Archive - The Tech Report

Most commented stories

• Refuted: BF4, other Frostbite 3 games to be 'optimized exclusively for AMD' [139]
• Upcoming Intel desktop CPU specs possibly detailed in leak [90]
• AMD's A10-6800K and A10-6700 'Richland' APUs reviewed [85]
• FX-9000 processors listed at U.S. e-tailer [80]
• Next-gen games may not carry a premium [65]

Hot forum threads

ARCHIVE

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	70
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	30
TR's fall 2011 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 3:43 PM on October 24, 2011 Join us as we reveal the latest updates and additions we've made to our four classic builds: the $600 Econobox, $900 Utility Player, $1,500 Sweeter... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	167
Getting acquainted with Arduino by David Morgan — 10:54 AM on October 21, 2011 I tend to think of myself as a well-rounded geek. Excluding the keyboard-cowboy day job, my attention is divided between hardware tinkering and... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	28
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	42
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	36
With friends like these... by Fred Silver — 1:42 PM on October 3, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	27
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	71
Cloudy with a chance of backups by Bruno Ferreira — 10:44 AM on September 13, 2011 You've probably been there before. You just realized that you've overwritten an important file and have no way of getting it back. Last month's backup... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	30
Life after Moore's Law by David Morgan — 9:20 AM on September 9, 2011 Recently, I've been turning the pages of Michio Kaku's new book, Physics of the Future. While much of its content echoes what was said... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	100
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	162
72-point mystery by Fred Silver — 10:33 AM on September 6, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	31
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	187
TR's back-to-school system guide by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:23 PM on August 15, 2011 In this edition of the guide, we've freshened up our base builds and added a $700 dorm PC for folks heading to college this fall. Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	43
The many seasons of better benchmarks by Fred Silver — 10:04 AM on August 15, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Graphics	60
Un-bustin' (monitor) caps with a soldering gat by David Morgan — 11:19 PM on July 28, 2011 There comes a point in every computer guy's day when the phone rings, and a distraught acquaintance begins reciting error messages or describing some symptom... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	58
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	69
The science of fanboyism by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:35 PM on July 14, 2011 We've all encountered them. They lurk in Internet message boards, comment threads, and chatrooms. Addressing anyone and everyone, they type up lengthy tirades with Cheeto-stained... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous	75

Older

Don't
miss!

TR's famous Podcast and System Guide.

LATEST STUFF

MSI's Z87-GD65 Gaming motherboard reviewed

Nvidia to license Kepler GPU core to Android device makers	43
Refuted: BF4, other Frostbite 3 games to be 'optimized exclusively for AMD'	139
Enter here to win an XFX Radeon HD 7790 graphics card and AMD FX-8350 CPU	29
We have a winner in our Adata storage giveaway	18
Berlin, Warsaw are the future of AMD's x86 server lineup	38
AMD announces ARM-based Seattle chip for servers	54
Tuesday Shortbread	22
Oculus VR secures $16 million to bring virtual reality to consumers	25

TOP COMMENTS

NeelyCam

Continuing a long history of innovation, AMD announced today that they were the first to reach a critical CPU power envelope threshold. AMD CEO, Rory...

+140

codedivine

Well, the 200W barrier has been broken. Now onto 500W! +35

ULYXX

I dont get the tone of this article, was Nvidia never guilty of this? I thought... +26

Chrispy_

Mirror's Edge 2008: Widely-considered a great game by consumers and reviewers al... +24

NEW GALLERY ITEMS

More pictures »