ATI’s Radeon HD 4770 fits into that nice category where it’s faster than the low end and almost as fast as the more expensive mid-range. Given the small performance trade offs and a $99 MSRP they’re a bargain for the…
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Getting the most out of PC hardware is the computer enthusiast’s pastime. Overclocking gear to make it operate far beyond its stock settings gets quite a bit of glee out of the consummate tweaker, doing the same to a value…
Intel’s motherboards have a reputation for being somewhat…bland. Sure they offer stable performance and security features, so they’re tried and true, but most other manufacturers tend to pass over for the full throttle overclocking prowess so they get all of…
Read more The Intel DX58SO, A Performance Platform
While the biggest trend for computing hardware is an ever shrinking footprint something is certainly lost as we reclaim precious space, namely performance. The mini-ITX platform was an effort to save space and has been, so far, host to an…
Read more Intel DG45FC Versus Zotac GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi, Mini-ITX Comparison
NVIDIA has released driver version 185.81 for their GeForce lineup of video cards. As always they’ve come through with plenty of support for Windows operating systems running GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs.These drivers are…
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The normal, pedestrian, laptop is fine for tasks mere mortals require out of them. The web-surfing, media consuming ways isn’t what keeps you going though so you need that extra dose of horsepower in order to get through your…
Read more HP EliteBook 8730w, A Powerful Workstation On The Go
The old gaming notebook trend was to slap as many colors on to the product in order to attract attention to it, those models also tended to be desktop replacements instead of a portable gaming option. Here comes the new…
ATI’s graphics card Windows drivers for its Radeon HD 2400 series cards on up to their latest and greatest Radeon HD 4890 are up to version 9.4. They offer up the usual bug fixes and performance improvements you’ve come to…
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There’s a distinct lack of enthusiasm when it comes to physics technology in games. It doesn’t grab an enthusiast’s attention like impressive graphics or immersive audio does but without it you’d be in for some horribly unrealistic carnage, destruction, and…
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Ok, first things first, yes the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 is simply a rebranded 9800GTX+, so you’re buying into a chip that technically a generation behind the true current gen, that doesn’t mean it can’t perform well.Motherboards.org has a review…
Read more MSI GeForce GTS 250 1GB, Rebranded Fun
ATI’s Radeon HD X2 series has had some measure of success given the feature rich GPUs they’re working with and much improved CrossFire support in their drivers. Most graphics card makers that offer X2s choose to go for the most…
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