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Tom's Hardware's 2012 Gift Guide, Part 1: For System BuildersNov 20, 2012 - in Picture Story
Welcome to our most-anticipated event of the year, the 2012 Holiday Gift Guide! Today, in Part 1, we have three of our most stunning models ever displaying an arousing array of components for your system config consideration. Deep breath...and enjoy.
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Call Of Duty: Black Ops II Graphics Performance, BenchmarkedNov 15, 2012 - in Reviews
The Call of Duty series is an old favorite of ours, so it's a foregone conclusion that we'd check out Black Ops II's performance on the PC. How well does your graphics card handle it? Does this title have what it takes to stand out in a crowded genre?
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Core i7-3970X Extreme Review: Can It Stomp An Eight-Core Xeon?Nov 9, 2012 - in Reviews
After one year of dominating the enthusiast space, Intel's Core i7-3960X is being replaced. The new Core i7-3970X features higher clock rates, but also imposes a 150 W TDP. Just for kicks, we're putting it up against another 150 W CPU: the Xeon E5-2687W.
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Radeon HD 7990 And GeForce GTX 690: Bring Out The Big GunsNov 7, 2012 - in Reviews
EVGA recently lent our German lab one of the GeForce GTX 690s we've had in the U.S. for months. The purpose? To pit against HIS' upcoming 7970 X2 and PowerColor's Devil13 HD7990, both dual-Tahiti boards vying to become the world's fastest graphics card.
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Medal Of Honor Warfighter Performance, BenchmarkedNov 1, 2012 - in Reviews
We take Medal of Honor Warfighter for a spin on 12 different graphics cards to figure out how much hardware you need to get this modern-day account of our Tier 1 operators' work running smoothly. Not surprisingly, the single-player campaign is GPU-heavy.
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Windows 8: Does AMD's Bulldozer Architecture Benefit?Oct 30, 2012 - in Reviews
Shortly after AMD's Bulldozer architecture launched, AMD had us anticipating a couple of hotfixes that were supposed to improve FX-8150's performance. But Windows 8 was the ultimate goal. Now that the operating system is out, does it help FX-8150?
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AMD FX-8350 Review: Does Piledriver Fix Bulldozer's Flaws?Oct 22, 2012 - in Reviews
Last year, AMD launched its Bulldozer architecture to disappointed enthusiasts who were hoping to see the company rise to its former glory. Today, we get an FX processor based on the Piledriver update. Does it give power users something to celebrate?
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On Location At AMD's 2012 ExtravaLANza EventOct 21, 2012 - in Picture Story
AMD opened up the doors of its Markham, Ontario office to host a gaming event, and we sent our crew from Toronto to see what the ExtravaLANza was all about. From tournaments, to building, to giveaways, our team captured the action.
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AMD FX-4170 Vs. Intel Core i3-3220: Which ~$125 CPU Should You Buy?Oct 14, 2012 - in Reviews
AMD has the clock rate on its side. But Intel's Ivy Bridge architecture boasts superior IPC throughput. We pit the 4.2 GHz FX-4170 against Intel's new 3.3 GHz Core i3-3220 in an effort to determine which CPU is the better buy for $125.
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Six $220-280 Z77 Express-Based Motherboards, ReviewedOct 9, 2012 - in Reviews
Expanded graphics card support, enhanced on-board features that include Thunderbolt on some models, and more-robust voltage control are all good reasons to consider paying a little extra for a higher-end motherboard. Today we examine five top choices.
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GeForce GTX 650 Ti Review: Nvidia's Last Graphics Card For 2012Oct 9, 2012 - in Reviews
Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 650 Ti is designed to fill the gap between its GeForce GTX 650 and 660. Is the GK106-based board fast enough to outmaneuver classics like the GeForce GTX 460 and Radeon HD 6850? Or, should you be looking to a 1 GB Radeon HD 7850?
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Three Down-Draft Heat Sinks: The Last Of A Dying Breed?Oct 7, 2012 - in Reviews
There’s an enormous amount of aftermarket coolers available to those wanting more performance or lower temperatures. The market’s currently dominated by tower coolers, and top coolers have fallen out of favor. Rightfully so? We find out.
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Four 2.5" Hard Drives From 500 GB To 1 TB, BenchmarkedOct 3, 2012 - in Reviews
Thanks to advances in manufacturing and 4 KB sectors, we finally have 2.5" hard drives with 500 GB per platter and a notebook-friendly 9.5 mm Z-height. Thanks to their high data density, even power-friendly 5400 RPM drives offer impressive transfer rates.
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Custom Cooling: Deepcool's Dracula And Arctic's Accelero XtremeOct 2, 2012 - in Reviews
Overclocking AMD's Radeon HD 7970 requires effective cooling, but the company's design is incompatible with most aftermarket heat sinks. Arctic and Deepcool claim to have solutions able to get the job done, without the reference cooler's loud fan.
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AMD's Trinity APU Efficiency: Undervolted And OverclockedOct 2, 2012 - in Reviews
We've been playing with AMD's Trinity APUs for four months, and they're just now being rolled out to the channel. This time, we take a look at the architecture's efficiency compared to a pair of Ivy Bridge-based Core i3s. Can A10 and A8 stand up to Intel?
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Gaming At 1920x1080: AMD's Trinity Takes On Intel HD GraphicsSep 26, 2012 - in Reviews
Think you're pretty snazzy because your integrated graphics core plays mainstream games at 1280x720? We're on to bigger and better things, like modern titles at 1920x1080. Can AMD's Trinity architecture push high-enough frame rates to make this possible?
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AMD Trinity On The Desktop: A10, A8, And A6 Get Benchmarked!Sep 26, 2012 - in Reviews
Desktop-bound Trinity APUs are shipping to OEMs, but they won't show up in the channel for months. Nevertheless, we got our hands on three upcoming models. How does Piledriver fare? What about VLIW4 graphics? Does memory play a big role? We answer within!
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AMD Desktop Trinity Update: Now With Core i3 And A8-3870KSep 26, 2012 - in Reviews
We update our first look at AMD's A6, A8, and A8 Trinity-based APUs with numbers from an A8-3870K, Core i3-2100, and Core i3-2105. The new results give us a much better idea of how the upcoming architecture will fare in productivity apps and games.
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Intel vPro In 2012, Small Business Advantage, And Anti-Theft Tech.Sep 20, 2012 - in Reviews
One year ago, we took a look at three generations of Intel's vPro, charting how its features evolved. Now, we have a new version to explore. Additionally, we're putting Anti-Theft technology to the test, along with the new Small Business Advantage suite.
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Echo Express Pro: Desktop Graphics In A Thunderbolt ChassisSep 16, 2012 - in Reviews
Have the rigors of life on the road forced you to ditch your desktop in favor of a laptop? What if you could add discrete graphics to your Ultrabook? We test the gaming performance of Sonnet's Echo Express Thunderbolt expansion chassis for PCIe cards.
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 And 660 Review: Kepler At $110 And $230Sep 13, 2012 - in Reviews
We have two new graphics cards in the lab today: Nvidia's GeForce GTX 650 and 660, filling the gap between its GeForce GT 640 and GTX 660 Ti with Kepler derivatives. Are these GK107- and GK106-based boards able to challenge the Radeon HD 7750 and 7850?
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Seven GeForce GTX 660 Ti Cards: Exploring Memory BandwidthSep 11, 2012 - in Reviews
Seven GeForce GTX 660 Tis landed in our lab. Today, we're benchmarking them, measuring their noise and temperatures, and conducting a more in-depth analysis of the impact a 192-bit memory interface has on performance. The results are enlightening!
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Better With Time? The A8-3870 And Pentium G630, One Year LaterSep 9, 2012 - in Reviews
AMD's desktop APUs, which combine x86 cores and graphics resources, emerged more than a year ago. We take a Llano-based A8-3870 and compare its performance from 2011 to what you get today using new drivers, application versions, and OpenCL acceleration.
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Plextor M5S 256 GB Review: Marvell Inside, With A TwistSep 4, 2012 - in Reviews
Plextor's optical drives were always known for their quality. Now, the company is trying to carry that reputation over to SSDs. Its M5S is actually a fourth-generation offering based on Marvell's controller technology. But Plextor adds its own spin, too.
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Sapphire Toxic HD 7970 GHz Edition Review: Gaming On 6 GB Of GDDR5Sep 3, 2012 - in Reviews
Sapphire gives its new flagship graphics card 6 GB of very fast memory, compared to the mere 3 GB on AMD's reference card. Does this give Sapphire's Toxic HD 7970 GHz Edition a real-world speed boost? We connect it to an epic six-screen array to find out.
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The Final Five: Gaming Cases Between $80 And $120, Rounded-UpAug 28, 2012 - in Reviews
Our 15-way shootout of cases priced between $80 and $120 ends as we compare the last five models to the previous ten, yielding an overall winner. Which chassis offers the best balance of quality, cooling, and noise reduction, and which is the best buy?
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The Final Five: Our Last Round Of Mainstream Gaming CasesAug 16, 2012 - in Picture Story
We've already covered 10 models in our massive 15-submission round-up of mainstream gaming cases, witnessing a surprising range of quality and features between $80 and $120. Can the final five submissions rival the previous 10?
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GeForce GTX 660 Ti Review: Nvidia's Trickle-Down KeplernomicsAug 16, 2012 - in Reviews
Nvidia's Kepler architecture is finally manifest in a $300 graphics card, which the company says beats AMD's Radeon HD 7870 and challenges its more expensive 7950. Can this GK104-based mainstream card carve out a spot between the GCN-based competition?
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Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2 Review: Ivy Bridge Goes ProfessionalAug 14, 2012 - in Reviews
Intel recently introduced its Xeon E3-1200 v2 CPUs, based on the Ivy Bridge architecture. Though they're very similar to the third-generation desktop Core chips, ECC memory support, four extra PCIe 3.0 lanes, and attractive pricing grab our attention.
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AMD Fusion: How It Started, Where It’s Going, And What It MeansAug 13, 2012 - in Reviews
You've already read about APUs, and maybe you're even using them now. But the road to creating APUs was paved with a number of struggles and unsung breakthroughs. This is the story of how hybrid chips came to be at AMD and where they’re going.
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