What does it mean to build a truly-balanced PC? How great would it be to piece together a machine bottlenecked by neither CPU or GPU? We set forth to measure the perfect balance in seven different games and four resolutions in this second of many parts. Central processing unit – Graphics processing unit – Personal [...]
Chris checks in with an update on our 2009 CPU Charts, pricing on ATI’s Radeon HD 5800/5900s graphics cards, news of official bitstreaming support, an interesting tidbit on power consumption in Eyefinity mode, and Zotac’s second-gen mini-ITX board. Video card – Radeon – ATI Technologies – Central processing unit – Zotac Original post by Janet [...]
Powerline, MoCA, 802.11 wireless, or conventional Ethernet–which networking technology is right for your home? Netgear sent us product based on all four technologies and we ran them through their paces to help you decide which works best in your home. Ethernet – Data Communications – Technology – Netgear – Multimedia over Coax Alliance Original post [...]
The spirit of innovation lives on at IBM’s research facilities all around the world. We were given the chance to chat about eight of the company’s most promising upcoming projects (some near-term, others further “out there”). IBM – Research – Hardware – Computer science – IBM Research Original post by Janet Cloninger
Will the right gaming peripherals make you a better gamer? There are a number of high-end mouse, keyboard, and headset vendors out there who’d like you to think that the right $100 add-on will make all of the difference. We put those claims to the test. Keyboard – Mouse – Peripheral – Windows – Utilities [...]
Welcome to Part One of Tom’s Hardware’s Holiday Gift Guide. This first episode is geared toward those system builders planning to pool some Christmas cash to construct a powerful (yet value-oriented) system. This year, Sarah is back to show off our picks. Christmas – Tom’s Hardware – Holidays – Tom – Business Original post by [...]
Some games seem to be at the top of the iTunes App Store charts day in and day out, particularly some of those evergreen free games – but which titles are making the most money? Here’s a look at the past week’s biggest earners on the iPhone and the iPod Touch. There are some predictable [...]
So you jailbroke your iPhone. Maybe you wanted to try out some of the third party apps. Maybe you just wanted to tweak your interface. Either way, you did it without changing your root password. Now you’re helplessly staring at a picture of Rick Astley, thanks to one of the new iPhone worms that are [...]
Can you hit the performance level of the next-fastest GPU by overclocking your graphics card? What is the impact on power consumption? Can your cooler take the extra heat? We overclock three modern graphics cards to their limits for some answers. Graphics processing unit – Radeon – GeForce – Radeon R700 – Overclocking Original post [...]
Welcome to another edition of our Best Gaming CPUs for the Money. This month we have a handful of AMD-based processor introductions to factor into our recommendations. Moreover, Intel’s Core i5-750 finds itself back on the list for new system builders. Intel Corporation – Advanced Micro Devices – Intel Core i5 – Central processing unit [...]
