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System Builder Marathon Q1 2015: Mainstream Enthusiast PC

By Don Woligroski published

Our first mid-range enthusiast System Builder Marathon configuration of 2015 turns out to be a solid, capable and powerful system with no obvious weak spots.

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The Real Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Specifications

By Don Woligroski published

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 960: Maxwell In The Middle

By Don Woligroski, Igor Wallossek published

The GeForce GTX 760 has had to hold it's ground for a long time, but today Nvidia replaces it's last Kepler-powered GTX card with the GeForce GTX 960.

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Shadow Of Mordor: Performance Testing And Benchmarks

By Sam Culleton, Don Woligroski published

Fresh on the heels of the final Hobbit movie, we bring you our game performance review of Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor. This innovative title has a few pleasant surprises up its sleeve when it comes to hardware requirements.

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Razer Leads OSVR Initiative To Provide Open Standard For Virtual Reality; But What About Oculus?

By Don Woligroski published

Razer has taken the initiative to create a free, open-source virtual reality standard. Not only that, but the company offers a $200 development kit that includes a VR head-mounted display.

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First Look: AMD's Carrizo APU Notebook Design

By Don Woligroski published

AMD is debuting its high-performance Carrizo and Carrizo-L system-on-a-chip design at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and we're the first to offer pictures of the prototype.

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Intel's Broadwell-U Core i5-5200U And i7-5600U: The First Benchmarks

By Don Woligroski published

Live from CES, Tom's Hardware delivers the first comparison benchmark results from the Broadwell-U based Core i5-5200U and Core i7-5600U!

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Intel Reveals Details On Broadwell-U At CES

By Don Woligroski published

Chipmaker Intel has released new information about its 15 to 28 Watt Broadwell-U processors intended for products like Ultrabooks, Notebooks, Mini-PCs and All-in-One desktops.

The Immersive Technology Alliance Aims To Standardize The Virtual Reality Industry

By Don Woligroski published

The Immersive Technology Alliance (ITA) is a not-for-profit corporation created to promote the success of the immersive technology industry.

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Far Cry 4 Game Performance Review

By Don Woligroski, Sam Culleton published

If you were a fan of Far Cry 3’s free roam, hunting and countless side missions, the sequel will be right up your alley. We test a wide array of hardware with this game, and get a good look at how it improves upon its predecessor.

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System Builder Marathon Q4 2014: Mainstream Enthusiast PC

By Don Woligroski published

In this, our last enthusiast build of 2014, we put together a more capable system than last quarter for less money. When it comes to overclocking, though, fate had a different plan.

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XFX Radeon R9 285 Black Edition Review: Maximum Overdrive

By Don Woligroski published

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XFX boasts the highest factory-overclocked GPU overclock in its Radeon R9 285 Black Edition. But is there more to this card than just impressive specifications? Find out inside!

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What We Saw At Immersed: The Virtual And Augmented Reality Event

By Don Woligroski published

We went to the Immersed Virtual and Augmented reality event in Toronto and were surprised by the amount of content available at this new venue.

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Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega Edition Review: The Big Gun

By Don Woligroski published

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Zotac's GeForce GTX 980 AMP! Omega edition boasts a large aftermarket cooling solution enabling an aggressive factory overclock. How does the board perform right out of its box? How about after we try to push it even harder?

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Nvidia's New GK210 GPU Powers Dual-GPU Tesla K80 For Accelerated Computing

By Don Woligroski published

Nvidia released it's GK210-powered dual-GPU Tesla K80 graphics card today, bringing GPGPU compute processing to a whole new level.

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Sapphire's Vapor-X R9 290X 8GB: The More, The Merrier?

By Don Woligroski published

We've waited patiently since we saw this card demoed at CES in the beginning of 2014. Sapphire has finally released the 8GB version of it's Vapor-X R9 290X. Does more memory make us merrier?

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Sapphire's ITX Compact R9 285: Good Things In Small Packages

By Don Woligroski published

Sapphire provides a compact ITX graphics card for gamers who value small and portable gaming rigs. We put this little graphics card to the test and see if it can stand toe-to-toe with its full-sized contemporaries.

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VisionTek CryoVenom R9 295X2: Two GPUs In One Slot

By Don Woligroski published

VisionTek recently introduced its CryoVenom R9 295X2, a dual-GPU graphics card that squeezes into a single PCIe expansion slot thanks to a thin and effective water block with impressive thermal performance. But is the board worth its price premium?

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Maxwell Goes Mobile: First GeForce GTX 970M Benchmarks

By Don Woligroski published

Nvidia introduces its second-gen Maxwell architecture to mobile, where the efficient GM204 graphics processor has a chance to show its core advantages.

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System Builder Marathon Q3 2014: Mainstream Enthusiast PC

By Don Woligroski published

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 And 980 Review: Maximum Maxwell

By Don Woligroski, Igor Wallossek published

Nvidia shows us what second-gen Maxwell architecture can do with its new GM204 chip and the GeForce GTX 970 and 980 graphics cards that wield it.

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Intel's Broadwell Core M-5Y70: The First Benchmarks

By Don Woligroski published

Straight from IDF, we're pleased to bring you the first comparison benchmark results from the Broadwell-based Core M-5Y70!

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Intel's Broadwell Core M Processor: New Details, SKUs and Specifics

By Don Woligroski published

Intel reveals more technical details about the Core M, and we get our first peek of Broadwell-Y processing and battery performance comparisons.

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AMD Radeon R9 285 Review: Tonga and GCN Update 3.0

By Don Woligroski, Igor Wallossek published

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On paper, the new Tonga-based R9 285 looks to be slightly slower than the R9 280 it is intended to replace, but there's more than meets the eye.

AMD Updates Desktop FX Processor Line With Three New CPUs, Price Cuts

By Don Woligroski published

AMD Now Offers Eight-Core Processors For 95-Watt Motherboards, providing a low-budget upgrade path to respectable multi-threading performance. In addition, the new FX-8370 processor has arrived, and prices have been cut across the board.

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