<![CDATA[News Tom's Hardware UK - How To - Tweaking & Tuning]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk en 10 Sun, 27 May 2012 08:45:49 +0200 <![CDATA[News Tom's Hardware UK - How To - Tweaking & Tuning]]> http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/bestofmicro/design/groupe/logo_toms_uk.jpg http://www.tomshardware.co.uk <![CDATA[Intel's Ivy Bridge Hotter Than Sandy Bridge When Overclocked]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/ivy-bridge-overclocking-high-temp,news-38457.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/ivy-bridge-overclocking-high-temp,news-38457.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Wed, 02 May 2012 22:04:00 CEST Intel's 22 nano-meter die shrink can be seen as a huge achievement for the company, but that doesn't mean it is without faults.]]> <![CDATA[More Leaked Benchmarks from Intel's Ivy Bridge]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Ivy-Bridge-benchmarks-overclocked-i7-3770,news-38175.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Ivy-Bridge-benchmarks-overclocked-i7-3770,news-38175.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:10:00 CEST Ivy Bridge sets Super Pi 1M record @ 5.187 seconds (unofficially).]]> <![CDATA[New Nvidia Drivers 295.73 Improve Performance in Skyrim]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Nvidia-GeForce-295.73-WHQL-The_Elder_Scrolls_V-Skyrim,news-37842.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Nvidia-GeForce-295.73-WHQL-The_Elder_Scrolls_V-Skyrim,news-37842.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:10:00 CET Nvidia has released a new GeForce 295.73 WHQL-certified driver that offers up to 45 percent performance increase in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.]]> <![CDATA[Sony's PS Vita Gets the Teardown Treatment]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Sony-PS-Vita-Teardown-iFixit-Repair-Guide,news-37782.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Sony-PS-Vita-Teardown-iFixit-Repair-Guide,news-37782.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:10:00 CET Taking a peek under the PS Vita's glossy black exterior.]]> <![CDATA[CPU Performance Boosted 20% When CPU, GPU Collaborate]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/CPU-GPU-APU-fused-processor-performance-boost,news-37725.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/CPU-GPU-APU-fused-processor-performance-boost,news-37725.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:40:00 CET Researchers have managed to get CPUs and GPUs on a single chip to work together more efficiently and boost performance. ]]> <![CDATA[Intel's Creates New Protection Plan Just for Overclockers]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Intel-Overclocking-Protection-Plan-Processors,news-37556.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Intel-Overclocking-Protection-Plan-Processors,news-37556.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:10:00 CET Intel has announce its Performance Tuning Protection Plan for a worry free overclocking experience. ]]> <![CDATA[Tom's Hardware Benchmark Charts and Database Updated]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/toms-hardware-benchmarks-comparison-charts-graphs,news-37452.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/toms-hardware-benchmarks-comparison-charts-graphs,news-37452.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:20:00 CET Another month has gone by and our hard-working team has made numerous new updates to our hardware testing charts. Peep all the new additions at the links inside!]]> <![CDATA[AMD Radeon HD 7970 Quad CrossFireX Stomps 3DMark Records]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/AMD-Radeon-HD-7970-3DMark-ATI,news-37451.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/AMD-Radeon-HD-7970-3DMark-ATI,news-37451.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:20:00 CET You ask for more graphics power, well Asus ROG's Andre Yang shows off the power of a quad-CrossFireX Radeon HD 7970 setup, which captures not one, not two but five "unofficial" world records.]]> <![CDATA[Gigabyte's X79-UD3 With New F7 BIOS Sets X79 Records]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Gigabyte-X79-UD3-Motherboard-F7-BIOS,news-37427.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Gigabyte-X79-UD3-Motherboard-F7-BIOS,news-37427.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:10:00 CET An expert overclocker pushes Intel's Core i7 3930K to over 5.6 GHz.]]> <![CDATA[Nvidia Launches Two Tweak Guides for Skyrim]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Elder-Scrolls-Skyrim-Nvidia-GeForce-Tweak-Guide,news-37259.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Elder-Scrolls-Skyrim-Nvidia-GeForce-Tweak-Guide,news-37259.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:10:00 CET Nvidia has released two Skyrim tweak guides to get the game running optimally on your GeForce-based system.]]> <![CDATA[Kingston's HyperX Sets DDR3 World Speed Record]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Kingston-HyperX-DDR3-Memory-World-Record,news-37244.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Kingston-HyperX-DDR3-Memory-World-Record,news-37244.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:10:00 CET Kingston claims the world record for DDR3 clock frequency with its HyperX T1 model. ]]> <![CDATA[CERN Wants to Upgrade LHC's Luminosity by 10 Times]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cern-lhc-particle-collider-large-hadron-collider,news-37077.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cern-lhc-particle-collider-large-hadron-collider,news-37077.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:10:00 CET Just two years after LHC ran its first particle collisions on all four of its detectors.]]> <![CDATA[Futuremark Working on 3DMark for Windows 8]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/futuremark-3DMark-Windows-9-benchmark-ARM,news-37011.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/futuremark-3DMark-Windows-9-benchmark-ARM,news-37011.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:10:00 CET Futuremark is releasing 3DMark for Windows 8 sometime next year.]]> <![CDATA[MSI Offering iOS App for Overclocking GPU]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Afterburner-overvoltaging-overclocking-folding-home-GPU,news-36990.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Afterburner-overvoltaging-overclocking-folding-home-GPU,news-36990.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:10:00 CET MSI has released an iOS version of its Afterburner app for remotely overclocking a compatible MSI graphics card. ]]> <![CDATA[Swiftech Releases H2O-x20 Edge HD Liquid Cooling Kits ]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Swiftech-Liquid-Cooling-H20-x20-water,news-36984.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Swiftech-Liquid-Cooling-H20-x20-water,news-36984.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:10:00 CET Swiftech has released two liquid cooling kits, the H20-220 Edge HD and H20-320 Edge HD, which utilize the new Apogee HD CPU waterblock. ]]> <![CDATA[AMD Bulldozer Speed Record Broken Again at 8.58GHz]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/fx-8150-bulldozer-record-overclocking-speed,news-36934.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/fx-8150-bulldozer-record-overclocking-speed,news-36934.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:10:00 CET Maybe with liquid helium, he'll achieve ludicrous speed.]]> <![CDATA[AMD's Bulldozer Pushed to 8.46 GHz, Breaks Own Record]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/bulldozer-fx-8150-overclock-guinness-record,news-36890.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/bulldozer-fx-8150-overclock-guinness-record,news-36890.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:10:00 CET Another handful of megahertz, another record.]]> <![CDATA[Intel Releases SSD Toolbox 3.0 Software]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Intel-SSD-Toolbox-Tweaking-tool,news-36884.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Intel-SSD-Toolbox-Tweaking-tool,news-36884.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:10:00 CET Intel has released an updated version to the Intel SSD Toolbox (Version 3.0) for use by Intel SSD users.]]> <![CDATA[Researchers Suggest New Way to Measure Wi-Fi Attacks]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/wifi-attack-security-wireless-networks,news-36418.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/wifi-attack-security-wireless-networks,news-36418.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:10:00 CEST Researchers at North Carolina State University said they have found a way to quantify the effect of malicious attacks on wireless networks.]]> <![CDATA[Intel Releases 3 "Upgrade Cards" for Sandy Bridge]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/upgrade-card-Core-i3-sandy-bridge-Best-Buy-scratch-off,news-36192.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/upgrade-card-Core-i3-sandy-bridge-Best-Buy-scratch-off,news-36192.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:10:00 CEST As seen with the Pentium G6951 processor last year, Intel has released additional "upgrade cards" for three next-gen Sandy Bridge CPUs.]]> <![CDATA[BAPCo Bites Back at AMD's Departure]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/BAPCo-SYSmark-2012-Consortium-benchmark-misleading,news-35873.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/BAPCo-SYSmark-2012-Consortium-benchmark-misleading,news-35873.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:10:00 CEST BAPCo responded to AMD's allegations about SYSmark 2012 and the benchmark's alleged favoritism for another CPU manufacturer.]]> <![CDATA[AMD Won't Endorse SYSmark 2012 Benchmark]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Nigel-Dessau-SYSMark-2012-BAPCo-benchmark-real-world-computing,news-35867.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Nigel-Dessau-SYSMark-2012-BAPCo-benchmark-real-world-computing,news-35867.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:00:02 CEST AMD claims that SYSmark 2012 is "misleading" and doesn't offer "clear and reliable measurements." Ouch.]]> <![CDATA[Overclock Your Motherboard With Your Phone]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/msi-motherboards-msi-afterburner-motherboard-overclocking,news-35706.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/msi-motherboards-msi-afterburner-motherboard-overclocking,news-35706.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:10:00 CEST What will they think of next?]]> <![CDATA[New iMac Gets Respectable Repairability Score]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/iMac-iFixit-DIY-Repair-RAM-HDD-SSD,news-35536.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/iMac-iFixit-DIY-Repair-RAM-HDD-SSD,news-35536.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Fri, 06 May 2011 05:20:00 CEST Announced on Wednesday, the iFixit team certainly wasted no time in getting its hands on the new 2011 iMac. So what did they find when they took this baby apart?]]> <![CDATA[What's Inside a BlackBerry PlayBook?]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/BlackBerry-PlayBook-RIM-Tablet-iFixit-Teardown-Repairs,news-35447.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/BlackBerry-PlayBook-RIM-Tablet-iFixit-Teardown-Repairs,news-35447.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:50:00 CEST So you’ve got your new PlayBook home, but you can’t ignore that uncontrollable urge to see what’s behind that ominous black exterior. Well, lucky for you, iFixit has given the device the teardown treatment.]]> <![CDATA[Tom’s Hardware Hammer Time! Again!]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/toms-hardware-utility-hammer-toms-guide,news-35327.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/toms-hardware-utility-hammer-toms-guide,news-35327.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:10:01 CEST Here's a new chance to get that utility hammer you've always wanted!]]> <![CDATA[A Liquid-cooled Wii in a Custom Aluminum Case]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Liquid-cooled-Wii-Wii-Mods-Console-Mod-Water-Cooling-Consoles,news-35326.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Liquid-cooled-Wii-Wii-Mods-Console-Mod-Water-Cooling-Consoles,news-35326.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:10:00 CEST We’ve seen a lot of awesome console mods in our day but this one probably takes the cake for most ‘most over-the-top mod.’ It's liquid cooled Nintendo Wii! Why? We're not sure, either.]]> <![CDATA[Futuremark Announces PCMark 7 for Windows 7]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/benchmark-PCMark-7-Lightweight-suite-futuremark-pc-performance,news-35217.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/benchmark-PCMark-7-Lightweight-suite-futuremark-pc-performance,news-35217.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:50:00 CET Futuremark's has announced an upcoming benchmark suite for Windows 7.]]> <![CDATA[iPad 2 Gets the Teardown Treatment from iFixit]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/iPad-2-Teardown-Differences-iPad-1-Hardware,news-35167.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/iPad-2-Teardown-Differences-iPad-1-Hardware,news-35167.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:30:00 CET The iPad 2 might be a little slimmer and sexier than its older brother, but what’s it got going for it that users of the old iPad might be jealous of? iFixit’s got the usual teardown data for those of us who’ve decided to get hung up on the details.]]> <![CDATA[Nintendo 3DS Gets the Teardown Treatment]]> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Nintendo-3DS-Teardown-iFixit-3DS-Display,news-35098.html#xtor=RSS-141417 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Nintendo-3DS-Teardown-iFixit-3DS-Display,news-35098.html#xtor=RSS-141417 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:30:00 CET The 3DS still isn’t available anywhere but Japan but the wily folks at iFixit have their ways when it comes to obtaining the latest and greatest gadgets for dissection.]]>