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Today's mid-range GPUs in Battlefield 3
by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:52 PM on November 10, 2011

Join us as we test three pairs of competing mid-range cards and see how well they handle EA DICE's latest blockbuster, Battlefield 3.

Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Gaming

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Some thoughts on Rage
by Scott Wasson — 10:54 AM on October 27, 2011

Well, I finished Rage last night. I have to say that I enjoyed it quite a bit, mostly because, at heart, it's a very...

Type: Blog post Tags: Graphics Gaming

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Battle of the Radeon HD 6950s
by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:25 AM on October 20, 2011

We've gathered three souped-up Radeon HD 6950 graphics cards from Gigabyte, MSI, and XFX. Which one delivers the most bang for your buck?

Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics

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Goodbye, Mr. Jobs
by Jason Fox — 9:44 PM on October 5, 2011

About an hour ago, as of this writing, Apple posted this simple statement on their website: Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Mobile computing Mac Personal tech

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Lucid's 'smarter vsync' could revolutionize game performance
by Scott Wasson — 2:50 PM on September 21, 2011

Lucid's new 'HyperFormance' tech may have an unfortunate name, but it still has the potential to change the way we think about GPU performance by...

Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Software

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Have you heard?
by Fred Silver — 12:21 PM on September 19, 2011

Type: Blog post Tags: Systems Personal tech

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Inside the second: A new look at game benchmarking
by Scott Wasson — 6:08 PM on September 8, 2011

We set out to introduce some new game benchmarking methods, and those new tools promptly helped us uncover an intriguing problem: multi-GPU micro-stuttering.

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics Gaming

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Once a pirate...
by Fred Silver — 9:32 PM on August 28, 2011

Type: Blog post Tags: Mac Personal tech

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Crysis 2 tessellation: too much of a good thing?
by Scott Wasson — 2:07 PM on August 16, 2011

We discover the world's greatest virtual concrete slab.

Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Gaming

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The many seasons of better benchmarks
by Fred Silver — 10:04 AM on August 15, 2011

Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Graphics

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A month with Asus' Eee Pad Transformer
by Geoff Gasior — 12:22 AM on July 22, 2011

Asus' Eee Pad Transformer may cost $100 less than the competition, but you wouldn't know it from using the thing. I've spent more...

Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

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Llano in overtime: 1866MHz RAM & IGP-only power
by Scott Wasson — 11:51 PM on July 17, 2011

Will 1866MHz memory make a big difference to the performance of the AMD A8-3850 APU? How does power consumption look without a discrete GPU...

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics

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Priorities
by Fred Silver — 11:30 PM on July 10, 2011

Type: Blog post Tags: Graphics

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AMD's A8-3500M Fusion APU
by Scott Wasson — 7:53 PM on June 22, 2011

Can AMD's 'Llano' APU really take on Intel's excellent Sandy Bridge processors and hold its own? We've taken a deep look at its...

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics Mobile computing

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A tour of Zotac's Dongguan factory
by Geoff Gasior — 10:09 PM on June 14, 2011

Unlike some graphics card and motherboard makers, Zotac has its own production capacity. We tour the Zotac factory in Dongguan, China to see where...

Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Motherboards Systems

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Nvidia's GeForce GTX 560 graphics processor
by Cyril Kowaliski — 8:00 AM on May 17, 2011

Say hello to Nvidia's latest $199 graphics card. Is this a worthwhile step up from the GeForce GTX 460 1GB, and is it a...

Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics

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Zotac's GeForce GTX 580 AMP²! graphics card
by Scott Wasson — 11:00 PM on May 8, 2011

Zotac's GTX 580 AMP²! may not be the value shopper's most rational choice, but any enthusiast will appreciate its obvious virtues.

Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics

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The unbearable lightness of whiteness
by Jason Fox — 3:01 PM on April 29, 2011

Hey, kids, didya hear the news? Only ten months behind schedule, Apple shipped the iPhone 4 Caucasian Edition into the waiting arms of Anglophiles everywhere....

Type: Blog post Tags: Mac Personal tech

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