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- Radeon HD 5970 - ATI's killer graphics card
- You know what else is impressive?The foot long length of the thing.Alsothe noise level from the leaf-blower coolers to keep this thing from burning your house down.Seriously though, down for getting one, but not till a 3rd party gives us one with some custom cooling options. Although I guess they...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Radeon HD 5970 - ATI's killer graphics card
- Thought that ATI's Radeon HD 5870 is a killer graphics card? Well you ain't seen nothing yet - until you've seen the Radeon HD 5970. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-11-19
- GPU-Z 0.3.7 (Windows)
- GPU-Z application was designed to be a lightweight tool that will give you all information about your video card and GPU. Main Features: support NVIDIA and ATI cards; displays adapter, GPU, and display information; displays overclock, default clocks and 3D clocks if available; validation of results.In version 0.3.5 ATI Radeon...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- ATI Radeon HD 5970 is world's fastest graphics card
- Isn't this card a little.... bigEven for most gaming class full-tower PC's?No, this is typical for high-end gaming cardsMost ATX cases will handle this. The main problem might be the power supply!And It's ATI...So I Will PassATI is garbage....I'll wait for NVIDIA's 300 series response...I was an ATI fan...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- ATI Radeon HD 5970 is world's fastest graphics card
- AMD has just announced today their newest graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 5970, which they are touting as "the fastest card ever created." Get ready. AMD is proclaiming many firsts with this card. Besides being the fastest, it's the one of the first...
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Apple iMac (21.5-inch, 3.06Hz Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce 9400M, Fall 2009)
- We awarded Apple an Editors' Choice for its new $1,699 iMac, largely because its 27-inch screen dwarfs its competition in that price range. So what to make of Apple's new lower-end iMac? At $1,199, its 21.5-inch screen is hardly the size leader for its price, and without a touch screen...
- Product reviews 2009-11-17
- AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology
- AMD seems to be the more viable choice nowThey certainly have improved their offerings over Intel and NVIDIA, which both seem to be up in the air at the moment. Intel isn't focused on offering good mainstream performance for the dollar - they're only working on Atom and the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Sony Vaio L117FX (Core 2 Quad Q8400s 2.66GHz, 6GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium)
- Had Apple not introduced a 27-inch iMac for $1,699, we'd have fewer reservations about Sony asking $1,999 for its new 24-inch Vaio L117FX. Yes, HP's TouchSmart 600 expanded on some of Sony's innovations from its previous generation all-in-ones. Sony also doesn't even attempt to match HP's creative multitouch software. But...
- Product reviews 2009-11-13
- Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era?
- Inhell got off cheaplyProbably AMD needed the cash now because it would have gotten a lot more in a trial.This is good news for computer usersGood news all around. The cross licensing will allow advancements with a minimum of lawyer intervention.Won't matter, AMD is toastThey haven't produced a CPU worth...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Gateway NV5207u
- The Gateway NV5207u is what happens when a slow processor happens to an otherwise respectable budget-priced laptop. It's a good-looking notebook with a large screen, a decent port assortment, and a couple of extra features to sweeten the deal. But its AMD processor is a poor performer despite being dual...
- Product reviews 2009-11-05
- Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Hardware components
- Another ideaThe KH family must look forward to Santa's arrival if those are your ideas of gifts!One I think worth considering is and external drive and a back up program. You know which friends need those. (Sorry Zack :- Well, those choices were...... different.Why the i7 extreme, when you can...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers
- This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...
- Blog posts 2009-11-01
- Averatec D1130 All-in-One
- The Averatec D1130 All-In-One is a stripped-down version of the D1133 we reviewed last month, and while this version cuts the price down to only $399, it also strips away many of the features that gave the higher-end model some value. With its puny 1.6GHz Intel Atom chip, 1GB of...
- Product reviews 2009-10-30
- Apple iMac 27-inch
- If we could, we'd take points away from this iMac simply because by giving it a 27-inch display Apple threatens our livelihood. You don't need our input to simply walk past the 27-inch iMac on a store shelf and recognize that it's the largest all-in-one currently available, and that it...
- Product reviews 2009-10-21
- Apple's bumper crop of fall hardware, reviewed
- Where is the love for Nvidia?A number of questions come up:Why not Nvidia chipsets anymore? Why did they go back to Intel for core logic when they slammed them in a previous tech show for power management concerns?What happened to added graphics options on the Mac Pro? Where...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Asus Eee Top ET2002
- Nvidia wants us to tell you that its GeForce 9400M graphics chip, aka Nvidia's Ion technology, pulls Asus' Eee Top ET2002 up from the depths of Nettop misery by imparting it with better-than-terrible graphics and video processing. We agree that the 9400 chip improves the ET2002's visual chops, but a...
- Product reviews 2009-10-20
- AMD rolls out 8 new Athlon CPUs in time for Windows 7
- Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Will Windows 7 have the right touch?
- The touch interface has arrived on smartphones, thanks largely to the iPhone. But it hasn't found much mainstream success on the PC despite years of trying. The imminent arrival of Windows 7, which has multi-touch support built-in, and a separate Touch Pack with sample apps and games, has rekindled interest...
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Best 'bang for the buck' graphics cards
- No Love for NVIDIA?I'm a little disappointed you only mention one GeForce card as if they can't compete with ATI. I'm sensing either sponsorship or bias, Adrian... but if it's genuinely based on performance, I'd love to see some benchmarking and justification for the claim.They just killed off......half the cards...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Acer Aspire Z5610: Acer's first all-in-one multi-touch desktop
- Lovely yet underpowered and poorly pitchedFrom the Article[i]Discrete ATI Mobility Radeon graphics display images in vivid color and sharp detail, while Intel Pentium Dual Core processors fuel the system with significant power.[/i]I am trying to remember when a Dual Core Pentium Proc was considered significant power. At one time...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
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