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AMD touts unified gaming strategy by Scott Wasson — 2:49 PM on April 1, 2013 Last week at GDC, AMD held an event for the press highlighting its commitment to gaming and graphics while dropping a series of newsy bits... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Gaming Game consoles	79
Asus' budget Xonar DGX and DSX sound cards reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 8:56 PM on August 8, 2012 Asus' Xonar DGX and DSX cost less than $50, making them tempting upgrades for folks seeking better sound. Both cards have PCI Express interfaces,... Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia	131
A quick look at Corsair's Professional Series AX1200i digital power supply by Geoff Gasior — 11:50 AM on August 6, 2012 Corsair's new Professional Series AX1200i uses digital circuitry to convert AC to DC power. We take a quick look at the PSU and the... Type: Feature article Tags: Power Software	44
A look at hardware video transcoding on the PC by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:50 PM on July 30, 2012 The market is rife with hardware video transcoders and software that can take advantage of them. However, making sense of that jungle of disparate offerings... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics Multimedia	46
A quick look at Intel's DZ77GA-70K motherboard by Geoff Gasior — 11:23 AM on April 19, 2012 While preparing for a certain upcoming processor launch, we've been spending some quality time with Intel's DZ77GA-70K motherboard. Read on for a quick... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	23
Western Digital's VelociRaptor 1TB hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 7:00 AM on April 16, 2012 Is there any hope for high-performance mechanical drives? We test WD's latest 10k-RPM VelociRaptor 1TB against a diverse array of competitors to find out. Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	161
Z77 motherboards from Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI by Geoff Gasior — 8:58 PM on April 8, 2012 Intel's Ivy Bridge processor may still be waiting in the wings, but the 7-series motherboards designed for it are already for sale. To provide... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	56
OCZ's RevoDrive 3 X2 240GB solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 4:48 PM on March 26, 2012 Using virtualization voodoo, the RevoDrive 3 X2 combines four SandForce-based SSDs on a single PCIe card purportedly capable of transfer rates up to 1500MB/s. ... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	61
TR's March 2012 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 4:16 PM on February 22, 2012 Not much new hardware has come out since we published our last guide in December, but this edition is still choc-full of small, incremental... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	217
TR's Christmas 2011 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 8:06 PM on December 6, 2011 With our latest system guide, we've attempted to weather the surge in hard-drive prices while taking advantage of some of the latest hardware releases.... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	82
Sandy Bridge-E motherboards from Asus, Gigabyte, Intel, and MSI by Geoff Gasior — 2:02 AM on November 14, 2011 If you want to get in on Intel's new Sandy Bridge-E CPU, you'll need an LGA2011 motherboard. We've gathered four examples from Asus, Gigabyte,... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	31
TR's fall 2011 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 3:43 PM on October 24, 2011 Join us as we reveal the latest updates and additions we've made to our four classic builds: the $600 Econobox, $900 Utility Player, $1,500 Sweeter... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	167
Lucid's 'smarter vsync' could revolutionize game performance by Scott Wasson — 2:50 PM on September 21, 2011 Lucid's new 'HyperFormance' tech may have an unfortunate name, but it still has the potential to change the way we think about GPU performance by... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Software	71
TR's back-to-school system guide by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:23 PM on August 15, 2011 In this edition of the guide, we've freshened up our base builds and added a $700 dorm PC for folks heading to college this fall. Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	43
Asus' Xonar U3 USB audio device by Geoff Gasior — 11:14 PM on July 13, 2011 For just $40, the Xonar U3 squeezes headphone and microphone jacks, an S/PDIF output, EAX emulation, speaker virtualization, and Dolby Digital Live support into... Type: Feature article Tags: Multimedia	20
Llano motherboards from Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI by Geoff Gasior — 11:54 PM on June 29, 2011 AMD's Llano APU arrives on the desktop with an FM1 socket that requires a new motherboard. We've assembled three candidates from Asus, Gigabyte,... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	20
TR's Summer 2011 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:15 PM on June 21, 2011 AMD's next wave of processors may be on the horizon, but some of us need to upgrade sooner rather than later. So, here's a Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	118
Bulldozer mobos from Asus and MSI: Sabertooth 990FX & 990FXA-GD80 by Geoff Gasior — 10:57 PM on May 30, 2011 Bulldozer-based Zambezi CPUs are coming, but motherboard makers can't be bothered to wait. We take a detailed look at a pair of Bulldozer... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	53

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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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