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You could be right, but the fact is, both cards are far too hot. But on the other hand, they are very, very quiet and are still seriously fast. So it's a little trade-off. Overclocking, I think, is out of the question. I decided to exclude such results in our review (which will show face...

I have no idea how I missed that. I knew that the 3.2GHz model was known about, but I don't remember hearing about the other ones. I guess it's just the excitement building up ;-) I just hope they manage to blow us off our feet once we get them. It will be hard to top the Core launch, that's...

What better way is there to find out which CPU coolers excel than to throw them at our ultra-hot Intel QX6850? We took 22 different models and did just that. Some surprised us, some didn't. What we were left with were five different models that deserved our Editor's Choice award. You can read...

From our front-page news: It's still a bit early to instill confidence in rumors, but this one seems reasonable. Industry-tracking site DigiTimes is reporting that by the end of the year, Intel will launch three different processors based on the Nehalem microarchitecture. The fastest model will...

Yup, that's a tough one right now. If the 9800GTX+ is that much better overclocking-wise, it might look more attractive. But, not everyone cares to overclock, so it really depends on that. As for the HD 4870, I'm curious as to how the temperatures will be there. With the dual-slot cooler, it...

From our front-page news: As I recently explained in our ASUS U6E 12.1" review, bigger is no longer necessarily better. Today, most people are not satisfied with their PCs unless it's small, quiet and robust. Hard to put all three of those together, but it can be done. Well, there still linger...

I couldn't agree more. Just say his name out loud, "Bill Gates"... so many thoughts could start rushing through anyone's head. Even when I first got into computers and hopped onto a DOS 5.0 machine, I knew who Bill Gates was! Microsoft tends to be hated by many people, and Gates as well, but...

As Matt posted to the front page:As June 27 gets closer and closer, technology pendants, competitors and fellow colleagues face the growing realization that Bill Gates will soon leave the technology industry and his position as chairman of Microsoft. It's not entirely clear what impact the leave...

It's demanding, I'll agree, but it still should run better on an ATI card. I tested on an 8800 GT earlier and it ran fine. I've decided I can't benchmark with it though... it's just too complicated. There is no way I could replicate or even come close to replicating a run over and over, like I...

Depends on what kind of distro you want to use, and also what you plan to do with it. I'd allow 3 GB for the OS at least, at a minimum, but even more would be great. I'd recommend at least an 8 GB, although a 4 GB could get you by if you don't plan to go all out. The alternative would be to...

Tim, sorry for making you double-post... I changed some permissions on the forums recently, not knowing they'd add regular posts to the moderation queue. It's fixed until I can figure out a better solution :-/ Glad to hear the rig is working so well though! I'd love to see pictures. Nice to...

You got it... they want to sell more higher-end processors. Anything from their 5xxx line-up will work fine. Just make sure it's LGA771 and DP (Dual-Processor). The E5420 is one of those. http://www.intel.com/products/processor/xeon5000/specifications.htm?iid=products_xeon5000+tab_specs

I couldn't agree more. Over the weekend, I was testing out both the HD 3870 X2 for certain things in addition to the HD 4850 and the drivers were giving me a massive headache. There were times when I'd install the driver, reboot, and the card not be active. I had to uninstall once again and...

Oh, and when people say this card is hot, they mean it: In that picture, the diode was pushed into the fins of the cooler to be as close to the GPU core as possible. I estimate that the diode was about a quarter of an inch to a half an inch away from the outer perimeter of the core. During...

Greg, kudos on such a robust post, haha. I'd hate to sit on that toilet. And I agree, it does look foolish. The middle ring shouldn't be there are all, or at least not look so generic.