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Funny thing about technology journalism. No one talks about a topic and it's not in the public domain. You then do a story and suddenly you’re inundated with new information. That happened over the weekend, during our server move (yes, we know, KitGuru works overtime, Saturdays, Sundays and during the …

Things seem to have been looking up for AMD over the past year or so. Its big win against Intel in the courts has been backed up by a huge lead in bringing DX11 technology to market and re-establishing trust in the channel after the Dell debacle in 2006. That’s …

If you hate noise and want to build a media center then today's product will be of particular interest – the HIS HD5550 Silence 1GB graphics card. At KitGuru we have focused recently on this market, covering several ATI and nVidia solutions as we know many of our readers are …

KitGuru has big ears and we keep them close to the ground. As a result, we hear a lot of juicy stuff and, naturally, feed it to our readers first. So what's happening with the GTX480 pricing? Read on… Over a week ago, KitGuru heard from channel sauces that nVidia …

Join SSC as a Gold member and get your key for APBs Key to the City pre-launch event! Whet your appetite for this extraordinarily persistent online multiplayer game from Realtime Worlds. Your key gets you unlimited access to APB's Social District, where you can customize your character with multiple characteristics, …

Despite the recent prophecy from Steve Jobs, publicly available statistics show that Adobe Flash reaches 99% of the worldwide audience. Not satisfied with that, Adobe has just released its 10.1 update which offers many new improvements. more on that to follow. For now, KitGuru has a very specific ‘need to …

KitGuru knows that companies spend millions creating the best HD processing set up possible only to see the final image quality shattered by a weak component somewhere in the system. We spend many hours watching High Definition content and we never stop playing with our ATI and nVidia driver panels …

The ATI HD5870 video card redefined high end gaming when it was released many months ago, taking the performance crown as the fastest single core solution on the market. Even though nVidia have knocked it off the number one perch with the GTX480, many enthusiasts still prefer the HD5870 thanks …

KitGuru has already reviewed many products in ATI's impressive 5xxx series over the last month and today we are finally going to get a chance to play with a HD5550 model. The HD5550 is a low profile graphics card which is perfect for small form factor chassis and home theater …

While we all like the idea of hot lovers, GPU hotspots are a killer. Each generation of chip gets more and more complicated, creating unwanted ‘electrical friction’ – with billions of microscopic components interacting in unpredictable ways to generate current loss and heat. However, give an engineer time and he …

KitGuru spends far too much time trolling bars and eavesdropping on conversations. We admit it. We need help. However, in the meantime, when we frequent the ale houses of Theale, it's always possible to hear something juicy. Especially about price drops. Supping on cider at 22 Church Street, Theale in …

I admit it, I am a technology junkie and I always have been, when other kids were playing with Star Wars figures I was disassembling my father's radio and trying to figure out how it worked. “You got an unhealthy fixation, son” he would mutter as he slapped me on …

It is hard to believe that KitGuru only opened a month ago, we have been working around the clock to ensure that we review the hottest products on the market … even if some of them have been out for a while. For those of you who don't have thousands …

Contrary to popular rumour on the net, Nintendo will not be using nVidia's Tegra in their upcoming state of the art 3DS handheld. KitGuru spoke to an industry insider yesterday who confirmed that the recent news on sites such as IGN and Eurogamer were in fact true – Nintendo are …

While busy swimming through a sea of rumours, Miodrag Relic, EVGA’s head of European marketing, was able to find time to show off his companies latest foray into the challenge of keeping Fermi cool enough to rock the DX11 world. Not an easy trick, so how do they plan to …

In the modern computer market, loyalty is a rare thing. That EVGA has managed to thrive in an ever more difficult market, while selling only nVidia graphic cards, shows just how determined Andrew Han has been. When he formed the company on 16th July, 1999, the dream was to extend …

In the VIP suite on the 36th floor of the world famous Taipei 101 tower, Gigabyte had a huge selection of new products laid out in front of KitGuru’s eyes. Eager to snap every new product in site, we were drawn primarily to the graphic cards. After our ears stopped …

In our second Powercolor article today from Computex we managed to get our hands on the upcoming HD5770 Evolution which is another of the ‘firsts' for Powercolor which has Lucid's Hydra chip on the PCB. The idea behind this card is that it can be paired up with ANY other …

We spent some time with Powercolor at Computex and had a look at their products on display. An interesting model they had on show was the HD5770 Sniper – the ‘World's First GPU & NPU'. “What on earth is a NPU?” I hear you ask? well it is not only …

KitGuru enjoys a big breakfast – it comes with age and we are happy to give in to the urge. We're not quite at the ‘Lord of the Rings stage' where 2 breakfasts are required for happiness, but we're close. During this morning monster munch, KitGurus love to ponder the …

KitGuru has been concentrating recently on many mid range boards, however today we are going to be looking at the high end custom HIS HD5870 graphics card, a product we know that will get you excited. The HIS HD 5870 iCooler V Turbo is completely redesigned and it ships with …

EyeFinity is the really neat trick that ATI Radeon HD 5000 series cards bring to the market. Forget simply stretching your desktop – why not actually support monster resolutions like 5760×1080 straight out of the box and let the gamers enjoy wrap-round, immersive shoot-em ups? KitGuru spies snuck into a …

AMD's first APU products will be available in the first half of 2011. Codenamed Ontario and Llano they are set to shake up the market. Accelerated Processing Units combine CPU and GPU into a single die processor and are created with 3d video and HD support as the primary focus. …

ATI have been enjoying huge success in 2010. The 5xxx series of graphics cards has been fondly received by both the public and critics … the combination of low power requirements with top tier performance has proven hard to beat. nVidia have managed to level the playing field lately with …

Hothardware posted a picture of a rather sexy looking videocard which features two Fermi class GPU's on a 12 inch PCB. It comes supplied with three DVI connectors on the back and takes power from two 8x pin power connectors. There is no pricing or availability information yet, but we …

With the high profile launch of the GTX465 series this week nVidia are cooking on gas, with several partners releasing non reference editions of the card to the public. Palit are the latest and their version of the card features two 90mm fans as well as two dual link DVI, …

KitGuru has been up most of the night, researching the market ahead of the retail launch of nVidia’s GTX 465 card. As you know, this card delivers decent performance at almost the right price. But can you buy it? In case you didn’t know, Scan is one of the biggest …

Fermi has left many feeling famished. The launch of the 8800GT in October 2006 put nVidia so far ahead of the competition, that many wondered if ATI could ever come back. Also, let’s not forget one fact. Jen Hsun is a genius. Even the hierarchy at AMD knows this is …

As reviewers across the globe add extra security to their networks to prevent AMD spies breaking in and discovering performance data, special launch information and street pricing – it takes just one site to undo all that good work. News and reviews sites across the world have just been alerted …

When Asus first unloaded the EN7800GT on an unsuspecting world, enthusiasts marvelled at the sheer size of the product and the improvements it delivered. It arrived in special boxing and had KitGuru nipping to the local pro-tech store for a new PSU. Several generations and a massive R&D investment later, …