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Execution by Fred Silver — 10:09 AM on November 15, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Graphics	89
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
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
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
Have you heard? by Fred Silver — 12:21 PM on September 19, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: Systems Personal tech	64
Live blog: IDF 2011 Mooly Eden keynote by Scott Wasson — 11:04 AM on September 14, 2011 Join us as we offer a live account of Mooly Eden's day-opening keynote from the Intel Developer Forum 2011 in San Francisco. Reload... Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Systems	24
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
Zotac's Zbox Nano AD10 Plus nettop by Geoff Gasior — 7:59 AM on August 31, 2011 Zotac's Zbox Nano AD10 puts AMD's Brazos platform quite literally in the palm of your hand. Join us for a closer look at... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	82
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
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
Priorities by Fred Silver — 11:30 PM on July 10, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: Graphics	67
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	181
TR's Summer 2011 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:15 PM on June 21, 2011 AMD's next wave of processors may be on the horizon, but some of us need to upgrade sooner rather than later. So, here's a Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	118
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	22

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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...

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I'm getting less and less thrilled by Haswell every day now. And AMD would likel... +38

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

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