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19 articles tagged as oem

Halo: Reach PC Review

Halo Reach is a solid PC port and remains a decent shooter, although it has dated more than we expected.

December 6, 2019 | 21:00

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Super Gaming OC Review

Triple-fan cooler, mild overclock, basic RGB - worth it over Founders?

December 4, 2019 | 12:00

bit-tech Mod of the Year 2019 in Association with Corsair - Nominate your Favourite Mods!

Who do you think deserves the crown for 2019?

December 4, 2019 | 09:00

AMD launches new OEM-exclusive Ryzen 3000 parts

Restricts the 3500X to China only.

October 9, 2019 | 11:20

AMD announces Radeon RX 500X family

Mostly the RX 500 series with a new badge.

April 12, 2018 | 10:26

AMD claims major Ryzen OEM wins, dates Vega's unveiling

Shows off a Ryzen Mobile laptop, too.

May 31, 2017 | 11:16

Microsoft confirms Windows 10 retail pricing

$199 for Windows 10 Pro.

June 2, 2015 | 11:36

Nvidia announces Battlebox 4K gaming programme

New branding for high-end SLI rigs.

October 2, 2013 | 09:07

Intel Haswell boards prove in short supply

Manufacturing wind-down begins early.

June 7, 2013 | 09:39

Rumours point to Ivy Bridge delay

Sources at laptop manufacturers claim that Intel will be delaying availability of its Ivy Bridge chips for a few months.

February 16, 2012 | 10:28

Nvidia launches GT440 cards

Nvidia has quietly snuck out some new OEM-themed cards, the GT440 series.

October 18, 2010 | 10:40

Lian Li expands manufacturing capabilities

Lian Li has extended its manufacturing capabilites with the intention of contracting in work from other OEMs.

November 6, 2008 | 09:04

Microsoft offering XP downgrade

Microsoft is offering a downgrade to Windows XP for customers that purchased an OEM computer with Vista Ultimate or Business preinstalled.

September 24, 2007 | 15:49

MSI KunShan Factory Tour 2007

We took a trip to ShangHai and KunShan in China to see MSI's manufacturing facilities, and learn a bit more about the company and its philosophy.

September 16, 2007 | 13:49

Windows XP will be phased out by 2008

Microsoft has told system manufacturers that they will not be able to get hold of OEM copies of Windows XP after the end of the year.

April 16, 2007 | 16:21

Vista available for pre-order in UK

Overclockers UK has started selling Windows Vista on pre-order a few weeks ahead of the official release. OEM versions aren't priced too bad, but retail versions will require an organ donation...

January 3, 2007 | 17:41

Microsoft starts 'Vista Ready' programme

Microsoft has started its 'Vista Ready' certification programme, providing OEMs with a list of check boxes to give users the peace of mind that they'll be able to run Vista. It's not quite that simple, though...

April 3, 2006 | 11:16

Dell and Alienware get jiggy

Or maybe they don't. Conflicting reports are appearing this morning about whether or not the two companies have done the Shareholder Shuffle.

March 15, 2006 | 10:14

NVIDIA to launch Quad-SLI in March

Reports suggest that NVIDIA's Quad-SLI graphics platform will shipping in systems from the 22nd March. Availability of the dual-GPU cards for end users is unconfirmed at the moment, but sources suggest that they'll be available in March.

February 24, 2006 | 12:00

Dell pre-loads Google toolbar

According to reports, Microsoft has lost another deal in the ongoing battle for PC real estate with search giants Google and Yahoo!.

February 8, 2006 | 08:53

Picking hardware for Media Center

Have you got the Media Center bug? We've spent some time investigating the best components with which to build a home theatre PC for use with Microsoft Media Center. In the first of a new series on home theatre, we talk you through the component choices you need to make to build your own box.

September 5, 2005 | 13:25

Intel to leave entry-level chipset arena

Sources inside Taiwan motherboard manufacturers have revealed that Intel are to phase out i865 and i915 chipsets and leave the entry-level chipset arena.

August 3, 2005 | 07:50