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Flash SSD Charts
Our Flash SSD charts compare products of nine different vendors.
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External Hard Drive Charts
This page is updated on a regular basis and provides a unique resource for everybody who is looking for a desktop hard drive - whether it is for home or for business use. Our service allows for interactive performance comparison, real-time price/performance and costs per Gigabyte analysis.
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CPU Charts 2008 Q1/2008
Tom's Interactive CPU Charts offer the most comprehensive x86 processor comparison on the Internet. The 2008 edition includes as many as 91 AMD and Intel desktop processors, which we tested across 35 individual benchmarks under Windows Vista. The benchmarks include industry standard software as well as popular workloads across multiple application categories, allowing you to find the CPU that meets your requirements (see benchmark details below the charts).
The Charts are also a valuable tool if you want to check how your computer stacks up against current hardware. The 2008 charts include three different processor generations, starting with AMD's Socket 939 Athlons and Semprons, and including all Pentium 4 and Pentium D processors that were released for Socket 775.
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Desktop CPU Charts Q3/2008
Tom's Interactive CPU Charts offer the most comprehensive x86 processor comparison on the Internet. The 2008 edition includes as many as 91 AMD and Intel desktop processors, which we tested across 35 individual benchmarks under Windows Vista. The benchmarks include industry standard software as well as popular workloads across multiple application categories, allowing you to find the CPU that meets your requirements (see benchmark details below the charts).
The Charts are also a valuable tool if you want to check how your computer stacks up against current hardware. The 2008 charts include three different processor generations, starting with AMD's Socket 939 Athlons and Semprons, and including all Pentium 4 and Pentium D processors that were released for Socket 775.
News
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Microsoft provides more specific system requirements for Vista
January 7, 2006 – 1:51 AM
In an email sent to vendors at the CES 2006, Microsoft for the first time outlined some system requirements for its upcoming operating system. These guidelines are a first indication of how much horsepower Windows Vista will require to be able to deliver on Microsoft's promises.
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Solar-cell Power Conversion Requirements Keep Growing
July 23, 2008 – 12:20 PM
in Business
Despite continuing high solar cell average selling prices (ASPs), customers are not willing to sacrifice quantity at the expense of quality.
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Doom 3 Video Card Requirements
July 27, 2004 – 5:26 AM
id explains the video card memory requirements to play Doom 3 at certain quality levels. You need a not yet released 512 MB video card to play the game at the highes stettings! The minimum is a 64 MB card.
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Australian Microsoft strategist raises eyebrows with Vista hardware requirements
September 8, 2005 – 10:14 AM
A Microsoft strategist told attendees of the TechEd 2005 conference on the Gold Coast last week that Windows Vista's new display driver model may compel users to upgrade to a PC with 2 GByte of DDR3 SDRAM and a graphics card with at least 256 MByte memory, according to Australian PC enthusiast publication APC Magazine .
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PDC: Microsoft to aim for "tiered" hardware requirements for Vista
September 16, 2005 – 2:40 AM
Microsoft unveiled here at PDC 2005 the new 3D hardware acceleration dependencies of Windows Vista that will be realized even for ordinary 2D renderings. Tom's Hardware Guide learned that Microsoft intends to offer a "tiered" experience - the basics will run on an integrated chipset, but all the bells and whistles will call for a capable 256 MByte discrete graphics board.
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High Power For Power Users: 13 Power Supplies In The Spotlight
June 9, 2003 – 1:01 PM
The latest CPUs and graphics cards require robust power supplies. But watch out: the test candidates rarely delivered on their power claims. Efficiency, voltage and noise levels are a few of the important factors you need to consider before you make a purchase.
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Getting the Right Power: 15 PC Power Supply Units
January 22, 2004 – 12:03 PM
Many users are unaware of the role power supply units play in the stable operation of a PC. But how do you judge one over the other before learning the hard way after buying a faulty unit? THG has tested 15 PC power supply units and details the must buys and the must not buys. We also explain and clarify how to interpret manufacturers' power unit specifications.
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Twice The Power: SiS655 With Dual DDR333
March 12, 2003 – 12:01 PM
The Taiwanese manufacturer SIS follows Intel's footsteps with a Pentium 4 chipset that supports two DDR channels. The SiS655 has been developed from the Sis648, and it now has APG 8X. Unlike the Intel E7205, it not only supports DDR 266 but DDR 333 as well, finally. This gives the newcomer an edge, at least on paper. Can it live up to expectations?
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Microsoft driver bug saps Core Duo power
January 27, 2006 – 10:26 PM
Connect any USB 2.0 device to your notebook and lose more than one hour of battery time: Tom's Hardware Guide's tests of a Windows-based Intel Core Duo mobile processor platform revealed a serious power consumption issue that, according to Intel, is caused by a Microsoft driver bug - a bug that has been known by Microsoft for some time, but kept from the public eye until today.
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35 AMD CPUs Tested for Power Consumption
May 7, 2008 – 10:10 AM
in AMD/ATI
We look at the power consumption and cost of running 35 AMD CPUs under varying conditions.
Second Take: Crysis System Requirements
Nexus 80 Plus Power Supplies
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