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)
ATI has been firing on all cylinders up and down their product lines this year offering compelling feature sets and great performance at every price point. PC Perspective has a look at the Radeon HD 4670 which puts in some…
Apple had a busy week and a little scare. Apple Rolls Out iTunes and Apple TV Updates Apple Avoids iTunes Shutdown, Users Rejoice Apple’s iPhone 2.1 Firmware a Miracle Worker? New Nintendo DS! But you can’t get one in the…
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)
Graphics chip makers have been doing a good job of increasing performance of their products but they haven’t been able to reign in the amount of heat their creations pump out. Dual slot coolers with high-speed noisy fans are the…
Read more Gigabyte GV-R485MC-1GH Graphics Card, Powerful and Silent
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
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
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…
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
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
…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
