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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	10
Deal of the week: A GeForce GTX 660 for $168.99 by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:59 PM on June 14, 2013 Nvidia's GeForce GTX 660 is a terrific card for the money, and it's not uncommon to see it on sale. Offers like this one don't... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Cases	22
HP sees Windows XP as PC market's potential savior by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:08 AM on June 12, 2013 Everyone had high hopes for Windows 8. The new operating system was supposed to boost demand for new PCs and to breathe some life back... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	86
We have a winner in our Corsair Vengeance giveaway by Geoff Gasior — 5:34 PM on June 10, 2013 We have a winner in our Corsair Vengeance giveaway. Congratulations, Colin Stuart, you've won a Vengeance K90 keyboard and M95 mouse. Colin, please... Type: News story Tags: Input devices	12
Report: Windows 8.1 to ship on August 1 by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on June 10, 2013 Now that we've been shown a glimpse of the Start button's long-awaited return, only one mystery about Windows 8.1 remains: its release date. If... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	53
The TR Podcast 135: All's well that's Haswell by Jordan Drake — 10:09 PM on June 9, 2013 This episode of the TR Podcast is all about Intel's new Haswell processors. We discuss architecture, benchmark results, and overclocking. Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	19
Deal of the week: A Radeon HD 7950 Boost for $250, indie games, and more by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:49 PM on June 7, 2013 For our deal post this week, we've singled out two delightfully affordable graphics cards from AMD. The first is PowerColor's Radeon HD 7950 Boost, which is... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming	20
Here's what Windows 8.1's Start button looks like by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on June 7, 2013 We've all heard about the return of the Start button. We've all weathered the disappointment of learning that, while the button is coming back, the... Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows	158
You can still enter to win a Corsair Vengeance K90 keyboard and M90 mouse by Geoff Gasior — 5:39 PM on June 6, 2013 Time is running out on our latest giveaway, as part of which you... Type: News story Tags: Input devices	12
Microsoft posts Windows 8.1 video preview, preps Outlook for Windows RT by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:13 PM on June 5, 2013 The public preview release of Windows 8.1 is about three weeks away, and to get us all hyped up, Microsoft has posted a video... Type: News story Tags: Software Windows	52
Etc. by Scott Wasson — 9:46 AM on June 5, 2013 Morning, folks. As you may have seen, AMD has officially announced its Richland APUs for the desktop. These are tweaked "Trinity" processors with... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics	47
Asus' VivoMouse blurs line between mouse, touchpad, and remote by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on June 5, 2013 Asus has scores of fresh products on display at Computex trade show in Taipei this week. We've covered a couple of them... Type: News story Tags: Input devices	12
Enter to win a Corsair Vengeance K90 keyboard and M90 mouse by Geoff Gasior — 12:26 PM on June 4, 2013 Welcome to the second round of a string of weekly TR giveaways. This week, we're giving away a couple of swanky peripherals from Corsair:... Type: News story Tags: Input devices	28
Corsair adds tactile switches, tenkeyless footprint to Vengeance mechanical keyboards by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on June 4, 2013 Corsair's Vengeance keyboards are some of the nicest mechanical offerings around. They have stunning industrial designs, thoughtful features, and, finally, all-mechanical key switches. ... Type: News story Tags: Input devices	44
Deal of the week: A Radeon HD 7870 for $187.49, and other bargains by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:15 PM on May 31, 2013 This week for our deal post, we've got a trio of hardware deals and a trifecta of game bargains. Let's start with the hardware: ... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Power Storage Gaming	14
GeForce GTX 700M series brings higher clock speeds by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on May 31, 2013 New GeForces are cropping up left and right lately. This past week alone, we've seen two desktop launches: that of the GeForce GTX 780... Type: News story Tags: Graphics	27
GeForce GTX 770 serves up GK104 in Titan-style package for $399 by Cyril Kowaliski — 8:00 AM on May 30, 2013 The first member of the GeForce GTX 700 series is barely a week old, and already, Nvidia has added a second offering to the... Type: News story Tags: Graphics	109
Catalyst 13.6 beta drivers add Kabini, Richland support by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:05 AM on May 29, 2013 There's a new set of Catalyst graphics drivers available for download, and this time, it looks like AMD is aiming more at the recently... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics	21

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NeelyCam

Continuing a long history of innovation, AMD announced today that they were the first to reach a critical CPU power envelope threshold. AMD CEO, Rory...

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moose17145

Yea i would say sony has likely already won for this round of consoles. More pow... +40

mcnabney

I'm getting less and less thrilled by Haswell every day now. And AMD would likel... +38

willmore

You're right, dell paid the SEC $100 Million in fines (but admitted no wrong doi... +36

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