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Intel and Microsoft Muscling Into Tablets This YearMay 27, 2010 - in News
Expect Wintel to be moving into the tablet business too.
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AMD 890GX Unveiled: Three Motherboards ComparedMar 1, 2010 - in Reviews
AMD’s new chipset promises big performance increases with its Radeon HD 4290 graphics core and built-in SATA 6Gb/s controller. Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI sent their latest motherboards to help us find out how well 890GX and SB850 deliver on those promises.
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Budget Computing: Nine H55 And H57 Motherboards ComparedFeb 24, 2010 - in Reviews
Providing an HDCP-compliant audio path for its latest integrated-video CPUs, Intel’s new H55 and H57 chipsets are certain to appeal to both home theater and office system builders. We inspect nine samples to find out what else these value boards can do.
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Extreme P55: Four LGA 1156 Motherboards Over $250Jan 19, 2010 - in Reviews
With better efficiency and more aggressive Intel Turbo Boost binning, LGA 1156-based processors could be the right choice for some high-end machines. We look at a few premium motherboards that make these builds possible. Do they best Intel's X58 platform?
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Quick Look: HP's MediaSmart EX495 Home ServerJan 1, 2010 - in Reviews
We're big fans of media servers, and HP's MediaSmart boxes have consistently impressed us. Of course, every time we look at a configured machine, the comments light up with DIY suggestions, so we went that route as well in today's look at the new EX495.
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Say Goodbye To Your BIOS: Hello, UEFI!Dec 29, 2009 - in Reviews
Alright, so it's not as simple as waving the BIOS away. While the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface is ready to replace the old and inflexible BIOS, most platform vendors aren't prepared, even though we’re about to run into a new storage barrier.
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P55 On Boost: Five LGA 1156 Boards Between $200 And $250Dec 14, 2009 - in Reviews
Intel’s P55 Express remains a mainstream chipset, so by breaking through the $200 barrier, we have high expectations of superb overclocking, unsurpassed stability, and uncompromising features. Can all of today’s boards meet those enthusiast demands?
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Enthusiast P55: Eight LGA 1156 Boards Between $150 And $200Nov 10, 2009 - in Reviews
Upper-range P55 motherboards cost around $100 less than similarly-equipped X58 products, but are these still good enough for enthusiasts? We take a closer look at eight different models, dissect their features, benchmark them, and come away with a winner.
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Core i7-870 Overclocking And Fixing Blown P55-Based BoardsNov 3, 2009 - in Reviews
Last month, we discovered that many budget P55-based motherboards simply weren't designed to stand up to the rigors of overclocking--bad news for intrepid value-based enthusiasts. Today we revisit the topic with revised boards and a Core i7-870.
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Seven AMD 785G-Based Motherboards Rounded UpOct 27, 2009 - in Reviews
When AMD launched its 785G chipset, we were impressed by the mainstream value enabled from such an affordable platform. In this roundup, we're covering seven different 785G-based board covering ATX, microATX, DDR2 memory, DDR3, and two different sockets.
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P55 On A Budget: Five Core i5/i7 Motherboards For $100-$150Oct 8, 2009 - in Reviews
Intel’s newest desktop processor series is all about value, and the P55 platform already powers some very affordable motherboards. We put five such boards to the test, hoping to see solid baseline performance and overclocking headroom at great prices.
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Southbridge Battle: 780a, ICH10 and SB750, ComparedAug 11, 2009 - in Reviews
Modern southbridges support multiple RAID levels via software, but do they deliver decent performance? We used six Intel SSDs and tortured the top three by AMD, Intel and Nvidia. As if that weren't cruel enough, we added LSI's 6 Gb/s SAS card to the mix.
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X58 On A Budget: Seven Sub-$200 Core i7 BoardsJul 29, 2009 - in Reviews
With our $300+ and $200-300 Core i7 motherboard comparisons distant memories, it’s time for a sub-$200 roundup. Recent price fluctuations have pushed two contenders over the mark after we tested them, but readers get to see those as well.
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Gaming Graphics Charts For 2009: Updated!May 19, 2009 - in Reviews
The 2009 Graphics Card Charts are here! New this year is an updated platform, reference and retail products (with overclocked/special edition boards), and an entirely new suite of benchmarks. Come compare the performance of your favorite cards!
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GeForce 9600 GT/GTS 250/GTX 260 Non-Reference RoundupMay 7, 2009 - in Reviews
We take a look at a handful of non-reference cards with GeForce heritage: the 9600 GT, the GTS 250, and the GTX 260 from Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, and Zotac. Read on to find out which cards performed, overclocked, and impressed us the most.
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Roundup: Four 790FX Socket AM3 MotherboardsApr 22, 2009 - in Reviews
While most manufacturers tout the value of AMD’s latest 790GX integrated chipset, enthusiasts need the added PCI Express connectivity of 790FX for multi-card graphics configurations. We test four 790FX-based AM3 motherboards for your Phenom II processor.
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X58 Roundup: Seven $200-300 Core i7 BoardsMar 19, 2009 - in Reviews
With our $300+ X58-based Motherboard Roundup weeks behind, we now examine Core i7’s middle class. How much functionality must buyers sacrifice to save as much as $100? Seven motherboards made the cut in this latest roundup.
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Intel X58 Roundup: Six $300+ Platforms ComparedFeb 23, 2009 - in Reviews
High-end enthusiasts are certain to be among the first adopters of Intel’s latest Core i7 architecture, so our extensive comparisons begin with motherboards specifically targeted towards these systems. What does $300 get you?
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System Builder Marathon: Performance & ValueFeb 12, 2009 - in Reviews
Using your feedback from months past, we’ve built, overclocked, and tested three systems with vastly different budgets. Now it's time to compare our efforts using cost, performance, and power as our benchmarks.
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System Builder Marathon: The $5,000 Extreme PCFeb 11, 2009 - in Reviews
We increased our high-end budget this month to see how much performance $5,000 could deliver. This move is certain to destroy comparative value, but will the system also shatter benchmark records?
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Roundup: Six Core 2 Motherboards Under $100Dec 23, 2008 - in Reviews
As Intel’s Core i7 architecture starts moving down from the high-end, value seekers can build high-performance LGA775 systems cheaply. Low-cost motherboards compete for the value crown with added features, performance, and overclocking capabilities.
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Radeon HD 4870 X2: Four Cards ComparedNov 19, 2008 - in Reviews
Not only do we have four super-fast Radeon HD 4870 X2s to test, but also a list of 31 other graphics configurations including CrossFire and SLI setups. If you're in the market for AMD's fastest card available, you'll want to see this.
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Power-Saving Motherboards: Fact Or Fiction?Nov 14, 2008 - in Reviews
All motherboards support overclocking—now it’s time for power-saving. Here we evaluate products from ASRock, Asus, Foxconn, Gigabyte and MSI, weighing both performance and power consumption, to determine which P45 motherboard is most efficient.
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Roundup: The Best Overclocking SoftwareNov 6, 2008 - in Reviews
Interested in overclocking but not quite sure where to start? We round up some of our favorite software utilities for tweaking processors, memory, graphics, and chipsets.
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System Builder Marathon: The $4,500 Super PCOct 28, 2008 - in Reviews
This month's System Builder Marathon spreads the system prices out even further to $4,500, $1,500, and $500. Is today’s $4,500 system really worth three times as much as an upper-mainstream performance machine?
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Sneak Peek: Four Core i7 X58 MotherboardsOct 26, 2008 - in Picture Story
Core i7 is coming, Core i7 is coming! We got our hands on four of the first X58-based motherboards you're going to see come launch time from ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI and took plenty of pictures for this sneak peek.
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Move Over G45: Nvidia's GeForce 9300 ArrivesOct 15, 2008 - in Reviews
Until now, AMD’s struggling processor lineup has been propped up by untouchable integrated platforms. Nvidia’s GeForce 9300 mGPU challenges that dominance with refined Intel-based core logic. Now updated with Phenom X4 9600 benchmarks.
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Three High-End Gaming Systems ComparedOct 9, 2008 - in Reviews
Gaming enthusiasts always look for an edge, but that edge usually comes at a cost--time or money. We compare three systems from HP, Falcon NW, and Vigor aimed at gamers with more money than time.
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Four GeForce 9600 GT Cards ComparedSep 26, 2008 - in Reviews
Manufacturers really love the first Geforce 9. The graphic chip is fast, the cards are inexpensive, and some retailers offer more than ten variations.
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11-Way P45 Motherboard ShootoutAug 25, 2008 - in Reviews
Two formerly high-end features—PCI Express 2.0 transfers and native Crossfire support—separate Intel’s new mainstream P45 Express chipset from its earlier P35 Express. Eleven motherboards challenge the market with features, performance and value.