While the first day of the GeForce LAN was focused on an opening keynote by DICE’s Johan Andersson, NVIDIA’s Drew Henry and Phil Eisler, day 2 and 3 were all about exhibitor presentations and the Battlefield 3 tournament. In this article we look at the tournament, the players, some cool rigs and the new products [...]

The M14x is regarded by many to be the notebook to get if you are looking for gaming on the go and it actually starts at a reasonable price of around $1100. Naturally, “portable” is a loose term considering this small 14” laptop weighs in at a hefty 6.5 lbs and as with most Alienware [...]

Earlier in the year NVIDIA announced the latest edition of their GeForce LAN events and PC gamers eagerly grabbed tickets to what promised to be one of North America’s largest LAN parties. Once registration was complete, over 600 people had applied to be part of the 48 hour Bring Your Own Computer LAN.  We’ve got [...]

NVIDIA’s 3D Vision was one of the pioneering stereoscopic solutions and was introduced before the term “3D” became so mainstream.  They’re now releasing the second generation -dubbed 3D Vision 2- which combines new monitor technology with revised active shutter glasses.  After a few days of using it, we have found plenty of things to like [...]

As unlocked, highly overclockable processors have gradually made their way into lower price points, closed loop water coolers have become all the rage.  Several companies have entered the fray but none has been quite repeated Corsair’s success, particularly after teaming up with CoolIT.  Their latest creation -the H100- is the first closed loop liquid cooler [...]

After many, many years of gossip, presentations, leaks, and showcases AMD’s new Bulldozer processors are finally here. This is AMD’s attempt at making an architecture with significant multi-threaded performance but at a price that most people can afford. With 8 cores on tap, we think they have the multi-threaded aspect covered, but the real question [...]

With SSD technology progressing at a breakneck pace, some areas of the market have begun to demand drives which could theoretically outstrip the new SATA 6 Gbps standard.  In order to offer the best possible performance without limitations, OCZ has looked to the PCI-E bus for one of their SSDs.  The RevoDrive 3 X2 drives [...]

With Sandy Bridge processors becoming all the rage, motherboard manufacturers have had to step up their game in the face of mounting competition.  Gigabyte may have a horrifyingly confusing lineup which consists of no fewer than 20 different Z68 models but their Z68XP-UD5 seems to have what it takes to stand apart from many other Sandy Bridge [...]

For many, water cooling has always been reserved for enthusiasts who take the time and effort to install expensive custom loop setups but Corsair has been trying hard to bring its enhanced performance to the masses.  By teaming up with the company formerly known as CoolIT, their new Hydro Series  H80 is one of the [...]

By now we should all know that when buying an ultra portable notebook, sacrifices almost always have to be made but ith their new U36SD, ASUS is turning these preconceptions onto their heads.  Note only is this new laptop equipped with a standard voltage Sandy Bridge processor and a dedicated NVIDIA graphics processor but it [...]