http://www.tomshardware.com en 10 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:16:26 +0200 http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/bestofmicro/design/groupe/logo_toms_us.jpg http://www.tomshardware.com http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/league-of-legends-performance-benchmark,3484.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/league-of-legends-performance-benchmark,3484.html#xtor=RSS-182 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 CEST Following up our Dota 2 performance analysis, we benchmark the most-played PC game in the world, League Of Legends, and find out just how much graphics and CPU performance it requires for high-resolution, high-detail play, even across three screens.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hp-zr2740w-asus-pb278q-review,3490.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hp-zr2740w-asus-pb278q-review,3490.html#xtor=RSS-182 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:01 CEST Until cutting-edge UHD (3840×2160) displays hit the mainstream, most enthusiasts have to be content with QHD monitors at 2560x1440 pixels. In the lab today, we have two more 27-inch QHD screens: the ZR2740w from HP and the PB278Q from Asus.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106.html#xtor=RSS-182 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:30:00 CEST AMD launched a couple of new Piledriver-based CPUs in the last month, and we cover the FX-4350 and FX-6350 in our latest update. We also talk details about Intel's next-generation Atom architecture, code-named Silvermont, which includes OoO execution.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/google-glass-android-performance,3508.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/google-glass-android-performance,3508.html#xtor=RSS-182 Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:01 CEST Google's Glass Explorer Edition kit showed up at my house late last week, and I've been living with it ever since. We have first impressions on ergonomics, etiquette, practicality, performance, and the future of Google's wearable computer.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html#xtor=RSS-182 Tue, 14 May 2013 06:00:01 CEST One SSD is good, right? So, two SSDs in RAID 0 must be better. That’s certainly the case when you're benchmarking sequential performance. But we're finding that, except in extreme examples, one SSD that's twice as large is often better.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/low-voltage-ddr3-overclocking,3491.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/low-voltage-ddr3-overclocking,3491.html#xtor=RSS-182 Mon, 13 May 2013 06:00:01 CEST We've abided by Intel's 1.55 V recommendation for two architectures and two die shrinks, yet most performance memory manufacturers ignore it. Recent problems with one of our builds raised the question, how far can we push RAM without killing CPUs?]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/627-windows-phone-8-software-smartphone.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/627-windows-phone-8-software-smartphone.html#xtor=RSS-182 Fri, 10 May 2013 06:00:01 CEST Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 is picking up more support from the software development community. After trading in an iPhone for a Lumia 920, and then turning that in for an HTC Windows 8X, he compiled a list of the top apps installed on his phone.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/neverwinter-performance-benchmark,3495.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/neverwinter-performance-benchmark,3495.html#xtor=RSS-182 Thu, 09 May 2013 06:00:00 CEST Neverwinter is a new free-to-play MMO in the Dungeons And Dragons universe, sporting an action RPG flavor. We benchmark it with a number of graphics cards and CPUs, uncovering a processor-oriented bottleneck along the way. Does your platform measure up?]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/seagate-600-ssd-benchmark,3500.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/seagate-600-ssd-benchmark,3500.html#xtor=RSS-182 Wed, 08 May 2013 06:00:00 CEST Seagate is the world's largest purveyor of mechanical hard drives. As the company prepares for mortal combat in the consumer SSD space, are its wits, Toshiba's Toggle-mode NAND, and SK hynix memory solutions' 87800 controller enough to get by?]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/600-pro-ssd-review,3498.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/600-pro-ssd-review,3498.html#xtor=RSS-182 Tue, 07 May 2013 14:00:00 CEST After years of halfhearted attempts to join the solid-state storage market, Seagate is finally ready to reinvent itself with a new family of SSDs. The first one we're looking at is the enterprise-class 600 Pro. Does this 200 GB drive impress our team?]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/atom-silvermont-architecture,3499.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/atom-silvermont-architecture,3499.html#xtor=RSS-182 Mon, 06 May 2013 19:00:01 CEST We sat in on a Silvermont deep-dive, the architecture powering Intel's next-generation Atom processors. Manufactured at 22 nm, armed with an out-of-order execution engine, and optimized for power, will this be what buries the ARM-based competition?]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ivy-bridge-wolfdale-yorkfield-comparison,3487.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ivy-bridge-wolfdale-yorkfield-comparison,3487.html#xtor=RSS-182 Mon, 06 May 2013 06:00:01 CEST Reader requests affect much of the work we do, and we constantly receive email asking for this one: compare Intel's older Wolfdale- and Yorkfield-based designs against today's budget-friendly Ivy Bridge-based processors. Well, you asked, and we deliver.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/628-nab-show-2013-camera-lighting.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/628-nab-show-2013-camera-lighting.html#xtor=RSS-182 Fri, 03 May 2013 06:00:01 CEST Tom's Hardware was in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago for the 90th annual NAB Show. Join us as we review what we saw on the show floor, including cameras, lighting, drones, storage devices, sounds equipment, monitors, and accessories.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/silverstone-ps06-nanoxia-ds2-lian-li-pc-9n-cougar-evolution,3483.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/silverstone-ps06-nanoxia-ds2-lian-li-pc-9n-cougar-evolution,3483.html#xtor=RSS-182 Thu, 02 May 2013 06:00:01 CEST Last week we previewed the first four mainstream gaming cases in our 11-way sub-$100 round-up. Now we get to build four systems and test them. What other features will we uncover along the way, and how will they affect thermal and acoustic performance?]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/2013-gt-r-black-edition-technology,3421.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/2013-gt-r-black-edition-technology,3421.html#xtor=RSS-182 Wed, 01 May 2013 06:00:01 CEST Nissan let us borrow its 2013 GT-R Black Edition press car for our trip to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. We were blown away by its performance, even if the car doesn't include much of the convenience-oriented tech we've grown accustomed to.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gx60-gaming-laptop-radeon-hd-7970m,3478.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gx60-gaming-laptop-radeon-hd-7970m,3478.html#xtor=RSS-182 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:00:00 CEST MSI's GX60-series notebook is in our lab today. Armed with Radeon HD 7970M graphics, a 15.6" display, and triple-screen output, this is truly a desktop replacement. But can its AMD A10-4600M APU keep pace with gaming platforms armed with Intel CPUs?]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dota-2-performance-benchmark,3481.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dota-2-performance-benchmark,3481.html#xtor=RSS-182 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:00:00 CEST Dota 2 is one of the most popular games around. And, it's free-to-play, so anyone can try it out. How much hardware do you need to enjoy this title at smooth frame rates? Not much, it turns out. We test a number of CPUs and GPUs at different settings.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/626-evolution-pc-9n-deep-silence-2-precision-ps06.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/626-evolution-pc-9n-deep-silence-2-precision-ps06.html#xtor=RSS-182 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:00:00 CEST We invited over two dozen of your favorite brands to participate in this month’s mainstream gaming case roundup. Today we examine a few of the features from the first four samples of the eleven we received.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/simcity-problems-patch,3489.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/simcity-problems-patch,3489.html#xtor=RSS-182 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:10:00 CEST Tom's Hardware's Community Manager, Joe Pishgar, eagerly anticipated the launch of SimCity. Now, a month later, he has something to say about EA's handling of the day-one issues and the continued problems plaguing a game he wanted so much to enjoy.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/acer-w510-windows-8-tablet,3390.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/acer-w510-windows-8-tablet,3390.html#xtor=RSS-182 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:00:00 CEST Some folks still say that the x86 ISA will never catch up to ARM when it comes to efficiency. Our granular power analysis demonstrates just how efficient x86-based CPUs can be, though. But how does Intel compete when we dig deeper into user experience?]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7990-review-benchmark,3486.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7990-review-benchmark,3486.html#xtor=RSS-182 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:00:01 CEST We've been waiting for this since 2011. AMD is ready to unveil its Radeon HD 7990, featuring a pair of Tahiti graphics processors. Can the dual-slot board capture our hearts with great compute and 3D performance, or does Nvidia walk away with this round?]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/obsidian-900d-case-review,3482.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/obsidian-900d-case-review,3482.html#xtor=RSS-182 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:00:00 CEST Corsair already offers a heavy tower case called the Obsidian 800D. Now, the company is one-upping itself with the Obsidian 900D. Is this a genuine high-end enclosure, a bomb shelter, or a mess of sheet metal? We put the case through our bevy of tests.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-upgrade-sata-3gbps,3469.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-upgrade-sata-3gbps,3469.html#xtor=RSS-182 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:00:01 CEST Today's fastest SSDs already bounce off the SATA 6Gb/s interface's throughput ceiling. Does a 3 Gb/s link kill the performance of those drives? We run a number of synthetic and real-world tests to assess the damage when you upgrade an older platform.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pc-ck101-mini-itx-locomotive-review,3414.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pc-ck101-mini-itx-locomotive-review,3414.html#xtor=RSS-182 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:00:01 CEST Lian Li sent us a locomotive chassis that wraps around a PC; it's time for daddy to turn into a boy again. We'll show you how to get the right parts into this case and how to get it mobile. Then, we'll take it to a train museum full of steam-powered tech.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html#xtor=RSS-182 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:30:00 CEST In this month's market analysis, we discuss Nvidia's new GeForce GTX Titan, PowerColor's Tahiti LE-based Radeon HD 7870, and a number of price fluctuations. If you've been holding off on an upgrade, now might be the best time to buy.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-titan-opencl-cuda-workstation,3474.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-titan-opencl-cuda-workstation,3474.html#xtor=RSS-182 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:00:01 CEST We initially had trouble getting the GeForce GTX Titan to work with OpenCL and CUDA. Finally, though, there are drivers available that fix all of that. Now we can figure out if the Titan makes a good workstation-oriented alternative to Nvidia's Quadros.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-dc-s3700-raid-0-benchmarks,3480.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-dc-s3700-raid-0-benchmarks,3480.html#xtor=RSS-182 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:00:00 CEST We've already reviewed Intel's SSD DC S3700 and determined it to be a fast, consistent performer. But what happens when we take two-dozen (or about $50,000) worth of them and create a massive RAID 0 array? Come along as we play around in storage heaven.]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/622-macbook-air-ssd-upgrade.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/622-macbook-air-ssd-upgrade.html#xtor=RSS-182 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:00:01 CEST We take our lab's MacBook Air, yank out its stock Toshiba-sourced SSD, drop in OWC's 480 GB Auro Pro 6G, and chart the performance of both drives. Follow our step-by-step guide for upgrading your own MBA (and even getting TRIM support re-enabled).]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crossfire-sli-scaling-bottleneck,3471.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crossfire-sli-scaling-bottleneck,3471.html#xtor=RSS-182 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:00:01 CEST We've heard it said before that AMD's GPUs are more platform-dependent than Nvidia's. So, what happens when you drop a Radeon and a GeForce into an FX-8350-based system? Does AMD's CPU get in the way of its GPU running as well as it possibly could?]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/subaru-2013-legacy-eyesight,3423.html#xtor=RSS-182 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/subaru-2013-legacy-eyesight,3423.html#xtor=RSS-182 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:00:01 CEST Subaru gives its Legacy a mid-life refresh with styling tweaks, a new motor, and Eyesight driving assistance technology. We spent a week with the car in the rainy Pacific Northwest to see how well Subaru's Eyesight system and Symmetrical AWD work.]]>