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
In which Brian lets go of the HP EliteBook long enough to let someone else play... Add comment
Today Futuremark released their DirectX 11 benchmarking tool, 3DMark 11, which promises to punish even the most high-end hardware. Add comment
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
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
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
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 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
The Computer Lords giveth, and the Computer Lords taketh away... on Day 4, the EliteBook decided to call it quits. Add comment
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
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'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
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
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
One Icrontian's quest for a simple yet awesome costume led to a working "arc reactor" from the movie "Iron Man" Add comment
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 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
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 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 recently unveiled two new motherboards to support the mid-range enthusiast/overclocking segment. Add comment
A concept video for a futuristic phone is pretty provocative. Add comment
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
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