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Gaming In 64-Bit: Tom's Tests, Microsoft Weighs InMar 18, 2009 - in Reviews
Whatever happened to the promise of immersive 64-bit gaming? Chris Angelini explores the technology's background, interviews Microsoft's Chuck Walbourn, and benchmarks several games in an effort to gauge the industry's progress.
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: March '09Mar 16, 2009 - in Reviews
In this month's recommendations, we consider Nvidia's GeForce GTS 250 refresh, falling prices for the Radeon HD 4870, and AMD's updates to the Radeon 4000 series--including the rumored Radeon HD 4770.
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Hacking The HP EX470/475 MediaSmart ServersMar 11, 2009 - in Reviews
HP's MediaSmart Servers are basically low-power PCs running Windows Home Server software from a corner of your house. Ed Tittel takes his apart and shows you how to upgrade (and benchmark) the machine's memory, cooling capacity, and CPU.
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AMD FirePro V8700: High-End Workstation GraphicsMar 3, 2009 - in Reviews
AMD's recently-released FirePro V8700 centers on the same RV770 GPU as the Radeon HD 4870. We test this new workstation card against its desktop equivalent and a handful of other pro cards in apps that engineers and artists really run.
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What Does A $16,000+ PC Look Like, Anyway?Mar 1, 2009 - in Picture Story
Two months ago, the folks at Puget Systems mentioned a high-end machine they were working on for a customer--and we just had to know more. If you think your desktop is powerful, compare it to this little gem and its custom cooling.
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The $750 Computing Challenge: Germany Versus USAFeb 25, 2009 - in Reviews
Perhaps you remember our $750 Computing Challenge system from last month. Germany sent over the configuration and benchmark results for its submission and we compare it against Team USA. The systems (and results) are definitely interesting.
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How To: Overclocking Your AMD ProcessorFeb 20, 2009 - in Reviews
Paul spent the last two weeks overclocking three generations of of AMD processors to help owners of Athlon, Phenom, and Phenom II CPUs maximize the performance of their chips. If you're planning on entering our overclocking contest, this guide's for you!
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How To: Build An HTPC (With Windows 7)Feb 17, 2009 - in Reviews
After years of trying (unsuccessfully) to build a HTPC that a family would actually use, Chris Angelini thinks that AMD and Microsoft may have finally gotten it right. He outlines his hardware, software, and asks for reader input in this How To.
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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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Editor's Corner: Getting Benchmarks RightFeb 10, 2009 - in Reviews
Benchmarks can be tricky to stick 100% of the time. But when the figures in our recent Socket AM3 launch came into question in the comments section, we put in an extra 48 hours of testing to make sure we were right. Check out Chris' play-by-play.
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Phenom II On Ice: AM3 Overclocked With LN2Feb 10, 2009 - in Picture Story
As the Tom's Hardware staff hammered away on our own Socket AM3 Phenom II processors, Ton Khowdee of Team IRONMODS was on a special assignment of his own, tuning the living daylights out of an X3 720 BE under LN2, hoping to hit 6 GHz.
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Socket AM3: AMD's Phenom II Gets DDR3Feb 8, 2009 - in Reviews
Last month, AMD took the wraps off of its Phenom II processor, promising to complement the chip with a new socket inside Q1 of 2009. Today sees the launch of AMD's first AM3 CPUs, which get DDR3 memory support and extend backward compatibility to AM2.
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How Much Power Does Your Graphics Card Need?Jan 21, 2009 - in Reviews
We dissect the power consumption of 106 different graphics cards in single- and dual-board configurations to help you pick the right PSU.
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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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Overclocking: Core i7 Vs. Phenom IIJan 11, 2009 - in Reviews
We've seen how far Core i7 can overclock. Supposedly, Phenom II is supposed to do...phenomenally, as well. So which one is the better buy when the clocks get cranked? We're gunning to find out.
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CES '09: The Real Stereoscopic StoryJan 9, 2009 - in News
After testing Nvidia’s GeForce 3D Vision for most of last week, I came away impressed with how the company picked up where the technology left off 10 years ago.
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The Biggest High-Tech Flops Of 2008Jan 8, 2009 - in Picture Story
2008 turned out to be a fairly eventful year. While some products stood out from the crowd and fulfilled the hopes they’d raised, there were also a lot of letdowns, too. From among the disappointments, the members of our editorial staff have picked 15.
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AMD Phenom II X4: 45nm BenchmarkedJan 7, 2009 - in Reviews
Can AMD finally recapture its former market lead with the Phenom II? We tested their new 45-nm CPU, which is compatible with AM2 motherboards. How do things look from performance, energy consumption and overclocking perspectives?
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: Jan. '09Jan 7, 2009 - in Reviews
Detailed graphics card specifications and reviews are great—that is, if you have the time to do the research. But at the end of the day, what a gamer needs is the best graphics card within a certain budget, and that’s what we’re going to show you.
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Radeon 4870: Does It Matter Who Made Yours?Dec 22, 2008 - in Reviews
Once you’ve found the GPU that best fits your needs, does it really matter which vendor sells you the card? We take a look at AMD's reference 4870, Sapphire's, and Palit's to get a better sense for what differentiates graphics cards.
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Phenom Recycled: Athlon X2 7000-SeriesDec 15, 2008 - in Reviews
Just a couple of weeks before the introduction of its 45 nm Phenom II, AMD introduces a new dual-core chip. The Athlon X2 7000-series is basically a 65 nm Phenom with two active cores, but with the full L2 and L3 cache memory.
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Graphics Boosted: 790GX's Side-Port ExploredDec 8, 2008 - in Reviews
AMD's 790GX and 780G support onboard memory to help improve the performance of integrated graphics. Is it worth paying a bit extra or is the feature a mere gimmick?
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AMD Updates Fourth-Quarter GuidanceDec 4, 2008 - in News
AMD’s success in the mid-range GPU market isn’t going to be enough to compensate for the pummeling it’s gotten in the CPU market. AMD is warning Wall Street that its fourth-quarter 2008 prospects are even dimmer than previously thought.
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Windows 7: Play Crysis Without a GPUDec 1, 2008 - in News
Microsoft says Windows 7 will run all your 3D games, including Crysis, whether you have a video card or not!
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New AMD GPU Tech Speeds Video ConversionsNov 13, 2008 - in News
AMD will release next month a new version of its ATI Catalyst driver suite that unlocks stream-processing technology that currently lies dormant in ATI Radeon HD 4000 series videocards.
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AMD May Detail Netbook CPUs SoonNov 12, 2008 - in News
While nothing is yet official, common logic points to AMD revealing more details on its netbook and UMPC processor solution at its annual Financial Analyst Day in Sunnyvale on Thursday
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AMD Employee Steals Intel SecretsNov 7, 2008 - in News
An AMD employee steals an estimated $1 Billion in secrets while still on Intel's payroll.
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AMD Lays Off 500 EmployeesNov 6, 2008 - in News
Today AMD reported that the company is laying off 500 people worldwide, however the company is not merely trying to regain its footing.
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Tom's SBM: The $1,500 Mainstream PCOct 29, 2008 - in Reviews
We're following up yesterday's $4,500 behemoth with a more affordable $1,500 mid-range build. Let's see what sort of performance (and overclocking headroom) you can get when you spend one third of the money.
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GPU Market Grows Depite RecessionOct 27, 2008 - in News
Graphics processors shipments increased in the third quarter of 2008 by the biggest margin in six years, defying expectations in light of a presumed global recession according to industry analyst Dr. Jon Peddie, of Jon Peddie Research.
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