Features
ATI Radeon HD 5570: Reasonable Gaming Performance For $80?
AMD rounds out its DirectX 11-capable lineup with an entry-level gaming card sporting all of the Radeon HD 5000-series' value-adds. Does the Radeon HD 5570 represent the perfect combination of low-price, gaming performance, and features? More
Q&A: Tom's Hardware And Kingston On SSD Technology
Now waist-deep in the SSD game, Kingston has a lot of know-how and industry insight on all things memory-related. We sat down with two of the company's insiders for a different perspective on some of today’s biggest SSD questions. More
In Pictures: The Most Promising Tech Of 2010
The economy is on a slippery slope and there's much unrest in the world. But not to worry—2010 promises to be awesome for tech! Here are some of the products and technologies that we're anticipating over the course of the next 12 months. More
News
- Microsoft Refused to Sell Xbox 360s to Military
- EA: Star Wars Old Republic MMO Beyond Q2'11
- EA Mandates Online, DLC for Every Game in 2011
- City of Heroes Gets Visual Upgrade
- China Throws Internet Porn Monger in Jail
- Chinese Company Copies Google; Makes 'Goojje'
- ATI Radeon HD 5570 is for Bang-for-Buck Gamers
- Our Top 12 Favorite Super Bowl TV Commercials
- Artist Uses Floppy Disks to Create Paintings
- EA Ditching Plans for PC Version of Dead Space 2
- VIDEO: An HD Tour of the Space Station
- Tom's Launches Two iPhone Apps
- Samsung Launching AMOLED Phone Next Week?
- Man Fined $1.5M for Leaked Mario Game Upload
- Diablo III Female Monk Now Official
- Germans Stalk, Moon Google Street View Car
- Convert Your CF Cards into an SSD
- $95,000 iPod Has Your Bling Bling
- Microsoft: Windows 7 Isn't Killing Batteries
- Nvidia Primes Optimus Mobile Graphics Tech
- Toyota Issues Recall Over Prius Braking Problems
- Mario Creator Mentions New Nintendo Hardware
- Verizon: 4Chan Partly Blocked Because of Attack
- Toyota: The Company Everyone Wants to Sue
Graphics
ATI Radeon HD 5450: Eyefinity And HTPCs For Everyone?
Spoiler alert: ATI's Radeon HD 5450 is the first DirectX 11 card we've seen with outright poor gaming performance. But with its low price tag, does this Radeon deliver solid value to the masses, or should you be setting your sights a little bit higher? More
Stories on Tom's Guide
Valentine's Day Gift Guide
Here are our choices for gear that will make your Valentine's day geek-chic and please your sweetheart: notebooks, cameras, headphones, and even a bed. More
CPU
AES-NI Performance Analyzed; Limited To 32nm Core i5 CPUs
Starting with its dual-core Clarkfield-based Core i5 processors, Intel is introducing AES New Instructions to its architecture. We've already seen great benefits from a number of synthetic benchmarks, but what are the real-life advantages of this tech? More
Motherboard articles
PCIe And CrossFire Scaling: Does Nvidia's NF200 Fix P55?
The P55 chipset proved woefully inadequate for adding a third graphics card to our most recent CrossFireX configuration. Does attaching Nvidia’s nForce 200 PCIe bridge to the processor’s on-die controller fix the problem? In short, yes. Yes it does. More
Build your own
System Builder Marathon, Dec. 2009: System Value Compared
Our mid-priced and high-end systems are ready to challenge the notion of value supremacy for low-cost parts. Will Intel’s latest architecture provide enough performance to break the $700 machine’s value winning monopoly? How do ATI's new GPUs factor in? More
Business Computing
Hi-Rely RAIDFrame: External Disk-To-Disk Backup Via eSATA
Are we ready for high-capacity RAID solutions for our backup needs? Today we're looking at an external device from Highly Reliable Systems that connects to your machine through a single eSATA interface and supports up to 15 drives in a 3U enclosure. More
Storage
Upgrading Your Notebook Hard Drive: Does It Make Sense?
Ever wonder what would happen if you replaced an old 7,200 RPM notebook drive with a brand new one? We run a current-generation drive against a two generation-old disk to measure the potential performance and battery life gains you might expect. More
Cases & cooler articles
Touch-Screen HTPC: Three Premium Cases Compared
With ATI's Radeon HD 5000-series GPUs and Intel's Clarkdale-based processors coming loaded with multi-media functionality, it's a great time to build an HTPC. We compare three enclosures from Moneual, Thermaltake, and Zalman, all priced very differently. More
All Cooling articles
Memory articles
High-Density DDR3: Five Dual-Module 8GB Kits Compared
A high-end capacity formerly reserved for servers and DDR2-based desktops (back when memory was dirt-cheap), 4GB modules are finally available for desktop DDR3 users. We test five 8GB dual-channel kits you might want to consider if 8GB makes sense. More
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Tom's Hardware Awards
Perfect Consumer Backup With Seagate And Rebit
Seagate’s Replica is a portable hard drive with automatic backup, versioning, and disaster recovery features to make backup a no-brainer. The product works so well that it deserves our rare Best of Tom’s Award. More
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Geneva 10' Preview: 2011 Volvo S60 Puts Out 300-HP
The 2011 Volvo S60 is set to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show next month. Volvo has already released photos of the new midsize sedan, but now we have even more and more details of what we can...
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Geneva 10' Preview: 2011 Audi A1 Officially Unveiled
Here's your first official look at the 2011 Audi A1, which draws inspiration from the 2007 Metroproject Quattro. The smallest car in the Audi lineup occupies a small space that is only 155.5 inches long, 68.5 inches wide and...