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A look at Lucid's Virtu MVP Mobile by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:44 PM on October 18, 2012 Origin's Eon laptops are the first to offer Lucid's Virtu MVP Mobile virtualization scheme. We've taken the 11.6" representative of that lineup for a spin... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Mobile computing	15
Review: Nvidia's GeForce GTX 650 Ti graphics card by Cyril Kowaliski — 8:00 AM on October 9, 2012 Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 650 Ti fills the last great gap in the 600-series lineup, offering Kepler goodness between $149 and 179 or so.... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	98
AMD attempts to shape review content with staged release of info by Scott Wasson — 11:01 PM on September 26, 2012 Review sites like TR are a tricky business, let me say up front. We work constantly with the largest makers of PC hardware in order... Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Graphics The Tech Report	285
How Windows 8 scaling fails on high-PPI displays by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:08 AM on September 26, 2012 We've taken Windows 8 for a spin on Asus' new Zenbook Prime in order to get a feel for the new OS's PPI scaling... Type: Feature article Tags: Displays Mobile computing Windows	69
Review: Nvidia's GeForce GTX 660 graphics card by Scott Wasson — 8:00 AM on September 13, 2012 The new GK106 GPU makes its debut in Nvidia's $230 GeForce GTX 660 graphics card. We see how it stacks up against mid-range... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	89
TR's back-to-school 2012 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 6:23 PM on August 16, 2012 We've updated our famous system guide to account for some of the latest hardware releases, including Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 660 Ti. In the... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	88
Nvidia's GeForce GTX 660 Ti graphics card reviewed by Scott Wasson — 8:00 AM on August 16, 2012 Nvidia has taken the GeForce GTX 680, shaved off a couple of Xbox 360s worth of performance, and slashed the price to $299. Don't worry,... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	144
Hands on with Intel's open all-in-one platform by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:56 AM on August 7, 2012 Today, we're going to be spending some quality time with an all-in-one PC based on Intel's Thin Mini-ITX standard. The individual parts are all available... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	59
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
Triple-screen gaming on today's graphics cards by Geoff Gasior — 3:43 PM on July 10, 2012 Thanks to falling LCD prices, multi-monitor gaming is more attainable than ever before. We take a closer look at AMD Eyefinity and Nvidia... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Displays Gaming	110
TR's Summer 2012 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 5:26 PM on July 2, 2012 We've freshened up our four usual configs for the summer, and we've added a whole new build, as well: the Next-Gen Console, a Mini-ITX rig... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	154
Review: Nvidia's GeForce GT 640 graphics card by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:20 PM on June 27, 2012 With the GeForce GT 640, Nvidia has slimmed down its Kepler architecture into a budget graphics card with a $100 price tag. Join us... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	92
At last, Microsoft may have copied Apple properly by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:52 AM on June 22, 2012 Okay, I apologize for the shameful, troll-bait headline. I realize it's easy to misinterpret, so let me qualify with a statement: Microsoft didn't get where it... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Windows	107
AMD's Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition by Scott Wasson — 1:41 AM on June 22, 2012 AMD has added higher clock speeds and a PowerTune "boost" feature to the Radeon HD 7970 in a bid to reclaim the single-GPU performance crown.... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	246
A brief look at Nvidia's GK110 graphics chip by Scott Wasson — 2:02 PM on May 24, 2012 At its 2012 GPU Technology Conference, Nvidia revealed plenty of details about the biggest GPU of its Kepler generation. Here's what you need... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	82
TR's Memorial Day 2012 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 6:24 PM on May 22, 2012 We've freshened up our system guide with new-and-improved builds featuring Ivy Bridge CPUs, 28-nm graphics processors, and cheaper-than-ever solid-state drives. Come and see what... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	189
Windows 8 frightens me, and here's why by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:43 PM on May 17, 2012 Some people just hate change. It can't be helped. Those people cling to old versions of their favorite software as long as they can. When... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows	266
Nvidia's GeForce GTX 670 graphics card by Scott Wasson — 8:00 AM on May 10, 2012 This is the more affordable GK104 variant you've been waiting for, folks. Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	198

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