also @ TechSpot: HP TouchPad running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Welcome to the TechSpot OpenBoards. Please read the FAQ if you have any questions. Sign up or Login to participate.

Go Back   TechSpot OpenBoards > TechSpot Community > General Discussion

Begin your free trial now Pay-as-you-go options starting at $10/user/month

Good sites for hardware previews

Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
  #1  
Old 08-15-2006
Newcomer, in training
 
Location: New Jersey
Member since: May 2006, 29 posts
Good sites for hardware previews

Can anyone point me in the direction of some good websites that preview upcoming motherboards or specifically GPUs. I'm looking to build a high end PC and while I'm waiting on some better Mobo support for the Conroe, I'd like to see what GPUs are in the making by the major manufacturers as far as DX10 support, etc...

Thanks.
  #2  
Old 08-15-2006
JMMD's Avatar
TechSpot Chancellor
 
Location: Maryland
Member since: Jan 2006, 1,170 posts
There are tons of sites out there.
Some of the better ones:
Techspot.com
Anandtech.com
Hardocp.com
Techpowerup.com
Xbitlabs.com
madshrimps.be
Tomshardware.com
  #3  
Old 08-15-2006
Newcomer, in training
 
Location: New Jersey
Member since: May 2006, 29 posts
Yeah, I've been to most of those sites. None of them really have what I was looking for. Perhaps computing simply isn't a "hassle the manufacturers" genre, but I was looking more for a site that really hunts down every piece of news about the next gen hardware they can find. Most sites I look at seem to just wait until the information is readily available and then writes about it.

Where is the site with the guy that follows around the CEO of nVidia and hides under his bed while he's making love to his wife waiting for some juicy information to slip about the next-gen GPU? That's what I'm looking for.

Anyway, another site I like that I like a whole lot that belongs in your list is PCApex.com
  #4  
Old 08-18-2006
TechSpot Member
 
Member since: Jul 2006, 36 posts
I have a few listed here...
http://www.pctec.ca/help/links.html
  #5  
Old 08-21-2006
Shizat's Avatar
TechSpot Member
 
Member since: Dec 2005, 78 posts
Well, my buddy Dwayne used to have a great site pcextreme.net
But the guy he sold it to hasn't really done anything to it in the year he's had it... Hopefully one day it will become what it once was.. He did hardware reviews, and mods, and all sorts of stuff..
Reply

Similar Topics
Topic Replies Forum
Good sites to buy mp3s besides iTunes? 1 Audio and Video
cheap hardware sites 3 Overclocking, Cooling and Modding
Good Sites to Buy Hardware. 3 General Discussion
Good Desktop Wallpaper Sites 5 General Discussion
Do tech sites get to keep the hardware they review? 4 General Discussion

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:06 AM.