A Second Shot: Windows Vista SP1
After much fanfare, SP1 has hit gold. Can SP1 fix all that ails Vista? We take a look and find out.
62 by Ryan Smith on 2/27/2008Rocking out with Rock Band: 2/19 & 2/26 DLC Review
We missed a week due to GDC, but we're back to make it up with our latest installment of Rock Band downloadable content coverage.
2 by Derek Wilson on 2/26/2008Apple's New Penryn MacBook Pro: Dissected
Today Apple introduced its first MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks based on Intel's 45nm mobile Penryn CPU. Of course we took ours apart.
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/26/2008Intel X38 Tango - Is High FSB Overclocking Worth It?
We do some dirty dancing with Intel's X38 MCH and find that there is a price to pay for running those high FSB rates.
16 by Rajinder Gill on 2/26/2008GDC 2008 Coverage: Wrapping it Up
Last week we spent some time in San Francisco at the 2008 Game Developers Conference. Today we are looking back on the coolest bits we saw.
15 by Derek Wilson on 2/25/2008Application Virtualization
We provide an introductory look at a versatile answer to safe software deployment and distribution. We have a short overview of the different approaches, and we'll check out some...
11 by Liz van Dijk on 2/25/2008Western Digital serves up 320GB on a Platter
We take a first look at Western Digital's latest drive that will have you scrambling for part number WD3200AAKS-00B3A0.
29 by Gary Key on 2/22/2008When the Smoke Clears & Prices Settle: GeForce 9600 GT vs. Radeon HD 3870
Yesterday NVIDIA launched a highly competitive sub-$200 GPU. AMD responded by cutting prices on its 3800-series GPUs. Find out which camp offers you the best price-performance ratio...
45 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/22/2008Bringing Competition to Midrange: The GeForce 9600 GT Raises NVIDIA's Sub $200 Bar
NVIDIA hasn't released a card at this price point that offered a compelling reason to upgrade since the 7600 GT. Performance on this part significantly outpaces its predecessor and...
49 by Derek Wilson on 2/21/2008AMD's CrossFireX: Tri & Quad GPU Preview
AMD gave us the opportunity to preview its long awaited CrossFireX technology. We liked the Radeon HD 3870 X2 when it launched, but how well will two fare?
28 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/21/2008Power Supply Roundup: 650W-680W
We've reviewed many PSUs rated at extreme wattages; now it's time to look at more reasonable offerings in the 650W range.
23 by Christoph Katzer on 2/21/2008ASUS P5E3 Premium: One to Rule them All…
We bring you our first look at the latest ASUS Ai LifeStyle motherboard, the P5E3 Premium, based on Intel's upcoming X48 chipset with DDR3 memory. We'll show you why...
32 by Kris Boughton on 2/20/2008Intel's Silverthorne Unveiled: Detailing Baby Centrino
Intel unveiled the architectural details of its Silverthorne CPU at this year's ISSCC. Silverthorne has the potential to be Intel's most important microarchitecture since the first Centrino CPUs...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/20/2008A Closer Look at ESA
Enthusiast System Architecture now has USB-if HID approval and the new system control standard is moving forward. The monitoring capabilites of a working ESA system are examined.
19 by Wesley Fink on 2/19/2008