Hardware review sites have typically plastered up charts, numbers and flashy pictures with every new graphics card release, but we're going to do something a little different today with our review of the Palit 9600 GT card. We already know that most modern cards have more than enough power to play most games, so we'll concentrate the card's HDMI output capabilities, namely can you connect the card to your HD television set and how does the picture look. Read more
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. Read more
We look at DisplayLink, a USB-based multi-monitor solution. Read more
NEC released a new 20" thin bezel monitor for corporate customers. The LCD2070WMX monitor joins the firm's MultiSync line and offers a widescreen resolution 1680 by 1050 pixels. Read more
Hard drive capacities have increased in large increments over the last few years, while trends indicate reduced spindle speeds of 5,400 RPM instead of 7,200. We looked at three generations of Samsung hard drives to analyze the performance ramifications. Read more
This month, ATI's new Radeon HD 4770 is missing in action, since online stores are not only unable to keep it in stock, but also de-listing it completely. With violent movements in pricing, though, it'd have been taken off the recommended list anyway. Read more
Nvidia's Ion for the do-it-yourselfer launched last month in the form of Zotac's mini-ITX motherboard. Though sexy in principle, the platform had some teething pains right out of the gate. Chris Angelini revisits those issues and uses Ion as a real HTPC. Read more
Do you want a quick Core i7 system, but don’t feel confident sticking to Intel's spec and using the DDR3-1066 memory supported by the processor? We benchmark the most relevant memory speed and timing combinations to check the benefit of going faster. Read more