Today's graphics cards: the value angle

Thanks to our latest wave of graphics card reviews, we've ended up with enough performance data to paint a fairly complete picture of today's mid- to high-end GPU market. Come see what happens when we mash up those results with the cards' prices and attempt to rank their value. Read more...

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  • Nvidia's nForce 780a SLI chipset
    May 6, 2008

    The nForce 780a SLI is the first Nvidia chipset to take full advantage of Phenom processors, and it comes with a novel motherboard GPU that enables Hybrid SLI. Keep reading for the goods on Hybrid SLI and how the 780a stacks up against AMD's 790FX chipset. Read more...

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  • The TR Podcast 6: Optimized and home-brewed
    May 3, 2008

    In our latest podcast, we speak with Nvidia's Drew Henry about optimized PCs and Hybrid SLI. We also chat with Mike "just brew it!" Uchima, and we answer reader e-mails about everything from the general state of the PC gaming industry to our favorite TV shows. Read more...

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  • Diamond's Radeon HD 3870 1GB video card
    May 1, 2008

    What happens when you slap a gig of memory on a Radeon HD 3870? That's the question of the hour, since our subject is Diamond's card with just such a configuration. Could doubling up on memory allow the 3870 to distinguish itself from the GeForce 8800 GT? Read more...

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  • X48 heavyweights go head to head
    April 28, 2008

    Intel doesn't get a chance to be the underdog often, but its motherboards are largely ignored by enthusiasts. Read on to see if the company's X48-based Bonetrail 2 board can run with Asus' new Rampage Formula. Read more...

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  • TR's April 2008 system guide
    April 24, 2008

    The time has come again for a new system guide. Thanks to falling prices and major hardware makers engaged in furious competition, we've managed to make our four sample builds even better than before. We've also included a fifth system for those seeking to build a sweet home theater... Read more...

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  • AMD's Phenom X3 processors
    April 23, 2008

    Good things often come in powers of two, especially in computers. Two, four, eight, or sixteen copies of a common resource—rendering pipelines, megabytes of memory, processors—are instantly recognizable quantities that will most assuredly lead to additional goodness. But three? Not so much. That's about to change, though. Read more...

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  • Western Digital's VelociRaptor VR150 hard drive
    April 21, 2008

    Few hard drives are iconic as Western Digital's Raptor, and now there's a new one: the VelociRaptor VR150. Read on to see if a radical new design that puts a 2.5" drive inside a 3.5" heatsink can recapture the performance crown. Read more...

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  • The TR Podcast 5: CPU-GPU balance considered
    April 19, 2008

    We talk with AMD VP Pat Moorhead about striking the right CPU-GPU balance and the future of the PC market. After the interview, TR editors hold a short roundtable discussion offering their own views. Read more...

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