve released a new patch for Portal on the 13th which resolved the blurriness issue. Please see our update for more details. It’s been a while since anyone...
178 by Ryan Smith on 5/13/2010
Mushkin Releases SandForce-Based Callisto SSD Series
The name 'Mushkin' may no longer be familiar to you. A few years ago, they were big players in terms of DDR performance memory - but have not...
45 by Ian Cutress on 5/12/2010
Sparkle Announces $200-$250 1000W-1250W Power Supplies
In terms of power supplies, it can sometimes become astounding at how much a company will charge for a unit, and whether it is valid, in terms of features...
25 by Ian Cutress on 5/12/2010
System Buyer’s Guide: $1700 Performance Midrange
Many things have changed in the nine months since our last midrange system guide hit the press, some for the worse—a moment of silence, please, for the passing of...
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Gigabyte Announces Their New Flagship Motherboard: The X58A-UD9
Gigabyte are currently attacking the X58 market; with no less than 10 boards, from the budget EX58-UD3R (and it's upgrade, the X58A-UD3R) to the premium EX58-EXTREME, their latest board...
14 by Ian Cutress on 5/12/2010
News Just In: No Phenom II X4 960T for general release?
As a follow up to the news of new AMD processors covering various price points, our contact over at AMD has provided the following information: "While there are indeed engineering...
10 by Ian Cutress on 5/12/2010
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