by Rafael Hernandez on April 28, 2009
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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…
Read more NVIDIA's PhysX Push Going On Now
by Rafael Hernandez on April 26, 2009
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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
by Rafael Hernandez on April 19, 2009
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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 13, 2009
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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 March 30, 2009
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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
by Rafael Hernandez on March 23, 2009
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The latest graphics cards offer insane amounts of performance potential but that all depends on the system you’re backing it up with, pairing it with even last generation’s fastest quad core might not be enough. TweakTown has a look at…
Read more Unleashing NVIDIA's GTX 295, A Test In CPU Scaling
by Rafael Hernandez on March 23, 2009
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eMachines is well known for their inexpensive desktop machines, infamously so, but their line of notebooks comes with decent spec sheets and some rather tempting price tags. InsideHW has a look at the eMachines G520 and G620 notebooks and what…
Read more eMachines G520/G620 Notebooks, The Inexpensive Choice
by Rafael Hernandez on March 21, 2009
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Pairing a rather low power, low-cost CPU with a low-end chipset is bound to get everyone really excited. Nvidia’s Ion platform takes Intel’s Atom processor and pairs it with their GeForce 9400M chipset giving it enough power to do some…
Read more Nvidia Ion, A Deeper Look