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Nvidia's GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 graphics card by Scott Wasson — 5:01 PM on December 14, 2011 We go inside the second with Nvidia's new limited-edition graphics card. Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	106
OCZ's Octane 512GB solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 4:18 PM on November 30, 2011 OCZ bought SSD controller maker Indilinx earlier this year, and the first product of that acquisition is now out. Join us for a look... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	41
Seagate's Momentus XT 750GB hybrid hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 12:26 AM on November 29, 2011 Seagate has upgraded its Momentus XT hybrid drive with more storage capacity and a bigger, faster flash cache. We dig deeper to see how... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Mobile computing	69
Today's mid-range GPUs in Skyrim by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:07 PM on November 22, 2011 We've followed up our look at Battlefield 3 performance with a similar comparison of mid-range graphics cards in The Elder Scrolls V: Skryim. Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Gaming	119
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
A quick look at OCZ's 2.15 SSD firmware by Geoff Gasior — 2:44 PM on November 2, 2011 SandForce SSDs have been dogged by reports of BSODs and other issues, but new firmware promises relief. We take a quick look at... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	69
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
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
SSD scaling outside the sweet spot by Geoff Gasior — 10:32 PM on October 19, 2011 Fresh from rounding up a collection of the latest 120-128GB solid-state drives, we've turned our attention to a pack of 240-300GB models to see... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	44
SSDs in the sweet spot: Modern contenders at 120-128GB by Geoff Gasior — 11:01 PM on September 25, 2011 The latest generation of SSDs is out in full force. We've rounded up nine of 'em to see which offers the best performance... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	169
A case for better keyboards by Geoff Gasior — 11:14 AM on September 23, 2011 PC enthusiasts have a tendency to focus their attention on what's inside the box. Indeed, we're guilty of that here at TR. Most... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices	75
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
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
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
Razer's BlackWidow and BlackWidow Ultimate keyboards by David Morgan — 3:10 AM on July 26, 2011 We've tested both of Razer's clicky mechanical gaming keyboards to figure out whether they're worth the money—and hearing loss. Type: Feature article Tags: Input devices	57
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

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

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