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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
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
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 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
Intel's Xeon X7560 and Dell's R810 server by Scott Wasson — 10:41 AM on April 25, 2011 Intel's eight-core Nehalem-EX processor and Dell's R810 chassis combine to form a new class of 2P server, with huge memory capacity at a lower... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Systems Servers	28
XFX's Radeon HD 6950 1GB takes on Zotac's GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMP by Geoff Gasior — 2:31 PM on April 18, 2011 The GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Radeon HD 6950 1GB both target PC enthusiasts seeking potent mid-range graphics. We compare a couple of... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	61
AMD's Radeon HD 6450 graphics card by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:21 PM on April 6, 2011 Sandy Bridge's peppy integrated graphics component has brought forth a new generation of entry-level graphics cards that seek to outdo it. Is the $55 Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	85
AMD's Radeon HD 6790 graphics card by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:01 PM on April 4, 2011 The GeForce GTX 550 Ti finally has a direct rival from the AMD camp. Does the Radeon HD 6790 set a new performance and... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	64
Nvidia's GeForce GTX 590 graphics card by Scott Wasson — 8:00 AM on March 24, 2011 Nvidia's answer to the Radeon HD 6990 raises some interesting questions about priorities. Read on to see what we mean. Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	139
Nvidia's GeForce GTX 550 Ti graphics processor by Cyril Kowaliski — 8:00 AM on March 15, 2011 At $149, is Nvidia's latest DirectX 11 GPU a compelling step up from cheaper solutions? And could it be a nearly-as-good step down from pricier... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	40

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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... +25

Alexko

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

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