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Exclusive: New AMD Radeon 3400 HD SeriesJan 3, 2008 - in Reviews
Our team in Taiwan has managed to obtain some additional information concerning the soon to be announced AMD Radeon 3400 HD product line. Read about it here.
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The Best Gaming Graphics Cards for the Money: January 2008Jan 3, 2008 - 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.
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Intel Power Consumption Then and NowDec 28, 2007 - in Reviews
We compare the Pentium 4, Pentium D, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme/Quad and track their power consumption at a given application workload. Core 2 is more efficient, but why this is so might surprise you.
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Most AM2 Motherboards Not Phenom ReadyDec 26, 2007 - in Reviews
AMD promised that Phenom could be operated in most socket AM2 motherboards. We tried running the new quad core on ten different products - and failed with most of them.
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Tom's New Reference SystemDec 21, 2007 - in Reviews
In 2008, Tom's Hardware will be using a Reference Test System to standardize its test platform across multiple international test labs. Here's your chance to learn all about it before it goes live.
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Apple Censorship: This Time It's DisplaysDec 19, 2007 - in Reviews
In what appears be the first move toward censoring discussion of the issue, Apple Support has locked the discussion thread.
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AMD Phenom vs. Athlon Core ShootoutDec 19, 2007 - in Reviews
Though AMD has been unlucky with its Phenom, the new processor represents a major improvement over the Athlon 64 X2. But, just how much better is the Phenom?
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Samsung, Ridata SSD Offerings TestedDec 17, 2007 - in Reviews
Ridata's Solid State Drive offers great robustness while Samsung's doubles capacity to 64 GB. But which one should you buy?
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Can Water push Yorkfield to 5 GHz?Dec 13, 2007 - in Reviews
We've already seen how Intel's latest quad core CPU can easily push 4.0 GHz on air cooling, but how far will liquid cooling take it?
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Nvidia's GeForce 8800 GTS 512 MBDec 12, 2007 - in Reviews
How does this new offering from Nvidia stack up against the more expensive 8800 GTX.
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Momentus 5400 FDE.2: Data Encryption On-a-DriveDec 11, 2007 - in Reviews
Seagate now offers a 2.5" SATA drive with hardware encryption. Although it isn't yet ready for Windows Vista, the encryption doesn't affect performance, and we found it a solution worth considering for businesses.
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AMD: Survival and the FutureDec 7, 2007 - in Reviews
In Germany AMD received a subsidy of over $384 million to help it survive its current economic situation. What does the future look like for the company.
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The World's Best Hardware PricesDec 6, 2007 - in Reviews
Do you know which country has the best prices for PC gear? We looked at pricing in the United States, Canada, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Australia to find out just how much prices vary from one market to another.
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Holiday Buyer's Guide 2007 Part 4Dec 4, 2007 - in Reviews
Feast your eyes on Part 4 of 6 parts in this latest Tom's Holiday Buyer's Guide, where our focus turns to interesting peripherals from Bluetooth headsets, to hard disks, graphics cards and more.
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AMCC, Areca & LSI Serial RAID ControllersNov 30, 2007 - in Reviews
We test AMCC/3Ware, Areca and LSI Logic enterprise-grade RAID controllers for entry-level applications.
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Logitech's Wireless ErgonomicsNov 29, 2007 - in Reviews
We look at Logitech's latest mouse and keyboard to see if their ergonomics and build quality are up to snuff for the price.
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Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770: UPDATENov 27, 2007 - in Reviews
Apparently, our article caused quite a stir at a certain processor company's headquarters, so we thought it was time to give you an update on what has happened since this article went online.
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RAID Scaling Charts, Part 3: 4-128 kB Stripes ComparedNov 27, 2007 - in Reviews
In the first two parts of this series, we looked at setups running RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and 6, with three to eight hard drives. In this final article, we analyze performance comparisons at different stripe sizes on RAID levels 0, 5 and 6.
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Apple iMac Display Problems ReportedNov 27, 2007 - in Reviews
Owners of 20 and 24 inch iMacs have reported problems with their iMac displays. Apple has not acknowledged any problems.
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X38 Comparison Part 2: DDR3 MotherboardsNov 26, 2007 - in Reviews
In our earlier DDR2 motherboard comparison, we found that features, not raw performance, mark the big improvements of Intel's X38 Express chipset compared to the previous P35. Can DDR3 further its improvements?
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Holiday Buyer's Guide 2007, Part 3 - GamesNov 23, 2007 - in Reviews
Dive right into Part 3 of 6 for the latest Tom's Holiday Buyer's Guide. This time our focus is on games and gaming gear, including gaming stations and accessories.
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Overclock Your Graphics Card in 5 MinutesNov 23, 2007 - in Reviews
While graphics drivers and third-party utilities allow you to overclock your graphics card's GPU and memory, pixel shader clock speeds can only be increased through the card's BIOS.
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Samsung Spinpoint F1 HDDs: New Winners?Nov 21, 2007 - in Reviews
It arrived later than expected, but it is also better than expected. Check out Samsung's new hard drive family, the Spinpoint F1, which is poised to take the pole position. Is it fast enough to win?
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Mtron SSD 32 GB: Performance with a CatchNov 21, 2007 - in Reviews
We predicted performance gains for Flash solid state drives. Mtron's 32 GB SSD proves that Flash drives can now beat the pants off mechanical hard drives, even though some rough edges still require smoothing.
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Phenom 9700, AMD's 1st Quad-Core CPUNov 18, 2007 - in Reviews
After a 1 year+ delay, AMD has released its first quad-core CPU, the Phenom, along with a new platform, Spyder. We ran all 3 Phenom models through our extensive benchmark suite. Check it out.
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Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770: Paper Tiger?Nov 18, 2007 - in Reviews
Intel introduced it's 45 nm Penryn technology 3 weeks ago. Today, on the same day AMD launched it's Phenom 9700 quad-core processor series, Intel announced the QX9770 (due Q1 2008). What's up?
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AMD Radeon HD 3800: ATI Strikes BackNov 15, 2007 - in Reviews
We review the Radeon HD 3850 and 3870 and other mainstream cards using 9 games and 6 resolutions, with a big section on Direct3D 10.1, a new feature of the HD 3000.
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TravelStar 7K200 and 5K250 Beat the BandNov 15, 2007 - in Reviews
While the storage market is in motion thanks to Flash SSDs and Hybrid HDDs, Hitachi's new top models show that there has also been great progress in the conventional 2.5" drive space.
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Solaris Computer Systems PCs: A New OEM EmergesNov 14, 2007 - in Reviews
We put two PCs from newcomer Solaris Computer Systems through the paces to see if the Nebula XL and Photon XLX have what it takes to deliver performance and value.