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Execution by Fred Silver — 10:09 AM on November 15, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Graphics	89
The TR Podcast 100: The big 1-0-0 by Jordan Drake — 2:03 AM on November 14, 2011 This is our 100th podcast episode, and we're celebrating it with a retrospective and a special giveaway. We haven't forgotten the usual staples of... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	156
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
The TR Podcast: Help us celebrate 100 episodes by Jordan Drake — 9:39 AM on November 10, 2011 If you're a regular listener of the TR Podcast, you're probably aware of the fact that our next episode, set to be released this Sunday... Type: Blog post Tags: Podcast	13
The TR Podcast 99: New PC builds for a new Battlefield by Jordan Drake — 10:27 PM on October 30, 2011 In this episode, we tackle some listener questions, share our thoughts on Battlefield 3, dissect the new system guide, and explain the intricacies of... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	27
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
Life in the lab with Noctua's CPU coolers by Geoff Gasior — 10:51 PM on October 26, 2011 We rarely review CPU coolers here at TR, but we've spent a few months working with a trio of Noctua designs that are really quite... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Cooling	64
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
The TR Podcast 98: Of Bulldozers and Rage by Jordan Drake — 11:59 PM on October 16, 2011 This episode of the TR Podcast has it all: listener mail questions, gaming talk, an interview with Asus, and a lengthy expose on AMD's... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	23
The TR Podcast 97: Sweet spot SSDs and Amazon's new Kindles by Jordan Drake — 1:07 AM on October 3, 2011 After a lengthy gaming discussion, our panel tackles Amazon's new Kindles, a big honkin' Llano laptop from Asus, and a slew of 120-128GB solid-state... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	9
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
The TR Podcast 96: IDF and Inside the second by Jordan Drake — 10:01 PM on September 18, 2011 In this edition of the TR Podcast, we've got a full IDF debrief, an expose on Scott's look at frame time measurements and microstuttering,... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	10
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
The TR Podcast 95: Razer's Blade, Jobs retires, and a PC in your palm by Jordan Drake — 11:46 PM on September 4, 2011 In this episode of the TR Podcast, we cover the latest gaming news, Steve Jobs' resignation as Apple CEO, and some fresh hardware goodies... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	21
The TR Podcast 94: Dorm PCs and playing with blocks by Jordan Drake — 9:56 PM on August 21, 2011 This episode is all about gaming, going back to school, industry-altering news, and BBQ on the shores of Lake Michigan. Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	10
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
The many seasons of better benchmarks by Fred Silver — 10:04 AM on August 15, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Graphics	60
The TR Podcast 93: A trifecta of tablets by Jordan Drake — 7:25 PM on August 8, 2011 This episode of the TR podcast is all about tablets, although we've got some miscellaneous discussion about clicky keyboards and CPU rumors to keep... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	16

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CampinCarl

I'm sorry but if there's enough market demand for 13.3" 3200x1800 screens, there's MORE than enough demand for 24" 2560x1600 screens.

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danny e.

Based on the content of the presentation, it almost feels like gaming is taking... +42

Xenolith

No Start menu, so the Xbox One is dead to me. +39

superjawes

I am thinking PC. +29

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