I, like many people, have been subscribing to Internet connection services since the days of 3600 baud modems. Then, I upgraded to 14.4k, 36.6k, 56k, DSL and now cable. Read more
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
Preceding the official Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) tradeshow, the big three console makers used their keynote strategies to create appetite for their next-generation consoles by trying to differentiate themselves from each other and painting a near-term business strategy onto the wall. Read more
Dave Orton is President and Chief Operating Officer of ATI Technologies and will be become the company's next CEO on June 1, 2004. Tom's Hardware Guide sat down with Dave Orton to discuss the transformation of ATI into an admired chip manufacturer and how Orton intends to keep and increase ATI's lead. 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
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