Stories by: Nate Ralph

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    Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition CPU 18/11/2011 10:00:00

    Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture stole the limelight this year, summarily trouncing its predecessors -- and the best that AMD had to offer -- with considerable performance boosts and power savings. Today Intel is announcing the Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition: a US$990 CPU that distills the lessons the company has learned over the past year into a single piece of premium silicon.
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    AMD's Bulldozer Packs Plenty Of Cores, But Not Enough Power 14/10/2011 01:01:00

    Earlier this year Intel made waves with its Sandy Bridge processors, which served up impressive performance gains over their predecessors while improving energy efficiency. AMD’s return salvo is finally here in the form of the AMD FX platform, previously codenamed Bulldozer.
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    AMD Radeon HD 6990 graphics card 09/03/2011 13:50:00

    I'll be blunt: the AMD Radeon HD 6990 is a beast. Soundly outpacing the best that Nvidia has to offer (at the moment), this dual-GPU juggernaut -- previously codenamed "Antilles" -- clambers to the top of our graphics card heap by serving up the most raw power we've seen to date. But then there's the price: at $699 (as of 3/8/2011), it's strictly aimed at those ultra-enthusiasts who'll spare no expense on their gaming rig.
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    Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti graphics card 26/01/2011 01:58:00

    Nvidia has been on something of a hot streak lately.
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    Origin Genesis 2011 13/01/2011 11:21:00

    The performance desktop category plays host to all manner of pricey, powerful PCs. Despite being a relative newcomer to our rankings, Origin has fit right in, topping our charts and our benchmarks with premium components and generous overclocking. The company's latest update to its Genesis is no exception. (The Genesis line is also one of the priciest, though the new version will cost less than its near-US$7000 predecessor -- specifically, US$6399, as of 1/12/2010.)
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    How desktop PCs got their groove back 09/01/2011 04:44:00

    Is the desktop PC dead? Far from it.
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    CES 2011: Lenovo announces IdeaCentre all-in-ones 05/01/2011 12:49:00

    Lenovo's IdeaCentre All-in-One desktops have been revamped for 2011, offering up a host of new features, and functionality. There's something for everyone here, with 3D displays, multitouch, TV tuners and new processors from AMD and Intel.
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    Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 graphics card 10/11/2010 16:10:00

    Nvidia and AMD's GPU arms race continues unabated, and the "world's fastest" moniker hangs in the balance. The latest salvo comes in the form of Nvidia's latest flagship graphics card, the GeForce GTX 580. Priced at US$500, the card sits right at the upper echelons of the graphics card market, aimed squarely at the enthusiasts who will suffer nothing but the best.
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    AMD Radeon HD 6870 graphics card 23/10/2010 05:31:00

    The Radeon HD 6870 is the larger, more capable member of AMD's new 6800 series lineup. Priced at a respectable US$239 (as of 10/21/2010), this mid-range graphics card manages to outpace its closest relative -- the Radeon HD5850 ($279) -- while keeping your bank balance intact.
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    Origin Genesis Midtower gaming PC 07/09/2010 14:14:00

    With prices starting around $2000 and reaching up to $7000, the performance PC category offers a wide range of speed and versatility, for most higher budgets. At just under US$3600, the midsize-tower variant of the Origin Genesis sits in the middle of the category, but it delivers performance that outpaces all but one of its pricier rivals.
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    Origin Genesis gaming PC 07/09/2010 14:00:00

    Origin is a newcomer to the boutique PC vendor field -- sort of. Though the company is relatively young, it's manned by former Alienware bigwigs who thoroughly understand high-end PCs. And when the Origin Genesis arrived at the US PCWorld Labs in a 124-pound wooden crate, we knew we were in for something impressive.
 
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