Gamers might rely on NVIDIA's hardware for its superior graphical processing power and affordable price point, but it's their gaming technologies that have helped deliver the market share. NVIDIA's "The Way It's Meant to be Played" is a trademarked slogan denoting a direct involvement in software development as much as they focus on hardware. When the Ageia PhysX software physics technology was purchased back in early 2008, that commitment sharpened NVIDIA growing double-edge sword. In this article, Benchmark Reviews will demonstrate how far PhysX technology has come using the recently-released Mafia II video game, which introduces NVIDIA APEX PhysX and GeForce 3D-Vision technology enhancements. While adding PhysX support to a video game is nothing new for NVIDIA, allowing APEX PhysX features to be computed by the computer's central processor is new territory. For this NVIDIA APEX PhysX: CPU vs GPU Efficiency demonstration, our tests compare GeForce and Radeon GPU's against the Intel Core i7 CPU.

The overclocking ability of this set of memory was a little disappointing, but still was able to reach 1800 MHz with the stock rated timings of 8-8-8-24. You get an extra 200 MHz of headroom to work with, so all in all, it's not that bad. The memory runs quite cool with the high profile extruded aluminum heat spreaders. The maximum temperature we were able to obtain, while running Prime95 Blend for an hour, was 44 degrees Celsius. That means no worries at all, about even coming close to overheating these memory modules, since the thermal specification is 85 degrees Celsius.

If you run multiple computers or different operating systems in the same PC and want access to your email without switching computers or rebooting into a different OS, Thunderbird has the answer. Here's a quick guide to setting up different Thunderbird clients to access the same profile, no matter which OS or PC you're connected to.

It didn't take AMD long to respond to the release of NVIDIA's new line of Quadro workstation-class graphics cards. The new flagship FirePro V9800 we'll be showing you here is the latest ultra high end professional graphics card from AMD, that competes in the same space as the 6000 and 5000 models from NVIDIA. It replaces the V8800 as the flagship model of the FirePro line, and targets professionals who require the highest levels of performance and connectivity, with plenty of onboard memory and support for multiple displays...

Corsair has finally concocted a reasonably priced derivative of its Obsidian Series 800D enclosure. Is the 600T everything it should be in spite of the lower asking price?

Named after the blue super giant star, the Mionix Naos 3200 has been designed as an ergonomic gaming mouse. As you can easily assume from the product name, this version of the Naos boasts an accurate 3200 dpi sensor, a popular choice in the mid-range gaming mouse market. Other key features include a customizable LED system and a built-in memory for saving mouse settings and macros.