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by Rafael Hernandez on October 8, 2008 · 0 comments

Every month or so ATI and Nvidia push out the latest and greatest drivers for their graphics chips all the while claiming to improve on the performance of earlier versions. Tom’s Hardware wonders if these claims are appropriate and compares…

Read more Driver Performance Improvements, Are They Real?

by Rafael Hernandez on October 6, 2008 · 0 comments

Blizzard’s two day convention, aptly dubbed BlizzCon, kicks off this Friday. It promises a whole lot of Wizard of Warcraft’ness as well as a healthy dosage of Diablo III and who knows, there may even be some StarCraft related…

Read more BlizzCon 2008 Kicks Off Friday

by Rafael Hernandez on October 5, 2008 · 0 comments

There’s no doubt that solid state disk drives are the future of storage devices for our computers, promising improved speeds and increased durability. It’s also the perfect technology for companies to attempt tweaking the heck out of. Fusion-io is prepping…

Read more Fusion-io SSD, Ultimate WoW Drive (also fast at other things)

by Rafael Hernandez on October 3, 2008 · 0 comments

Nvidia has had a solid lineup of chipsets for Intel’s processors for a while now, making it almost the defacto standard at the high-end where gamers and their SLI rigs roam. The EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW attempts to…

Read more EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW, Might Help You Win (nah, you'll need skill)

by Rafael Hernandez on October 2, 2008 · 0 comments

There is an absolute glut in the mid-range graphics card segment with every manufacturer looking for different ways to improve on very similar product lines. HotHardware has a look at a pair of Nvidia 9800 GT based cards from…

Read more Gigabyte and Palit 9800 GT Comparison, More Midrange Options

by Rafael Hernandez on October 1, 2008 · 0 comments

The Sony/Toshiba/IBM Cell Broadband Engine had long been promised to extend beyond the console world (see Sony PlayStation 3) into much more important roles. The chip has seen use in supercomputers and a modified version has been see in select…

Read more SpursEngine Headed to the Desktop

by Rafael Hernandez on September 30, 2008 · 0 comments

It’s not all about the massive framerates and insane resolutions with your fancy pants anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing, sometimes you just need a simple graphics card for web browsing and watching your Blu-rays. ATi’s new Radeon HD 4550 has many…

Read more ATi Radeon HD 4550, Targeting the Low-End

by Pedro Hernandez on September 30, 2008 · 0 comments

New budget cards from ATI offer hope for gamers on a budget, as long as you don’t push them too hard (the cards, not the gamers). Both go on sale in October, with Direct X 10.1 support and with the…

Read more ATI's New Budget Cards: ATI Radeon HD 4550 and 4350

by Rafael Hernandez on September 28, 2008 · 0 comments

Adobe’s Creative Suite 4 is finally joining the GPU processing club. The update to the professional graphics editing suite now includes an OpenGL acceleration option. Here’s what it means for all you pixelsmiths, from APC: For instance, with the…

Read more Photoshop Finally Puts GPUs to Use

by Rafael Hernandez on September 27, 2008 · 0 comments

…albeit a little choppy. Mobile Computer took Asus’ little Atom-powered, 10.2-inch netbook for a spin and found that it does a decent job of playing Call of Duty 4. Ultimately, reviewer Julian Prokaza came away impressed by the little…

Read more Asus N10 "Netbook" Plays Call of Duty 4

by Rafael Hernandez on October 29, 2007 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the Nvidia GeForce 8800GT graphics chip. The GPU (and boards based on it) are conveniently targeted, price wise, at the mid-range but its performance is anything but ordinary. A fantastic option for those needing DX10…

Read more Nvidia GeForce 8800GT Reviewed