nForce 500: nForce4 on Steroids?
nForce 500 looks and sounds like a heavyweight, but is it revolutionary or simply an evolutionary nForce4 under the hood? That's what we aim to find out.
64 by Gary Key & Wesley Fink on 5/24/2006WinHEC 2006: Keynote Coverage
Our coverage of Microsoft's WinHEC 2006 conference starts with Bill Gates' keynote address, as Microsoft looks to "advance the platform".
8 by Derek Wilson on 5/24/2006AMD Socket-AM2: Same Performance, Faster Memory, Lower Power
A month after our Socket-AM2 preview, AMD has officially launched their Socket-AM2. We go in-depth to find that not much has changed.
83 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/23/2006NVIDIA DualTV MCE TV Tuner
The NVIDIA DualTV MCE looks to be a cut above the rest with the ability to record/watch two separate programs at once. We'll see how it compares with two...
68 by Josh Venning on 5/19/2006Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB: Size Does Matter
Our first look at Seagate's new Barracuda 7200.10 desktop series featuring perpendicular recording technology and industry leading capacities.
45 by Gary Key on 5/18/2006BFG PhysX and Performance Updates
AGEIA released a new driver last week to fix some of the framerate issues with GRAW. Today we'll take a look at our first retail boxed PhysX card and...
67 by Derek Wilson on 5/17/2006Evolution of Lian Li's SOHO Server Cases
Ever thought about what a premiere case for people looking to build a personal server would look like? Lian Li sure has.
25 by Joshua Buss on 5/16/2006E3 2006: PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii
We take a closer look at the PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii.
20 by Haider Farhan on 5/16/2006ASUS: The EN7600 GS Silent, and EN7800 GT TOP Silent
Today we take a look at two noiseless graphics cards from Asus based on the established 7800 GT as well as the more recent 7600 GS.
39 by Josh Venning on 5/12/2006E3 2006: Hands on with Nintendo's Wii and new Dell Designs
Updated! We spent some quality time with Nintendo's Wii and some new gaming desktops and notebooks from Dell. You can now download some videos on the bottom of...
36 by Haider Farhan on 5/11/2006Looking Back Pt. 3: The 6800 Ultra, ForceWare, and the Future
We wrap up our driver investigation series with a look at ForceWare performance on the NVIDIA 6800 Ultra.
24 by Ryan Smith on 5/11/2006Pre-AM2 Mid-Range Buyers' Guide, May 2006
Thinking about upgrading, even with AM2 and Core Duo 2 right around the corner? We've got some analysis on the situation, as well as some currently available recommendations.
56 by Jarred Walton on 5/9/2006DFI CFX3200-DR: ATI RD580 Tweak Attack
DFI launches their ATI RD580 chipset motherboard with every tweak an enthusiast can imagine. How does the first DFI dual X16 compare with other top Athlon 64 boards?
25 by Wesley Fink on 5/8/2006Exclusive: ASUS Debuts AGEIA PhysX Hardware
ASUS has given AnandTech the opportunity to bring you the very first preview of actual PhysX PPU (Physics Processing Unit) hardware. We'll take a look at performance under a...
100 by Derek Wilson on 5/5/2006Intel Core Duo: AOpen i975Xa-YDG to the Rescue
Looking for a great Core Duo Mobile on Desktop motherboard? AOpen's uniquely designed and performance oriented i975Xa-YDG features the Intel 975X chipset and shows impressive performance.
81 by Gary Key on 5/4/2006Falcon Northwest FragBox SLI: Dare to Dream
So you just won the lotto and are looking for ways to "invest" your prize money - or maybe you just want one of the most extreme...
32 by Jarred Walton on 5/3/2006Intel Core versus AMD's K8 architecture
How does the Athlon 64 architecture, known as "Hammer" or "K8", compare with the newly announced Intel Core architecture? Does AMD have a chance to compete with the latest...
87 by Johan De Gelas on 5/1/2006The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion CPU Performance
We've taken a look at Oblivion's GPU requirements, but what about the CPU? Our next Oblivion article targets that portion of your system, showing performance scaling with a variety...
36 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/28/2006The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GPU Performance
We compared virtually all of the high end and mid range PCI Express GPUs under Oblivion and looked at performance in this immersive title. Oblivion is now the...
100 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/26/2006Eight Core Servers: Opteron 880 (Egypt) vs. Xeon MP 3.0 GHz (Paxville)
We take a look at the Quad Dual-Core Enterprise platforms, comparing Intel's Paxville (Xeon MP) 3.0GHz with AMD's Opteron 880 in a series of 64-bit database tests.
35 by Jason Clark on 4/24/2006