PhysX Performance Update: City of Villains

With the City Of Villains Issue 7 update, PhysX support has now moved out of beta and into full production. What has changed, what remains the same, and...

33 by Ryan Smith on 9/7/2006

Fall '06 NVIDIA GPU Refresh - Part I: GeForce 7900 GS

NVIDIA is announcing two new cards here and hard launching one of them, meet the X1900 GT competitor: NV's GeForce 7900 GS.

29 by Derek Wilson on 9/6/2006

ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI: Core 2 Duo goes mATX

Our first look at ASRock's 945G based motherboard reveals that very good budget performance can come in a small package.

33 by Gary Key on 9/1/2006

Silence is Golden: Silent GPU Roundup

Today we have a massive roundup of 20 silent graphics cards from seven different card manufacturers. We'll put them all in order and see what kind of performance these...

49 by Josh Venning on 8/31/2006

Draft N Router Coverage: When the "n" in 802.11n really means "not yet"

Our first look at Draft N routers from NETGEAR, Belkin, and Linksys shows promising speeds yet disappointing overall results.

22 by Gary Key on 8/30/2006

PC Club Enpower Sabre Extreme: E6600 Made Easy

Not everyone needs a top-of-the-line system (with the accompanying price). PC Club sent us a nicely equipped midrange system sporting a Core 2 Duo E6600, and those of...

30 by Jarred Walton on 8/29/2006

It Works

0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/28/2006

ASUS P5B: New BIOS Adds Unlocking & Improved Overclocking

A new official BIOS for the P5B unlocks Core 2 Duo chips and promises much improved overclocking.

84 by Wesley Fink on 8/24/2006

ATI's New High End and Mid Range: Radeon X1950 XTX & X1900 XT 256MB

As a last hurrah before the onslaught of DX10 parts the X1950 launches with a more reasonable price tag, and a 256MB X1900 XT arrives at less than $300.

74 by Derek Wilson on 8/23/2006

ASUS P5NSLI: Core 2 Duo and SLI on a Budget

Our early look at the affordable ASUS P5NSLI motherboard based on the NVIDIA nForce 570SLI for Intel chipset.

27 by Gary Key on 8/22/2006

AM2 Motherboards-Part 4: ATI Crossfire Xpress 3200

AM2 Motherboards based on the ATI RD580 chipset finally arrive in the retail channel.

28 by Wesley Fink on 8/21/2006

ABS Ultimate X9: Core 2 Extreme Hits a Speed Bump

With the launch of the Core 2 series of processors, Intel has reclaimed the high-end gaming performance sector. If you're debating between buying a system versus building your...

48 by Jarred Walton on 8/18/2006

Server Guide Part 1: Introduction to the Server World

The Server Guides' goal is to give a you a comprehensive overview of server technology. In this first part we introduce you to TCO and the different server chassis...

32 by Johan De Gelas on 8/17/2006

Apple's Mac Pro - A True PowerMac Successor

Tempted by the new Mac Pro? Read on and find out why you'll want to replace your PowerMac G5.

96 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/16/2006

A Trio of Thermaltake Towers

Three of the latest cases from world-renowned case maker Thermaltake compared in detail. Which one best fits your needs?

43 by Joshua Buss on 8/16/2006

ASRock Core 2 Duo: AGP/PCI Express Graphics Performance, Part Tres

We determine if there is a performance penalty when using AGP graphics cards on the ASRock 775Dual-VSTA motherboard with an Intel Core 2 Duo.

43 by Gary Key on 8/15/2006

Intel Core 2 Duo: Memory Performance Part Deux

We provide additional memory benchmarks with comparative chipsets and see how well the VIA PT880 Pro based ASRock 775Dual-VSTA performs against the competition.

34 by Gary Key on 8/14/2006

Mid Range GPU Roundup - Summer 2006

Tired of only hearing about $600 graphics cards? If you've got $200 - $300 we'll tell you what to spend it on.

74 by Derek Wilson on 8/10/2006
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