Silverstone Sugo SG05 and SG06: Gaming mini-ITX cases? @ PCSTATS
Silverstone's SG05 and SG06 are mini-ITX cases with a twist: They can house a gaming system with a midrange graphics card. Low noise is also promised in these diminutive "classic" 11-liter breadbox style cases. We take them for a typical SPCR ride, long and hot in our anechoic chamber. ... [PCSTATS]
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Triple Mainstream AMD 785G Roundup @ PCSTATS
The heir to the popular mainstream AMD 780G chipset, the 785G has arrived but it appears to have kept with the status quo. Can these three new motherboards from ASUS, ECS and Gigabyte convince us otherwise? We take these boards for a spin in our lab and paint the results fo... [PCSTATS]
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Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 1 Terabyte SATA HDD @ PCSTATS
SSD drives are starting to come in bigger sizes these days but they are still not available in terabytes and when they will be they will cost a fortune. Therefore SATA hard drives are still better when it comes to storage, Geeks.com sent us one of their Hitachi 1 TB "3.5 Internal SATA hard drives fo... [PCSTATS]
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Antec Basiq BP500U Power Supply @ PCSTATS
"Antec sells decent high-end power supplies, but how about their more affordable models? Today we decided to review a 500 W from their Basiq series (BP500U) that costs only USD 60. Will it survive our tests?"... [PCSTATS]
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MSI introduces the R5870 and R5850 series graphics cards @ PCSTATS
As top computer gamers are demanding only the very best hardware, all manufacturers in the industry are constantly striving for the efficiency and performance to fulfill these needs. In order to adequately cater to these ever increasing performance demands, MSI - the leading graphics cards ... [PCSTATS]
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ATI Radeon HD 5870 - Review and Benchmarks @ PCSTATS
AMD/ATI is first with DirectX 11. We reviewed the Radeon HD 5870 and compared it in our benchmarks. ... [PCSTATS]
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IDF Fall 09: 22nm and the Atom App Store @ PCSTATS
Intel today extended Moore's Law by revealing the world's first 22nm working transistors. In addition, Intel also shared details of their new Atom netbook application store.... [PCSTATS]
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Changing the Game - ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 @ PCSTATS
The next round of the graphics card war begins with the launch of the world's first fully DirectX11 compatible graphics card - the ATI Radeon HD 5870. Manufactured using a 40nm process, packing a staggering 2.15 billion transistors, and with twice the stream processor count... [PCSTATS]
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IDF Fall 09: Product roadmap updates @ PCSTATS
We look at Intel's latest product roadmaps from the enterprise segment all the way down to netbooks. We reveal all the 32nm product changes and their expected availability. ... [PCSTATS]
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MSI and LucidLogix Form Technology Partnership to Develop Big Bang @ PCSTATS
World-leading graphics card and mainboard manufacturer, MSI, has announced a technology partnership with LucidLogix at IDF to expand its high-end product line design to deliver a more advanced gaming experience for enthusiasts.
Through the formation of ... [PCSTATS]
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GIGABYTE Presents Radeon HD 5800 Series DirectX 11 Graphics Card @ PCSTATS
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards today is pleased to launch the latest addition to its selection of premium graphics cards. GIGABYTEآ’s GV-R587D5-1GD-B and GV-R585D5-1GD-B are built using ATI RadeonTM HD 5800 Series GPUs which are based on 4... [PCSTATS]
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Gelid Solutions Silent 12 Case Fan Review @ PCSTATS
Today we have the Silent 12 Case fan from GELID Solutions Silent Range. People want many different things from their computers fans whether it is quietness, improved performance/cooling. Well the Silent 12 case fan seems like a fan designed for the job so letآ’s see how good it isآ… ... [PCSTATS]
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While Larrabee information is still incredibly sparse... THIS JUST IN @ PCSTATS
"What is interesting about this demonstration is that it is basically the same technique as the order independent transparency demos that AMD was showing off with DirectX 11. Perhaps Intel's advantages in this regard are less valuable as the DX model advances. Similarly, running with fewer li... [PCSTATS]
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Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 in CrossFireX @ PCSTATS
An early look at what to expect from AMD's dual-GPU Radeon HD 5870 X2, codenamed Hemlock.... [PCSTATS]
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Fractal-Design Newton R2 with 800 Watt @ PCSTATS
Hardwareoverclock.com has reviewed another power supply. Last week they has take a look at the Fractal-Design Newton R2 with 800 Watt. The Manufacturer Fractal design is Nr.1 in Sweden, the country with icy temperatures and crazy overclockers. The Newton R2 PSUs are available in 650, 800 and 1000 Wa... [PCSTATS]
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full support for DirectX 11 @ PCSTATS
AMD's next-gen GPU has arrived, with full support for DirectX 11 and essentially twice the power of the Radeon HD 4870. We're geeking out over the image quality enhancements, too. Keep reading to see what all the fuss is about. ... [PCSTATS]
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Sapphire HD 5870 @ PCSTATS
"I didn't think ATI had it in them to step up the performance on a video card this much in one fell swoop. The disappointing small jumps in performance from the 3 series to the 4 series are laid to rest with the massive performance increase over the previous ATI king of the single GPU hill, the HD... [PCSTATS]
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ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 Preview @ PCSTATS
The second coming of the infamous 9700 Pro or another sick HD 2900 puppy that needs to be put down? Let's find out...... [PCSTATS]
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Another Look At Intel's Lynnfield Linux Performance @ PCSTATS
Earlier this month we provided a launch-day preview of the P55 Chipset on Linux along with benchmarks from the Core i5 750 and Core i7 870, which are the new quad-core Lynnfield processors. We noticed some odd performance issues under Linux when testing out these new processors, but Intel ha... [PCSTATS]
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Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 1GB in CrossFire @ PCSTATS
We're not going to blabber on too much here, because we're sure you don't want to read about us having two HD 5870s. You just want to know what happens when we put those two HD 5870s into the one system and run our flurry of benchmarks. I have to say, over the past few releases we've had the abil... [PCSTATS]
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The AMD HD5870 - the fastest single-GPU card available? @ PCSTATS
By now we are used to see new video cards being released from AMD and NVIDIA in the spring and fall. This year is not different except that it coincides with the release of Windows 7 together with DirectX for Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Since AMD already has had experience with some of the new feat... [PCSTATS]
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iXBT Labs Review: Intel Core 2 Duo Processors Revisited @ PCSTATS
"Two processor cores are the reasonable minimum for most desktops today. Most processors we are going to review today fall into the magical price range of "up to $200" and can be used in a $500 PC performing much better than a relatively inexpensive notebook (or a four-year-old top PC). So, this cho... [PCSTATS]
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IDF 09 SF: Day 1 Roundup @ PCSTATS
There was much discussed during the first day of IDF, including Atom, mobile and lightweight computing, Atom, more Atom, updates regarding industry trends, discussion of the company's continuing innovation with building smaller, yet faster chips, and much more. Oh, and there was some talk of Atom, a... [PCSTATS]
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Olympus Stylus Tough-6000 Digital Camera Review @ PCSTATS
"Would you believe - a small digital camera that is waterproof to 10' (3 meters), shockproof to 5' (1.5 meters) can withstand temperatures as low as 14 degrees Fahrenheit (-10 degrees Celsius), and takes great pictures? That is what Olympus promises with their Stylus Tough 6000 digital camera. So we... [PCSTATS]
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Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor (Clarksfield) Review @ PCSTATS
For quite some time now, Intel has been the undisputed leader when it comes to laptop CPU performance. This advantage comes from the fact that Intel has successfully scaled its desktop processor technology for use mobile platform. That trend continues with the latest mobile processor platform b... [PCSTATS]
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Intel Core i7 Goes Mobile - Core i7-920XM 'Clarksfield' CPU Review @ PCSTATS
"Based on the current 45nm Nehalem micro-architecture, the Intel Core i7 mobile lineup consists of three Clarksfield processors. The flagship mobile processor is the Core i7-920XM Extreme Edition followed by the mainstream Core i7-820QM and Core i7-720QM. The new platform brings the two-chip design ... [PCSTATS]
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AMD ATI Radeon HD 5870 @ PCSTATS
After pretty much speculations prior to the launch AMD finally released the Radeon HD 5870. With a complete lack of understatement AMD announces it wit the slogan آ“The Game has changedآ”. So it seems as if the graphics card is a hunter, chasing down its prey in the NVIDIA camp. But has the game reall... [PCSTATS]
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Jetway HA08 Combo L Socket AM2+ Motherboard @ PCSTATS
If you are one to lean towards the overclocking and gaming aspect of the motherboard then you will be happy to know that there is still support for the hybrid Crossfire with mated with a Radeon compatible video card. AMD was really looking out for the enthusiast when developing this chipset. To add ... [PCSTATS]
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ATI Radeon HD 5870 Video Card Performance Preview @ PCSTATS
"AMDآ’s ATI Radeon HD 5870 marks the debut of AMD's new Radeon 5000 series. In this first part of our Radeon 5000 series investigation, we dive into the technical details of AMD's beastly new video card, taking time to toss it against a selection of games & applications to see how it performs. Is th... [PCSTATS]
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IDF Fall 2009: Building Computing Continuum @ PCSTATS
12th IDF has started this morning in San Francisco gathering over 4,000 attendees and members of the press. Worldآ’s first 22 nm wafer, Westmere architecture, new industry strategies آ– all this and even more in our reports from the forum.... [PCSTATS]
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DirectX 11 in the Open: ATI Radeon HD 5870 Review @ PCSTATS
The long-awaited launch of the new ATI Radeon HD generation has finally happened. WE are going to find out how successful the Radeon HD 4800 successor turned out to be and what it is capable of in real conditions.... [PCSTATS]
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Triple-Channel DDR3-1600 SDRAM Kits for LGA1366 Systems. @ PCSTATS
In our opinion DDR3-1600 SDRAM is the best choice for systems with Intel Core i7 processors in terms of price-to-performance. Therefore, we tested triple-channel 6 GB DDR3-1600 SDRAM kits from all leading memory manufacturers: A-Data, Corsair, Crucial, Geil, G.Skill, KIngmax, Kingston, Mushkin, OCZ,... [PCSTATS]
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AMD launches ATI Radeon HD 5800 series graphics card @ PCSTATS
AMD has launched its next-generation ATI Radeon HD 5800 series graphics cards supporting Microsoft DirectX 11, the new gaming and compute standard shipping shortly with Windows 7. AMD will initially release two cards آ– the ATI Radeon HD 5870 and the ATI Radeon HD 5850 آ– each with 1GB GDDR5 memory... [PCSTATS]
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IDF San Francisco: Moore's Law marches on at Intel @ PCSTATS
Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini has displayed a silicon wafer containing its first working chips built on 22nm process technology. The 22nm test circuits include both SRAM memory as well as logic circuits to be used in future Intel processors, according to Intel. ... [PCSTATS]
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Windows 7 Upgrade Paths @ PCSTATS
"Microsoft has provided upgrade paths in the past for its previous operating systems and Windows 7 is no exception. Because of the many product versions of Windows 7 available and the variety of previous operating systems to upgrade from, the best path to choose may seem difficult. As part of our Wi... [PCSTATS]
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Windows 7 RTM: New Feature Roundup @ PCSTATS
"Windows 7's release is coming up quick and for some of you, it's right around the corner. TechNet and MSDN subscribers get Windows 7 August 6th and volume license customers get it September 1st. There's certainly been a lot of coverage of the Windows 7 development because Microsoft has been pushing... [PCSTATS]
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Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z PC Case Review @ PCSTATS
Today we have the Thermaltake Element S for review which seems to be a curvier and sleeker version of the Element T we reviewed not so long ago. Can it live up to the standards set by this case though? Only one way to find out, introducing the Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Zآ…... [PCSTATS]
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Tuniq Potency 550W PSU Review @ PCSTATS
Recently at Tech-Reviews weآ’ve been reviewing a lot of high wattage power supplies. We havenآ’t however looked at the lower range units. Luckily today though, weآ’ve been handed a Tuniq Potency 550W to review. Can it live up to the same performance standards as higher wattage units? Well there is only... [PCSTATS]
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