Games such as Battlefield 2, F.E.A.R, Quake 4, and more recently Oblivion are setting an obvious trend that will only continue. If you?re a serious gamer then you really should have 2GB of fast system memory, and if you currently have 2GB of ' value' stuff but are looking to upgrade, then the kits on test today from Corsair, Mushkin and OCZ are perfect replacements.
AMD Turion X2 Launch and Final Model Numbers
Our friends over at Computerbase.de posted some interesting information on AMD's upcoming mobile dual-core Turion 64 X2 processors.
AMD Turion X2 Launch and Final Model Numbers
Our friends over at Computerbase.de posted some interesting information on AMD's upcoming mobile dual-core Turion 64 X2 processors.
PCMag.com's Best Products of Q1 2006
Following its Worst Products list of Q1 2006, is PCMag.com's Best Products of Q1 2006. These 26 products represent the cream of the crop, such as the Dell Dimension E310, Creative Zen MicroPhoto, Saitek A-250 speakers, and more.
HD DVD vs. Blu-ray
Just when you finished replacing all your VHS tapes with DVDs, you heard that there are two new kids on the block, HD DVD and Blu-ray. They both claim that they're the successor to DVD, and that eventually they're going to replace it completely. If you've been watching this fight from the sidelines, confused by the differences between the competing standards, keep reading, and we'll explain some of the technical details behind the marketing hype.
An iPod that's not an iPod
A few weeks ago, I installed Rockbox on my trusty 30GB iPod Photo. Rockbox isn't one of the many applications that run on the iPod software platform; rather, it's firmware that completely replaces the iPod's, with the goal of expanding the possibilities and the limits of the existing hardware.
ABIT's new identity, AM2 stuff, etc
We visit the ABIT HQ in Taiwan and take a look at some of their upcoming AM2 boards as well as their new brand identity.
TweakTown
TweakTown
Merom T7400 VS Yonah T2600
Intel keeps pushing it`s new Core architecture ahead. So does XS members keep showing exclusive previews on these new and still unavailable products.
Gigabyte's AM2 Boards NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI & 570 SLI Preview
Gigabyte delivered us a surprise package containing not only their nForce 570 SLI solution, but even their stunning nForce 590 SLI board.
Running SLI on ATi RD580 Mainboard
It has always been the dream that SLI can run on non NV boards. A user sent in pictures of his ASUS RD580 board ASUS A8R32-MVP running a pair of 6600GT SLI.
OCWorkbench
OCWorkbench
Logitech LX7 Cordless Optical Mouse Review
Considering the mainstream mindset, Logitech released its LX7 Cordless Optical mouse late last year. As the name suggests, it?s based on optical technology that defined and revolutionized mice, especially for gamers. Now that we can compare the two technologies side-by-side, is Logitech?s LX7 still a worthy contender? Read on and find out?
AGEIA PhysX PPU Videos - Ghost Recon and Cell Factor
We happened to play around with a PC equiped with an AGEIA PhysX processor and the new Ghost Recon demo and a demo copy of Cell Factor. Come see our videos!
Intel ViiV vs. AMD Live!
Everything you need to know about Intel ViiV and AMD Live! standards for digital entertainment PCs and the difference between them.
Monitor Survey: eight 20 LCD 20'' 5, 6, 8, 16 ms
Behardware.com has tested 8 of the most interesting 20" monitors on the market. All technology is represented with IPS, TN, MVA in 5, 6, 8 and 16 ms. There is also a wide range of prices from 470 to 900 ?. 8 candidates and in the end there will be only one star.
The Creative X-Fi Scandal
Back in the summer of 05?, Creative announced about a new revolutionary X-Fi audio processor that was supposed to change how our games sound. They said it would be a very powerful audio processor with a 51 million transistor chip. They also introduced many new features and claimed that it would be a breakthrough in multimedia audio. After Creative released their new X-Fi lineup many users complained about the following issues:
NVIDIA Quad-SLI vs. ATI Crossfire
At this year's CeBIT the most controversial and most debated new hardware was NVIDIA's Quad-SLI, which was awarded "best product of CES" earlier this year. We had the chance to put two identical retail 7900 GX2 QuadSLI and X1900 XTX CrossFire systems right next to each other and evaluate them. There were quite a bunch of surprises.
techPowerUp
techPowerUp
SLI running with ATi & Intel Yonah Motherboards
Apparently, mod patches have been circulating around, under-table, to enable users to run SLI unofficially on Intel chipset motherboards, and even ATi chipset motherboards, such as the DFI CFX3200 DR based on the ATi RD580 chipset.
Intel Core versus AMD's K8 architecture
How does the Athlon 64 architecture, known as "Hammer" or "K8", compare with the newly announced Intel Core architecture? Does AMD have a chance to compete with the latest state of the art Intel technology? What tricks make the Core architecture more capable than the current CPUs?
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2 Quad SLI Performance Preview
Ever since it was first demonstrated at CES in Jan, we've been wondering how fast NVIDIA's Quad SLI performs in today's latest games. Well, today the wait is finally over and we can finally show you benchmarks!
Intel goes 32nm in 2009
Intel is planning to release the first 45nm processors in 2007 and the first 32nm ones in 2009. More info over Here