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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	60
Technology way out in the wild by Geoff Gasior — 5:18 PM on August 3, 2011 Warning: the following is not, under any circumstances, to be considered an in-depth review or technical article. I've got a rather major one of... Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing	42
Impressions from a few months with the iPad 2 by Scott Wasson — 12:41 AM on July 25, 2011 We've been using the iPad 2 daily since its launch. Here are our impressions. Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing	96
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	79
What PC makers think is happening at retail by Fred Silver — 11:57 PM on July 17, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing	108
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
Talent by Fred Silver — 9:40 AM on July 5, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs	39
AMD's A8-3850 Fusion APU by Scott Wasson — 11:17 PM on June 29, 2011 AMD's "Llano" APU makes a compelling proposition as a laptop chip, but its position on the desktop is more precarious. Read on to find... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	174
Evolution by Fred Silver — 9:18 AM on June 27, 2011 Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing	87
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
A few thoughts on Ultrabooks by Geoff Gasior — 11:31 PM on June 16, 2011 As a die-hard desktop user, my laptop is more of a sidekick than my primary computing platform. I mostly use it on the couch,... Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing	39
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
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	42
Via intros QuadCore processor with guess how many cores by Scott Wasson — 11:01 PM on May 11, 2011 We visited Via-Centaur's Austin, Texas offices and came away with some fresh details on the QuadCore processor and a better sense of Via's future plans... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	96
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	54
AMD's Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition processor by Scott Wasson — 11:01 PM on May 2, 2011 After over two years in service, AMD's top quad adds another 100MHz. We wonder what it means, if anything. Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	70
Give my Dustbuster a dial, please by Geoff Gasior — 11:20 PM on April 28, 2011 During my early days as a PC enthusiast, we didn't really care about noise. The howl of a stack of high-speed fans was the... Type: Blog post Tags: Graphics	33

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tipoo

It's not a benchmark suggestion, but a benchmark*ing* suggestion, I've always wanted to see more older CPUs thrown into what benchmarks they can to sh...

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lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +26

chuckula

Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +24

Alexko

"Quark, drunk on money, power, and an estimated 90% market share, started behavi... +24

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