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by Rafael Hernandez on September 18, 2009 · 0 comments

Sometimes you just can’t get enough computers for the tasks at hand so you go and shell out another chunk of change for your next purpose-built computer, at least one computer manufacturer finds that unacceptable. DFI’s upcoming Hybrid P45-ION…

Read more DFI Hybrid Motherboard, we put a computer in your computer…

by Rafael Hernandez on September 12, 2009 · 0 comments

If there’s one thing that’s true of most enthusiast motherboards it’s the fact that they all sport some form of high contrast color combination in order to draw your eye to their product and given how much surface area there…

Read more EVGA P55 LE, motherboards going all stealthy now

by Rafael Hernandez on September 7, 2009 · 0 comments

We all enjoy cheap PC components as much as the next guy but there’s a reason they’re cheap, they stick to components and designs that are stable at or around their shipped speeds. That won’t cut it for the speed…

Read more ASUS GeForce GTX 285 Matrix, eeking out the best performance

by Rafael Hernandez on August 26, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia is in a bit of a bind. The GPU maker is all but being shut out of the CPU chipset business by Intel with their next series of CPUs and compelling chipset offerings from AMD are making it difficult…

Read more Nvidia Banks on Smartbooks

by Rafael Hernandez on August 25, 2009 · 0 comments

Most graphics cards nowadays tend to deviate from the reference designs the chip manufacturers create, so while a company might call for a basline of a 600MHz core with 1000MHz memory clock rates the reality is that card manufactures are…

Read more MSI N275GTX Lightning, Pushing the Clock Rates

by Rafael Hernandez on August 22, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia has released their latest ForceWare driver sets for Microsoft Windows operating systems. The new drivers sport several improvements and bug fixes that should be especially interesting to OpenGL and Windows 7 users. Here’s a peek at some of the…

Read more Nvidia GeForce / ION ForceWare 190.62 Windows Drivers

by Rafael Hernandez on August 17, 2009 · 0 comments

It’s not like it’s a well kept secret or anything but, well, Nvidia would like for you to know that the Microsoft Zune HD will be powered by their Tegra system on a chip processor. Their low-power design sports all…

Read more Nvidia's Tegra Powers the Microsoft Zune HD…Officially we Mean

by Rafael Hernandez on August 10, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 295 setup was the fastest "single card" graphics product on the market for some time. The issue was that the design is in fact two graphics cards attached together into a nightmare cooling scenario. This changes things.Gainward’s…

Read more Gainward Single PCB GTX 295, Incredibly Fast and now Much Longer

by Rafael Hernandez on July 30, 2009 · 0 comments

The trouble with many video card reviews is they’re generally tested once they’re launched and rarely, if ever, reevaluated with newer drivers or, for that matter, games outside of the insanely demanding first person shooter, RTS, or flight sim environment.Legit…

Read more Nvidia's GeForce GTX 275 vs ATI Radeon HD 4890, Mid-Range Gaming at its Finest

by Rafael Hernandez on July 19, 2009 · 0 comments

It’s tough to match the flexibility that Nvidia’s ION platform offers. It takes the lowly Intel Atom processor, pairs it with a power friendly system chipset which sports a moderately competent graphics core built-in, the perfect combination for media playback.Zotac’s…

Read more Zotac's ION A-Series ITX Board, WiFi'ed Atom Goodness

by Rafael Hernandez on July 18, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia has released a Beta set of drivers for their GeForce graphics card lineup and ION system platform bringing them up to version 190.38.The drivers present the users with bug fixes and a new power management setup users can customize…

Read more Nvidia GeForce / ION Windows Driver Version 190.38