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August 20th, 2008
 Silent PSUs: Fortron Versus Silverstone
Home theater PCs should be as quiet as possible. Since most of the noise is caused by the fans on the CPU and power supply, we tested two passive power supplies that use no fans.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Review
Ars goes in-depth with Adobe's latest entry in the RAW image processing market: Lightroom 2.0. Does Lightroom 2's robust feature set, complete with Photoshop-style processing of RAW images, have what it takes to dethrone Aperature 2.0?
August 19th, 2008
Intel Nehalem Demo Systems
Intel had a number of Nehalem systems up and running at IDF. Clock speeds are unknown but there are tons of threads being spawned.
The desktop platforms feature X58 motherboards with 6 DDR3 DIMM slots for Nehalem's 3 channels. Also on display was a Nehalem server with 144GB of DDR3 memory thanks to MetaRAM's 8GB DDR3 memory modules.
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Gaming at Beyond Full HD Resolutions Finally Made Affordable? - Force 3D Radeon HD 4870 Vs. Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 Review
It has been a traditional assumption that the monitor and system case should be priced comparably. However, the arrival of expensive processors and graphics accelerators made this statement very doubtful. Today we are going to check how well 300-dollar graphics cards can perform in video games in 2560x1600 resolution. We will test Force 3D Radeon HD 4870 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 260.
Intel Developer Forum 2008 - Live! Nehalem, Gelsinger Keynote Coverage
Pat Gelsinger and Dadi Perlmutter are on stage and are going to be talking about everything from Nehalem to Larrabee and Atom....
Intel Reveals SSD Details at IDF 2008
Intel unveiled its plans for SSDs in 2008 at IDF. It also made some pretty lofty performance claims for how its SSDs will stack up against the competition. Could this be *the* SSD to buy this year?...
Intel Developer Forum 2008 - Live! First Day Keynote Coverage
Live coverage from the first keynote of IDF....
What Nehalem is really about
As IDF has started, the first benchmarks of Nehalem will probably pop up. It is without a doubt an impressive architecture that gets a much better platform to run on, but this CPU is not about giving you better frames per second in your favorite game than the Penryn family. Let me make that more clear: even when the GPU is not the bottleneck, it is likely that most...
Who Says You Need Four Cores?
AMD and Intel are both pushing their quad-core offerings as the key to better system performance, but do you really need to spend the money on four cores when two will do?
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Gods among menus: a review of Too Human
With its epic, Norse-inspired story, strong customization systems, and fluid combat, Too Human manages to stand out even in the wake of controversy, albeit with its fair share of problems.
August 18th, 2008
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3: Extra-Ordinary Budget Mainboard
Today we are going to discuss an entry-level mainboard from Gigabyte on Intel P45 Express chipset. The design of this solution is used as a base for the entire lineup including 14 models. Read about this product in our detailed review.
Badaboom: A Full Test of Elemental's GPU Accelerated H.264 Transcoder
It's finally here, a GPU accelerated H.264 transcoder that promises to speed up one of the most time intensive things you can do on your desktop. Unfortunately the first incarnation of Elemental's Badaboom media converter is hardly a replacement for established H.264 codecs/frontends, despite delivering solid performance....
14-Way SSD Hard Drive Roundup
Having found a number of SSDs that don't deliver on their efficiency promises, we decided to put 14 different drives to the test. Here is the latest roundup - dominated by a single product.
August 17th, 2008
ASUS M50Sv: More Megahertz, Less Nanometers
ASUS M50Sv notebook turned out pretty interesting for two reasons. First, it was built with the new 45nm Intel CPU on Penryn core, and second, it featured a new Nvidia graphics chip inside. Read more in our review!
The secrets of Virtual benchmarketing
Marketing and benchmarking can lead to some pretty smart, but very misleading results. As promised, I shall give you a very good example of it. One promoted by some of the smartest people industry in fact. But first, a bit of background.
If you read our article about the nuts and bolds of virtualization, you might remember that...
August 15th, 2008
Gateway P-7811 FX: We've Got Upgrades
How do you follow one of our favorite gaming laptops ever? Simple: stir in a few welcome upgrades, pop it in the oven, and let it bake. Read on for our first look at the sequel to the Gateway P-6831 FX. Do we have a new masterpiece recipe, or does it end up half-baked?...
Athlon Vs. Atom: Duel Of The Energy Savers
Our German lab recently bought itself an AMD Athlon 64 2000+ processor, which only consumes 8 W of power. Clearly, this would make for a good face-off against Intel's energy-efficient Atom.
August 14th, 2008
Comparing External RAID Housings
For as much as we love Blu-ray, it's totally unsuited for full hard drive backups. Well, what could be easier than saving your data by simply copying the contents of an internal drive to an external one?
Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2008 to Include Presentation on 45nm Core 2 DTS Specification
We met with Intel today and have some interesting IDF (Intel Developer Forum) 2008 news. IDF is scheduled this year for August 19 - 21 in San Francisco. It is shaping up to be an exciting event for those tech geeks like us as X58/i7, Larrabee, and System on Chip (SoC) technologies will be discussed in detail among other things. We learned...
Common Virtualization myths spread by the gullible press
Don't mention "performance" in a conversation about virtualization. It is not trendy, it is archaic, it is part of the folkore. At least if you believe the gullible press and Analysts. Some of them seem to be all in a hurry to repeat the claims of the vendors.
We give you a small Anthology of these "inspired" articles and discuss why they...
August 13th, 2008
790GX BIOS' and Zotac GF8300 lab notes
When weposted our 790GX previewthere were still a few significant problems with the motherboards and drivers. Mind you, the problems we encountered primarily revolved around overclocking and other performance settings on the motherboards. Stock operation and stability were never a problem for us, but stepping outside of...
Need for Speed: Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX Extreme Overclocking Experience
Will extreme overclocking help Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX to defeat ATI Radeon HD 4800 and how greatly? Will an extremely overclocked GeForce 9800 GTX be able to complete against the new GeForce GTX 260? Answers to all these questions in our new article!
Pro Graphics: Seven Cards Compared
We have four of Nvidia's Quadro FX cards and three AMD FireGLs in a free-for-all battle of price, performance, and professional functionality.
Indie bands talk digital music and life without the labels
As the online music market grows, some artists are now forging ahead without the help of a record label. Indie bands are among those who've opted to sell and market their music on their own, and they're getting successful at it, even while dealing with some of the downsides of the Internet.
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