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by Rafael Hernandez on April 29, 2009 · 0 comments

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…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 28, 2009 · 0 comments

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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by Pedro Hernandez on April 28, 2009 · 0 comments

It can be said of most business notebooks–from any computer maker not just HP–that they generally lack style. HP wants to change that with the new HP ProBook S series of affordable notebooks. The sleek, buttoned-down look with a “Merlot”…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 28, 2009 · 0 comments

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…

Read more NVIDIA's PhysX Push Going On Now

by Rafael Hernandez on April 26, 2009 · 0 comments

If you’re into that whole value for dollar segment of the enthusiast market, which is a whole heck of a lot of us, grabbing the top end graphics card isn’t the way to go since you’d rather have a fairly…

Read more ATI Radeon HD 4770, A Cheaper Gaming Graphics Card

by Rafael Hernandez on April 26, 2009 · 0 comments

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…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 23, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel’s Atom CPU lacks the performance to carry out the needs of the multimedia crowd, that being high-definition video playback. How dare you expect such lofty goals out of a low-power platform?Thankfully ASUS has plans to make their EeeBox…

Read more ASUS EeeBox PC B208, HDMI Powered Atom Desktop Joy

by Rafael Hernandez on April 20, 2009 · 0 comments

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…

Read more HardOCP Reviews The Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB

by Rafael Hernandez on April 19, 2009 · 0 comments

There’s nothing quite like seeing a product’s unveiling to verify that yes you too will be able to get your hands on the product. Nvidia’s Ion platform has had something of a whirlwind press blast givien its use of an…

Read more Acer AspireRevo Unboxed, Nvidia's Ion Lives

by Rafael Hernandez on April 14, 2009 · 0 comments

Gaming systems are a funny thing. The speed of your components dictates where it sits on a rating scale, so while that top of the line CPU overclocked to an insane degree sure does handle tasks quickly that mid-range graphics…

Read more AnandTech Tests The IBUYPOWER Gamer Paladin F860-a

by Rafael Hernandez on April 13, 2009 · 0 comments

ASUS has been doing its thing, making all manner of PC hardware you just want to get your hands on and tweak to your heart’s content. The company’s notebook division has also been creating all manner of mobile devices both…

Read more HotHardware Tackles The ASUS W90Vp