PC Hardware / Reviews December 2004 Archive

The holidays are over, the gifts have been given. Maybe it was a new digital peripheral like a camera, audio player or printer or maybe eve a new computer system. ... Read More

Its the holidays and lots of people like to dream of what they would like to get. Of course, we don't necessarily always get what we want. Performance desktop computers ... Read More

With the holidays here, things are really slow on the Net for product reviews. In addition, CES is rapidly approaching so new products releases are being held off. ExtremeTech does ... Read More

SLI is definitely the big trend in the performance desktop platform. The potential boost in graphics performance from the new technology is hard to resist for many PC gamers. Voodoo ... Read More

Gamers are the primary purchasers of high performance desktop computer systems. As a result, many of the features of performance desktop computers focus on graphics performance. Velocity Micro is one ... Read More

Intel introduced the BTX form factor some time ago as a means to help reduce the amount of heat that builds up inside of desktop computer systems. Most companies have ... Read More

Falcon Northwest is one of the oldest manufacturers of prestige performance desktop computer systems. Their most recent addition is the Falcon Northwest Mach V SLI that adds the NVIDIA SLI ... Read More

Dell was one of the first major manufacturers to being offering high performance desktop systems geared towards gamers when they introduced the Dimension XPS. After the radical changes to the ... Read More

Many people do not associate Compaq with performance desktop computer systems. Compaq attempted to change this perception with a trial release of several gaming PCs at select retailers. Now Compaq ... Read More

The latest trend in performance graphics is called SLI and it refers to using two graphics cards in tandem to boost overall performance. NVIDIA has released this for AMD based ... Read More

The holidays are when lots of people dream of things they would like to have. This is also one of the times when lots of new performance desktop computer systems ... Read More

Notebook computers have become such a major seller in the PC computer market. Many consumers are even buying them as their primary computer even if it only sits on a ... Read More

Two big announcements were made in regards to graphics today. First, ATI is releasing a new lower end graphics card based on their X800 core. HardOCP has a preview of ... Read More

It has been almost a year since I last looked at small form factor kits and a lot has changed. Both AMD and Intel have released new socket designed for ... Read More

Notebook computers are a huge seller at this time of the year, especially desktop replacement models. CNet has a review of the new Dell Inspiron 9200 desktop replacement notebook. Don't forget ... Read More

While ATI and NVIDIA love to push their high end graphics cards to the media, the real heart of their companies is in the mid to low priced video cards. ... Read More

For the majority of computer users, the highest grade motherboard and chipset isn't what matters but performance at a reasonable cost. Finding comparison reviews in this segment can be fairly ... Read More

It is major news when the company that first brought the PC to the marketplace back in the 80's sells off its personal computer division to a Chinese company. Not ... Read More

Ultraportable computers are not very popular with the consumers. They don't like to sacrifice features from their portable computers. As a result, a new category of compact thin and light ... Read More

The sales of notebook computers have been increasing for some time. With the level of performance and portability they provide, many manufacturers are increasing the options for consumers with additional ... Read More

Ever been looking for a computer component online or at a local computer store and come across a product labeled as OEM? Not sure what it means to be an ... Read More

It has been a little over six months since the last major product release by ATI with the Radeon X800XT based cards. While its still difficult to find these cards ... Read More