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How are Intel, AMD, and Nvidia shaping up for Q4′10 and 2011? Fourteen R&D insiders talk to us about future of discrete graphics. If you’re curious about the business side of things, we have their thoughts on Sandy Bridge, Llano,...

ASRock delivers a Wii-sized home theater PC (HTPC) with a powerful Core i3 CPU, Intel HD Graphics, and a Blu-ray drive. We put the Core 100HT-BD system through a number of tasks to see how its performance compares to a...

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Nvidia sure didn’t waste any time introducing its Fermi architecture to the workstation space. Its Quadro 5000 is one of the first models to use the company’s GF100 graphics processor. How does this card stack up against ATI’s flagship FirePro...

After looking at whether or not it makes sense to replace a PC built back in 2007 with a more modern machine, we decided to examine three component upgrade options—graphics, storage, and the motherboard/CPU/RAM platform—separately. ...

Which SSD should you buy today? Seventeen flash-based drives battle across a benchmark suite that include throughput, I/O performance, consistency, power consumption, efficiency, and the best overall bang for the buck. The time is right to upgrade. ...

Happy with Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 460, we invited a dozen of the industry’s top graphics companies to show off their unique interpretations of the card. Nine responded with what they feel are exceptional products. Can they get any better than...

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We like Windows 7 a lot more than Vista, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect. These 20 lightweight tools go a long way to improve upon Microsoft’s latest operating system. Best of all, we’ve only picked apps that are available...

Despite the fact that today’s USB 3.0 products center on the same NEC controller, we compared a handful of different USB 3.0 drives and found performance to range from 113 to 173 MB/s, depending on the implementation used. Should you...