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Eyefinity pushes over 24 million pixels with one next-gen Radeon by Scott Wasson — 12:43 PM on September 10, 2009 Say you're AMD, and you make graphics chips that nearly double in performance with every generation. Yet games haven't been getting all that much... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Displays	158
15-inch MacBook Pro gets anti-glare option by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:37 PM on August 11, 2009 Love Apple laptops but hate glossy displays? Good news, then: you don't have to cough up $2,549 for that 17" MacBook Pro with the non-glossy... Type: News story Tags: Displays Mobile computing	45
Deal of the week: Dell's UltraSharp 2408WFP for $469 by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:14 PM on August 7, 2009 Last time we featured Dell's UltraSharp 2408WFP in our deal post, it was on sale for $517. Today, the display is on sale again,... Type: News story Tags: Displays	37
Deal of the week: A 1080p monitor for $150 shipped by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:24 PM on May 15, 2009 Many of our deal posts feature graphics cards, but what good is a shiny new GPU if you're stuck with an old 17" LCD—or, worse,... Type: News story Tags: Displays	36
LCD prices are on the rise, says iSuppli by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:50 PM on April 9, 2009 The global economic downturn has led to price drops in some parts of the computer hardware market. However, you probably shouldn't count on finding too... Type: News story Tags: Displays	12
New Dell monitor has 21.5'' panel size, 1080p resolution by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on April 3, 2009 The slow transition to desktop monitors with 16:9 aspect ratios seems to produce some... Type: News story Tags: Displays	73
Upcoming Dell monitors to have LED backlights by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:55 AM on January 9, 2009 LED backlighting technology has been a staple of thin-and-light laptops for some time, but it's been largely absent from the desktop scene (Apple's $899 LED... Type: News story Tags: Displays	43
Etc. by Scott Wasson — 10:10 AM on December 30, 2008 Had a pretty productive day yesterday. Did data entry and made graphs for GPU stuff. 12 different GPU configs and seven different benchmarks,... Type: News story Tags: Displays The Tech Report	79
LCD panel prices are headed down by Cyril Kowaliski — 1:49 PM on December 8, 2008 Don't be surprised if LCD monitors keep getting cheaper over the coming weeks and months. The folks at DigiTimes have learned from "market sources" that... Type: News story Tags: Displays	45
HP's LP2475w monitor: IPS at a bargain price by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:08 AM on December 4, 2008 Those who follow my blog may have some idea of the trouble I've encountered trying to replace my aging (and dimming) 20.1" Viewsonic VX2025wm with... Type: Blog post Tags: Displays	102
High-density 23'' Dell display arrives in the U.S. by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:36 PM on November 18, 2008 After quietly showing up in Canada over a week ago, Dell's bizarro 23"... Type: News story Tags: Displays	33
Deal of the week: Cheap RAM and a 24-inch widescreen by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:20 AM on November 14, 2008 We have a pair of deals for you this week. A month ago, we featured a 4GB Kingston DDR2-800 memory kit with a CAS... Type: News story Tags: Displays Memory	39
Dell launches 23'' display with unusual resolution by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:07 PM on November 10, 2008 Here's something you don't see every day. Dell has quietly added a new... Type: News story Tags: Displays	60
Thermaltake's A2413 7-inch LCD by Geoff Gasior — 11:05 PM on September 29, 2008 Thermaltake's A2413 7" LCD display packs a touch-sensitive screen into a motorized drive bay that looks perfect for car PCs and enterprising modders. We Type: Feature article Tags: Miscellaneous Displays	18
Stereoscopic glasses coming this year from Nvidia by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:04 PM on September 17, 2008 In our podcast last Saturday, we talked a little bit about Nvidia's plans in the field of stereoscopic 3D. Nvidia demoed its technology at... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Displays	40
The great 8-bit monitor conundrum by Scott Wasson — 10:44 AM on September 4, 2008 I have a pair of 20" 1600x1200 LCDs on my desk, and I really like this arrangement. Both are Dell displays, and the older one... Type: Blog post Tags: Displays	57
Dell introduces 24-inch monitor with 16:9 aspect ratio by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:04 AM on July 29, 2008 In early July, DisplaySearch predicted that PC and notebook monitors would inevitably transition to 16:9 aspect ratios, with 16:9 monitors to be among the... Type: News story Tags: Displays	57
iSuppli sees bright future for DisplayPort by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:03 PM on July 25, 2008 Devices with HDMI connectivity have only been in the market for about five years,... Type: News story Tags: Displays	47

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tipoo

It's not a benchmark suggestion, but a benchmark*ing* suggestion, I've always wanted to see more older CPUs thrown into what benchmarks they can to sh...

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lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +26

chuckula

Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +25

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"Quark, drunk on money, power, and an estimated 90% market share, started behavi... +24

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