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by Rafael Hernandez on April 13, 2009 · 0 comments

The very concept of a gaming notebook is to cram as much computing power into as small a space as possible, slap a battery on it, affix high price tag, and you’re done. Gateway has something else up its sleeves.The…

Read more Gateway P-7808u, Mobile Gaming Goes Quad-Core

by Rafael Hernandez on April 10, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia has been pushing their CUDA technology to companies who’s applications could use a good dosage of GPU help in order to crunch data quicker. Developers have been slow on the uptake but recent releases have shown that many are…

Read more GPU Assisted Video Editing, Nvidia CUDA Fun

by Rafael Hernandez on April 5, 2009 · 0 comments

So you’ve got yourself your brand new $250 somewhat monster of a graphics card and playing your games at insane resolutions isn’t enough, you’d bettter get on to overclocking that puppy. Guru3D has taken the recently released Radeon HD 4890…

Read more Radeon HD 4890 Overclocking, Tweaking The Beast

by Rafael Hernandez on April 4, 2009 · 0 comments

The netbook market is flourishing with dozens upon dozens of new models showing up to capture your spending cash. The ASUS Eee PC 1000HE makes its case with a new pallette of colors and an updated design that puts most…

Read more ASUS Eee PC 1000HE, Continuing The Netbook Parade

by Rafael Hernandez on April 4, 2009 · 0 comments

ECS hasn’t had the greatest of reputations with the enthusiast crowd but the company has stepped up their game in recent years churning out some great products for your consideration and possible purchase.Case in point is their new A790GXM-AD3 motherboard…

Read more ECS A790GXM-AD3, Phenom II DDR3 Joy

by Rafael Hernandez on April 4, 2009 · 0 comments

NEC has a long and colorful history with computers, but this is taking things a bit to the extreme. The company’s Versa S1300 steps into the notebook scene with an all pink color scheme.It’s not designed as a powerful laptop…

Read more NEC Versa S1300, If Pink Is Your Thing

by Rafael Hernandez on April 2, 2009 · 0 comments

It’s official, AMD/ATI’s Radeon HD 4890 is, for the most part, a faster version of the company’s 4870 graphics card, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. Instead of simply taking choice 4870 GPUs and running them at higher clock…

Read more AMD Radeon HD 4890, Pushing Clock Speeds To New Heights

by Rafael Hernandez on April 2, 2009 · 0 comments

There was a time when you could count the number of GPU releases from companies on one hand, but nowadays you need a roadmap to make sense of it all. If you don’t feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of…

Read more Nvidia GeForce GTX 275, Another Mid-Range Gaming Option

by Rafael Hernandez on March 31, 2009 · 0 comments

The normal aesthetic design process for gaming notebooks seems to revolve around the plastering of some odd angles here and there and a healthy dosage of gaudy colors to make your eyes bleed while you game. Asus’ N81Vp isn’t a…

Read more ASUS N81Vp Gaming Notebook, Bland But Potent

by Rafael Hernandez on March 31, 2009 · 0 comments

AMD/ATI’s CrossFire technology allows you to pair up two identical graphics cards for, theoretically, a sizable performance boost. It all works pretty well for the gamers out there that strive for the highest frame rates at insane resolutions using today’s…

Read more AMD Radeon HD 4670 CrossFire Viability

by Rafael Hernandez on March 30, 2009 · 0 comments

The Mini-ITX form factor was created in order to place some computing power into a seriously small space. Up until recently any motherboard using the specification was seriously underpowered, an expensive boutique item, or a combination of the two. The…

Read more Zotac GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi, Computing On A Smaller Scale