AMD's 65nm Brisbane Core Previewed: The most energy efficient AMD CPU to date
Intel has had two major advantages over AMD as of late: 65nm and a newer architecture. Today we take a look at AMD's first 65nm offering and see...
63 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/14/2006Holiday 2006 Shopping Guide: GPUs
Our Holiday Shopping Guides continue with advice on GPU purchases. No matter how much you're looking to spend, we have recommendations that will help you get the most...
51 by Jarred Walton on 12/13/2006Taiwan Pre-CES Technology Tour Part 2
We finish coverage from our pre-CES tour of Taiwan with a look at upcoming products from abit, Albatron, ASUS, Compro, DFI, Gigabyte, and Shuttle.
23 by Gary Key on 12/12/2006HD Video Playback: H.264 Blu-ray on the PC
We now have Blu-ray titles that make use of H.264 encoding in order to put our hardware to the test.
86 by Derek Wilson on 12/11/2006OCZ Flex XLC: PC2-9200 Pushes the Envelope
OCZ introduces a high-end DDR2 memory with water blocks and the promise of new heights in memory performance. Does this unique approach to high-end DDR2 deliver the scorching performance...
31 by Wesley Fink on 12/8/2006Splinter Cell: Double Agent: A Performance Analysis
The newest addition to the Splinter Cell series has recently been released for the PC. We'll take a look at the game and see how it runs on several...
28 by Josh Venning on 12/8/2006Pre-CES Taiwan 2006, Day 1
Why wait for CES when you can simply head over to Taiwan and visit with the manufacturers directly? We shipped Gary off to gather the latest news from overseas.
4 by Gary Key and Jarred Walton on 12/7/2006Intel P965: MSI P965 Platinum and ECS PX1 Extreme
We take a look at two midrange performance boards from MSI and ECS that trade enthusiast level overclocking performance for features.
13 by Gary Key on 12/6/2006SMB NAS Roundup
We take a look at a handful of the popular SMB NAS devices on the market.
23 by Ross Whitehead Jason Clark Dave Muysson on 12/5/2006Tech View: Motherboards and More
We take a quick look at some upcoming motherboards and other products that are currently in our test labs.
19 by Gary Key on 12/3/2006AMD's Quad FX: Technically Quad Core
It's four cores spread out across two processors in a $370 motherboard drawing close to 500W of power. How does it stack up to Kentsfield? We'll find...
88 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/30/2006Value DDR2-800 from Super Talent: Where Can You Go?
A close look at value DDR2-800 from Super Talent. Can a low-priced DDR2 memory provide the performance you want?
29 by Wesley Fink on 11/29/2006Tech View: Multimedia Items for the PC
We take another look at upcoming product reviews for the 2006 holiday season.
22 by Gary Key on 11/28/2006Holiday 2006 Shopping Guide: CPUs
Looking for advice on what to get your favorite computer geek (or yourself) for the holidays? We will cover all of the major components over the next couple of...
30 by Jarred Walton on 11/27/2006Tech View: Storage Devices, Optical Drives, and More
We take a look at upcoming product reviews for the 2006 holiday season.
19 by Gary Key on 11/22/2006NVIDIA and ATI HDCP Compatible Graphics Cards Roundup
Today we have a hefty roundup of NVIDIA and ATI cards which all have HDCP capability. We'll talk about HDCP and what it's going to mean for you, as...
48 by Josh Venning on 11/16/2006GeForce 8800 Roundup: The Best of the Best
You know you want G80, now it's time to find out which card is the best.
34 by Josh Venning on 11/13/2006Intel's newest Quad Xeon MP versus HP's DL585 Quad Opteron
We confront Intel newest server based on the Xeon MP 7130M with the HP DL585, the popular and well-regarded ProLiant Quad Opteron server that gave HP a major edge...
88 by Johan De Gelas on 11/10/2006Intel P965: The Double Mint Twins Gone Wild
We take a look at two budget boards from Biostar and Gigabyte that offer surprising performance when compared to their more expensive fraternal twins.
23 by Gary Key on 11/9/2006NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 (G80): GPUs Re-architected for DirectX 10
The DirectX 10 wars have begun, and NVIDIA just fired the first shot.
111 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 11/8/2006