Both Nvidia and ATI released new drivers over the past few days: Nvidia's GeForce 185.68 beta driver and ATI's Catalyst 9.4 Read more
Several Taiwan-based investment firms and panel makers are concerned that TFT LCD supply may be higher than generally expected, exceeding rather than falling short of demand. Read more
We look at DisplayLink, a USB-based multi-monitor solution. Read more
The watchword from both Santa Clara and Round Rock this morning is "extreme high-definition," as Nvidia joins Dell in delivering a one/two punch to boost the high-end tier of notebook computer displays to a new level. The GeForce Go 7900 GTX should usher forth new models from Dell, Toshiba, and others that deliver 1900 x 1200 resolution for ultra-high-tier notebook systems. 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