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Intel’s Next Graphics Driver Update Is A Must-Have For Ivy Bridge Notebooks
The topic of Intel’s fiery Ivy Bridge CPU is one we’ve raised in the past. Unfortunately, other than buy a cooling pad and performing limited software tweaks, there’s not a lot you can do to keep temperatures under control. Intel, fortunately, is still finding ways to optimise its drivers, with its next update for its graphics hardware packing some impressive improvements.
Windows 8 Buyers Guide: Which Specs Are Most Important?
You already know what size of Windows 8 PC you want, but what are you going to put in it? More RAM? A bigger processor? Solid state storage? We’re here to explain a few things for you to help you get the best Windows 8 device for your money.
Under The Hood: Windows Tweaks To Cool Your Overheating Ivy Bridge Notebook
Intel’s “3rd generation” CPUs, codenamed “Ivy Bridge”, bring a number of improvements over the previous generation, Sandy Bridge. Unfortunately, for those of us used to getting progressively faster and cooler performing CPUs from Intel, Ivy Bridge delivered on the former front, but not so much the latter.
Three Windows Tweaks To Cool Your Overheating Ivy Bridge Notebook
Intel’s “3rd generation” CPUs, codenamed “Ivy Bridge”, bring a number of improvements over the previous generation, Sandy Bridge. Unfortunately, for those of us used to getting progressively faster and cooler performing CPUs from Intel, Ivy Bridge delivered on the former front, but not so much the latter.
New Mac Mini Teardown And Benchmarks: Ivy Bridge Kicks Ass
The folks at Mac Mini Vault have benchmarked and torn down the new Mac Minis. The Mac Mini’s $700, 2.5GHz Core i5 Ivy Bridge configuration racked up a Geekbench score of 7433 straight out of the box. That’s impressive considering last year’s i5 Mac Mini refresh has a standing average of 6323 on the Geekbench.
Dell XPS 14 Review: Beautiful And Powerful, But Wait For Windows 8
The Dell XPS 14 follows the XPS 13 ultrabook as the latest addition to the revamped product line. Equipped with a 14-inch screen, dual-core Intel Core i7 running at 2.4GHz, 8GB of RAM, 500GB HDD (with a 32GB SSD for quick caching), and discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M graphics, it certainly has horsepower to spare. But is it worthy of its $1299 price tag?
