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Detroit filmmaker talks about the HP EliteBook 8740W

In which Brian lets go of the HP EliteBook long enough to let someone else play... Add comment

3DMark 11 released

Today Futuremark released their DirectX 11 benchmarking tool, 3DMark 11, which promises to punish even the most high-end hardware. Add comment

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T review

The newest flagship processor from AMD has been released. How does the Phenom II x6 1100T Black Edition perform? We put it through the test suite and find out. Add comment

HP EliteBook project Day 8: Will it play Crysis?

And on the eighth day, he rested...well, sort of. He played games (but benched them and recorded FPS numbers, and wrote a post about it, etc.) Add comment

HP EliteBook 8740W video performance testing day

It's day 7 of the HP EliteBook 8740W project, and this is where I do the good stuff: I run it through Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 to test Mercury Playback Engine performance using CUDA. Add comment

HP EliteBook 8740w project day 6: The SpecviewPerf run

The day of reckoning has come... Well, the day of benchmarking at least. Tonight's run of SpecviewPerf 11 leaves us a little astounded at how well this mobile monster really performs. Add comment

Back in business: Day 5 of the HP EliteBook 8740w review

Back to it! Now that I have a replacement 8740W, I can finally get to testing and we'll soon get to see what kind of numbers this beast can crank out. Add comment

Trouble in mobile workstation paradise

The Computer Lords giveth, and the Computer Lords taketh away... on Day 4, the EliteBook decided to call it quits. Add comment

HP EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation project, day 3

Brian takes it to the readers as he begins to answer specific questions, and gets a close look at the business card reader slot and the mouse buttons. Add comment

Things I learned about HP EliteBooks today

Day two of the HP Mobile Workstation project, in which Brian goes on a conference call with an attractive HP PR rep and some dudes from HP... also, he gets some work done. Add comment

Futuremark giveaways to coincide with release of 3DMark11

Futuremark's latest benchmark suite, 3DMark 11 is all set for release November 30. The new version adds in tests for DirectX 11 graphics cards with some absolutely stunning scenes. Add comment

The HP EliteBook Mobile Workstation project

HP has gifted Icrontic with an absolute beast of a mobile workstation, and we're gonna spend a lot of intimate, special moments with it. Tech voyeurs should follow along, and hey, maybe we'll have one to give away at the end of the journey. Add comment

Master the Tube, and win a Radeon!

Icrontic, AMD, and their partners are teaming up to give away five AMD Radeon™ HD 6850 GPUs. All you have to do is find the clues and enter to win. Add comment

How to build an Arc Reactor

One Icrontian's quest for a simple yet awesome costume led to a working "arc reactor" from the movie "Iron Man" Add comment

AMD new processor shootout

AMD's recent CPU refresh continues their focus on offering the best price/performance ratio. How do they stack up? We test three of them to find out. Add comment

CoolIT and AMD team up for cool runnings

CoolIT showed off some impressive demos of their new coolers and AMD's top processors and GPUs, pulling some impressive overclocks with their sealed-loop liquid coolers. Add comment

Ambitious NZXT Facebook contest culminates in “Ultimate Mystery Prize”

Summer may be gone, but NZXT's "Summer PC Upgrade" contest has gone into the Autumn season. No worries: the grand prize winner is at hand. Add comment

Apple iPad coming to Verizon on October 28th

Apple and Verizon announced three iPad bundles today, arriving on October 28th, that signals the beginning of a budding relationship between the two companies. Add comment

ECS unveils two new motherboards

ECS recently unveiled two new motherboards to support the mid-range enthusiast/overclocking segment. Add comment

A concept phone that needs to be reality immediately. The Mozilla Seabird

A concept video for a futuristic phone is pretty provocative. Add comment

NVIDIA reveals next-gen architectures “Kepler” and “Maxwell” at GTC 2010

NVIDIA revealed the codenames and hinted at features and performance of their next generation of GPU parts during the GPU Technology Conference keynote. Add comment