There’s no doubt that solid state disk drives are the future of storage devices for our computers, promising improved speeds and increased durability. It’s also the perfect technology for companies to attempt tweaking the heck out of. Fusion-io is prepping…
Read more Fusion-io SSD, Ultimate WoW Drive (also fast at other things)
Nvidia has had a solid lineup of chipsets for Intel’s processors for a while now, making it almost the defacto standard at the high-end where gamers and their SLI rigs roam. The EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW attempts to…
Read more EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW, Might Help You Win (nah, you'll need skill)
There is an absolute glut in the mid-range graphics card segment with every manufacturer looking for different ways to improve on very similar product lines. HotHardware has a look at a pair of Nvidia 9800 GT based cards from…
Read more Gigabyte and Palit 9800 GT Comparison, More Midrange Options
The Sony/Toshiba/IBM Cell Broadband Engine had long been promised to extend beyond the console world (see Sony PlayStation 3) into much more important roles. The chip has seen use in supercomputers and a modified version has been see in select…
Read more SpursEngine Headed to the Desktop
It’s not all about the massive framerates and insane resolutions with your fancy pants anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing, sometimes you just need a simple graphics card for web browsing and watching your Blu-rays. ATi’s new Radeon HD 4550 has many…
New budget cards from ATI offer hope for gamers on a budget, as long as you don’t push them too hard (the cards, not the gamers). Both go on sale in October, with Direct X 10.1 support and with the…
Read more ATI's New Budget Cards: ATI Radeon HD 4550 and 4350
Adobe’s Creative Suite 4 is finally joining the GPU processing club. The update to the professional graphics editing suite now includes an OpenGL acceleration option. Here’s what it means for all you pixelsmiths, from APC: For instance, with the…
Read more Photoshop Finally Puts GPUs to Use
…albeit a little choppy. Mobile Computer took Asus’ little Atom-powered, 10.2-inch netbook for a spin and found that it does a decent job of playing Call of Duty 4. Ultimately, reviewer Julian Prokaza came away impressed by the little…
Read more Asus N10 "Netbook" Plays Call of Duty 4
HardOCP has a look at the Nvidia GeForce 8800GT graphics chip. The GPU (and boards based on it) are conveniently targeted, price wise, at the mid-range but its performance is anything but ordinary. A fantastic option for those needing DX10…
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HardOCP has a look at how today’s latest and greatest graphics cards handle Valve Software’s Half Life 2: Episode 2 video game. The title uses the same Source engine found in their last few titles but seriously pumps up the…
Read more Half Life 2: EP2 Performance Review
DriverHeaven has a look at the Zalman VF1000 LED and ZM-RHS88 graphics card coolers. The VF1000 LED supports a variety of graphics cards thanks to its multiple mounting holes while the ZM-RHS88 is specifically designed to cool the memory and…
Read more Zalman VF1000 LED and ZM-RHS88 Reviewed
