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by Rafael Hernandez on March 6, 2009 · 0 comments

AMD’s Phenom II has gotten the enthusiast crowd excited about the company’s platform again so SilentPCReview thought it’d be a good idea to take a look at the 790GX chipset that are conveniently affixed on a pair of motherboards from…

Read more Gigabyte/MSI 790GX Showdown

by Rafael Hernandez on March 6, 2009 · 0 comments

With the recent upheaval on the high end pushing every graphics card down a notch you’d expect those previously high-powered mid-range cards to be the perfect choice in all situations, the low-power/HTPC market would like to disagree. Sapphire’s Radeon HD…

Read more Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 Ultimate, Beefing Up The Low-End

by Rafael Hernandez on March 5, 2009 · 0 comments

There comes a time for most products to get the old heave from the regular driver update schedule, today AMD/ATI’s Radeon lineup gets a bit of pruning. The Radeon X1000 lineup and earlier aren’t going to be seeing much in…

Read more Some Radeons Moving Into Legacy Support Realm

by Rafael Hernandez on March 4, 2009 · 0 comments

While new product announcements bring plenty of welcome press and, in some cases, thoughts of even more powerful portable gaming bliss Nvidia’s latest moves may just have you scratching your head. Their new GTX 280M mobile GPU is, in actuality,…

Read more Nvidia GTX 280M, Not So New Actually

by Rafael Hernandez on March 3, 2009 · 0 comments

The enthusiast prides himself on his knowledge of all manner of gadgetry, especially when it comes to things that bring them performance benefits. In comes Nvidia’s GeForce GTS 250 which does its magic using a chip design that has been…

Read more Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 Launched, Things Get Even More Confusing

by Rafael Hernandez on March 3, 2009 · 0 comments

While the enthusiast may sometimes scoff at pre-built computers there’s something to be said about the time saving that they offer. In comes CyberPower’s Core i7-920 which packs in quite a few nice components at an appropriate cost. AnandTech has…

Read more CyberPower's Core i7-920, A Mid-Range Delight

by Rafael Hernandez on March 2, 2009 · 0 comments

As time goes on, and in the PC world it goes by rather quickly, what was once high-end is now fodder for those that are content with mid-range products. ASUS’ GeForce GTX 260 and their Radeon HD 4870 Dark Knight…

Read more ASUS GTX 260 / 4870 Dark Knight, Mid-Range Graphics Fun

by Rafael Hernandez on February 17, 2009 · 0 comments

In the unmerciful pursuit of all things speedy you’ve no doubt come across the multi-GPU approach as a quick and dirty way to get more gaming performance. NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 295 uses that very approach in a single card package…

Read more NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 Quad SLI, When Two GPUs Just Isn't Enough

by Rafael Hernandez on February 17, 2009 · 2 comments

The gaming notebook/desktop replacement market has been ambling over to the excessively flashy designs that’s liable to cause seizures. If that doesn’t turn you off to the idea of a really powerful gaming machine then have a look at Toshiba’s…

Read more Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q725 Gaming Notebook, Slight Gaudy But Really Powerful

by Rafael Hernandez on February 16, 2009 · 0 comments

ATI isn’t very comfortable sitting in second place to Nvidia in the “fastest graphics card” match up so they’re busy at work prepping their new Radeon HD 4890 or so the rumor mill would like for us all to believe….

Read more Rumor Mill: Radeon HD 4890 Launches In April

by Rafael Hernandez on February 16, 2009 · 0 comments

It used to be that when you were choosing a mid-range to low-end graphics card you were getting some bottom of the barrel performance, now that has changed. Modders-Inc. has a look at the Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 graphics card…

Read more Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 GDDR4, Low-End Graphics With Some Kick