CES 2006: Motherboards, Memory, Cooling, and a Few Surprises

A look at the motherboards, systems, cooling and memory that were grabbing attention at CES.

36 by Wesley Fink & Jarred Walton on 1/11/2006

AMD Athlon 64 FX-60: A Dual-Core farewell to Socket-939

AMD's Socket-939 has been the platform of choice almost immediately after its introduction, so it is fitting that the last Socket-939 processor to be released would be the Athlon...

94 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2006

Price Guide, January 2006: Video Cards

This week we are noticing quite a few deals from eVGA while the ultra high-end graphics cards are appearing to be a bit more reasonable.

16 by Haider Farhan on 1/9/2006

Loved CES

0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2006

CES 2006 - Day 3: Playstation 3, Quarter-size Hard Drives, SED and lots of TVs

If you thought our Day 2 coverage was a bit on the long side, you should keep in mind that we wanted to include much more than we actually...

45 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Manveer Wasson on 1/9/2006

CES 2006 - Day 2: Blu-ray/HD-DVD, PureVideo H.264, Viiv, Centrino Duo and a lot more

The first day of CES was the quiet before the storm, today we've got coverage of everything from Blu-ray and NVIDIA's new H.264 decode acceleration to a live demo...

38 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Manveer Wasson on 1/7/2006

CES 2006 - Day 1: Dell's 30" Display, Quad SLI, WUSB and more

We got some up close and personal time with Dell's new 30" display, saw the world's first Quad SLI system, witnessed a Wireless USB demonstration and even saw a...

48 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/6/2006

Intel's Core Duo Launch - Notebook Performance Revealed

We've already compared Intel's Core Duo to the cream of the crop on the desktop, but now it's time to see how it stacks up in a mobile environment...

30 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/5/2006

ATI's OCUR Brings CableCard and HDTV Support to Windows Vista

It's almost here, CableCard and HDTV support in Windows Vista made possible by ATI. We got a demo of ATI's brand new HDTV tuner that will ship when...

41 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/5/2006

nForce4 SLI Motherboards: Premium Performance at a Bargain Price

NVIDIA's nForce4 SLI chipset is put to the test in three varying offerings from Asus, Albatron, and Foxconn.

37 by Gary Key on 1/3/2006

Mid-Range to High-End Buyer's Guide, January 2006

All Santa gave you for Christmas was lots of cash, and you're looking to spend it, right? We have recommendations ranging from $1000 to $3000 in our latest...

67 by Jarred Walton on 1/2/2006

Price Guide, January 2006: Motherboards

Just as the end of 2005 comes to a close, we're here to bring you the latest update on your rig's main component, the motherboard. Read on to find...

10 by Haider Farhan on 1/1/2006

Intel's Pentium Extreme Edition 955: 65nm, 4 threads and 376M transistors

Intel's first 65nm processor has now launched, but the question is what can a 65nm process, 4 threads of execution and an incredible 376 million transistors bring us? ...

84 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/30/2005

SUN’s UltraSparc T1 - the Next Generation Server CPUs

SUN's Ultrasparc T1, formerly known as Niagara, is much more than just a new UltraSparc. It is the harbinger of a new generation of CPUs, which focus almost solely...

49 by Johan De Gelas on 12/29/2005

ATI Radeon X800 GTO Mini Roundup: Sapphire, Connect3D, and PowerColor

Today, we're looking at 4 different X800 GTOs from 3 different manufacturers. Each of these cards is different, but all are good solutions.

27 by Josh Venning on 12/26/2005

Price Guide, December 2005: CPUs

The socket 939 Opterons are back in stock on sale for extremely tempting prices while we await a new series of processors from both AMD and Intel.

10 by Haider Farhan on 12/24/2005

Flash Media: 1GB CompactFlash Roundup

With digital photography, personal audio, and personal digital assistants in full force these days, we look at one type of flash media to accompany these devices for added storage...

24 by Purav Sanghani on 12/23/2005
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