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ASUS 8600 GT TOP
Video Cards | Posted: May 12, 2008
I was a bit surprised that Asus asked us to review their flagship budget--it's weird just writing that--8600 GT TOP. It's new SKU for a card closing in on its end of life; the model bein...
Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Motherboard
Motherboards | Posted: April 14, 2008
Gigabyte is a solid company. They're at the top of my list, it would seem, so picking a current-generation entry-level motherboard without integrated graphics narrows things down to about hal...
ATI HD 2400 XT 256MB
Video Cards | Posted: April 1, 2008
It's hard to believe, but there are actually many people who don't want the trappings, and cost, of gaming hardware. Integrated graphics aren't always an option and, when they are, ...
US Modular Cold Fusion DDR2-800 2x1GB Memory Kit
Memory | Posted: March 31, 2008
While they’re mostly known for their portable hard drives and USB flash drives, US Modular has been making system memory in California long enough to know how to bin the good stuff and slap some sw...
Catalyst 8.3: Better Hardware through Drivers
Software | Posted: March 4, 2008
As of Catalyst 8.3, a.k.a. "The New Beginning" a.k.a. "The Big One" a.k.a. "The Humptyback Zinglebert," it's clear that CrossFireX has picked up where SLI left off. Right now, it's a bet...
ASUS P5K-E WiFi-AP Motherboard
Motherboards | Posted: February 19, 2008
You wouldn't know by looking, but Intel's a little new at the chipset business. It's not that they haven't been doing it for decades, but just that they've never made a bu...
ATI HD 2600 Pro 256MB
Video Cards | Posted: January 14, 2008
ATI's HD 2600 XT is a pretty nice card. It plays games acceptably well, consumes a negligible amount of power, and has flawless video acceleration. It's my first choice for the mainstre...
Gigabyte HD 2600 Pro 512MB
Video Cards | Posted: January 7, 2008
I've said before that the HD 2600 Pro should be passed over in favor of the XT for anyone who wants to play video games, or the HD 2400 XT for people just interested in having a discrete graph...
Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H AMD Motherboard
Motherboards | Posted: December 3, 2007
AMD's 690 chipset doesn't stop turning heads. The way it was introduced, as a low-priced alternative to Intel, with budget trim and no enthusiast options, belittled its raucous performan...
MSI K9AGM2-FIH AMD Motherboard
Motherboards | Posted: November 26, 2007
The K9AGM2-FIH is still a decent-performing, good-looking motherboard, but, in the end, it breaks no ground and makes mistakes that cause its mundanity. It serves as an example for what not to do ...
Mushkin Enhanced XP2-6400 (DDR2-800) 2x1GB Memory Kit
Memory | Posted: October 31, 2007
Mushkin has been on the enthusiast scene for over a decade, and consistently produces memory at better timings and higher clockspeeds than the majority of competing memory manufacturers. Their dev...
OCZ Platinum r2 DDR2-800 2GB Memory Kit
Memory | Posted: October 14, 2007
OCZ plays the high-end game almost exclusively, and has innovation and performance marks to back up the company’s rep. Given all that, their Platinum series is about as vanilla as they scoop. No ...
Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800 2GB Memory Kit
Memory | Posted: August 30, 2007
Good RAM wouldn't be good if it didn't have rows of flashing lights under its heatspreader. Wait, that makes no sense. RAM is good when it, and, therefore, your computer, blazes. It sh...
Crucial DDR2-800 2GB Memory Kit (CT12864AA80E.16FD)
Memory | Posted: August 21, 2007
We're getting into the hardware reviews something fierce, and now is a good time to start a series of memory articles. Let's begin with the basics: DDR2-800. Also known as PC2 6400 RAM, ...
Leadtek 8800GTS 640MB
Video Cards | Posted: August 16, 2007
I've said it before: the 8800-series cards are great. They are heavy-hitters in the gaming world. They are well-built and very quiet. And, even though they've been available for some t...
Apple iMac - New & Improved
Systems | Posted: August 7, 2007
The new iMacs are very thin. The entire stand and unit is only about 8” deep for the 24” display. The unit that houses the display and components itself is only about two to three inches thick. The...
Zonbu Zonbox
Systems | Posted: August 6, 2007
The PC industry is known for making their products small and fast, and the Zonbu Zonbox is an interesting advancement in the arena. The goal of the box is to provide a simple, Linux-based PC that o...
Alienware Aurora m9700 17-inch Notebook
Systems | Posted: July 25, 2007
When I think laptop, I think portable computing. I want to be able to check some mail, sync some music, and basically, go a long time out of the house without worrying about where I'm going t...
ATI HD 2600 XT 256MB
Video Cards | Posted: June 28, 2007
ATI is changing pace from their flagship by releasing their DirectX 10 mainstream cards within recent memory of NVIDIA's mainstream release. NVIDIA's mainstream release was memorable if bitter; th...
PNY 8800GTX 768MB XLR8 Overclocked Edition
Video Cards | Posted: June 22, 2007
When I played with Asus' 8800GTX, I was disappointed. It wasn't special.It was a stock-clocked GTX, with a stock trimmings, a simple bundle, at a price well above the competition. It didn't even ...
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