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Exploring the impact of memory speed on Sandy Bridge performance by Geoff Gasior — 10:09 AM on February 9, 2011 K-Series Sandy Bridge CPUs have unlocked memory multipliers that make it easy to take advantage of faster memory modules. We explore performance with... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Memory	124
Intel announces silicon photonics breakthrough by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:54 PM on July 27, 2010 The future of I/O connectivity is bright—literally. Intel has developed what it says is the "world's first silicon-based optical data connection with integrated lasers using... Type: News story Tags: Networking	57
Bigfoot intros Killer 2100 network card by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:11 AM on May 11, 2010 A year on from the release of its Killer Xeno Pro, Bigfoot Networks has struck again, unleashing a whole new Killer card aimed at... Type: News story Tags: Networking	88
Motion control comes to the PS3 with Sony's PlayStation Move by Geoff Gasior — 3:58 PM on March 11, 2010 Sony has officially unveiled its motion controller for the PlayStation 3 game console. The wand-style PlayStation Move made its debut at the Game... Type: News story Tags: Input devices Game consoles	50
Bigfoot Dashboard utility helps gamers identify bottlenecks by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:01 PM on December 8, 2009 For a while now, Bigfoot Networks has offered gamers a way to curb lag and maximize frame rates in online games through its Killer... Type: News story Tags: Networking	30
The pool wants you! by Mike Uchima — 9:52 AM on November 25, 2009 As Chicago said back in 1970, does anybody really know what time it is?... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Linux-Unix Networking	39
New triple-channel Corsair DDR3 kits run at up to 2GHz by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:02 PM on February 5, 2009 Corsair isn't joking around with its latest batch of DDR3 kits for Core i7 systems. The memory firm has launched three kits as part... Type: News story Tags: Memory	26
OCZ cooks up new SSDs and a beefier Silencer by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on January 12, 2009 CES — OCZ will be expanding its SSD lineup in 2009 with a focus on multi-level cell flash. Rather than rebranding units from other... Type: News story Tags: Power Storage Memory	14
Lian Li : void your Xbox warranty to avoid heat issues by Scott Wasson — 9:59 AM on August 14, 2008 In a bizarre sales pitch, the folks at Lian Li have introduced what looks like a very nice PC chassis.... for the Xbox... Type: News story Tags: Cases Game consoles	34

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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

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

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