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AMD Trinity A10-4600M Processor Review

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:01:00 GMT

We won't burn up too much of your bandwidth setting the stage here. AMD's second-generation Bulldozer core processor microarchitecture, codenamed Piledriver, has made headlines at HotHardware many times in the past few months, including our CES sneak peek of the chip that AMD is launching today for the mobile market, codenamed Trinity. What...

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Reviews, EVGA and Gigabyte

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT

We really dig it when the two big discrete GPU makers are firing on all cylinders. Our workload may increase exponentially as NVIDIA and AMD volley grenades back and forth, but the excitement that’s generated as a result, is a rush for hardware guys like us. And if the overall engagement and comments posted by you all reading this are...

Dell UltraSharp U3011 30-inch Monitor Review

Wed, 09 May 2012 10:01:47 GMT

There are two types of power users on this planet, and they consist of those who use a 30-inch monitor, and those who don't. The latter far outnumber the former, but thanks to a number of factors, this particular digital divide is growing smaller by the day. For one, 30-inch monitors are somewhat more affordable compared to a few years ago,...

Digital Storm ODE Level 4 System Review

Mon, 07 May 2012 10:15:00 GMT

How do you make the experience of buying from a boutique system builder easier than it already is? If you're Digital Storm, you answer that question by offering a line of pre-configured machines that are fully loaded to meet your budget and ready to ship in 72 hours. Not only do you save the time and energy required to build your own system...

Intel SSD 910 PCI Express SSD Performance Review

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:16:30 GMT

A couple of years back we attended an IDF event in San Francisco, and among other disclosures, behind closed doors the company was showing off a PCI Express-based SSD with current generation Intel NAND Flash and based on an array of SandForce controllers. As it turns out, that product never saw the light of day and was more of a demonstration...

GeForce GTX 690 Review: Dual NVIDIA GK104 GPUs

Thu, 03 May 2012 08:55:00 GMT

After testing the GeForce GTX 680 last month, it was practically a foregone conclusion that a dual-GPU powered graphics card based on the same GK104 GPU was coming down the pipeline. The GK104 at the heart of the GeForce GTX 680 was able to best AMD’s current flagship GPU more often than not in our testing, and it did so while consuming...

HTC One X AT&T Smartphone Review

Tue, 01 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT

The HTC One X generated quite a buzz when the smartphone was first announced at Mobile World Congress earlier this year. The initial announcement featured information and specifications for two versions of the phone, an international model built around NVIDIA’s quad-plus-one core Tegra 3 SoC (system on a chip) and a U.S. model powered...

Four Gaming Clichés That Absolutely Need To Die

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT

A few days ago, news broke that Max Payne 3 would require ~35GB of storage space. That's a huge number; even Rage, released last year, came in at a hair under 20GB. If you've followed game development at all, you've undoubtedly come across figures showing how the cost of developing a next-generation title has risen at an geometric rate over...

ASUS Transformer Pad 300 Review

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:30:00 GMT

History has a habit of repeating itself; just as we had to burn through our review of the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime in short order, we're on the fast track again with the new ASUS Transformer Pad 300 (TF300T). With a tablet this hot off the press and moving to retail channels so quickly, we wanted to get the word out to you as soon as...

Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge Processor Review

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:01:00 GMT

One of the great things about Intel’s “Tick, Tock” release cadence is that it gives us all an early glimpse into the company’s future plans and potential product offerings, especially since they’ve been able to execute so well over the last few years. Seeing Conroe eventually evolve into Penryn, and Nehalem into...

Intel Core i7-3720QM Ivy Bridge Mobile Review

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT

You might say Intel has been absolutely killing it as of late. Whether you consider their recent earnings announcement beating Wall Street's expectations, the Ultrabook craze, their re-entrance into the handset arena with their Medfield platform, or the proliferation of their 2nd generation Core Sandy Bridge-based processors in the market;...

LG Spectrum LTE Smartphone Review

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:52:30 GMT

LG and Verizon Wireless have brought the same display technology used in LG's premium HD televisions to a new smartphone dubbed the Spectrum. Featuring a 4.5-inch True HD IPS display and a resolution of 1280x720, the LG Spectrum uses Real Stripe subpixel arrangement which LG says is denser and 1.4 times sharper than the PenTile subpixel arrangement...

The Must-Have Mods of Skyrim

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:00:00 GMT

It's only been five months since Skyrim hit store shelves, but the amount of work done on the game by both Bethesda and an army of modders has been enormous. With the Creation Kit now in the wild for several months, we've rounded up some of the best mods available and brought them for your consideration. We'll also walk you through the modding...

WD VelociRaptor 1TB 10K RPM SATA III Hard Drive

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Although solid state drives have generated the lion’s share of buzz in the storage space these last few years, traditional hard drives with spinning media continue to be a mainstay of the industry, and have evolved to offer higher capacities and more performance than ever before. Of course, even the fastest of today’s hard drives...

Intel Announces PCI Express SSD 910 Product Family

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:01:00 GMT

Intel has historically stuck with SATA-based solid state storage solutions, but today the company is taking a different approach with its first PCI-Express solid state storage device. Like the SSD 710 family of products, the newly announced Intel SSD 910 is based on 25nm MLC NAND Flash. The two product families share a number of other low...

Zotac ZBOX Nano XS AD11 Plus

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT

In addition to building graphics cards, Zotac is one of only a handful companies to fully embrace small form factor and home theater systems. Whether you want to build something yourself from the ground up, quickly assemble a barebones rig, or pick up a fully built HTPC, Zotac has you covered. The company offers a wide array of mini-ITX motherboards...

Nokia Lumia 900 Smartphone Review

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Windows Phone is only about a year and a half old in the market at this point but Nokia has a much longer lineage. In the past 12 months though, their two worlds have collided in a fashion that will have repercussions for quite some time to come, with Nokia CEO Stephen Elop firmly committed to focusing his company's turnaround on what Microsoft...

Z77 Motherboard Round-Up: MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte, Intel

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:01:00 GMT

In preparation for the impending arrival of the company’s 3rd Generation Core processor products based on its Ivy Bridge microarchitecture, Intel has readied a new chipset dubbed the Z77 Express. We have already been able to show you a number of Z77 Express-based motherboards, thanks to a handful of sneak peeks while out at CES early...

Corsair Carbide 300R and Obsidian 550D Review

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:08:08 GMT

We’ve been impressed with what we’ve seen recently from Corsair, and we were glad that the company saw fit to send us a couple more mid-tower cases to pore over and test: the Corsair Carbide 300R compact gaming chassis and the Obsidian 550D quiet case. The two are dissimilar from one another in terms of design and purpose, but...

OCZ Vertex 4 Indilinx Everest 2-Infused SSD

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT

OCZ Technology’s Vertex series of solid state drives have been consistently popular with enthusiasts since their initial arrival in 2009. OCZ has made significant changes with each successive generation of Vertex solid state drives, but generally speaking, each one has offered strong performance and was considered among the best overall...

Seeking Sanctuary: The Definitive Diablo III Preview

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Diablo III is the sequel to one of the most popular games of all time; its launch on May 15 could cripple college graduation rates, triple the number of insomniacs worldwide, and slash national productivity. Believe us--we know. We've spent about six weeks with the beta and have just recently escaped from Khanduras to detail our findings....

iBUYPOWER Erebus GT Gaming System Review

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:00:00 GMT

So you’re in the market for a smoking fast system, and you have your heart set on a custom build. You can easily drop upwards of three (or four or five) grand on a completely tricked-out enthusiast-class rig that will leave your gamer friends standing in puddles of drool. If you’re on a stricter budget, you can also opt for something...

AMD FirePro V3900: Pro Performance, Bargain Price

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:41:23 GMT

The FirePro V3900 is AMD's latest budget solution for the professional graphics market. We covered the card's launch last month; it's a formidable step up from the V3800 it replaces. Budget card launches may lack some of the excitement of high-end product debuts, but lower-end cards like the V3900 account for a significant percentage of AMD's...

Wing Commander: Darkest Dawn, Fan-Made Goodness

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:45:00 GMT

Last week, we previewed the launch of Wing Commander Saga: Darkest Dawn, the fan-built companion to Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger that's been in the making for the past ten years. We were excited for its launch. But now that the game is available, how'd the team do? Descent 2 had beautiful explosions -- a feature Darkest Dawn preserves...

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M: Kepler Goes Mobile

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:15:00 GMT

Typically mobile graphics launches trail their desktop counterparts by a few months, as major GPU players like NVIDIA and AMD wring out power consumption and performance from their architectures in order to accommodate the tighter thermal and power budgets of notebook form factors. However, NVIDIA has obviously been refining their new Kepler...