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more about #kotaku SinisterBill prints in color on both sides: I'm running 2x 4870's now and while the performance is killer, I'd say avoid going the 2-card route if you can help it. It takes more power and makes... more » Odin: This is useful considering I'm building a new rig next month but such a shame they didn't provide benchmark charts. I like to see graphs for these sor... more » BubbleF**kingBuddy: No AGP or PCI? I have an old PC, and I don't really have the disposable funds to replace the motherboard, CPU, and related components. I have a 6200, ... more » robinandtami: The PC may not be as popular for the home theater as it is for gaming... but it would still be nice if we could occasionally be given more info about ... more » Brett Benedict: Good list. It should remain relevant for about a month. more » dsectric: Great article! thanks more » Beftus: What!? No AGP, bummer! more » Aleki: I'm already far enough down the spital of PC gaming upgrades; the last thing I need is more temptation! Thanks Giz! more » Pessimippöpötåmus: Sigh. None of those meet my requirements. Damn Dell and their pretty space saving design! Who has a normal PCI gfx card with half the normal card size... more » mattycakes: Every time I read the word "Crossfire" I thought of this... more » Brightmotor: I hope everyone know that they do this every month right? more » Plowking: Excellent article and great advice. Big into my games running absolute max settings, but with a modest monitor of 1400x900 the very top of the line c... more » Gordon McAlpin: But what if you own a Mac? … :( more » ichiban1081: Very informative and makes it so easy to choose the right card for the right budget. Thanks for this. more » Segador: I've got two of the exact Sapphire HD 4850's pictured Crossfired in my system, and I can attest to their amazing performance for the price point. The... more » Dacker: I recently installed a Radeon 4650. It's one of the relatively few GPUs available in a low-profile PCIe format. It more than doubled performance ove... more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: I always use Tom's Hardware when shopping for video cards. Great post Don! more » dredog: Bows to Gizmodo.... more » FightingChance: Septuple SLI! ... oh, that's just the story promo graphic. Carry on. more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: So where does my ATI Radeon 9000Pro fall on this list? Best card you couldn't sell if you gave someone $100 to go with the card? more » -
#speakgeek
Star Trek & Girl Gamers: Exploring The Gender Gap In Computer Science
Is the "geeky" image of computer science turning women off to the field? A new scientific study thinks so - but are the forces creating the gender gap in technology really just the perception of comic books and video games? More » -
#bestmodo
The Best Gadgets
"What gadget should I get?" is a timeless question. To answer it, here's our leaderboard of favorite gadgets, from smartphones, laptops and cameras to vacuums, rechargeable batteries and earphones. More » -
#graphicscards
The Graphics Cards You Should Buy at Every Price
Choosing a graphics cards is a confusing endeavor. So Tom's Hardware shared their buying results after testing pretty much every card on the planet. Whether you've got $50 to spend or $250 to spend, this list will come in handy: More » -
#editorial
What the Game Industry Could Learn from the Film Industry
I've got the Monsters, Inc. Blu-ray in my hand. But it's more than just a Blu-ray. It's a BD for my PS3, a DVD for my bedroom and a digital copy for my laptop. More » -
#humor
Wii Xbox 360 to Make Shooters More Accessible to Non-Gamers
Like Wii Music before it, Nintendo's upcoming Wii Xbox 360 takes something that once required skill to be good at and lowers the bar for entry. Finally, your mom can kick ass at Call of Duty! More » -
#gizmodo79
Bill Gates: My 1979 Memories
Our Gizmodo '79 celebration may have ended last week, but there's room for a final post, written by famed retiree and mosquito wrangler Bill Gates. It's no joke: Gates read the series then sent this in: More » -
#videogames
Space Invaders Under the Influence
In his third guest installment, the illustrious tech writer Steven Levy explains what it's like to play arcade Space Invaders while totally shitfaced. More » -
#gaming
Electronic Games of 1979: Addictive, Exciting, Primitive as Hell
After the first Pong cabinet was placed in Andy Capp's Cavern in 1972, video games exploded, reaching their full stride by the late '70s. Here are some of the notable games/systems you played (or would have played) back then: More » -
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#review
Mad Catz Street Fighter IV FightPad Review: I'm Going to Kill You So, So Bad
Let's get this much out of the way: Shoryuken for shoryuken, the Mad Catz Street Fighter IV FightPad is a vastly superior instrument of destruction compared to the standard Xbox 360 controller. -
#bigscreens
I Played Xbox 360 on a 269-Inch TV and You Didn't
Last week, I got to play Xbox 360 on the world's largest, highest resolution screen. At 11 feet tall and 120 feet long, it was ridiculous. It made Panasonic's 150-inch plasma look like a toy. More » -
#nintendo
Brooklyn Pastry Chef Crafts Perfect, Gigantic Wiimote Cake
Last week, a 9-year-old boy received the birthday cake of his life in the form of a giant Wiimote.
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#ces2009
Interview: Robbie Bach Explains Why There's No Portable Xbox
At CES, I interviewed Robbie Bach, big boss of Microsoft's Entertainments and Devices division, asking big questions about Zune, Windows Mobile and Xbox. First up: Why no mobile Xbox to rival Sony and Nintendo? -
#photoshopcontest
60 Video Games Bastardized with Unnecessary Gadgets
For this week's Photoshop Contest, I tasked you with adding gadgets to your favorite video games, and what results we have. Many a childhood memory is sullied in our Gallery of Champions, adding Segways and iPhones where they really didn't belong or really make a lot of sense. Again, it was tough picking three winners from this lot, but I did. Hit the jump for your top three winners and then the rest of the best in the Gallery of Champions. More » -
#gaming
Razer vs. SteelSeries PC Gaming Gear Battlemodo: Which One Made Me a Better Gamer?
Not to be a prick, but I'm a better gamer than probably 80 percent of you. At any given first-person shooter, I will probably kill you more than you kill me, and by a decent margin. The point is, I'm good—but I'm no pro. I've actually always been skeptical about "pro" gaming gear, and the sliver of an edge you might gain by paying a lot more. I put complete setups from both SteelSeries and Razer—using my beloved, well-worn five-year-old Logitech gear as a control—through a rigorous multi-day Battlemodo to definitively answer a single, fundamental question: Will pro gaming gear make me a better gamer? More » -
#iphonesdk
iPhone SDK Beta 4 Now Available, Comes with OpenGL ES 3D Graphics Support
The latest iPhone SDK is now available, and unlike last time, it actually comes with an awesome new feature: OpenGL ES support! Now the iPhone simulator can render OpenGL ES that "mirror behavior on the iPhone and iPod Touch." The ES in OpenGL ES stands for embedded systems, and is the official graphics API in both Symbian and Android as well. As a side note, Open GL ES 2.0 is also supported by the PS3 as "an official graphics API" according to Wikipedia, in case you're playing the world's nerdiest game of Trivial Pursuit. [iPhone]
