Asus' Eee PC 4G XP sub-notebook
Asus has rolled out a new version of its genre-defining Eee PC budget sub-notebook pre-loaded with Windows XP—and at no extra charge. Read on to see if Windows bogs down the Eee PC's modest hardware or if this is the best budget sub-notebook yet. Read more...
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Last post by indeego at 11:26 AM on April 20, 2008
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Windows Vista Service Pack 1: A performance check
How does Service Pack 1 affect Windows Vista's day-to-day performance in common desktop applications and games? We've run a host of benchmarks in order to find out. Read on to see what we discovered. Read more...
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The TR Podcast: Episode 3
In this episode, we talk about Nvidia and VIA, Vista and XP, the 790i and X48 and much more! Read more...
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The TR Podcast: Episode 2
In this episode, we read listener mail, discuss the latest Eee PC upgrades, talk about three-way SLI vs. CrossFire X, review the AMD 780G chipset, and much more! Read more...
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DisplayLink's USB-to-DVI adapter
Last year, Samsung released a 19" LCD monitor capable of being hooked up via a simple USB connection. That's neat, but is there a cheaper alternative to paying $300 for a USB display? Yep. We see how DisplayLink's USB-to-DVI adapter handles in both Windows XP and Vista. Read more...
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A look at VIA's next-gen Isaiah x86 CPU architecture
A brand-new x86 processor microarchitecture doesn't come along every day, but today, we have just that. We visited the offices of Centaur Technology yesterday to learn about its new architecture. Remarkably, Glenn Henry and his team of less than 100 people have created a thoroughly modern x86 processor microarchitecture... Read more...
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Last post by pogsnet at 9:37 PM on March 9, 2008 -
The Enthusiast System Architecture in action
Nvidia announced its Enthusiast System Architecture back in November, promising to consolidate system and hardware monitoring under a single communication protocol. ESA-certified hardware is now available, and we've been playing with a system loaded with it. Keep reading to see ESA in action. Read more...
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Last post by JonasL72 at 3:16 PM on April 9, 2008 -
Asus' Eee PC 4G sub-notebook
With a Celeron processor running at 630MHz, 512MB of memory, 4GB of internal storage capacity, and a 7" 800x480 display, Asus' Eee PC hardly packs enthusiast-class hardware. But this $400 sub-notebook is far greater than the sum of its parts. Keep reading to see why. Read more...
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Last post by BeowulfSchaeffer at 10:51 AM on January 24, 2008 -
Announcing TR Tech Share 2007
We're giving away over $5K in prizes, absolutely free. We ask in return that you join us in helping outfit a Ugandan school with computers. Read our pitch, sign up to win, and make a donation. Warm fuzzies all around! Read more...
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Last post by SUSHRUKH at 2:41 PM on December 31, 2007 -
TR's Christmas gift guide
PC enthusiasts are notoriously difficult to shop for, so we've whipped up a holiday gift guide with our picks for the best gifts of the season. There's a little something for every enthusiast on your list and probably a few things regular folks will enjoy, as well. Read more...
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Last post by JdL at 10:59 PM on December 18, 2007 -
Bigfoot Networks' Killer NIC
FOR YEARS, GAMERS, enthusiasts, and even mainstream users have been getting their networking for free. Whether integrated into core logic chipsets or deployed in third-party chips, Gigabit Ethernet controllers have become a staple of modern motherboards, from high-end offerings... Read more...
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Last post by derFunkenstein at 3:21 PM on August 29, 2007 -
Belkin's Flip-DVI-D: too good to be true?
This cute little device seemed to be tailor-made for our needs: it's a dual-port switch that handles four kinds of inputs: USB keyboard, USB mouse, analog audio, and—gloriously!—dual-link DVI. Belkin claims to have designed it for users of Apple's 30" Cinema Display, a cousin to our Dell 3007WFP. But does... Read more...
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Last post by h4rb1ng3r at 2:00 AM on September 10, 2007 -
GDC 2007
THIS MAY COME AS a shock, but the Game Developers Conference is still very much, well, a conference for game developers. The agenda is full of sessions on topics like game design, using Microsoft's XNA tools, and the immortal... Read more...
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Last post by MadManOriginal at 7:43 AM on March 15, 2007 -
Dell's XPS M1210 laptop PC
LIKE MANY THINGS IN the PC industry these days, laptop computers are a fairly mature sort of product. We all know about the basic types and sizes, and how the inevitable tradeoffs in display performance, size, weight, battery life... Read more...
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