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Friday, July 4, 2008
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Today we put together a review comparing the performance of entry-level CPUs on the USD 70 price range: Celeron E1400 (dual-core 2 GHz), Pentium Dual Core E2160 (1.8 GHz), Pentium Dual Core E2180 (2 GHz) and Athlon X2 4600+ (2.4 GHz). With this review we wanted to answer a simply question: which one is the best USD 70 CPU today? We also included on this round-up a Core 2 Duo E4400 (2 GHz). We know that this CPU isn't on this price range (and not even sold in the US anymore), but we were curious to compare a Celeron, a Pentium Dual Core and a Core 2 Duo all running under the same clock rate (2 GHz in our case) to see what is the performance difference between these Intel CPUs. Which CPU is the winner? Read on!
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
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Today we've got two gaming oriented headsets in hand from SteelSeries and Razer. Both headsets are equipped with built-in microphone booms and offer in-line switches to control volume and mute functions for the microphone. Comparing things of an auditory nature can always be tricky, so first I will give you the specs of both and later on I will give you the impressions of each through a series of tests based on my finely tuned aural senses...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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We've been busy in the Icrontic labs, and there is no shortage of heatsinks coming in. You can expect several new reviews in the not too distant future. We coincidentally received two very similar heatsinks from two different companies-Sunbeam's new "Core Contact Freezer" and OCZ's "Vendetta 2". Both are based on the popular "heatpipe direct touch" or "HDT" design. If you haven't already guessed, the heatpipes do not contact a base, but contact the heat source directly. It has proved to be an effective technology and more and more heatsinks are beginning to emerge with this type of design.
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
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With a wider and more matured range of netbooks currently available, we're pretty sure most of you are itching to find out which companion to gun for. Fret no more, as we've gotten our hands on two of the more hotly debated models (using Intel Atom) and put them through our review gauntlet to help you decide.
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For a few weeks it appeared as if ATI would easily achieve this goal but some aggressive price repositioning of the 9800 GTX by Nvidia as well as a snap announcement of the 9800 GTX+ mean the 4850 is hitting a very crowded but interesting market. Today we will be running the two new products through a selection of the latest games at resolutions up to 2560x1600 as well as delving into some Blu-Ray playback testing and overclocking in order to establish how well they perform. We will also be looking at how they compare to the more expensive cards currently available to see if the extra cash outlay really does benefit the consumer, or if these new cards provide excellent performance at a much more attractive price.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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What better way is there to find out which CPU coolers excel than to throw them at our ultra-hot Intel QX6850? We took 22 different models and did just that. Some surprised us, some didn't. What we were left with were five different models that deserved our Editor's Choice award.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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On our test bench today we have two 4GB kits from Crucial and Corsair. The Crucial sticks aim to give us additional memory at a very attractive price whereas the Corsair modules aim for class leading performance. We have tested each set throughout a number of tests in order to establish how much of a benefit each gives over a standard two gigabyte configuration.
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Monday, June 16, 2008
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Today if you have USD 200 to spend on a CPU you have basically four options: Core 2 Duo E8400, Core 2 Quad Q6600, Phenom X3 8750 and Phenom X4 9550. In this review we will compare the performance of these four CPUs to answer a simple question: among these processors, which one is the fastest? We will also answer another common question: what is the best option, a CPU with more processing cores but with a lower clock rate or a CPU with less processing cores but with a higher clock rate? Get ready for this Intel vs. AMD duel.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
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We test two GeForce 8800 GT 512 cards as a mainstream solutions, taking on their old rival, the Radeon HD 3870 and NVIDIA's very own GeForce 9600 GT. Can the old dogs dominate in the new playground?
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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We're writing to let you all know that we have just posted a new article at HotHardware in which we expand our coverage of the GeForce 9600 GT by doing another round-up of three retail cards: the PNY Verto 9600 GT, the MSI N9600GT OC, and the ASUS EN9600GT SILENT. As you might expect, all three of these cards sport 512MB of GDDR3 and a 256-bit memory interface. What you may not expect is how different these three cards actually are. Two feature custom coolers, one of which is passive, making it silent. Because of their custom coolers, two of the cards are dual-slot solutions while the third uses the single-slot reference cooler. Only one of them ships with a factory overclock while the other two utilize NVIDIA's reference clocks. Come on by the site and check them out...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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This article serves only one purpose: test three of the industry's most coveted coolers. Not very long ago Benchmark Reviews published the article Best CPU Cooler Performance - Q1 2008. At the time, the effort we gave in producing our test results seemed well worth the trouble. However, months later we see that there's a lot more to a cooler than just measuring performance with the same common fan. So after even more testing, we now have a full understanding of each CPU coolers individual characteristics and deliver the results to you. Benchmark Reviews is proud to present a three-way fight to the finish: The OCZ Vendetta 2 vs. Thermalright's Ultra-120 eXtreme vs. Xigmatek's HDT-S1283.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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We pit three dual-GPU cards against each other so see which offers the best performance per pound.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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With Intels latest chipset about to be officially launched we have managed to grab two P45 samples and pitch them against one another to see who is top dog.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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We tell you what's worth buying in the super-budget discrete graphics-card market. Got £30 or less to spend? Read this.
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It's very interesting to compare quad-core and dual-core processors, as the cheapest Intel Core 2 Quad (Q6600) already costs about $200. This price border separates more expensive CPUs from popular products in the market. So, common users may be tempted to buy a real quad-core processor, even if it does not operate at a high clock rate. We only have to find out whether it's an objectively expedient decision.
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