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March 10th, 2010

Four Compression And Archiving Solutions Compared

1:25AM - Tom's Hardware

Would you rather use 7-Zip, FreeArc, WinRAR, or WinZip? We put four of the most popular file archiving tools to the test, analyzing compression ratios and performance. Spoiler alert: WinZip 14, the latest version of this popular title, gets creamed.

March 9th, 2010

ASUS M4A89GTD Pro - A Core Unlocking 890GX for $140

11:00PM - Anandtech

With less than a week of public release mileage under its belt, how close have ASUS come to hitting a home run with the M4A89GTD Pro? ...

AVADirect Clevo X8100 SLI Gaming Notebook

7:15PM - Anandtech

AVADirect, the custom computer manufacturer, has announced their "most powerful notebook for gamers." The powerhouse notebook is an update of the older Clevo M980NU, replacing the Intel Core 2 Duo and NVIDIA GTX 280M SLI with a Core i7 and a GTX 285M SLI to provide a sizable bump in performance. The new model, NBK-CLV-X8100, uses the Clevo X8100...

AVA Direct Clevo X8100 SLI Gaming Notebook

4:50PM - Anandtech

AVA Direct, the custom computer manufacturer, has announced their "most powerful notebook for gamers." The powerhouse notebook is an update of the older Clevo M980NU, replacing the Intel Core 2 Duo and NVIDIA GTX 280M SLI with a Core i7 and a GTX 285M SLI to provide a sizable bump in performance. The new model, NBK-CLV-X8100, uses the Clevo X8100...

Contemporary Graphics Cards Performance in Battlefield: Bad Company 2

2:00PM - X-bit labs

One of the most anticipated game titles - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - has just hit the market. X-bit labs decided to take a closer look at this game in order to help you pick up the right graphics card for the ultimate gaming experience.

Dell M6500: A Precision Strike on Bling

2:40AM - Anandtech

The Dell Precision M6500 is what we expect from a mobile workstation: high on quality and low on fluff. It?s also very expensive, but the cost of the hardware likely pales in comparison to the software it?s designed to run....

Updated: Tuning Cool'n'Quiet: Maximize Power And Performance

1:40AM - Tom's Hardware

Think your Athlon or Phenom processor is already tuned to deliver the best balance between performance and power consumption? Think again. We show you how to tweak Cool'n'Quiet for more aggressive power savings at standard speeds using several AMD CPUs.

March 8th, 2010

Terabyte Hard Disk Drives Roundup: Round Three

4:10PM - X-bit labs

We are going to talk about the new 1 TB HDD models that appeared in the market over the past year. And since one of these solutions is Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS with 4 KB sectors, we will also discuss this type of HDD internal structure, its pros and cons.

10Gbit Ethernet: Killing Another Bottleneck?

3:55PM - Anandtech

More cores (32 to 48) in medium-range servers results in 20 to 50 VMs on one virtualized server. We investigate if 10Gbit Ethernet is finally ready to solve the NIC I/O bottleneck. Is 10Gbit Ethernet still a technology for the happy few?...

Best Graphics Cards For The Money: March 2010

1:25AM - Tom's Hardware

With three new Radeon HD 5000-series cards launched last month, older models being put out to pasture. And an upcoming next-generation launch from Nvidia later this month sees GPU prices fluctuating quickly. Check out this month's recommendations!

March 6th, 2010

NVIDIA 196.75 Driver Alert

11:00PM - Anandtech

As many of you are aware, NVIDIA has hit some snags with their latest round of WHQL drivers. The drivers have been interfering with the fan operation on certain NVIDIA video cards, resulting in the GPU overheating. NVIDIA has taken down the drivers in question, and has asked that we pass along the following message: We are aware that some customers...

3.5? Enterprise Hard Drive Development Analyzed

1:10AM - Tom's Hardware

SSDs might be the fastest storage option today, but by no means is it the most popular. Magnetic media offers high throughput and proven reliability for existing ecosystems. We looked at developments in four enterprise hard drive generations.

March 5th, 2010

THX Certified HDTVs - Useful or Just Marketing?

11:00PM - Anandtech

THX is well known for its audio standards. But when you see THX on an HDTV panel, what does that mean? Loyd digs in to find out....

Two Portable 500GB Drives Benchmarked (And Dropped)

1:05AM - Tom's Hardware

If you're the sort of power user who's hard on technology, especially out in the field, then ruggedized mobile storage might be apropos. Today, we're looking at a pair of portable disks that can take drops and spills, while serving up 500GB of capacity.

March 4th, 2010

Chieftec Power Supply Units Roundup: New Models

5:50PM - X-bit labs

We will introduce to you three new power supply units from Chieftec ranging from 550 to 750 W. Read more in our new article.

Web Browser Grand Prix: The Top Five, Tested And Ranked

2:20AM - Tom's Hardware

We've put Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla FireFox, and Opera through a gauntlet of speed tests and time trials to find out which Web browser is truly the fastest. How does your favorite land in our rankings?

March 3rd, 2010

Dell Inspiron 1564: Mobile i3/i5 for the Masses

10:40PM - Anandtech

Dell's 15-inch Inspiron line has evolved over the years; gone are the bulky grey-and-white monstrosities, replaced by sleeker, more colorful designs. The latest Inspiron 1564 also sports an i3/i5 CPU, providing a powerful platform that's not as heavy as the size would suggest....

Intel Core i5-750S: Since When Does The S Mean Slow?

12:25PM - Tom's Hardware

Intel has S-models for several Core 2 processors that offer lower power consumption and comparable performance. However, the first S-model in the Core i5 family is actually slower than its regular counterpart?and it's even less efficient, overall!

March 2nd, 2010

Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue Review: WD Enters the Consumer SSD Market

11:00PM - Anandtech

Late last year Seagate announced its first SSD, and today Western Digital is introducing its first SSD for the mainstream consumer market. We find out who makes the controller and how well it performs....

Four Mainstream System Cases from AeroCool, Enermax, NZXT and Scythe

5:40PM - X-bit labs

Today we are going to talk about four system cases of the most popular type: mainstream price range. We will talk not only about solutions with classical design that stood the test of time, but also about a few truly unique products. Among our testing participants are AeroCool Syclone, Enermax Phoenix Neo, NZXT Beta EVO and Scythe Fenris Wolf.

AMD 890GX Unveiled: Three Motherboards Compared

4:50AM - Tom's Hardware

AMD?s new chipset promises big performance increases with its Radeon HD 4290 graphics core and built-in SATA 6Gb/s controller. Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI sent their latest motherboards to help us find out how well 890GX and SB850 deliver on those promises.

AMD's 890GX Chipset - Same Graphics, Better South Bridge

3:45AM - Anandtech

AMD's 8-series chipsets are upon us and despite the name, all of the innovation is in the south bridge. Graphics performance and feature set are unchanged but are the new South Bridge and SATA controller enough to make this interesting?...

March 1st, 2010

NVIDIA's Next Generation ION Announced, Optimus + a 16-core Version

11:15PM - Anandtech

Next generation products are always better... just look at Star Trek! At least, that's the theory behind the new NVIDIA ION platform, and it looks like the best thing for your netbook woes starting later this month....

Zotac ION-ITX-A Mainboard Review: Does ION Need a Dual-Core Atom?

2:45PM - X-bit labs

Manufacturers of miniature nettop mainboards offer solutions equipped with single-core as well as dual-core Intel Atom processors. However, are the differences between these two modifications really so significant? We tested two ION platforms and tried to answer this seemingly obvious question.

Intel DH57JG ?Jet Geyser? - Intel's First Mini-ITX H57

1:45PM - Anandtech

Intel delivers mini-ITX without the frills and fuss......

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