Published March 2, 2009 · 0 comments

As time goes on, and in the PC world it goes by rather quickly, what was once high-end is now fodder for those that are content with mid-range products. ASUS’ GeForce GTX 260 and their Radeon HD 4870 Dark Knight…

Read more ASUS GTX 260 / 4870 Dark Knight, Mid-Range Graphics Fun

Published February 21, 2009 · 0 comments

One might question the need to test a group of power supplies so thoroughly, that is until some cheap value model you picked up decided to go out in remarkable fashion taking a good chunk of your hardware with it….

Read more Mid-Range PSU Roundup, The Sensible Wattage Range

Published February 19, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel’s Core i7 chip has quite the performance advantage over its previous CPUs and the competition, unfortunately for most enthusiasts it pumps out quite a bit of heat in order to accomplish such performance feats. bit-tech has a look at…

Read more Core i7 Heatsink Roundup, Cooling The Beast Effectively

Published February 19, 2009 · 0 comments

Tablet PCs have a distinct value for several fields of work where inputing information with a stylus, while walking around, is a daily occurence…for the rest of us we’ll have to find a way to rationalize a purchase like the…

Read more Lenovo ThinkPad X200t Tablet PC, For That Ultra Techy Geek In You

Published February 17, 2009 · 0 comments

The lowly notebook has a heck of a time trying to balance the portability aspect with the demands of a power user. In comes the pedestrianly named Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Sa3650 laptop computer which comes with the capability to augment…

Read more Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Sa3650, Portable Graphics Powerhouse

Published February 17, 2009 · 0 comments

In the unmerciful pursuit of all things speedy you’ve no doubt come across the multi-GPU approach as a quick and dirty way to get more gaming performance. NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 295 uses that very approach in a single card package…

Read more NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 Quad SLI, When Two GPUs Just Isn't Enough

Published February 17, 2009 · 0 comments

The forward march of progress has finally reached AMD’s Phenom II CPU. The AM3 socket allows for a new lineup of chips that take advantage of DDR3’s massive memory bandwidth and lower power usage. The Tech Report has a look…

Read more AMD Socket AM3 Phenom II Chips, Don't Get Confused Now

Published February 17, 2009 · 2 comments

The gaming notebook/desktop replacement market has been ambling over to the excessively flashy designs that’s liable to cause seizures. If that doesn’t turn you off to the idea of a really powerful gaming machine then have a look at Toshiba’s…

Read more Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q725 Gaming Notebook, Slight Gaudy But Really Powerful

Published February 16, 2009 · 0 comments

ATI isn’t very comfortable sitting in second place to Nvidia in the “fastest graphics card” match up so they’re busy at work prepping their new Radeon HD 4890 or so the rumor mill would like for us all to believe….

Read more Rumor Mill: Radeon HD 4890 Launches In April

Published February 16, 2009 · 0 comments

It used to be that when you were choosing a mid-range to low-end graphics card you were getting some bottom of the barrel performance, now that has changed. Modders-Inc. has a look at the Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 graphics card…

Read more Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 GDDR4, Low-End Graphics With Some Kick

Published February 16, 2009 · 0 comments

When you’ve got a commitment for three game add-ons for an insanely popular game you better bring something interesting to the table. Thankfully the folks at Rockstar seem to provide just that with their upcoming downloadable content for the Microsoft…

Read more GTA 4: The Lost And The Damned MP Preview