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In Pictures: 16 Of The PC Industry's Most Epic FailuresFeb 2, 2012 - in Picture Story
We've endured a great many annoyances in the 16 years since Tom's Hardware first appeared online. What follows is a list of 16 of them. Although it's by no means all-inclusive, it represents one seasoned reviewer's worst experiences in technology.
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OnLive Patents Cloud-Based PC GamingDec 15, 2010 - in News
This could could be a sign of bad times to come for hardware manufacturers and retailers.
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Alienware M17x Spotted With Sandy BridgeDec 14, 2010 - in News
Alienware laptops sporting Intel's Sandy Bridge processors were caught on film teasing 3DMark06.
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Ballmer: PC Is Our Primary FocusOct 29, 2010 - in News
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that the PC is the #1 smart device on the planet today.
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Acer Adds New Predator Gaming Series, MoreSep 28, 2010 - in News
Acer announced several PCs on Tuesday including a new "mainstream" gaming rig.
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Acer Launches Notebooks with Nvidia Optimus, 3DSep 27, 2010 - in News
Three new laptops are available now, while a fourth 3D model is expected in late October.
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AMD Tells Girls How to Attract a Geeky BoyfriendSep 23, 2010 - in News
AMD is taking time out to dish out advice to women eager to land themselves a geek to love.
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HP's Z400 Workstation Runs The Tom's Hardware GauntletSep 23, 2010 - in Reviews
We've recently put a lot of effort into designing a custom benchmark suite for testing workstation-class hardware. It's a work in progress, first used to test Intel's Xeon 5600-series CPUs. Today we have some results gleaned from HP's Z400 workstation.
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Part 4: Building A Balanced Gaming PCAug 11, 2010 - 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 fourth of many parts.
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Nvidia PhysX Software is Ancient, Slow for CPUsJul 12, 2010 - in News
PhysX for CPUs is built on x87. Not the best choice on modern day CPUs, it seems.
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MSI Ships 17'' GX740 with Radeon 5870, Core i7Jun 14, 2010 - in News
MSI is now shipping the 17-inch GX740 packing Intel's Core i7 CPU and Radeon HD 5870 graphics.
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Intel Kills Off Larrabee Discrete Graphics, For RealMay 26, 2010 - in News
Intel gives an update on the graphics work going on at the chipmaker.
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Part 3: Building A Balanced Gaming PCMay 11, 2010 - 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 third of many parts.
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MSI's GE600 Gaming Notebook Hits the U.S.Apr 30, 2010 - in News
MSI today announced that the company's new GE600 gaming notebook is now available to customers in North America.
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Lenovo ThinkPad L Series Geared for ProfessionalsApr 20, 2010 - in News
Lenovo launches its new L Series next month.
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Report: Apple Looking to AMD for Future ChipsApr 16, 2010 - in News
Could Apple be switching to AMD for the next-generation of Macs?
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Two ''Pro Series'' Workstations from Shuttle SoonApr 7, 2010 - in News
Two workstation solutions for professionals featuring dual-core and quad-core options are on the way.
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FIFA 10 PC Case Mod Merges Grilling, GamingApr 1, 2010 - in News
A case mod that may force you to cook some meat in the back yard.
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Gaming Notebook Has Touch, Full HD, Core i7Mar 30, 2010 - in News
The latest touch-enabled gaming laptop doesn't look too shabby.
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Part 2: 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?Feb 15, 2010 - in Reviews
In Part 1, we introduced you to some of the issues today's high-end graphics cards have with 2D functionality and the benchmark we wrote to test our observations. Today, we have even more performance data and additional depth on how 2D works in Windows.
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CPU Charts, An ATI Update, And Zotac's Mini-ITX BoardNov 30, 2009 - in Reviews
Chris checks in with an update on our 2009 CPU Charts, pricing on ATI's Radeon HD 5800/5900s graphics cards, news of official bitstreaming support, an interesting tidbit on power consumption in Eyefinity mode, and Zotac's second-gen mini-ITX board.
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Part 1: Building A Balanced Gaming PCNov 9, 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 first of several parts.
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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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Core i5, Core i7, CrossFire, And SLI: Gaming Paradise, Redux?Sep 7, 2009 - in Reviews
With the launch of Core i7, we ran an insane load of gaming benchmarks to explore CrossFire and SLI performance on X58. Today's P55 launch sees another Intel platform with great graphics options, and we're back with new CPUs, GPUs, SSDs, and games.
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Phenom II 955 Versus Core i7 920: Gaming Value ComparedJul 13, 2009 - in Reviews
The debate over whether to go entry-level Core i7 or flagship Phenom II rages on. After his most recent Phenom II system review, Don Woligroski revisits the performance of these two platforms with more tests and gives us an updated take.
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Eurocom’s Core i7 Notebook: Walking The PantherJul 7, 2009 - in Reviews
Performance notebooks with desktop processors are nothing new, but Core i7’s thermal challenges are new. With thermal management potentially slamming the brakes, can Eurocom’s D900F Panther outpace current notebook technology under full benchmark loads?
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Dead Space: Performance AnalyzedJun 8, 2009 - in Reviews
Dead Space is an excellent sci-fi survival horror title, and one of the few games that Nvidia supports with its new driver's ambient occlusion feature. We put the game through our usual image-quality and performance tests to see what we could learn.
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GeForce GTX 295 In Quad-SLIJan 15, 2009 - in Reviews
Previews stole the thunder from Nvidia’s GTX 295 launch, but a new driver promises to expand its performance lead. We matched it against the best-performing CrossFireX and 3-way SLI configurations.
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Gateway Debuts New PCs Designed for Gaming and Digital MediaOct 17, 2008 - in News
Gateway announced two new desktop PCs today, the gaming-oriented FX6710 and the LX6200, which the company says was designed with “digital media enthusiasts” in mind.