Computer History: From The Antikythera Mechanism To The Modern Era By Aris Mpitziopoulos In this article, we shed light on the most important moments in computer history, acknowledging the people that have contributed to this evolution.
AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB Review By Chris Angelini, Igor Wallossek The long-awaited Polaris 10 GPU is ready for prime time on the Radeon RX 480 graphics card. How does AMD's first 14nm offering fare against previous-gen boards renowned for great performance?
Picking The Right Power Supply: What You Should Know By Aris Mpitziopoulos, Igor Wallossek How does a power supply work? Why is it important to choose a sufficiently powerful and efficient model? We guide you through discussions of efficiency and tips for getting the best deal before we go on to explain why less can be more in the PSU market.
Broadwell-E: Intel Core i7-6950X, 6900K, 6850K & 6800K Review By Chris Angelini, Igot Wallossek Is Broadwell more attractive to enthusiasts without graphics and up to 10 Hyper-Threaded cores? We test against two previous generations, plus Skylake to find out.
'Need For Speed' PC Performance Review By Igor Wallossek An old friend is finally available on the PC without frame rate restrictions: 'Need for Speed' is here to push PC graphics cards to their limits. Expectations are high after the long wait, and the game lives up to some (but not all) of them.
System Builder Marathon Q1 2016: $662 Budget PC By Eric Vander Linden It’s been a while since we’ve made a true low-budget machine. So how much performance can you get for under $600 of hardware now?
System Builder Marathon Q1 2016: $1232 Prosumer PC By Thomas Soderstrom This quarter’s “Prancing Workhorse” keeps the same “Play” components but adds a little to the “Work” budget. Will added performance offset increased cost for a value win?
AMD A10-7890K APU Review By Igor Wallossek AMD's new A10-7890K represents the very top of the low-cost APU family. We're answering whether it can breathe new life into the line via online gaming, or if its small clock rate bump just isn't worth more money compared to the A10-7870K.
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 P2 Power Supply Review By Aris Mpitziopoulos EVGA recently enriched its P2 line with three new members, featuring 650W, 750W and 850W capacities. All three, like the other P2 models, are made by Super Flower and feature Platinum efficiency. Today we're testing the 850 P2.
Verizon ISP Review & Reader Survey Results By Derek Forrest We asked readers to rate their Internet service provider based on price, performance, reliability and support. Here are the results for the only ISP in our series with mainstream availability of fiber-optic networks for high-speed Internet: Verizon.
AMD Wraith CPU Cooler Review By Igor Wallossek Never has a stock CPU cooler garnered as much attention as AMD's Wraith. Manufacturers usually don't even mention these bonus items, but AMD's new CPU cooler has changed all of this. Is the Wraith really a game changer?
Time Warner ISP Review & Reader Survey Results By Derek Forrest Tom’s Hardware's ISP round-up puts the power in the hands of our readers, who gave us their opinion of the nation's top Internet service providers. And now it's time to take a closer look at Time Warner Cable.
Star Wars: Battlefront Benchmarked By Igor Wallossek May the FPS be with you! We test Star Wars: Battlefront's graphics performance on different hardware. Our results provide some good news: older graphics cards do just fine fighting the Galactic Empire.
Comcast ISP Review & Reader Survey Results By Derek Forrest Tom's Hardware's ISP review series continues with Comcast, one of the industry's largest cable Internet providers. It's time to see what our readers thought of Comcast's performance, price, reliability and support.
Huawei Mate 8, Kirin 950, Cortex-A72 Benchmarks By Matt Humrick We test Huawei's Mate 8 smartphone to see how its Kirin 950 SoC performs. This is also our first look at ARM's Cortex-A72 CPU core and new Mali-T880 GPU. How does A72 compare to the A57 and Snapdragon 820's Kryo cores?
Fallout 4 Benchmarked By Igor Wallossek A great many Tom's Hardware readers are already immersed in the world of Fallout 4. We're here to show you how the game runs across a wide range of graphics cards, resolutions and detail settings.
Snapdragon 820 Performance Preview By Matt Humrick In this performance preview, we subject Snapdragon 820, including Qualcomm’s first custom-designed 64-bit CPU, Kryo, and new Adreno 530 GPU, to a battery of benchmark tests.