'Need For Speed' PC Performance Review By Igor Wallossek published 20 April 16 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 published 1 April 16 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 published 30 March 16 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 published 22 March 16 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 published 23 February 16 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 published 6 February 16 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 published 3 February 16 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 published 30 January 16 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.
Comcast ISP Review & Reader Survey Results By Derek Forrest published 23 January 16 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 published 19 January 16 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 published 23 December 15 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 published 10 December 15 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.
AT&T ISP Review & Reader Survey Results By Derek Forrest published 21 November 15 We asked readers to rate their Internet Service Provider based on price, performance, reliability and support. Here are the results for one of the country's oldest communications companies: AT&T.
AMD Radeon R9 380X Nitro Launch Review By Igor Wallossek published 19 November 15 Tonga’s been around for more than a year now, and it’s taken all this time for it to finally be available for regular desktop PCs. Before now, this configuration was exclusively offered for a different platform. But does it still make sense today?
AirVPN Review By Lucian Armasu published 26 September 15 AirVPN was the top write-in choice on our VPN survey, and today we're pairing our own test results with your reader assessments.
PMC-Sierra Flashtec NVRAM Drive Review By Paul Alcorn published 16 September 15 The PMC-Sierra Flashtec NVRAM drive offers up to 10M IOPS in Direct Memory Interface (DMI) mode and 1M 4K random IOPS when utilized as a block device with the lightweight NVMe protocol.
AMD Radeon R9 Nano Review By Igor Wallossek, Translation by Arne Weigold published 10 September 15 Small, fast and pricey — that’s how AMD wants to establish a whole new product category. But does the Radeon R9 Nano have the performance to back up its price tag?
Skylake: Intel's Core i7-6700K And i5-6600K By Igor Wallossek, Chris Angelini published 5 August 15 Intel gave us an early look at the Core i7-6700K, i5-6600K and Z170 chipset two weeks ahead of IDF and the unveiling of Skylake's architectural details.
Intel M.2 DC S3500 Enterprise SSD Review By Paul Alcorn published 27 July 15 Intel is the first fab-enabled manufacturer to come forward with an enterprise-class M.2 SSD. Come along for a closer look at the diminutive speedster.