Reviewed on November 21, 2007Despite the usual caveats of an ever-fluctuating 3D market, for the moment, at least, ATI's new Radeon HD 3850 graphics card delivers the best bang-for-the buck in PC graphics hardware. Until now we haven't had an acceptable sub-$200 option for PC gaming this year. Thanks to AMD, now we do.TAGS:Radeon, DirectX, ATI Technologies, PCI Express, motherboard, PCI, Nvidia GeForce, card, video card, NVidia, games, PC
Reviewed on July 11, 2007The HP Pavilion Media Center m8120n boasts a quad-core Intel processor and outstanding overall performance, particularly for the price. Media consumers and creators alike will love its speed and AV connections but may rue the lack of a next-gen optical drive.TAGS:quad-core, HP Pavilion, Media Center PC, PCI, HP, slot, video card, TV, hard drive, PC, video, games
September 24, 2004Via Technologies announces new product that brings PCI Express input-output to computers running AMD chips.TAGS:PCI Express, PCI, VIA Technologies Inc., AMD, chipset
Reviewed on September 14, 2006With so many systems on the market that have planted their home-theater flags deeply in the living room rug, Dell's noncommittal XPS 210 feels too much like it's trying to please everyone. The addition of Intel's Core 2 Duo chips helps overall performance, but in general, this small-scale desktop needs more than a new brain to keep up with the competition.TAGS:Intel Core 2 Duo, WinBook, wireless networking, PCI, Intel, memory, hard drive, CPU, PC, Apple Computer
Reviewed on December 14, 2006The Aspire L310 works as a trim, affordable computer that will also serve light home-theater-PC duties. It doesn't offer as much room for improvement as its competition, but as long as you don't have plans for upgrading or running Windows Vista full bore, this system will serve you well.TAGS:Acer Inc., Acer Aspire, Microsoft Windows Vista, graphics chip, PCI, memory, HP, laptop computer, video, Microsoft Windows
Download the driver for 3Com's family of bus mastering PCI and EISA network adapters with a common driver set.TAGS:3Com Corp., adapter, network adapter, PCI, family