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by Rafael Hernandez on May 5, 2009 · 0 comments

ATI’s Radeon HD 4770 fits into that nice category where it’s faster than the low end and almost as fast as the more expensive mid-range. Given the small performance trade offs and a $99 MSRP they’re a bargain for the…

Read more ATI Radeon HD 4770 CrossFire, A Budget Gamer's Dream

by Rafael Hernandez on May 4, 2009 · 0 comments

You could always count on ASRock to combine the latest CPU support with some oddball features and somehow make it all work together, lately that doesn’t seem to be the case. Oh their products do work splendidly but you’re likely…

Read more ASRock M3A790GXH-128M, A Normal AM3 Supporting Motherboard

by Rafael Hernandez on May 4, 2009 · 0 comments

Getting the most out of PC hardware is the computer enthusiast’s pastime. Overclocking gear to make it operate far beyond its stock settings gets quite a bit of glee out of the consummate tweaker, doing the same to a value…

Read more Radeon HD 4770 Overclocking the Guru3D Way

by Rafael Hernandez on May 1, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel’s motherboards have a reputation for being somewhat…bland. Sure they offer stable performance and security features, so they’re tried and true, but most other manufacturers tend to pass over for the full throttle overclocking prowess so they get all of…

Read more The Intel DX58SO, A Performance Platform

by Rafael Hernandez on May 1, 2009 · 0 comments

While the biggest trend for computing hardware is an ever shrinking footprint something is certainly lost as we reclaim precious space, namely performance. The mini-ITX platform was an effort to save space and has been, so far, host to an…

Read more Intel DG45FC Versus Zotac GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi, Mini-ITX Comparison

by Rafael Hernandez on April 30, 2009 · 0 comments

NVIDIA has released driver version 185.81 for their GeForce lineup of video cards. As always they’ve come through with plenty of support for Windows operating systems running GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs.These drivers are…

Read more NVIDIA GeForce 185.81 Video Card Drivers

by Rafael Hernandez on April 30, 2009 · 0 comments

The normal, pedestrian, laptop is fine for tasks mere mortals require out of them. The web-surfing, media consuming ways isn’t what keeps you going though so you need that extra dose of horsepower in order to get through your…

Read more HP EliteBook 8730w, A Powerful Workstation On The Go

by Rafael Hernandez on April 29, 2009 · 0 comments

The old gaming notebook trend was to slap as many colors on to the product in order to attract attention to it, those models also tended to be desktop replacements instead of a portable gaming option. Here comes the new…

Read more The MSI GT627: A Kindler, Gentler Gaming Notebook

by Rafael Hernandez on April 28, 2009 · 0 comments

ATI’s graphics card Windows drivers for its Radeon HD 2400 series cards on up to their latest and greatest Radeon HD 4890 are up to version 9.4. They offer up the usual bug fixes and performance improvements you’ve come to…

Read more ATI Catalyst 9.4 Video Card Drivers

by Pedro Hernandez on April 28, 2009 · 0 comments

It can be said of most business notebooks–from any computer maker not just HP–that they generally lack style. HP wants to change that with the new HP ProBook S series of affordable notebooks. The sleek, buttoned-down look with a “Merlot”…

Read more HP ProBook S Series Notebooks: Business in Style

by Rafael Hernandez on April 28, 2009 · 0 comments

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