by Rafael Hernandez on April 26, 2009
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If you’re into that whole value for dollar segment of the enthusiast market, which is a whole heck of a lot of us, grabbing the top end graphics card isn’t the way to go since you’d rather have a fairly…
Read more ATI Radeon HD 4770, A Cheaper Gaming Graphics Card
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 23, 2009
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Intel’s Atom CPU lacks the performance to carry out the needs of the multimedia crowd, that being high-definition video playback. How dare you expect such lofty goals out of a low-power platform?Thankfully ASUS has plans to make their EeeBox…
Read more ASUS EeeBox PC B208, HDMI Powered Atom Desktop Joy
by Rafael Hernandez on April 22, 2009
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There’s something to be said about a new CPU that can perform faster than its predecessor all within the same thermal envelope and, thankfully, is capable of “socketing” into place so you can keep your old hardware.AMD’s upcoming 6-core “Istanbul”…
Read more AMD Istanbul Peformance Video, 6-Cores Are In Fact Speedy
by Pedro Hernandez on April 20, 2009
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CNET has posted a review of iRiver’s slick-looking, aluminum-clad P7 personal media player (16 GB version). Its low price, expandability and competent handling of audio, video and images may make it worth a look for some, but others will find…
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by Rafael Hernandez on April 20, 2009
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ATI’s Radeon HD X2 series has had some measure of success given the feature rich GPUs they’re working with and much improved CrossFire support in their drivers. Most graphics card makers that offer X2s choose to go for the most…
Read more HardOCP Reviews The Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB
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 14, 2009
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Gaming systems are a funny thing. The speed of your components dictates where it sits on a rating scale, so while that top of the line CPU overclocked to an insane degree sure does handle tasks quickly that mid-range graphics…
Read more AnandTech Tests The IBUYPOWER Gamer Paladin F860-a
by Rafael Hernandez on April 13, 2009
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ASUS has been doing its thing, making all manner of PC hardware you just want to get your hands on and tweak to your heart’s content. The company’s notebook division has also been creating all manner of mobile devices both…
Read more HotHardware Tackles The ASUS W90Vp
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 April 10, 2009
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Nvidia has been pushing their CUDA technology to companies who’s applications could use a good dosage of GPU help in order to crunch data quicker. Developers have been slow on the uptake but recent releases have shown that many are…
Read more GPU Assisted Video Editing, Nvidia CUDA Fun