http://www.firingsquad.com/ FiringSquad's latest gaming and hardware articles. http://www.firingsquad.com/games/left_4_dead_2_review/ Valve says Left 4 Dead 2 contains so much new content, it's worthy of a sequel rather than DLC. Is this true or false? Judge for yourself in today's review! http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_5970_performance_preview/ After a 10-month hiatus, ATI's once again got the world's fastest graphics card. The Radeon 5970 fuses two RV870 chips onto one board for max performance, and is built for OC'ing. See how this board fares in the latest games including Modern Warfare 2, Left 4 Dead 2, and DX11 titles like STALKER: Call of Pripyat in this article! http://www.firingsquad.com/games/call_of_duty_modern_warfare_2_pc_review/ With no dedicated servers, no lean, and 18-player cap for multi, does Modern Warfare 2 for PC live up to its predecessors? Most of the reviews online have praised Infinity Ward's latest shooter but those reviews were focused for console players -- how does the PC port fare? Find out in today's review! http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/sapphire_radeon_5870_vapor-x_review/ With its custom vapor chamber cooling+heatpipes and factory OC'ing, Sapphire's 5870 Vapor-X is targeted towards gamers looking for a 5870 card with a little more oomph than the stock 5870 card can provide. Best part of all is that the card sells for just $10 more than the stock Radeon 5870. See how much cooler and quieter the Vapor-X card runs inside! http://www.firingsquad.com/games/dragon_age_origins_review/ While Jakub wasn't too impressed with Dragon Age Origins, Vandy has a completely different take on the game. This is one review you definitely won't want to miss if you're a BioWare fan! http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/amd_phenom_ii_x4_965_125w/ Promising lower power consumption, lower temps, and most importantly for enthusiasts, more OC'ing, AMD is back with a new CPU revision for the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, which now boasts a 125W TDP. Is AMD able to deliver on their promises though? Find out in today's article! http://www.firingsquad.com/games/shattered_horizon_review/ FutureMark, well known for their popular 3DMark benchmarks, is venturing into new territory with Shattered Horizon. This multiplayer shooter is perhaps best known for its system requirements -- the game supports DX10 only -- but there's more underneath the surface of this game than fancy visuals. Is it worth its $20 price tag though? Read Vandy's take inside! http://www.firingsquad.com/games/borderlands_pc_review/ Is it an RPG or is it an FPS? Borderlands blends the best elements of both in one entertaining package. Vandy has spent the past week playing the PC version of the game and came away rather impressed. Read his full thoughts on the game in today's review! http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/amd_athlon_2_x3_435_x2_240e/ Today AMD is introducing 8 new Athlon II CPUs intended to service different segments of the budget CPU market. For HTPC users, new 45W dual, triple, and quad core offerings should deliver good performance along with low power, while performance junkies on a budget will want to look at AMD's new Athlon II X3 CPUs. See how the new chips stack up in terms of performance and OC'ing in this article! http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/evga_p55_ftw_review/ Looking for a good P55 motherboard to OC your CPU beyond 4GHz? If so, you may want to check out EVGA's P55 FTW. With its extra ATX12V connector, this motherboard can send up to 600W of juice to the CPU, and it's got more voltage settings in BIOS than 95% of the general public needs. But that's just barely scratching the surface of what this board can do. Check out today's review for the full details! http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_5770_5750_performance/ With prices ranging from $109-$159, ATI's Radeon 5700 series of cards bring DX11 gaming to mainstream price points and usher in new levels of energy efficiency. But are they powerful enough to dethrone ATI's Radeon 4800 series cards? Yes and no. Read today's article for more info! http://www.firingsquad.com/games/operation_flashpoint_dragon_rising/ While it's not the true sequel to Operation Flashpoint, Dragon Rising is billed as a modern tactical sim just like its predecessor. Does it live up to these claims? Read Vandy's take in today's review! http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/batman_arkham_asylum_physx_performance/ One eye candy feature PC users can enjoy over the console edition of Batman: AA is PhysX. Rocksteady's PhysX implementation is more than just tearing cloth and added objects too, although that's of course in there. Vandy goes over the features and performance of PhysX in Batman: AA in this article! http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_hd_5850_performance_preview/ Not everyone's got $400 to spend on a shiny new Radeon 5870 card, which is why it can be argued that ATI's Radeon 5850 is the more relevant GPU for a lot of gamers and hardware enthusiasts. Based on the same DX11 RV870 architecture as the 5870, the 5850 delivers next-generation performance in a smaller, more efficient package, and most importantly it's priced for less than $300. ATI pitches it as their answer to the GeForce GTX 285...See how it compares in this article! http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_5870_overclocking/ We weren't satisfied with the 900MHz core/1300MHz memory speeds we hit last week with our Radeon 5870 boards. We wanted to see how far ATI's latest flagship GPU could be pushed, and how well it could perform at those speeds. We also wanted to see which component delivered better performance results: OC'ing the memory, or OC'ing the GPU?Fortunately thanks to AMD's GPU Clock Tool, we now have unlimited speeds on tap for OC'ing. Is 1GHz within reach? Find out in today's article! http://www.firingsquad.com/games/batman_arkham_asylum_pc_review/ Already a smash hit on consoles, the PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum sports better graphics and support for NVIDIA technologies PhysX and 3D Vision. But is a pretty face all this game has going for it? See how Rocksteady's latest title fares on the PC inside! http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_hd_5870_performance_preview/ 1600 stream processors. DirectX 11. Over 2 billion transistors. 3-Display support with Eyefinity. Those are just a few of the key features supported by ATI's latest Radeon 5800 series cards. Join us as we go over the tech behind this 3D behemoth and its performance in 10 of the latest games! http://www.firingsquad.com/games/resident_evil_5_pc_review/ Sporting a new mercenaries mode with more enemies on screen, higher resolution DX10 graphics, and 3D Vision support, Resident Evil 5 is definitely best experienced on the PC. But does the PC version of the game suffer from any consoleitis? Vandy doesn't think so. Read his take on the game inside! http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/amd_propus_athlon_2_x4_630_620_performance/ With price points of $99 and $122, AMD's latest quad-core CPUs are priced to move. But a low price tag isn't all these processors have going for them, they're also good performers with lots of headroom for OC'ing. Join us as we pump the Athlon II X4 620 and 630 through our suite of benchmarks in this article! http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/msi_radeon_r4890_super_overclocked_review/ Clocked at 1000MHz/1000MHz, MSI's R4890 SOC delivers performance besting the GeForce GTX 285 while costing nearly $100 less. If that weren't enough, it also features impressive cooling and a shorter PCB. If you're in the market for a new Radeon 4890 card, you'll definitely want to check out our review of the board right here!