Lab Update: The Pre, Nokia and Intel, SSDs and More

I provide some brief looks into what's going on in my lab this week and next.

37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/24/2009

Memory Scaling on Core i7 - Is DDR3-1066 Really the Best Choice?

We take an in-depth look at memory scaling on the Core i7 platform to determine if there is any value in using memory faster than DDR3-1066.

50 by Gary Key on 6/24/2009

June GPU Market Update: Price Compression Benefits

It's a great time to buy a GPU, especially if you're in the market for an AMD part. Prices are low and performance is high.

132 by Derek Wilson on 6/19/2009

The Palm Pre Review

When I first met Apple's iPhone, I was very impressed. Meet the first smartphone to impress me since.

94 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/19/2009

iPhone 3GS Performance: A Significant Performance Bump

What's the first thing I did with my new iPhone 3GS? Benchmarked it.

75 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/19/2009

Desperately Seeking Quality LCDs

A while back, BenQ sent us their FP241VW LCD, an expensive high-end offering with some interesting features. Can this A-MVA panel best the competition, and does it even matter?

114 by Jarred Walton on 6/17/2009

Intel Quietly Announces Core i5 and Core i3 Branding

Intel quietly announced the Core i5 and i3 branding for future Nehalem CPUs. I hope to add some additional light to the announcement.

56 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/17/2009

Optimizing for Virtualization

Want to gain the upper hand on your colleagues by getting the very best performance out of ESX? AnandTech IT shares its best practices uncovered in the development of...

10 by Liz van Dijk on 6/16/2009

Gigabyte GM-M8000 Mouse - A GHOST Story

We take a look at the top gaming mouse from Gigabyte and realize it might indeed be a real GHOST when it comes to gameplay.

44 by Gary Key on 6/15/2009

The New MacBook Pro Part II: Lower Battery Life Under Vista & SATA Issues

We've got the first battery life results under Windows Vista and it still doesn't look good. The new MacBook Pro lasts 33% longer under OS X than under Vista...

82 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/15/2009

Apple's 2009 MacBook Pro: Battery Life to Die For

Apple's latest MacBook Pro breaks 8 hours in one of our battery life tests. The new MacBook Pro is the best Apple notebook I've ever tested.

113 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/12/2009

AVIVO Video Converter Redux and ATI Stream Quick Look

AMD released a new version of the AVIVO Video Converter and has support for GPU acceleration of Cyberlink's transcoder. Let's take a look at what we get.

32 by Derek Wilson on 6/11/2009

The iPhone 3GS Hardware Exposed & Analyzed

Two days ago Apple announced the iPhone 3GS. Today we talk about the hardware that makes it the fastest iPhone (and possibly smartphone) ever.

67 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/10/2009

OCZ Blade DDR3-2133 - Is it Fast Enough?

We take our first look at OCZ's new 3B2133LV6GK DDR3-2133 kit and realize we need to call in the big guns for benchmarking at 2133MHz and beyond.

17 by Gary Key on 6/9/2009

Stereoscopic 3D Monitor From iZ3D: Passive Glasses and Polarized Screens

As a company who has been making stereo drivers for a while, iZ3D offers a hardware solution that in many ways gives NVIDIA's GeForce 3D Vision some competition. But...

31 by Derek Wilson on 6/8/2009
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