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by Rafael Hernandez on March 4, 2009 · 0 comments

While new product announcements bring plenty of welcome press and, in some cases, thoughts of even more powerful portable gaming bliss Nvidia’s latest moves may just have you scratching your head. Their new GTX 280M mobile GPU is, in actuality,…

Read more Nvidia GTX 280M, Not So New Actually

by Rafael Hernandez on March 3, 2009 · 0 comments

The enthusiast prides himself on his knowledge of all manner of gadgetry, especially when it comes to things that bring them performance benefits. In comes Nvidia’s GeForce GTS 250 which does its magic using a chip design that has been…

Read more Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 Launched, Things Get Even More Confusing

by Rafael Hernandez on March 3, 2009 · 0 comments

While the enthusiast may sometimes scoff at pre-built computers there’s something to be said about the time saving that they offer. In comes CyberPower’s Core i7-920 which packs in quite a few nice components at an appropriate cost. AnandTech has…

Read more CyberPower's Core i7-920, A Mid-Range Delight

by Rafael Hernandez on 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

by Rafael Hernandez on 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

by Rafael Hernandez on 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

by Rafael Hernandez on February 11, 2009 · 0 comments

While it might be prudent for Nvidia and ATI to leave support for their chipsets to whatever random OEM is using them it doesn’t reflect all that well on them as companies. Perhaps Nvidia has seen the downsides to such…

Read more Nvidia Notebook Drivers Suddenly A Lot Less Annoying To Find Now

by Rafael Hernandez on February 6, 2009 · 0 comments

Getting your gaming fix on the road can be a difficult endeavor, getting it on the cheap is even tougher. In comes the Asus G50Vt gaming notebook which brings together a healthy mix of speedy hardware that’ll give you good…

Read more Asus G50Vt Gaming Notebook, Potent And Cheap

by Rafael Hernandez on February 3, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel’s Atom processor is a great choice for all of those low-power computing situations, such as that whole new netbook market that just so happens to lean on the chip quite heavily. Unfortunately the supporting chipset Intel offers isn’t very…

Read more Nvidia Ion, Beefing Up The Atom

by Rafael Hernandez on February 3, 2009 · 0 comments

There are times where you grab yourself a reference based graphics card and tweak it to your heart’s desire, enduring hours of painful system crashes while trying to get it to go as fast as you secretly know it can…

Read more BFGTech GeForce GTX 285 OCX, Overclocked Gaming Goodness

by Rafael Hernandez on January 29, 2009 · 0 comments

ATI’s insane driver development schedule continues with their release of Catalyst 9.1 drivers for their rather large lineup of video cards. There’s plenty of bug fixes and, most importantly, full OpenGL 3.0 support in this release.Grab your very own copy…

Read more ATI Catalyst 9.1 Released, Bug Fixes A Plenty