System Builder Marathon Q1 2015: Mainstream Enthusiast PC By Don Woligroski 25 February 2015 Our first mid-range enthusiast System Builder Marathon configuration of 2015 turns out to be a solid, capable and powerful system with no obvious weak spots.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960: Maxwell In The Middle By Don Woligroski, Igor Wallossek 22 January 2015 The GeForce GTX 760 has had to hold it's ground for a long time, but today Nvidia replaces it's last Kepler-powered GTX card with the GeForce GTX 960.
Shadow Of Mordor: Performance Testing And Benchmarks By Sam Culleton, Don Woligroski 13 January 2015 Fresh on the heels of the final Hobbit movie, we bring you our game performance review of Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor. This innovative title has a few pleasant surprises up its sleeve when it comes to hardware requirements.
Razer Leads OSVR Initiative To Provide Open Standard For Virtual Reality; But What About Oculus? By Don Woligroski 06 January 2015 Razer has taken the initiative to create a free, open-source virtual reality standard. Not only that, but the company offers a $200 development kit that includes a VR head-mounted display.
First Look: AMD's Carrizo APU Notebook Design By Don Woligroski 06 January 2015 AMD is debuting its high-performance Carrizo and Carrizo-L system-on-a-chip design at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and we're the first to offer pictures of the prototype.
Intel's Broadwell-U Core i5-5200U And i7-5600U: The First Benchmarks By Don Woligroski 06 January 2015 Live from CES, Tom's Hardware delivers the first comparison benchmark results from the Broadwell-U based Core i5-5200U and Core i7-5600U!
Intel Reveals Details On Broadwell-U At CES By Don Woligroski 05 January 2015 Chipmaker Intel has released new information about its 15 to 28 Watt Broadwell-U processors intended for products like Ultrabooks, Notebooks, Mini-PCs and All-in-One desktops.
The Immersive Technology Alliance Aims To Standardize The Virtual Reality Industry By Don Woligroski 05 January 2015 The Immersive Technology Alliance (ITA) is a not-for-profit corporation created to promote the success of the immersive technology industry.
Far Cry 4 Game Performance Review By Don Woligroski, Sam Culleton 30 December 2014 If you were a fan of Far Cry 3’s free roam, hunting and countless side missions, the sequel will be right up your alley. We test a wide array of hardware with this game, and get a good look at how it improves upon its predecessor.
System Builder Marathon Q4 2014: Mainstream Enthusiast PC By Don Woligroski 27 December 2014 In this, our last enthusiast build of 2014, we put together a more capable system than last quarter for less money. When it comes to overclocking, though, fate had a different plan.
XFX Radeon R9 285 Black Edition Review: Maximum Overdrive By Don Woligroski 05 December 2014 Not yet rated XFX boasts the highest factory-overclocked GPU overclock in its Radeon R9 285 Black Edition. But is there more to this card than just impressive specifications? Find out inside!
What We Saw At Immersed: The Virtual And Augmented Reality Event By Don Woligroski 01 December 2014 We went to the Immersed Virtual and Augmented reality event in Toronto and were surprised by the amount of content available at this new venue.
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega Edition Review: The Big Gun By Don Woligroski 25 November 2014 Not yet rated Zotac's GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega edition boasts a large aftermarket cooling solution enabling an aggressive factory overclock. How does the board perform right out of its box? How about after we try to push it even harder?
Nvidia's New GK210 GPU Powers Dual-GPU Tesla K80 For Accelerated Computing By Don Woligroski 17 November 2014 Nvidia released it's GK210-powered dual-GPU Tesla K80 graphics card today, bringing GPGPU compute processing to a whole new level.
Sapphire's Vapor-X R9 290X 8GB: The More, The Merrier? By Don Woligroski 06 November 2014 We've waited patiently since we saw this card demoed at CES in the beginning of 2014. Sapphire has finally released the 8GB version of it's Vapor-X R9 290X. Does more memory make us merrier?
Sapphire's ITX Compact R9 285: Good Things In Small Packages By Don Woligroski 31 October 2014 Sapphire provides a compact ITX graphics card for gamers who value small and portable gaming rigs. We put this little graphics card to the test and see if it can stand toe-to-toe with its full-sized contemporaries.
VisionTek CryoVenom R9 295X2: Two GPUs In One Slot By Don Woligroski 13 October 2014 VisionTek recently introduced its CryoVenom R9 295X2, a dual-GPU graphics card that squeezes into a single PCIe expansion slot thanks to a thin and effective water block with impressive thermal performance. But is the board worth its price premium?
Maxwell Goes Mobile: First GeForce GTX 970M Benchmarks By Don Woligroski 07 October 2014 Nvidia introduces its second-gen Maxwell architecture to mobile, where the efficient GM204 graphics processor has a chance to show its core advantages.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 And 980 Review: Maximum Maxwell By Don Woligroski, Igor Wallossek 19 September 2014 Nvidia shows us what second-gen Maxwell architecture can do with its new GM204 chip and the GeForce GTX 970 and 980 graphics cards that wield it.
Intel's Broadwell Core M-5Y70: The First Benchmarks By Don Woligroski 12 September 2014 Straight from IDF, we're pleased to bring you the first comparison benchmark results from the Broadwell-based Core M-5Y70!
Intel's Broadwell Core M Processor: New Details, SKUs and Specifics By Don Woligroski 05 September 2014 Intel reveals more technical details about the Core M, and we get our first peek of Broadwell-Y processing and battery performance comparisons.
AMD Radeon R9 285 Review: Tonga and GCN Update 3.0 By Don Woligroski, Igor Wallossek 02 September 2014 Not yet rated On paper, the new Tonga-based R9 285 looks to be slightly slower than the R9 280 it is intended to replace, but there's more than meets the eye.
AMD Updates Desktop FX Processor Line With Three New CPUs, Price Cuts By Don Woligroski 02 September 2014 AMD Now Offers Eight-Core Processors For 95-Watt Motherboards, providing a low-budget upgrade path to respectable multi-threading performance. In addition, the new FX-8370 processor has arrived, and prices have been cut across the board.
