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Nintendo 3DS Specs Comparison: 3DS vs PSP and iPhone 3GS

21 Jun 2010 at 7:01am
We take a look at the 3D hardware specs of the Nintendo 3DS and compare it to the PSP and iPhone 3GS. How does the 3DS stack up?

E3 2010 Review: Sony

17 Jun 2010 at 9:04am
We sat through Sony's looooooooong 2 hour E3 2010 Keynote and have many thoughts to share with you about their announcement. Is Move another Wii copycat? Did they have any huge shocking announcements? Do they really think we care about 3D?

E3 2010 Review: Nintendo

16 Jun 2010 at 10:56am
Today we look at Nintendo's E3 keynote, which we can tell you now, was significantly better than last years. If you grew up playing SNES and N64, you will be a happy person today.

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Gunnar Optiks: Day 6 and Aftermath

2 Oct 2008 at 12:24am
We try out the Gunnar Optiks glasses and give a day by day analysis

Gunnar Optiks: Days 4 & 5

29 Sep 2008 at 7:27pm
We try out the Gunnar Optiks glasses and give a day by day analysis

Gunnar Optiks Day 3: A Harder Day Than Most

28 Sep 2008 at 1:36am
We try out the Gunnar Optiks glasses and give a day by day analysis

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XSR Announcement - Roccat Pyra

30 Jul 2010 at 2:45pm
As a general rule of thumb wireless gaming mice are far inferior to their wired rodent cousins; simply due to sod's law which makes it run out batteries just as you're going for that important kill. Roccat are well versed in the wired sector of the market with designs such as the Kone and Kova warranting significant praise from reviewers and consumers alike. With the Pyra, Roccat has decided to throw its hat into the mobile gaming market ring but can the PC peripheral manufacturer succeed where numerous others have failed? Let's get started.

Techwarelabs > Drives - Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB SSD

30 Jul 2010 at 11:18am
Slow secondary storage has been the biggest persistent gripe about PC gaming for quite a while now. While CPUs, RAM, graphics cards and system busses have all been improving at a steady rate; hard drives have stayed more or less stagnant for the past decade. Enter the solid state drive. At its most basic level, a SSD has the same basic structure as a USB flash drive: a bunch of NAND flash memory chips, a controller to tie them together, and an interface that talks to the outside world. Where a SSD pulls ahead is, naturally enough, in the performance of those three components. Today we'll be looking at the RealSSD C300 256GB SSD from Crucial. Taking advantage of the still-uncommon SATA 6.0 GBps interface, this drive promises to deliver blisteringly fast performance.

Legit Reviews > Motherboards - MSI 890FXA-GD70 AMD 890FX

30 Jul 2010 at 11:17am
Overall I am thoroughly impressed with the MSI 890FXA-GD70 motherboard. Why you may ask. It does exactly what it is supposed to do with out complaining. Sure the performance was slightly behind that of the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, but it isn't the kind of performance difference you will notice on a day to day basis. What you may notice on a day to day basis, is the price difference. At the time of this writing the MSI 890FXA-GD70 is $179.99 after rebate. That puts the MSI 890FXA-GD70 thirty bucks below the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula. That's an extra thirty bucks you can invest into a better graphics card or processor...Overall I am thoroughly impressed with the MSI 890FXA-GD70 motherboard. Why you may ask. It does exactly what it is supposed to do with out complaining. Sure the performance was slightly behind that of the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, but it isn't the kind of performance difference you will notice on a day to day basis. What you may notice on a day to day basis, is the price difference. At the time of this writing the MSI 890FXA-GD70 is $179.99 after rebate. That puts the MSI 890FXA-GD70 thirty bucks below the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula. That's an extra thirty bucks you can invest into a better graphics card or processor...

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EVGA GeForce GTX 460 768MB Superclocked Review

If you're one of NVIDIA's board partners, how do you improve upon the GeForce GTX 460 GPU? If you're EVGA, you OC the board, add a lifetime warranty with their Trade Up program, and bundle the card with killer utilities for OC'ing and stress testing your graphics card...And don't forget a free game. See how the board fares in today's review!

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Performance Preview

Priced from $199-$229, the GeForce GTX 460 cards brings NVIDIA's Fermi architecture to new price points. And armed with 336 CUDA Cores, 7 PolyMorph Engines for tessellation, and high clocks, it doesn't disappoint when it comes to performance...and power or GPU temps. See how the board performs in comparison to cards ranging from the GeForce 8800 GTS to the Radeon 5830 in 3D gaming, PhysX, and 3D Vision in today's article!

Crank That S#!T Up! Contest

Interested in winning a liquid-cooled, 3-Way SLI GeForce GTX 480 Maingear PC with 22" 3D display? We've partnered with NVIDIA and Maingear to bring one lucky FiringSquad reader this top-of-the-line system. Benchmarks and pictures inside!