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AMD's A10-6800K and A10-6700 'Richland' APUs reviewed by Scott Wasson — 10:07 PM on June 17, 2013 AMD has taken its Trinity quad-core chips and tuned them so hard, a new code name sprouted forth: Richland. We've taken a pair of... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics	111
Haswell overclocked: the Core i7-4770K at 4.7GHz by Geoff Gasior — 10:09 AM on June 3, 2013 After studying Haswell's architecture and taking the chip through our benchmark suite, we gave overclocking a shot. Our findings suggest that Haswell requires beefier... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	129
Intel's Core i7-4770K and 4950HQ 'Haswell' processors reviewed by Scott Wasson — 12:45 AM on June 3, 2013 Haswell is here, and we've somehow produced more words and graphs about it than the chip has transistors. We have frame latency-focused gaming tests... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	318
Seagate's 600 SSD solid-state drive reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 2:18 PM on May 31, 2013 For years, hard drive makers have largely steered clear of consumer SSDs. Seagate is finally ready to get into the market, and we've taken... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	28
Seagate's Desktop HDD.15 4TB hard drive reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 8:31 PM on May 28, 2013 Seagate's Desktop HDD.15 serves up 4TB for only $190. We take a closer look at how it compares to the competition. Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	38
AMD's A4-5000 'Kabini' APU reviewed by Scott Wasson and Cyril Kowaliski — 5:25 PM on May 24, 2013 AMD's next-gen Temash and Kabini processors are about to land inside tablets and sub-$500 notebooks. We've taken a close look at the architecture they... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics	166
Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780 graphics card reviewed by Scott Wasson — 8:00 AM on May 23, 2013 The first member of the GeForce 700 series promises nearly all of the speed of the GeForce Titan at a much more palatable price. Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	223
The next Atom: Intel's Silvermont architecture revealed by Scott Wasson — 12:00 PM on May 6, 2013 Since their debut five years ago, Intel's Atom microprocessors have relied on the same basic CPU core. Next-gen Atoms will be based on the... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech	147
AMD's Radeon HD 7990 graphics card reviewed by Scott Wasson — 10:57 PM on April 28, 2013 By all rights, the Radeon HD 7990 ought to be the fastest single graphics card in the world. How well does it deliver on that... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	178
Crucial's M500 SSD reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 10:29 AM on April 18, 2013 Crucial's long-awaited replacement for the m4 SSD breaks new ground by using 128Gb NAND chips. We take a closer look at how that... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	34
Today's mid-range graphics cards in BioShock Infinite by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:24 AM on April 10, 2013 We've gathered six mid-range cards from AMD and Nvidia and pitted them against each other in Irrational Games' new shooter, BioShock Infinite. Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	80
WD's Black 4TB hard drive reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 9:56 PM on April 7, 2013 Western Digital's Black 4TB the only desktop hard drive to combine that top-of-the-line capacity with a 7,200-RPM spindle speed and five years of warranty coverage.... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	34
Seagate's Laptop Thin SSHD 500GB hybrid drive reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 11:11 PM on April 2, 2013 Seagate's latest hybrid drive combines a thin 7-mm form factor with high-density mechanical storage and dual-mode NAND. This so-called SSHD is Seagate's first to be... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Mobile computing	49
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
Inside the second with Nvidia's frame capture tools by Scott Wasson — 4:40 PM on March 27, 2013 Nvidia has released a suite of tools that allows us to precisely monitor a graphics card's output to the display, providing new insight on the... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	189
Nvidia's GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost graphics card reviewed by Cyril Kowaliski — 7:00 AM on March 26, 2013 Mere days after the release of the Radeon HD 7790, Nvidia has raised the curtain on a new mid-range offering of its own: the... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	122
AMD's Radeon HD 7790 graphics card reviewed by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:07 AM on March 22, 2013 This latest addition to the Radeon HD 7000 series features a brand-new GPU, a $149 price tag, and a free copy of BioShock Infinite... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	140
Nvidia's GeForce GTX Titan reviewed by Scott Wasson — 11:31 AM on February 21, 2013 At long last, Nvidia has released a graphics card based on its "big Kepler" chip, the GK110. The GeForce GTX Titan is the Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	220

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