http://www.tomshardware.com en 10 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:41:16 +0100 http://img.bestofmicro.com/design/groupe/logo_toms_us.jpg http://www.tomshardware.com http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Larrabee-GPGPU,6629.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Larrabee-GPGPU,6629.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:20:00 CET Intel's "Larrabee" still is on track for 2009 or 2010, with pressure looming]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/falcon-northwest-i7-x58,6618.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/falcon-northwest-i7-x58,6618.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:30:00 CET Got deep pockets and the compulsory need for speed, and something custom that nobody else has without having to do it yourself? I think you need to check out Falcon Northwest. ]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/forceware-180-48-sli-x58,6624.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/forceware-180-48-sli-x58,6624.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:50:00 CET Did you hear that? Nvidia has just released its ForceWare 180.48 drivers, aka ‘Big Bang II’. The new ForceWare set is required to enable SLI on ‘some’ new and upcoming Intel X58 Express based boards. We covered a bit regarding the ‘Big Bang II’ release, ]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-PhysX-GPU-physics,6621.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-PhysX-GPU-physics,6621.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:50:00 CET PhysX, the physics-acceleration technology developed by Ageia and later acquired by Nvidia, has always had the capacity to impress. But it’s taking a very long time for the eye-popping effects seen in demos to show up in retail games. ]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/corsair-triple-channel-ddr3,6614.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/corsair-triple-channel-ddr3,6614.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:00:00 CET Planning to build your brand spanking new Intel i7 based gaming system with that fancy new Intel X58 Express board? Just make sure you toss 6GB of memory into the mix for the best possible experience, according to Corsair’s recent study.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ATI-Catalyst-video-converter,6594.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ATI-Catalyst-video-converter,6594.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:40:00 CET 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. ]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-mobile-graphics-tegra,6581.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-mobile-graphics-tegra,6581.html Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:20:00 CET The Tegra – Nvidia’s addition to the mobile device market, could be in the hands of consumers as early as April of 2009 – directly competing with Intel and Apple’s low-powered mobile processor solutions.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-Quadro-FX,6570.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-Quadro-FX,6570.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:10:00 CET Nvidia has announced two new professional graphics solutions; the Nvidia Quadro FX 370 Low Profile GPU and the Quadro FX 470 integrated motherboard GPU]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-quadro-fx-5800,6580.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-quadro-fx-5800,6580.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:10:00 CET Not playing games, but rather, doing some seriously intense CAD work? Medical Imaging? Nvidia has just unveiled its latest addition to the Quadro line of cards with the FX 5800 – claiming the world’s most powerful graphics card – outside of playing games.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/toms-hardware-overclocking-competition,6575.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/toms-hardware-overclocking-competition,6575.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:40:00 CET It’s about 6:12PM PST now and the four teams are crunching away with benchmark scores. The competition overall is pacing along really nicely, and the teams are getting riled up. We saw a few competitors shaking hands with each other but deep down their c]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/toms-hardware-overclocking-competition,6574.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/toms-hardware-overclocking-competition,6574.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:40:00 CET Things arrived smoothly the day before. Equipment, liquid nitrogen tanks — all eight of them — and the contestants. Everyone was definitely gearing up and getting prepared for the event that would occur today.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/palit-revolution-700-deluxe,6562.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/palit-revolution-700-deluxe,6562.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:20:00 CET Need some heavy-duty graphics power for that insane system you are thinking of building? Palit is aiming to deliver the goods with its new Revolution 700 Deluxe]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Nehalem-Overclocking-Crossfire-X58,6556.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Nehalem-Overclocking-Crossfire-X58,6556.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:10:00 CET With Intel Core i7 processors and X58 motherboards now in the hands of boutique computer makers, several companies now have Nehalem offerings ready for launch day.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Alienware-ATI-Crossfire-Gaming-Laptop,6553.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Alienware-ATI-Crossfire-Gaming-Laptop,6553.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:50:00 CET After years of exclusively using Nvidia SLI graphics technology in its laptops, Alienware has revealed a new 17-inch powerhouse with ATI Crossfire graphics at its core.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/GPU-videocard-Nvidia-AMD,6533.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/GPU-videocard-Nvidia-AMD,6533.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:50:00 CET 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. ]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ATI-Radeon-HD-4830,6528.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ATI-Radeon-HD-4830,6528.html Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:20:00 CEST AMD introduced the budget-friendly ATI Radeon HD 4830 graphics card on Thursday]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/BFG-GTX-Farcry-Bundle,6529.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/BFG-GTX-Farcry-Bundle,6529.html Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:20:00 CEST For a limited time, purchase any BFG Geforce GTX 200 series graphics card and receive a free full copy of Far Cry 2, a free full copy of 3DMark Vantage Advanced Edition and a BFG branded mini super bright LED torch.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-sli-260-280,6524.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-sli-260-280,6524.html Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:50:00 CEST It's soon time to upgrade the drivers again! The ForceWare 180 – AKA ‘Big Bang II’ details are coming out now – here is what we've got.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/radeon-4870-4850-cooler,6523.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/radeon-4870-4850-cooler,6523.html Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:10:00 CEST Need a new cooling solution, even for overclocking? CT Electronics Limited, a leading Vapor Chamber (VC) cooling solution provider announced its GVC-1 graphics card cooler.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-sli-280-260,6518.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-sli-280-260,6518.html Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:20:00 CEST Nvidia has announced that that ASUS, EVGA, MSI, Gigabyte, and DFI have all licensed Nvidia® SLI® technology for their new lines of boards designed around the Intel X58 chipset.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/NVIDIA-GPU-Chipset-Graphics,6512.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/NVIDIA-GPU-Chipset-Graphics,6512.html Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:10:00 CEST It has now become a case of finger pointing when it comes to Nvidia and ATI's battle for the consumer's wallet.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-big-bang-drivers,6501.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-big-bang-drivers,6501.html Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:50:00 CEST Back in August, Many Asian based rumor sites noted that Nvidia’s ForceWare 180 drivers will introduce several major changes.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ati-catalyst-fan-speed,6497.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ati-catalyst-fan-speed,6497.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:50:00 CEST Just a few hours after the new Nvidia 178.24 ForceWare release, AMD posted its new Catalyst 8.10 graphics drivers. ]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asus-graphics-cards-custom,6486.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asus-graphics-cards-custom,6486.html Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:50:00 CEST Looking to upgrade your current video card? Looking to upgrade to something that looks cool AND has functionality for cooling? ASUS has launched a few customized cards based on ATI and Nvidia GPUs.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-gpu-wifi-hack,6483.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-gpu-wifi-hack,6483.html Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:40:00 CEST Most people grumble and complain about the high cost of top end GPUs. Now it appears that these GPUs are cost-effective ways to breach wireless network encryption. Russian Hackers reportedly broke through WPA and WPA2 encryption using a brute force attac]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-nvidia-gpu-defective-macbook,6477.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-nvidia-gpu-defective-macbook,6477.html Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:40:00 CEST Nvidia originally assured Apple that its Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT based MacBook Pros had narrowly averted the defect – Apple now counters back saying it was actually not so lucky.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ati-dx11-40nm-gpu,6462.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ati-dx11-40nm-gpu,6462.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:00:00 CEST During Ceatec in Japan this past week, ATI said that it expects to see DirectX 11 GPUs based on a 40 nm manufacturing tech sometime next year.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/toshiba-video-addon-spursengine,6438.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/toshiba-video-addon-spursengine,6438.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:10:00 CEST Toshiba SpursEngine, released earlier this year is based on the same Cell processor technology as used in the Sony PlayStation 3 console. ]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ATI-Radeon-4350-4550,6432.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ATI-Radeon-4350-4550,6432.html Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:40:00 CEST Two new budget graphics cards by AMD have been announced Tuesday; the ATI Radeon HD 4550 and the ATI Radeon HD 4350]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-ATI-lawsuit-antitrust,6421.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-ATI-lawsuit-antitrust,6421.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:10:00 CEST A recent major class action lawsuit that was brought against both Nvidia and ATI for conspiring to fix, raise, maintain and stabilize prices of graphics processing chips and cards may soon be coming to a resolution]]>