Preparing For Future Software: AMD's Lightweight Profiling Proposal
This week AMD proposed a new x86 extension instruction set, how will their Lightweight Profiling Proposal help users and developers?
11 by on 8/16/2007A Messy Transition (Part 3): Vista Buys Some Time
Wrapping up our series on problems with 32bit addressing and the 2GB barrier, we take a look at a promising new hotfix for Windows Vista
35 by on 8/13/2007One Laptop Per Child: Charity, Prosperity, & Capitalism In The Developing World
The One Laptop Per Child organization is about to begin final production of their $100 laptop. Can they bring the information revolution to the developing world?
22 by on 8/8/2007Where's The Physics: The State of Hardware Accelerated Physics
2006 saw great fanfare over hardware accelerated physics, however that has not carried over in to 2007. We take a look at the state of hardware accelerated physics and...
32 by on 7/25/2007A Messy Transition (Part 2): Windows XP, Vista, and the 2GB Barrier
Based on reader requests we take a look at how Windows XP is affected by the 2GB barrier, with very surprising results
57 by on 7/19/2007A Messy Transition: Practical Problems With 32bit Addressing In Windows
As applications begin to approach the 2GB barrier in Windows, we take a look at the problems and the solutions
68 by on 7/12/2007One More Thing: Safari for Windows
Apple brings their web browser for Mac OS X over to Windows, but how does it stack up to the competition?
28 by on 7/6/2007Getting the Most Out Of Your Hardware: Video Card Utility Roundup
We take a look at 1st party and 3rd party video card utilities, and why GPU manufacturers could be doing better
17 by on 7/5/2007Windows Vista Performance Guide
It has been over five years since Microsoft last launched a major new consumer OS. Windows XP has been doing well for a lot of people in the interim...
105 by on 2/1/2007Fall '06 NVIDIA GPU Refresh - Part III: GeForce Go 7950 GTX
NVIDIA's fall refresh concludes with an updated mobile part, offering the expected CPU and memory speed upgrades.
11 by on 10/16/2006Windows Vista Update: RC1/5728 Preview
Windows Vista has reached Release Candidate stage, which means the long period of development is finally drawing to a close. Find out how things are shaping up with...
60 by on 10/3/2006The GPU Advances: ATI's Stream Processing & Folding@Home
Another step has been taken in the evolution of the GPU, with ATI's R500 series now providing a significant performance boost for distributed computing.
43 by on 9/30/2006PhysX Performance Update: City of Villains
With the City Of Villains Issue 7 update, PhysX support has now moved out of beta and into full production. What has changed, what remains the same, and...
33 by on 9/7/2006Windows Vista Update: Build 5472 Preview
Microsoft recently rolled out a new build of Vista. Today we take a look and see what Microsoft has been doing since the initial Beta 2 release.
45 by on 7/28/2006Windows Vista: Beta 2 Preview
Microsoft has made Windows Vista Beta 2 available to the public, and with the OS being feature complete we can now provide a preview of Microsoft's bold new operating system.
75 by on 6/16/2006Looking 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 on 5/11/2006Looking Back Pt. 2: X800 & Catalyst Under The Knife
We continue our driver investigation series with a look at Catalyst performance on the X800 Series
24 by on 2/22/2006Samsung Ramps Up 900MHz GDDR3
Samsung ups the ante on GDDR3 memory with new revisions supporting 900MHz and lower latencies for graphics cards.
12 by on 12/22/2005Looking Back: ATI's Catalyst Drivers Exposed
We take a look at how ATI's Catalyst performance changed over the years on a Radeon 9700 Pro.
58 by on 12/11/2005S3's 90nm Chrome: The S20 Series
Today in China, S3 has launched their newest line of budget and lower mid-range graphics chips. The North American launch date will occur sometime in the next month or...
11 by on 11/3/2005