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I'm not sure about Crysis being a driver issue, because I was using the latest version of Catalyst. As I mentioned, no one else around the Web that I could see had nary a complaint, so I'm not sure of the story there. Psi*, if you buy a second one, you won't regret it.

If there's one company that knows how to sell a product, it's Apple. Even if you aren't a fan of the brand, or its products, that simple fact cannot be denied. Take for example, its "App Store". Apple launched this mobile apps service last summer, and in just over a year, it hit a staggering 2...

One of the more common arguments against torrenting from the media industry is of course piracy. But those groups who attempt to prove these companies wrong exhaust all possible angles in order to prove that torrents don't entirely amount to "illegal", and in many cases, there are completely...

As I'm sure many of our readers are aware of by now, my preferred OS happens to be Linux, not Windows, despite using the latter for almost all of our performance-related testing. My preferred desktop choice is KDE, for various reasons I won't tackle here. As you may recall, I posted an editorial...

Back with the Windows Vista launch, Microsoft delivered a new tool that aimed to protect its customer's data with sophisticated encryption and a hardware-based switch that would either allow or deny access to said data. The hardware side of things requires a TPM chip on the motherboard, and with...

Want to purchase a Radeon HD 5870, but can't find one in stock? One alternative to consider is instead purchasing two Radeon HD 5770's to take advantage of CrossFireX. Not only does this solution save you up to $80 at current pricing, but it proved in our results to offer even better performance...

Err, I didn't spit that out right. It is the same sockets, I just meant that the problem shouldn't go away with H55/H57.

Well, I have to admit that I wasn't expecting this... at least not so soon. Just earlier this week, I linked to a story which showed off Larrabee's impressive computational performance - it beat NVIDIA's highest-end GeForce GTX 285 by at least a factor of 2. Of course, such metrics don't easily...

Sigh. I don't have time to post about this at the moment, but Larrabee is dead. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10409715-64.html

Have you ever played a video game and thought, "I could SO do that in real-life.", but never actually attempt it? It could be something that requires real skill, like scaling a building, jumping from one roof top to the next, or something little more realistic, like racing. Of course, even if...

A couple of weeks after Windows 7's launch, reports came out that usage was rather good considering the short amount of time it was available. In just under 10 days, Microsoft's latest OS hit a 3% market share of Internet-connected PCs, and anyway you look at it, that's impressive. I'm not sure...

Whether you like it or not, the winter season is right around the corner. Depending on where you live, it may have very-well already begun for you, and if that's the case, then I'm glad I don't live anywhere near you. I'm not afraid of the cold, but like how I feel about onions, I'd rather not...

If on the lookout for a budget processor, whether it be dual, tri or quad-core, there's no better place to look than AMD. The company recently released eight new models, and in total, nine current Athlon II's retail for under $100. We're taking a look at two such models here, the X3 435 and X2...

Intel got back to me on the Toolbox inquiry, and the response was "later this month".

Not really... DirectX isn't going to work on that card, plain and simple. Windows might show the SDK as being installed, but there's two sides to this coin, hardware and software. If the GPU doesn't support it via hardware, then it would have to support it via software, which is going to be...

That's true, but this is still a "standard" benchmark that people pay attention to. I agree though, it would have been nice to see comparisons to other, more recognizable, or worthwhile benchmarks.

Well, don't "Wow!!" quite yet, because this isn't going to be a desktop chip, but rather a chip designed for more specific workloads. It's an engineering feat, to say the least, but I'm still waiting for my Core i48 processor *taps foot*.

Have you seen AT&T's retort? The new commercials have some actor (I don't know who he is, but he's recognizable) throwing postcards all over this huge map, as he states where there's cellular support. As you'd imagine, at the end of the commercial, the entire map is loaded to the brim with...

Rory, you need to come around a little bit more often, man ;-)

I somehow overlooked the fact that they had to pay so much in restitution, and if that's the case, then they either aren't legally required to pay it, or like you said, there's some huge backing there. If so, it's rather amazing that it hasn't been found out, because people have been researching...