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  • The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful: 17" LCDs Reviewed
    November 23, 2004 – 12:02 PM in Buyer's Guides
    Since our last review, LCDs have gotten cheaper, but not necessarily better. We put the screws to eight 17" LCD monitors to see which ones came out on top with wares from both new and veteran vendors. Some pleasantly surprised. Others didn't.
  • At The Last Second: AMD's Trump Card - The Athlon XP 2600+
    August 21, 2002 – 1:08 PM in AMD/ATI
    Unexpectedly, the Athlon XP 2600+ has been overhauled, and it manages to catch up with the P4/2533. It's all new, and it's a harsh fight between AMD and Intel. Also, we bring you some extreme tuning with the Athlon XP 3400+ at 2666 MHz.
  • Only the Best: 9 Athlon Motherboards With The AMD 760 Chipset
    August 6, 2001 – 1:05 PM in AMD/ATI
    More boards found their way into our lab, including the current reference board, MSI's K7 Master. All candidates run stable, so we focussed more on fine-tuning performance. Read on to find out which DDR motherboards are currently the best for Athlon.
  • 17" LCD Part II: The Heavyweights Enter The Ring
    July 9, 2002 – 1:08 PM
    Hercules, Iiyama, NEC, LG, Samsung and ViewSonic have entered the lists for the best 17" LCD. Hercules has focused on the design of its PV920, NEC on price, Samsung on the tuner option...
  • Separating The Wheat from the Chaff: The Latest DDR2 Modules Tested
    January 24, 2005 – 12:03 PM in INTEL
    Separating The Wheat from the Chaff: The Latest DDR2 Modules Tested Thanks to Enhanced SpeedStep, an ever-increasing number of versions of Socket 775 Pentium 4 systems are becoming attractive. Plus, due out soon is the 600 series with 2 MB L2 cache. We took a look to see which memory modules are worth the nod for these super-fast P4 systems.
  • Hello Los Angeles! Pictures from the frontline, plus a timetable of the week ahead
    May 8, 2006 – 6:22 PM
    Hello Los Angeles! Pictures from the frontline, plus a timetable of the week ahead E3 2006 is upon us, and although the show floor won't open to even the press until Wednesday morning the fun is essentially in full swing from the get go with backdoor meetings and glitzy press conferences filling out our schedules.
  • The King of the Heap: 4 Chipsets for the Athlon64
    January 5, 2004 – 12:03 PM
    NVIDIA and VIA were the first Athlon64 chipset vendors on the block; now, ALi and SiS are also mixing it up. Except for their layouts, the four chipsets are technologically identical. But how do they perform in real life? We give you the low down in a comprehensive round up.
  • The Best Gaming Graphics Cards for the Money: November 2007
    November 6, 2007 – 7:08 AM
    The Best Gaming Graphics Cards for the Money: November 2007 Detailed graphics card specifications and reviews are great - that is, if you have the time to do the research. But at the end of the day, what a gamer needs is the best graphics card within a certain budget.
  • CES 2007: DirecTV to offer 100+ HD channels by the end of the year
    January 8, 2007 – 7:43 PM
    CES 2007: DirecTV to offer 100+ HD channels by the end of the year During a press conference at CES, DirecTV made several few announcements, including the introduction of a portable satellite system and pending agreements with new channels for HD broadcasts. By the end of the year, DirecTV will be offering more than 100 HD channels to its customers.
  • The Best Graphics Cards for the Money: May 08
    May 5, 2008 – 11:50 AM in AMD/ATI
    The Best Graphics Cards for the Money: May 08 Detailed graphics card specifications and reviews are great — that is, if you have the time to do the research. But at the end of the day, what a gamer needs is the best graphics card within a certain budget. And that’s what we’re going to show you...
  • The SiS, VIA and Intel Showdown at the Performance Chipset Corral
    December 15, 2003 – 12:03 PM
    At the beginning of next year, Intel will launch faster Pentium 4 processors based on the well-known Socket 478. This should unleash a fresh round of debate about what is the best performance chipset, since a fast processor should also have the support of a platform that's as speedy as it can be. The newset product vying to unseat the Intel 875P is the 655TX from SiS. We also pitted it against the production version of the VIA PT880.
  • Testing The E-Class: 9 Pentium 4 Motherboards With The 845E Chipset
    July 8, 2002 – 1:08 PM
    In tandem with the recently launched Pentium 4 CPUs for 133 MHz FSB, the first compatible motherboards have hit the market. The features offered by this batch are quite a step up from the previous generation. But is that also true for performance and accessories? We put nine motherboard newcomers under the microscope.
  • Heir To The BX: 18 Pentium III Motherboards Using The 815 Chipset
    September 6, 2000 – 1:04 PM
    After initial insecurity, the Solano chipset now enjoys growing popularity. Its state of the art features, good performance and great overclockability gradually make it the better choice than its predecessor 440BX.
  • The Best For Freaks: 10 Motherboards using the BX-Chipset
    July 14, 2000 – 1:03 PM
    It is fast, realiable and overclockable: The BX chipset is still the undisputed state-of-the-art chipset for performance freaks. Even though being more than two years old, it runs stable at FSB speeds far beyond 133 MHz and even outperforms Intel's latest high end chipsets. We took a close look at 10 different products.
  • The Smallest of Them All: The P4/2400 Micro PC
    October 9, 2002 – 1:00 PM
    Ultra compact and fast to boot: we put Jadetec's Micro PC through its paces. In addition, we bring you a comparison with the popular Mini PC and the traditional hulking PC.