Best Graphics Cards For The Money: July 2012 |
| Summer is here, and we discuss AMD's new Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition in this month's update. We also cover significant price shifts at the top-end and mid-range of the graphics card spectrum, likely thanks to the popular GeForce GTX 670. more |
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Micron's RealSSD P400e: Affordable SSD Storage For The Enterprise? |
| Enterprise-class SSDs use costly SLC NAND or, more frequently, eMLC flash. But Micron's RealSSD P400e raises eyebrows by using low-cost MLC memory. Does this make sense on an SSD fighting for the affections of data center managers with read-heavy apps? more |
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Good Things In Small Packages: Seven Nettop Platforms, Tested |
| It'd be easy to dismiss nettops as underpowered attempts at miniaturization, but they’re good enough for surfing the Web, writing emails, and watching some video. Today, we're comparing seven different platforms based on CPUs from Intel, AMD, and VIA. more |
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Web Browser Grand Prix: Chrome 20, Opera 12, Firefox 13 |
| How do the latest Windows 7-based Web browsers stack up? Chrome and Firefox each have three wins under this operating system; can one become our champion? Or will Opera clean house here, as it did under Windows XP? We set up a new test system to find out. more |
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Intel SSD 910 Review: PCI Express-Based Enterprise Storage |
| PCIe-based SSDs have evolved rapidly, with companies like Fusion-io, LSI, and OCZ leading the way. Intel is betting that its reputation for quality and reliability in the enterprise sector are enough to overcome that head-start as it launches SSD 910. more |
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