The latest articles and reviews found at PC Perspective. http://www.pcper.com ASUS is the first to produce a dual-GPU card based on the HD 3850 from AMD that finally gives AMD an option in the $300-350 price range. Can it live up to the competition of the 9800 GTX and how does it compare to the HD 3870 X2?... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=556 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=556 Thu, 15 May 2008 09:00:05 -0400 Virtually silent! If you are looking for a silent PSU with good voltage regulation, excellent efficiency, and high-end video card support; this PSU deserves a very close look. The Pro82+ features all hard wired cables and is available with four different output capacities ranging from 385W up to 625W.... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=558 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=558 Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:35 -0400 This week we talk about the new 3DMark Vantage software, a 1GB Radeon HD 3870 card, EVGA's new UV Plus+ USB VGA adapter, NVIDIA's 780a SLI chipset with Hybrid SLI technology, a couple of interesting forums threads, a Larrabee team member speaking out about rasterization, and potential problems with AMD's 780G chipset.... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=411 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=411 Wed, 07 May 2008 01:00:12 -0400 The nForce 780a SLI chipset has been on the verge of release many times over the past several months but there was always something pushing it back. Now NVIDIA is finally ready to unveiling their first updated AMD-platform chipset in years and the ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe is the first board on the chopping block.... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=557 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=557 Tue, 06 May 2008 03:00:30 -0400 The EVGA UV Plus+ allows you to connect up additional monitors to your notebook or desktop PC through a USB connection rather than requiring you to install another graphics card. Can this new device from one of our favorite video card vendors help you out of a virtual desktop space deficiency?... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=555 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=555 Mon, 05 May 2008 09:00:07 -0400 The Aquaduct 360 XT delivers excellent performance and incorporates an advanced controller and sophisticated software that allows displaying and tweaking just about every parameter that can be visualized or adjusted in a water cooling system.... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=554 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=554 Thu, 01 May 2008 15:00:22 -0400 The fastest single-GPU card from AMD is still the Radeon HD 3870 and continues to struggle to stand up to the increasing competition from NVIDIA. Diamond is attempting to bump up the GPU's performance by increasing the frame buffer to 1GB - but can it help performance at all?... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=553 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=553 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:00:56 -0400 The new 3DMark Vantage software is finally available after several months of "leaked" screenshots and information flooding the forums. Now that 3DMark has moved to DirectX 10 what can you expect to find in this incredibly popular benchmarking software?... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=552 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=552 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:00:32 -0400 Our first review of a solid state disk compares the OCZ 64GB SATA-I model to the new VelociRaptor hard drive as well as other desktop HDDs and even another 2.5" notebook drive from Western Digital. The results are incredibly interesting though not as impressive as originally hoped.... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=551 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=551 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:00:26 -0400 AMD's triple-core processors are finally available to the public and are based on the B3-stepping that no longer has the dreaded TLB and performance issues. Can these sub-$200 processors convince you that three cores are better than two? When is getting that fourth core more valuable?... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=550 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=550 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:25 -0400 Previously we have reviewed the VisionTek Radeon HD 3850 card, but how does its bigger brother compare to the competition from big(ger) green? VisionTek has been making a pretty significant push into the retail market as of late, and the HD 3870 is their mainstream offering in the $169 to $200 price range.... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=549 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=549 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:00:00 -0400 The incredibly popular Raptor series of drives gets an upgrade today with the introduction of the Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB hard drive. There is more to this update than just a capacity bump; performance gets a noticeable boost as well!... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=548 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=548 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:00:26 -0400 The past week has been rampant with discussion on the new war that is brewing between NVIDIA and Intel but there was one big player left out of the story: AMD. It would seem that both sides seem to have written this competitor out but we think quite the opposite.... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=547 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=547 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:00:53 -0400 The AMD Radeon HD 3650 is a mid-range low cost GPU aimed at the under $100 market of graphics cards. Sapphire is one of the AMD's best partners and is known for taking their products and making them better than reference design. But does the HD 3650 have the power to take on NVIDIA's 8600 GTS cards?... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=545 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=545 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:00:53 -0400 Crytek's CEO Cevat Yerli sat with us to answer some questions on the topic of ray tracing, its future in gaming and how Intel's push into hardware ray tracing might be affecting the way games are made.... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=546 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=546 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:00:19 -0400 BFG is taking the 9800 GTX a step further by bumping up the core, shader and memory clocks quite a bit in the new OCX model. Come see if these new record G92 speeds are going to be worth your money.... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=544 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=544 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:00:04 -0400 The ASUS Eee PC may not be for everyone but with a new Windows XP version that maintains the same $399 price point it might find a way into your home whether you originally were interested or not.... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=543 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=543 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:36 -0400 BFG’s new ES-800 features variable frequency conversion to maximize efficiency and it can deliver up to 780W on the +12V outputs with zero load on the +3.3V and +5V rails. Sound interesting? Read on!... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=542 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=542 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:00:32 -0400 Intel's IDF show is starting this morning in Shanghai and details of Intel's Atom release are finally creeping in. Though we don't have the full details on the architecture quite yet, we do have some interesting information about it to share.... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=541 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=541 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:00:35 -0400 NVIDIA is pumping out new products like they are going out of style...so are they? The new 9800 GTX does not bring us anything that we haven't seen before but better performance and lower prices is always a plus. Oh, and 3-Way SLI is always fun to test!... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=540 http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=540 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:00:24 -0400