AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Review
While the news hasn't been too hot for AMD this week, they aren't
letting it stop them from doing business. Today, they're refreshing
their Dragon platform, which consists of an AMD processor, 700 series
chipset and an ATI graphics card. The core of this update centers
around a new high-end processor, the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition. At
3.2GHz, can AMD carve themselves out a niche in enthusiast and
overclocker segments, or is Intel just too powerful to beat? Read on
for our full review.
Green Technology Info Center: Desktop Solutions In
honor of Earth Day, we're launching a new Green Technology Info Center
designed to bring together the latest news, tips, and tricks for saving
money while saving the environment. Click the link to check out our
most up-to-date "green" content, or head over to our main Green
Technology Info Center to learn more.
Zotac releases Ion-based mini-ITX motherboard We've
been waiting with baited breath for the first Ion-based computers to
start trickling out. First out of the gate was Acer, with their Revo
nettops, and now component maker Zotac is looking to get in on the
action with a new dual-core Ion motherboard.
MotionDSP vReveal software review vReveal
is a new application from upstart MotionDSP that aims to help consumers
fix problems affecting their digital video. The software is designed to
be easy to use even for computer novices and aims to improve the
quality of video captured by mobile phones and cheap camcorders. What
sets vReveal apart from the crowd is how readily it takes advantage of
any recent NVIDIA graphics card to speed up the time it takes to
enhance your movies. Have "magic button" programs finally jumped from
CSI to your computer? Read on for our full review.
Ion-based Acer Aspire Revo spotted on UK retailer site We've
seen evidence of Acer's upcoming Ion-based nettop before, and now it
looks as if they'll definitely be the first out the door. Four
different versions of the Aspire Revo have appeared on the UK merchant
Play.com, starting at 179.99 ($267) and going up to 330
Intel adds new star rating to simplify processor choices In
an attempt to simplify their processor brandings and make selection
easier, Intel has unveiled an all new "star" rating for all of their
processor lines. Starting on the low end with Celerons ranking one star
and the Core i7 / Core 2 Quad Extreme processors garnering five stars,
the new brand is pretty close to their genius rating they've been using
for some time.
OCZ Vertex SSD Review We've
been hearing about solid state drives, or SSDs, as the next big thing
in personal computing for a few years now. Until recently, however,
SSDs have been plagued by issues preventing widespread adoption such as
extremely high costs, reduced storage capacities, performance and
stuttering issues as well as limited availability. OCZ is looking to
change that with a new line of SSDs that tries to balance the trifecta
of size, performance and price. Can the Vertex be the tipping point
solid state disks need? Read on for our full review.
