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Intel Thunderbolt Coming to Windows PCs in AprilDec 27, 2011 - in News
Thunderbolt could become much more available in April as Intel is apparently working with first-tier vendors to integrate the interface in their systems.
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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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Nvidia Shows Off Ion 2 GPU Superiority in IE9Apr 1, 2010 - in News
Nvidia has released the following demo of Internet Explorer 9 running on both the Ion 2-based Eee PC 1201PN and a regular Atom netbook with Intel graphics.
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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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Intel’s Mobile Core i5 And Core i3: Arrandale Is For The Rest Of UsJan 3, 2010 - in Reviews
We've already given you a first-look at Intel's Calpella platform in the Mobile Core i7-920XM. Now the company is filling out its next-gen mobile lineup with its Arrandale-based CPUs sporting 32nm dual-core processors and 45nm graphics controllers.
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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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Part 2: Building A Balanced Gaming PCNov 30, 2009 - in Reviews
What does it mean to build a truly-balanced PC? How great would it be to piece together a machine bottlenecked by neither CPU or GPU? We set forth to measure the perfect balance in seven different games and four resolutions in this second of many parts.
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Tom's Hardware's 2009 Gift Guide: Part 1, For System BuildersNov 25, 2009 - in Reviews
Welcome to Part One of Tom's Hardware's Holiday Gift Guide. This first episode is geared toward those system builders planning to pool some Christmas cash to construct a powerful (yet value-oriented) system. This year, Sarah is back to show off our picks.
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Blu-ray Done Right: How Does Your Integrated GPU Stack Up?Sep 21, 2009 - in Reviews
Today we're looking at Asus motherboards armed with integrated graphics processors from AMD, Intel, and Nvidia to see which core logic vendor can offer the best Blu-ray playback quality, features, and value for a high-definition HTPC.
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In Theory: How Does Lynnfield's On-Die PCI Express Affect Gaming?Sep 7, 2009 - in Reviews
What effect does integrated PCI Express have on gaming? Is Intel's LGA 1156 interface any better or worse than LGA 1366, with its QPI interface to the PCIe-rich X58 chipset? We run a battery of real world game tests to answer this theoretical question.
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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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Asus' P7P55D EVO Motherboard: Core i5 Finds A HomeJul 8, 2009 - in Picture Story
The Core i5/P55 hardware has slowly started arriving. Today's preview covers Asus' P55-based P7P55D Evo, the company's first platform that'll support Core i5 in a couple of months. We can't talk performance yet, but we can give you a peek at the hardware.
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AMD Unleashed: Four CPUs, Two GPUs, All OverclockedJun 1, 2009 - in Reviews
Our recent SBM series featured three Intel/Nvidia-based builds, independently chosen by each of our authors. Understandably, AMD fans felt a little left out. Paul is here with a literal compendium of benchmark results for those of you with AMD hardware.
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Overclocking Core i7: Power Versus PerformanceApr 13, 2009 - in Reviews
A couple of weeks ago, we showed you how to best overclock your Phenom II to maximize performance and power consumption. This week, we run an Intel Core i7 920 at various clock speeds ranging up to 4 GHz with the same goal.
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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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PCI Express & CrossFire: Scaling ExploredDec 7, 2008 - in Reviews
Does your aging CrossFire-compatible motherboard have enough PCI Express bandwidth to make a second card worthwhile? We compare every Core 2-based platform in order to find out.
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Core i7: 4-Way CrossFire, 3-way SLI, Paradise?Nov 3, 2008 - in Reviews
For the first time ever, gamers are being treated to a reasonably priced platform enabling the best that AMD and Nvidia have to offer. Is Core i7 a gamer’s nirvana or does the processor serve up more of the same?
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System Builder Marathon: Performance & ValueOct 30, 2008 - in Reviews
Three dramatically different builds face off in a show of performance, defining the real value of each. Our mainstream system is designed to meet the needs of most users. Who should spend more and who can live with less?
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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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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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Advanced Overclocking Championship 2008Aug 26, 2008 - in Reviews
What happens when you put the top overclocking enthusiasts from 20 countries in the same room with the fastest hardware available? The LN2 flows freely and someone walks home with a $5,000 check.