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Asus' Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet by Geoff Gasior — 7:35 PM on January 4, 2012 With an updated Tegra 3 processor and a sleek new design, the Transformer Prime may be the hottest tablet around. We take a... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	86
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
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
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
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
WD's TV Live Hub media box by Matt Trinca — 3:17 PM on December 9, 2010 WD's TV Live Hub media player has a terabyte of network-attached storage and works with just about any media file under the sun. We... Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia Storage Personal tech	38
Inside Intel's Atom Z600 series by Scott Wasson — 8:27 PM on May 5, 2010 The new Atom platform, code-named Moorestown, brings a PC-compatible system into a pocket-sized package with dramatically reduced power consumption. Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech	107
A couple of months with SanDisk's Sansa Clip+ MP3 player by Geoff Gasior — 10:33 AM on December 11, 2009 SanDisk's Sansa Clip has been the best mini MP3 player for a couple of years. Now there's a new model: the Clip+. We spend... Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia Personal tech	120
Swimming laps with Finis' SwiMP3 player by Geoff Gasior — 11:42 PM on August 30, 2009 Few things bore me more than staring at the bottom of a pool while swimming laps. Finis' SwiMP3 player promises to inject music into those... Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia Personal tech	46
OCZ's Neural Impulse Actuator by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:05 AM on June 27, 2008 Like flying cars, thought-based control schemes have been a staple of sci-fi movies for decades. OCZ has embraced the concept with its Neural Impulse Actuator,... Type: Feature article Tags: Miscellaneous Input devices Gaming Personal tech	69
A look at VIA's next-gen Isaiah x86 CPU architecture by Scott Wasson — 3:29 PM on January 24, 2008 A brand-new x86 processor microarchitecture doesn't come along every day, but today, we have just that. We visited the offices of Centaur Technology yesterday... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech	54
Valve's Source engine goes multi-core by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on November 13, 2006 IF THE LAUNCH OF Intel's new quad-core Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor has made... Type: Feature article Tags: Gaming Software	90
John Carmack's QuakeCon 2005 keynote by Scott Wasson — 12:58 PM on August 15, 2005 JOHN CARMACK'S QUAKECON address has become something of an annual benchmark for the... Type: Feature article Tags: Gaming	34
EverLAN Summer 2004 by Scott Wasson — 12:00 AM on July 20, 2004 IF YOU'RE LIKE me, your idea of a LAN party probably involves five... Type: Feature article Tags: Gaming	16
Crytek weighs in on Shader Model 3.0 by Scott Wasson — 12:46 PM on July 5, 2004 AFTER WE PUBLISHED our article about the new Far Cry 1.2 patch... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Gaming	15
Handspring's Visor Edge by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on January 28, 2002 SINCE ITS INCEPTION, Handspring has pushed the Palm platform's hardware into new territory.... Type: Feature article Tags: Personal tech	21
HandEra 330: Improving Palm's platform by Geoff Gasior — 12:58 AM on July 10, 2001 HANDERA IS NO STRANGER to Palm-based PDAs. Formerly known as TRG, the... Type: Feature article Tags: Personal tech	16

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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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