Computex 2006: Abit is back, Biostar expands, and Thermaltake dazzles
Our Computex coverage kicks off with a look at upcoming products from Abit, Biostar, and Thermaltake.
27 by Gary Key on 6/10/2006NVIDIA's Latest Drivers: The 90 Series Control Center
Today we are looking at NVIDIA's recently released beta ForceWare drivers. The user interface has been completely overhauled, but how does it compare with the current NVIDIA UI?
24 by Josh Venning on 6/9/2006NVIDIA nForce 500: Biostar and MSI Aim for the Gold
Our first look at Biostar's nForce 590-SLI and the MSI nForce 570-SLI for the new AMD AM2.
18 by Gary Key on 6/8/2006Intel Woodcrest, AMD's Opteron and Sun's UltraSparc T1: Server CPU Shoot-out
Intel's newest Woodcrest arrived a few weeks ago in our server lab. We compare Intel's newest Xeon 5160 with AMD's Opteron and Sun's UltraSparc T1. SSL, PHP, Apache and...
91 by Johan De Gelas on 6/7/2006Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Preview from Taiwan
We got our hands on a Core 2 Extreme X6800 and an Athlon 64 FX-62 while in Taiwan. You can probably guess what we did next.
134 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Gary Key on 6/6/2006Computex 2006: 300W GPUs, Conroe, HDMI Video Cards and Lots of Motherboards
Get ready for separate power supplies for your video cards, Conroe motherboards and much more. Computex is here.
63 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/5/2006NVIDIA Single Card, Multi-GPU: GeForce 7950 GX2
NVIDIA has taken the core technology behind its quad SLI initiative and rolled it out in the form of a single card with 2 GPUs on board. While others...
60 by Derek Wilson on 6/5/2006AMD Analyst Day Platform Announcements
At this week's AMD Analyst Day, many new cpu and platform features were unveiled for all the world to see. Here's our brief look at what was revealed.
40 by Derek Wilson on 6/2/2006CrossFire Xpress 3200: RD580 for AM2
ATI introduces the RD580 chipset for AM2 processors. RD580 was designed from the ground up for high speed overclocking and dual X16 CrossFire. How does it compare?
71 by Wesley Fink on 6/1/2006Dell DTR Laptop Shootout - M1710 vs. E1705
Dell has sent us a few of their top laptops, the XPS M1710 and Inspiron E1705. How do the two stack up, and what about getting one without...
34 by Jarred Walton on 5/30/2006Price Guide, May 2006: Video Cards
We know many of you have missed having our weekly price guides to help make your shopping decisions easier, so here we are today with a complete look at...
39 by Haider Farhan on 5/27/2006nForce 500: nForce4 on Steroids?
nForce 500 looks and sounds like a heavyweight, but is it revolutionary or simply an evolutionary nForce4 under the hood? That's what we aim to find out.
64 by Gary Key & Wesley Fink on 5/24/2006WinHEC 2006: Keynote Coverage
Our coverage of Microsoft's WinHEC 2006 conference starts with Bill Gates' keynote address, as Microsoft looks to "advance the platform".
8 by Derek Wilson on 5/24/2006AMD Socket-AM2: Same Performance, Faster Memory, Lower Power
A month after our Socket-AM2 preview, AMD has officially launched their Socket-AM2. We go in-depth to find that not much has changed.
83 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/23/2006NVIDIA DualTV MCE TV Tuner
The NVIDIA DualTV MCE looks to be a cut above the rest with the ability to record/watch two separate programs at once. We'll see how it compares with two...
68 by Josh Venning on 5/19/2006Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB: Size Does Matter
Our first look at Seagate's new Barracuda 7200.10 desktop series featuring perpendicular recording technology and industry leading capacities.
45 by Gary Key on 5/18/2006BFG PhysX and Performance Updates
AGEIA released a new driver last week to fix some of the framerate issues with GRAW. Today we'll take a look at our first retail boxed PhysX card and...
67 by Derek Wilson on 5/17/2006Evolution of Lian Li's SOHO Server Cases
Ever thought about what a premiere case for people looking to build a personal server would look like? Lian Li sure has.
25 by Joshua Buss on 5/16/2006E3 2006: PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii
We take a closer look at the PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii.
20 by Haider Farhan on 5/16/2006ASUS: The EN7600 GS Silent, and EN7800 GT TOP Silent
Today we take a look at two noiseless graphics cards from Asus based on the established 7800 GT as well as the more recent 7600 GS.
39 by Josh Venning on 5/12/2006