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Ryan Shrout
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Ryan started PC Perspective in 2004 and before that ran hardware review websites by the name of Amdmb.com and Athlonmb.com.  Besides taking care of the day to day operations of the pcper.com, managing content and producing a podcast, he also hosts This Week in Computer Hardware on the This Week in Tech network with Patrick Norton.  

You can find Ryan mostly on PC Perspective, but also in a few key places:

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Never Settle Reloaded Bundle Gets a Level Up Bonus

05/15/2013 - 12:00
AMD dropped us a quick note to let us in on another limited time offer for buyers of AMD Radeon graphics cards.  Starting today, the Never Settle Reloaded bundle that we first told you about in February is getting an upgrade for select tiers. ...

NVIDIA Announces Shield Pricing, Taking Pre-orders

05/14/2013 - 09:06
Solid information about the NVIDIA Shield (no longer called Project Shield) is finally becoming available with a blog post written up today on NVIDIA's website.  The company will begin accepting pre-orders from users that have previously signed...

Video Perspective: iBuyPower Revolt R770 Mini-ITX Gaming PC Review

05/10/2013 - 17:01
We have seen our fair share of mini-ITX cases and system builds over the last six months, including rigs from Digital Storm and AVADirect.  They attempt to offer a balance between performance, power, noise and size and some do it better than others...

NVIDIA shows Project Shield manufacturing mold, building hype

05/10/2013 - 15:28
After the initial announcement at CES in January, NVIDIA has been trying hard to keep excitement and interest about Project Shield going.  The upcoming Tegra 4-powered mobile Android-based gaming machine will be launched sometime in the summer; both...

PCPer Live! Frame Rating and FCAT - Your Questions Answered!

05/08/2013 - 23:37
Update: Did you miss the live stream?  Watch the on-demand replay below and learn all about the Frame Rating system, FCAT, input latency and more!! I know, based solely on the amount of traffic and forum discussion, that our readers have really...

Intel Silvermont Architecture Updates Atom for Phones and Tablets

05/06/2013 - 13:00
It has been almost exactly five years since the release of the first Atom branded processors from Intel, starting with the Atom 230 and 330 based on the Diamondville design.  Built for netbooks and nettops at the time, the Atom chips were a reaction...

Power, Performance and Closing Thoughts

05/05/2013 - 13:39
[inline:files/review/2013-05-05/silvermont14.jpg] Intel obviously believes that one of the biggest advantages it has in the SoC market is its process and manufacturing technology.  With the current tri-gate 22nm transistors they definitely have the...

Intel Announces Haswell Graphics Details and New Iris Graphics

05/01/2013 - 17:20
Intel gets a bad wrap on the graphics front.  Much of it is warranted but a lot of it is really just poor marketing about the technologies and features they implement and improve on.  When AMD or NVIDIA update a driver or fix a bug or bring a...

Possible power supply issues for Intel Haswell CPUs

05/01/2013 - 15:07
I came across an interesting news story posted by The Tech Report this morning that dives into the possibility of problems with Intel's upcoming Haswell processors and currently available power supplies.  Apparently, the new C6 and C7 idle power...

Video Perspective: Oculus Rift Development Kit Hands-on Preview

05/01/2013 - 13:08
Since first hearing about the Kickstarter project that raised nearly 2.5 million dollars from over 9,500 contributors, I have eagerly been awaiting the arrival of my Oculus Rift development kit.  Not because I plan on quitting the hardware review...

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