http://www.tomshardware.com en 10 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:35:51 +0200 http://img.bestofmicro.com/design/groupe/logo_toms_us.jpg http://www.tomshardware.com 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/foxconn-green-power-saving,6473.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/foxconn-green-power-saving,6473.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:30:00 CEST Foxconn has announced its second board in its ‘Green Series’ line up. Based on Intel’s G45 chipset, the G45MG is said to offer many new power management capabilities to reduce overall power consumption without impacting system performance.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Atom-Netbooks,6469.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Atom-Netbooks,6469.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:40:00 CEST http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-i7nehalem-memory-voltage,6464.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-i7nehalem-memory-voltage,6464.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:20:00 CEST Memory controllers built into the upcoming Core i7 processors could change the way some enthusiasts push their systems beyond spec]]> 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/ddr3-crucial-ram,6463.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ddr3-crucial-ram,6463.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:40:00 CEST Just in case the whir of fans and the occasional tick-tick of a hard drive doesn’t provide enough clues that that yes, your PC really is powered on, Lexar Media is now offering its LED-laden Crucial Ballistix Tracer SDRAM in DDR3 trim.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/AMD-Split-ATIC-Abu-Dhabi,6458.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/AMD-Split-ATIC-Abu-Dhabi,6458.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:00:00 CEST The media this morning is busy working itself into a frenzy about an announcement from AMD scheduled for early Tuesday. ]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/X58-Prices-Msi-Asus,6453.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/X58-Prices-Msi-Asus,6453.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:40:00 CEST Pre-order prices for upcoming X58 motherboards and Intel Core i7 processors have appeared online]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nehalem-Performance-Memory-DDR3,6446.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nehalem-Performance-Memory-DDR3,6446.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:40:00 CEST Performance DDR3 memory that requires a voltage higher than 1.65V may permanently damage Core i7 CPUs]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/motherboard-nvidia-790i-evga,6443.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/motherboard-nvidia-790i-evga,6443.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:50:00 CEST EVGA has announced a new motherboard based on Nvidia’s popular nForce 790i SLI chipset. The EVGA 790i SLI FTW Digital PWM delivers a bevy of electronic, mechanical, and BIOS features to facilitate aggressive overclocking. ]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/water-cooled-pc-cooling,6437.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/water-cooled-pc-cooling,6437.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:20:00 CEST Considered a water-cooled gaming rig, but haven’t had the nerve to mix electronics and liquids? Visionman Computers has just announced a new gaming PC that features a water-cooled dual-core CPU that sells for $999.99.]]> 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/amd-shanghai-cpu,6440.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-shanghai-cpu,6440.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:50:00 CEST The last year has not been kind to AMD. Its 65nm Barcelona processors arrived several months late, and were already obsolete in many ways when compared to the Intel offerings at the time. To make matters worse, the Barcelona chips were also buggy, making]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ps3-ps4-cell-sony-playstation,6435.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ps3-ps4-cell-sony-playstation,6435.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:00:00 CEST Could Sony be planning on using an upgraded Cell/B.E. in the PlayStation 4?]]> 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/samsung-ddr-size-capacity,6426.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-ddr-size-capacity,6426.html Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:30:00 CEST Anyone for 16GB DDR3 modules? Samsung has developed what it claims to be the industries smallest 2GB (256MB) DDR memory chips utilizing a 50nm process technology.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/MSI-X58-Platinum-Eclipse,6422.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/MSI-X58-Platinum-Eclipse,6422.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:00:00 CEST Details emerge regarding MSI's upcoming X58 motherboards]]> 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]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-geforce-55nm-name,6418.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-geforce-55nm-name,6418.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:50:00 CEST Some of the current naming conventions used in Nvidia cards tends to confuse some consumers.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-CPU-licensing-agreement,6414.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-CPU-licensing-agreement,6414.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:30:00 CEST The fat lady is singing for Transmeta. The company once known for its highly energy-efficient x86-compatible Crusoe and Efficeon microprocessors announced two new licensing deals with Intel today, and then announced that the company was for sale. ]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/S3-Chrome-ULP-Graphics,6415.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/S3-Chrome-ULP-Graphics,6415.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:30:00 CEST S3 Graphics announced on Wednesday its new Chrome 400 ULP Series of low-power graphics solutions for ultra mobile devices]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-energy-savings,6405.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-energy-savings,6405.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:20:00 CEST Intel's engineers compared the power consumption of current generation Core processors with that of previous generations of processors. They came up with some impressive savings, so has Greenpeace found a friend in the semiconductor industry?]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Gigabyte-Ultra-Durable-Copper,6412.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Gigabyte-Ultra-Durable-Copper,6412.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:10:00 CEST Gigabyte has unveiled its new Ultra Durable 3 technology Wednesday, which claims to double the amount of copper used in motherboards, increasing stability while reducing heat.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-phenom-naming,6397.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-phenom-naming,6397.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:00:00 CEST According to industry sources, AMD has decided to modify the naming scheme for their 45nm desktop processors. While AMD is keeping the Phenom X3 and Phenom X4 branding, the model numbers have changed from four digits to five digits in length...]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-roadmap-product-release,6393.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-roadmap-product-release,6393.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:10:00 CEST Trying to decide what your next upgrade is going to be, and when you plan on doing it? Well how about a little information that could help you decide.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/diamond-alienware-failure-3800,6411.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/diamond-alienware-failure-3800,6411.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:50:00 CEST If you can read this text your card has not failed. On a serious note – AMD partner Diamond Multimedia is reporting that it has shipped 15,000 up to potentially 20,000 Radeon 3800 series cards that suffer from an apparent ‘design / manufacture’ defects.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Thermaltake-Xpressar-Case,6399.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Thermaltake-Xpressar-Case,6399.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:30:00 CEST Thermaltake's Xpressar RCS100 PC cooling system combines a computer case with a refrigerator]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-product-roadmap-2009,6384.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-product-roadmap-2009,6384.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:40:00 CEST Trying to decide what your next upgrade is going to be, and when you plan on doing it? Well how about a little information that could help you decide.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Atom-330-D945GCLF2,6390.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Atom-330-D945GCLF2,6390.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:30:00 CEST Intel has official begun shipping its new Atom Processor 330, a 45 nm dual-core processor for nettops]]>