Intel SSD 310 80 GB: Little Notebooks Get Big Storage Flexibility By Andrew Ku published 14 February 11
Mobile Gaming: Can Core i7-2920XM Beat Desktop Core i7-980X? By Thomas Soderstrom published 9 February 11 We've already seen Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture offer compelling performance gains on the desktop. But can the fastest second-gen Core i7 beat Intel's 130 W desktop-oriented six-core Core i7-980X in games? We set up a couple systems to find out.
AMD's Mobility Radeon HD 6970 In CrossFire On Eurocom's Panther By Thomas Soderstrom published 31 January 11 AMD’s Mobility Radeon HD 6970 in CrossFire mode forges ahead in mobile gaming with stunning “Full HD” 3D performance. But can it stand up to Nvidia’s high-end GeForce GTX 470M and 480M in SLI? Eurocom's 17.3” Panther 2.0 gives us its answer.
XoticPC’s G73JW: A Good Gaming Notebook Made Better? By Thomas Soderstrom published 20 January 11 XoticPC offers gaming notebook buyers an alternative to the boring and heavy Clevo-based units sold by most of its competitors. Asus’ hefty (but not grotesquely-so) G73JW is the starting point for the custom build XoticPC sent over for our evaluation.
GeForce GTX 460M SLI: Mobile Gaming Value From AVADirect? By Thomas Soderstrom published 1 December 10 Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 480M may hold the mobile performance crown, but GF100 is certainly not the most practical solution when it comes to power and heat. Today we see how its newer, smaller sibling stands up to the same tasks, aided by SLI support.
AMD Fusion: Brazos Gets Previewed: Part 2, Performance By Andrew Ku published 16 November 10 AMD gave us an opportunity to go hands-on with its upcoming Brazos platform--the only preview you'll see before this technology surfaces in retail notebooks. Is it fast enough to compete with the Nehalem-based competition, and cool enough to trounce Atom?
Is That A Notebook? MALIBAL's Six-Core, Dual-GPU, Speed Demon By Thomas Soderstrom published 3 November 10 Combining top-end desktop and notebook components, the MALIBAL Nine X7200 is the workstation you can take with you. Today we see how it compares to our fastest “desktop replacement” notebook, and how well it stands up to a similarly-configured desktop PC.
Tom's Definitive 10.1" Netbook Buyer's Guide: Fall 2010 By Andrew Ku published 5 October 10 We run through an in-depth guide to 10.1" netbooks from Acer, Asus, Dell, Gateway, HP, Lenovo, and MSI. We even coded a special set of benchmarks. If you are in the market for a netbook, this guide gives you the performance and design cues you need.
Alienware's M17x: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 CrossFire Is A Go By Thomas Soderstrom published 28 September 10 The second incarnation of Alienware’s M17x is creating lots of excitement amongst mobile gaming enthusiasts, but does it really beat a field of premium models? We put it up against solutions from Eurocom and AVADirect to find out what CrossFire can do.
Mobility Radeon Vs. GeForce M: The CrossFire Advantage By Thomas Soderstrom published 22 September 10 Nvidia sells the fastest mobile graphics processor you can buy, but notebook manufactures can fit two of AMD’s top modules in in the same space. Eurocom’s X8100 Leopard answers the question: can two Mobility Radeon HD 5870 modules beat a single GTX 480M?
Sponsored: NVIDIA® Optimus™ Technology Strides into Back-To-School Season By Bestofmedia Team published 23 June 10 NVIDIA Optimus is a new technology for laptops that delivers the performance of discrete graphics processing while still delivering great battery life.
Reviewed: 2.5" Notebook Hard Drives From Toshiba And Hitachi By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 10 June 10 With more than 100 MB/s throughput and 500GB of storage capacity for notebooks, Hitachi’s Travelstar 7K500 and the Toshiba MK5056GSY face the established Seagate Momentus 7200.4. Were the two newer drives worth waiting for? We benchmark them to find out.
9.5 Versus 12.5 mm: Which Notebook HDD Is Right For You? By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 22 May 10 Notebook drive manufacturers can choose between two drive heights: 9.5 mm and 12.5 mm. At 9.5 mm, most drives are limited to two spinning platters, while 12.5 mm has enough room for three, enabling higher capacity. We compare the two 2.5" variants.
Blu-ray 3D On The PC: The Tom's Hardware Review By Don Woligroski published 20 May 10 Tom's Hardware has an exclusive first-look at Blu-ray 3D technology running on a notebook and HTPC leveraging Nvidia's 3D Vision technology, CyberLink's PowerDVD 10 Ultra Mark II software, and an Acer display. Might this setup be in your future, too?
Meet Moorestown: Intel's Atom Platform For The Next 10 Billion Devices By William Van Winkle published 5 May 10 Intel’s second-gen Atom platform, Moorestown, positions the chip giant to have a killer smartphone and MID platform in 2010. The old Atom Z5xx drawbacks seem fixed. Why does Moorestown rock, and will it be enough to let Intel advance in this market?
Intel’s Mobile Core i5 And Core i3: Arrandale Is For The Rest Of Us By Chris Angelini published 4 January 10
Quick Look: Notebook Performance With Windows XP, Vista, And 7 By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 18 December 09