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The PC graphics market was kind to Nvidia last quarter by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on May 20, 2013 The folks at Jon Peddie Research have published their estimates for the PC graphics market in the last quarter. Their findings? "The news was... Type: News story Tags: Graphics	24
Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 6:59 PM on May 18, 2013 The Pick 6 Reuters: New CEO vows Intel will be more responsive in mobile push Apple CEO: "We're going very deep" with... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	20
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 5:35 PM on May 17, 2013 Eight is Enough TechCrunch: Amidst Tumblr acquisition rumors, Yahoo! to hold product event with Marissa Mayer on Monday X-bit labs: AMD needs more... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	81
Deals of the week: IPS displays, graphics cards, storage, and games by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:14 PM on May 17, 2013 We've gathered a pretty nice selection of deals this week. We've got a heavily discounted 23" IPS monitor, a Radeon that's on sale and bundled... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Storage Displays	15
Which game is the new champ of PC visuals? by Scott Wasson — 2:12 PM on May 17, 2013 If you've seen the latest round of games, you'll know what I mean when I say that we've clearly entered a new era in PC... Poll Question: • What's the best-looking PC game? Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming	121
Coffee Talk with Timmy Cook by Jason Fox — 9:32 AM on May 17, 2013 It's true. I recently won the Charitybuzz auction for "coffee with... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac	22
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:00 PM on May 16, 2013 Eight is Enough PC shipments in Western Europe decline 20.5% in 1Q13, says Gartner Intel: Better tablet prospects, but ultrabooks key, says... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	23
Wednesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 10:43 PM on May 15, 2013 The Starting Five NPR: Google launches a streaming music service Fudzilla: Asus launches 15.6-incher with Retina-class display X-bit labs: Nvidia delays commercial... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	27
AMD expands Crysis 3, Tomb Raider availability in Never Settle bundle by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:08 AM on May 15, 2013 AMD's game bundling deals keep getting more and more tantalizing. Last month, the company added Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon to the mix. Now,... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming	33
AMD claims fastest mobile GPU crown with Radeon HD 8970M by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:31 AM on May 15, 2013 Late last year, when the Radeon HD 8000M series was announced, AMD alluded to upcoming, higher-end offerings that would be out later in 2013.... Type: News story Tags: Graphics	53
Tuesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 9:58 PM on May 14, 2013 Eight is Enough The Official Microsoft Blog: Staying centered The Inquirer: France could drop three strikes copyright law BGR: Google's new Android boss... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	34
Adobe lets you pay now and later and later again by Jason Fox — 9:26 AM on May 13, 2013 The time was January 1995. The smooth, Philly soul and pleated pants of... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac	70
Nvidia's cool human head demo now available to download by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:19 AM on May 13, 2013 At Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference in March, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang unveiled the "Digital Ira" demo: an impressively realistic real-time simulation of a human head,... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming	40
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:06 PM on May 10, 2013 Eight is Enough Intel: Keeping up with Moore's Law is becoming a challenge - PCWorld X-bit labs: New benchmark results of Core... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	64
Nvidia beats Street forecast with modest revenue, margin growth by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:44 PM on May 9, 2013 Ah. Nothing to occupy one's Thursday afternoon like a new round of financial results. This time, it's Nvidia who's reported earnings for the first quarter... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Mobile computing	25
Passive cooling silences PowerColor's SCS3 Radeon HD 7850 by Geoff Gasior — 9:42 AM on May 9, 2013 PowerColor has developed a new spin on AMD's Radeon HD 7850 graphics card. The simply named SCS3 HD7850 has stock clock speeds and 1GB... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Cooling	34
Wednesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:48 PM on May 8, 2013 The Fierce Five Toshiba: Microsoft confused tablet buyers with Windows 8 Ocaholic: Ivy Bridge at 7.2GHz X-bit labs: Alleged images of GeForce... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	13
Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:13 PM on May 7, 2013 7 Up Reuters: EA total revenue, profit drop in fourth quarter and Nokia CEO says it remains focused on Windows Phone software C\|Net:... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	31

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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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CampinCarl

I'm sorry but if there's enough market demand for 13.3" 3200x1800 screens, there... +27

chuckula

Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +27

lilbuddhaman

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

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