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• High Power For Power Users: 13 Power Supplies In The Spotlight*
  Monday 9 June 2003 – 07:00
  The latest CPUs and graphics cards require robust power supplies. But watch out: the test candidates rarely delivered on their power claims. Efficiency, voltage and noise levels are a few of the important factors you need to consider before you make a purchase.
• Microsoft driver bug saps Core Duo power*
  Saturday 28 January 2006 – 03:44
  Connect any USB 2.0 device to your notebook and lose more than one hour of battery time: Tom's Hardware Guide's tests of a Windows-based Intel Core Duo mobile processor platform revealed a serious power consumption issue that, according to Intel, is caused by a Microsoft driver bug - a bug that has been known by Microsoft for some time, but kept from the public eye until today.
• AMD Vs. Intel Power Consumption: Who Is The Real Winner?*
  Friday 19 October 2007 – 10:12 in Hardware
  AMD and Intel stress idle and max power use by their processors and platforms. To tell the whole story, we look at how much power typical systems consume over time, under different workloads.
• 35 AMD CPUs Tested for Power Consumption*
  Wednesday 7 May 2008 – 04:20 in Hardware
  We look at the power consumption and cost of running 35 AMD CPUs under varying conditions.
• Uninterruptible Power Supplies To The Rescue*
  Thursday 16 August 2007 – 03:18 in Hardware
  Most of us spend a lot of time selecting system components. The processor, motherboard, memory, graphics card and the hard drive are scrutinized carefully. Coolers and power supplies have also become almost as important. Users want the best bang for the
• Workstation Power: ATi's FireGL X1 under Linux*
  Tuesday 31 December 2002 – 06:00
  The new OpenGL workstation graphics board from ATi is put to the test under Linux. THG will compare ATi's FireGL X1 with NVidia's Quadro4 980XGL under Windows shortly.
• Full Power: NVIDIA Attacks With nForce2*
  Tuesday 16 July 2002 – 07:00
  The launch of the nForce chipset a year ago did not bring about the success that NVIDIA had hoped for. It should be better this time, though, because its sucessor, the nForce2, contains technology of the highest level: dual-channel DDR400 and AGP 8x should give a bigger performance boost for PCs with AMD Athlon XP. Valuable features, such as a FireWire interface and two network controllers, are optional. Integrated graphics based on GeForce4 MX is also optional, so that the success of the chipset is not endangered by a high price tag. NVIDIA has done its homework - let's see if that's enough for top scores.
• Getting the Right Power: 15 PC Power Supply Units*
  Thursday 22 January 2004 – 06:00
  Many users are unaware of the role power supply units play in the stable operation of a PC. But how do you judge one over the other before learning the hard way after buying a faulty unit? THG has tested 15 PC power supply units and details the must buys and the must not buys. We also explain and clarify how to interpret manufacturers' power unit specifications.
• 24 Pipelines of Power! NVIDIA 7800 GTX*
  Wednesday 22 June 2005 – 07:00
  Ready for a serious shot of pure horsepower? The graphics industry is a never ending chess match that always has one competitor on top and the other falling to the wayside. It is NVIDIA's turn to be king of the hill, and we will show you why you will cheer, "Hail to the Chief!"
• OpenGL Workstation Power - Graphics Cards for the Professional User*
  Friday 15 June 2001 – 07:00
  Whether in the design department of a multinational company or in a small engineering firm - no designer can make do without a workstation equipped with a powerful OpenGL graphics card. Among the non plus ultra of graphics cards - the Elsa Gloria III, based on NVIDIA's Quadro2 Pro chip, ATI's Fire GL4 and 3Dlabs3Dlabs's Wildcat II 5110 - competition to attract customers is stiff.
• Intel Power Consumption Then and Now*
  Thursday 3 January 2008 – 11:10 in Hardware
  We compare the Pentium 4, Pentium D, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme/Quad and track their power consumption at a given application workload. Core 2 is more efficient, but why this is so might surprise you.
• Twice The Power: SiS655 With Dual DDR333*
  Wednesday 12 March 2003 – 06:00
  The Taiwanese manufacturer SIS follows Intel's footsteps with a Pentium 4 chipset that supports two DDR channels. The SiS655 has been developed from the Sis648, and it now has APG 8X. Unlike the Intel E7205, it not only supports DDR 266 but DDR 333 as well, finally. This gives the newcomer an edge, at least on paper. Can it live up to expectations?
• Power Supply Matchup: PlayStation 3 Vs. the Quadfather*
  Friday 27 April 2007 – 03:46
  Gaming takes a lot of energy, but power supply units are often overlooked as an integral part of the hardware scheme. TwitchGuru compares the PSU of the PlayStation 3 to the PSU of a top of the line quad core gaming rig, to see how much power each system uses during different tasks.
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• AMD: Intel's Conroe power advantage claim based on skewed metric*
  Friday 14 July 2006 – 11:43
  With Intel's upcoming Core 2 Extreme processor boasting a thermal design point (TDP) of as low as 75 watts, it would appear Intel has regained the advantage over AMD's Athlon 64 FX-62 at 125 watts. But TDP measures power dissipation , not consumption, AMD claims, as part of its campaign to re-educate Intel's would-be customers on the eve of that company's most critical product launch ever.