Results for power saving mode
Charts
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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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2.5" Hard Drive Charts
Tom's Interactive 2.5" Hard Drive Charts compare notebook hard drives. Here you will find 2.5" UltraATA and Serial ATA hard drives manufactured by Fujitsu, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Toshiba and Western Digital.
The charts include all popular capacities starting at 40 GB as well as listing hard drives running at 4,200, 5,400 or 7,200 RPM. 15 benchmarks help to determine application perforrmance and low-level performance, giving you all the throughput, access time, interface and I/O performance results.
The 2.5" HDD Charts also include the Cost per Gigabyte calculation and our Price/Performance Index, which helps you to find the best bang for the buck. In addition, we measured power consumption of most the notebook hard drives, so you can see which models are energy efficient and which ones aren't.
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Dual & Quad VGA Charts Q1/2008
For users who want the highest graphics performance a system can provide they need to add more cards in dual and quad configurations. In these charts we test the best configurations of AMD's CrossFire and Nvidia's SLI. We wanted to take all the guesswork out of who is best in what game. This is the ultimate graphics resource tool for hardcore gamers and power users. Each configuration is run them through a battery of eight intensive tests including 7 real world gaming applications and one synthetic benchmark.
* Battlefield 2142
* Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
* Doom 3
* Microsoft Flight Simulator X
* Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
* Prey
* Warhammer: Mark of Chaos
* 3DMark06
Our charts are interactive and regularly updated to enable you to make informed buying decisions. By clicking on a particular graphics card's performance bar you will see the test configuration. These charts are the answer to what a user needs: the best multi-video card configuration available for a particular price and application!
News
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AMD and IBM try next-gen power saving architecture for 'System x' servers
August 1, 2006 – 4:33 PM
In an elaborate unveiling ceremony featuring no less than the Red Bull Formula 1 racing team, senior executives from IBM and AMD, including AMD CEO Hector Ruiz, introduced a new line of IBM xSeries blade servers - now re-christened "IBM System x" - that promises to slash operations and maintenance costs through the creative use of Opteron processors.
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Western Digital Caviar Goes Green – Faster, More Efficient
October 2, 2008 – 4:30 PM
in Business
HTPC and Quiet PC users are always fighting the battle towards the Ultimate Quiet and the Lower Power consumption system.
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Foxconn Introduces 'Green' Motherboard
October 10, 2008 – 2:30 PM
in Build Your Own
Foxconn has announced its second board in its ‘Green Series’ line up. Based on Intel’s G45 chipset, the G45MG is said to offer many new power management capabilities to reduce overall power consumption without impacting system performance.
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Start Saving: Core i7 PCs Will Be Expensive
October 7, 2008 – 6:40 AM
Pre-order prices for upcoming X58 motherboards and Intel Core i7 processors have appeared online
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IDF: Core i7 Will Self Overclock
August 19, 2008 – 7:30 PM
in INTEL
Intel has announced it will feature a Turbo Mode in its upcoming Core i7 processors
Articles
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The Power Saving Guide, Part 2
June 1, 2007 – 7:36 AM
This time we analyze the impact on power consumption of RAM speed and timings, graphics card generation, hard drive type and form factor and of typical add-on cards.
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The Power Saving Guide
May 30, 2007 – 8:21 AM
You don't have to buy the latest energy-efficient PC hardware to save energy and reduce heat dissipation. Small steps already can make a difference.
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Power-Saving Motherboards: Fact Or Fiction?
November 14, 2008 – 4:00 AM
in INTEL
All motherboards support overclocking—now it’s time for power-saving. Here we evaluate products from ASRock, Asus, Foxconn, Gigabyte and MSI, weighing both performance and power consumption, to determine which P45 motherboard is most efficient.
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AOpen Powermaster: The Motherboard of All CPU Power-Saving Solutions?
April 7, 2005 – 1:03 PM
We've written a lot about CPU liquid coolers and power saving technologies, but what can the motherboard offer? According to AOpen, its i915Pa-PLF's Powermaster does the job of reducing power consumption by regulating the system clock speed according to demands of the CPU's workload.
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Saving Space: 4 Port KVM Switches
April 6, 2004 – 1:00 PM
Tapping the resources of several PCs at once is a novel concept, but cluttering a workspace with additional monitors, keyboards and mice is a less-than-viable alternative for most. KVM switches allow for instant access of two or more PCs with a single keyboard, mouse and monitor.
The PC Gaming Alliance has come forward with plans for improving gaming on the computer. Ben and Rob discuss the group's strategy and the potential problems the PCGA could have meeting their goals.
Nexus 80 Plus Power Supplies
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