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March 13th, 2010
 In Pictures: GDC 2010, Day 2
Loyd's second day on the floor of GDC 2010 comes back to us in the form of a picture story. Real-time motion capture, virtual reality, stereoscopic showings from Nvidia and Sony, plus a brain wave detector kit were all on display at this year's show.
March 12th, 2010
Fantastic 4: Four AMATech Coolers Reviewed
A new company, new coolers with catching names and attractive exterior, but pretty average cooling efficiency and no breakthroughs in the acoustic performance. Read more about these new interesting solutions in our roundup!
GDC 2010, Day 1: The Missing Middle
This year's Game Developer Conference is in full swing, and Loyd Case is on the ground, reporting the latest goings-on. His Day 1 coverage includes AMD's push for open-standard physics, Windows Phone 7, Playstation Move, real-world gaming, and Surface.
Efficiency Explored: Core i7-980X Versus Core i7-975
Intel is preemptively launching the first hexa-core desktop CPU weeks ahead of actual availability. But how does this 32nm monster perform when we take a deeper look into performance per watt? After yesterday's preview, today we look closer at efficiency.
March 11th, 2010
Intel Core i7 980X Overclocking Update: Breaking 4GHz With 6 Cores
Our initial 980X overclocking results were bad, so we put in more time and managed to push the chip past 4GHz....
Coolink Corator DS: Cooler with Gapless Direct Touch Technology
The new air cooler for CPUs proves remarkably efficient at a low level of noise and costs less than the renowned leaders in this field. Read more in our new review!
March 10th, 2010
Intel Core i7-980X Extreme: Hello, Six-Core Computing
Already the performance leader in desktop processing, Intel is following its quad-core Bloomfield design up with Gulftown, a hexa-core design sporting 12MB of shared L3 cache. Is the lone Gulftown model, Core i7-980X Extreme, worth a $1,000 asking price?
The Core i7 980X Review: Intel's First 6-Core Desktop CPU
It's got 6 cores, 12 threads and it's good. Meet Intel's Core i7 980X, the first Gulftown CPU. If you've got the money, there's nothing better....
Four Compression And Archiving Solutions Compared
Would you rather use 7-Zip, FreeArc, WinRAR, or WinZip? We put four of the most popular file archiving tools to the test, analyzing compression ratios and performance. Spoiler alert: WinZip 14, the latest version of this popular title, gets creamed.
March 9th, 2010
ASUS M4A89GTD Pro - A Core Unlocking 890GX for $140
With less than a week of public release mileage under its belt, how close have ASUS come to hitting a home run with the M4A89GTD Pro? ...
AVADirect Clevo X8100 SLI Gaming Notebook
AVADirect, the custom computer manufacturer, has announced their "most powerful notebook for gamers." The powerhouse notebook is an update of the older Clevo M980NU, replacing the Intel Core 2 Duo and NVIDIA GTX 280M SLI with a Core i7 and a GTX 285M SLI to provide a sizable bump in performance. The new model, NBK-CLV-X8100, uses the Clevo X8100...
AVA Direct Clevo X8100 SLI Gaming Notebook
AVA Direct, the custom computer manufacturer, has announced their "most powerful notebook for gamers." The powerhouse notebook is an update of the older Clevo M980NU, replacing the Intel Core 2 Duo and NVIDIA GTX 280M SLI with a Core i7 and a GTX 285M SLI to provide a sizable bump in performance. The new model, NBK-CLV-X8100, uses the Clevo X8100...
Contemporary Graphics Cards Performance in Battlefield: Bad Company 2
One of the most anticipated game titles - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - has just hit the market. X-bit labs decided to take a closer look at this game in order to help you pick up the right graphics card for the ultimate gaming experience.
Dell M6500: A Precision Strike on Bling
The Dell Precision M6500 is what we expect from a mobile workstation: high on quality and low on fluff. It?s also very expensive, but the cost of the hardware likely pales in comparison to the software it?s designed to run....
Updated: Tuning Cool'n'Quiet: Maximize Power And Performance
Think your Athlon or Phenom processor is already tuned to deliver the best balance between performance and power consumption? Think again. We show you how to tweak Cool'n'Quiet for more aggressive power savings at standard speeds using several AMD CPUs.
March 8th, 2010
Terabyte Hard Disk Drives Roundup: Round Three
We are going to talk about the new 1 TB HDD models that appeared in the market over the past year. And since one of these solutions is Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS with 4 KB sectors, we will also discuss this type of HDD internal structure, its pros and cons.
10Gbit Ethernet: Killing Another Bottleneck?
More cores (32 to 48) in medium-range servers results in 20 to 50 VMs on one virtualized server. We investigate if 10Gbit Ethernet is finally ready to solve the NIC I/O bottleneck. Is 10Gbit Ethernet still a technology for the happy few?...
Best Graphics Cards For The Money: March 2010
With three new Radeon HD 5000-series cards launched last month, older models being put out to pasture. And an upcoming next-generation launch from Nvidia later this month sees GPU prices fluctuating quickly. Check out this month's recommendations!
March 6th, 2010
NVIDIA 196.75 Driver Alert
As many of you are aware, NVIDIA has hit some snags with their latest round of WHQL drivers. The drivers have been interfering with the fan operation on certain NVIDIA video cards, resulting in the GPU overheating. NVIDIA has taken down the drivers in question, and has asked that we pass along the following message:
We are aware that some customers...
3.5? Enterprise Hard Drive Development Analyzed
SSDs might be the fastest storage option today, but by no means is it the most popular. Magnetic media offers high throughput and proven reliability for existing ecosystems. We looked at developments in four enterprise hard drive generations.
March 5th, 2010
THX Certified HDTVs - Useful or Just Marketing?
THX is well known for its audio standards. But when you see THX on an HDTV panel, what does that mean? Loyd digs in to find out....
Two Portable 500GB Drives Benchmarked (And Dropped)
If you're the sort of power user who's hard on technology, especially out in the field, then ruggedized mobile storage might be apropos. Today, we're looking at a pair of portable disks that can take drops and spills, while serving up 500GB of capacity.
March 4th, 2010
Chieftec Power Supply Units Roundup: New Models
We will introduce to you three new power supply units from Chieftec ranging from 550 to 750 W. Read more in our new article.
Web Browser Grand Prix: The Top Five, Tested And Ranked
We've put Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla FireFox, and Opera through a gauntlet of speed tests and time trials to find out which Web browser is truly the fastest. How does your favorite land in our rankings?
March 3rd, 2010
Dell Inspiron 1564: Mobile i3/i5 for the Masses
Dell's 15-inch Inspiron line has evolved over the years; gone are the bulky grey-and-white monstrosities, replaced by sleeker, more colorful designs. The latest Inspiron 1564 also sports an i3/i5 CPU, providing a powerful platform that's not as heavy as the size would suggest....
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March 13th, 2010Ars Technica - iPad mania: hot presales, iBooks info, 3G model semipopular
 Ars Technica - Week in Apple: iPad day looms, Mac gamers rejoice, and more
Ars Technica - Week in tech: ad blocking, whitelisting, and privacy
Ars Technica - Week in gaming: Ubisoft DRM, PlayStation Move, and God of War III
TG Daily - It's not Game over yet at GDC?
March 12th, 2010X-bit labs - AAA Game Titles Soon to Be Available on Mobile Phones - Epic Games
Ars Technica - Valve's Gabe Newell shares his thoughts on DRM
TG Daily - Gamers slave labor for virtual cash
Ars Technica - Surprise: iPhone app use heaviest at night and on weekends
Ars Technica - Netflix settles privacy lawsuit, ditches $1 million contest
DailyTech - Will Shatner Creates Sci-Fi Social Network Site MyOuterSpace
Ars Technica - New Zealand relies on BGP router protocol to filter the 'Net
DailyTech - Military: Technology Will Not Replace GIs
X-bit labs - Intel Has a Luxury of Releasing Larrabee in Its Own Time - Larrabee Engineer
TG Daily - Epic brings 3D Vision to Unreal Engine 3
Ars Technica - China and Google playing game of Chicken over censorship
TG Daily - New Research Could Electrify Rubber
TG Daily - Climate Change Is Not A ?This? or ?That? Proposition
X-bit labs - Intel Has a Luxury of Releasing Larrabee in Its Own time - Larrabee Engineer
Ars Technica - Science journo quits writing to fight chiropractic libel suit
TG Daily - Apple kicks off iPad pre-order festival
Ars Technica - Bed readers rejoice: iPad gains last-minute rotation lock
X-bit labs - Court Puts on Hold Legal Battle Between Apple and Nokia
Ars Technica - Firefox 3.6 sees 100M downloads, now pushing notifications
TG Daily - Google, Extreme Arrogance and Gaming
Ars Technica - Five insights into the behaviors of social media users
DailyTech - Microsoft, Palm Plunge in Smartphone Market Share, Android is Big Winner
Ars Technica - New WMAP data can't erase "dark flow"
DailyTech - Windows Phone 7 Series Shacks up With AMD, Will Bring 480x800 Xbox Live Titles
Ars Technica - Comcast-NBCU merger: how the regulators will decide
DailyTech - Xbox 360 Top Console in February Says NPD
TG Daily - Space station could operate until 2028
TG Daily - Wind farms could raise temperatures
TG Daily - 'Telepathy' algorithm can distinguish between memories
Ars Technica - Beautiful innovation: the first 20 hours of FF XIII
Ars Technica - Hands on with Bit.Trip Runner: don't watch, listen
TG Daily - Google app shows shoppers what's in stock nearby
TG Daily - Microsoft loses next round in i4i patent case
TG Daily - Games sales continue to slide
TG Daily - Governments use internet as tool of control
X-bit labs - Smartbooks with Google Chrome Will Be More Expensive than Windows Netbooks - Analyst
TG Daily - Let the gaming begin!
TG Daily - Barnes & Noble to put e-books on iPad
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