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HWM+HardwareZone.com Tech Awards 2010 & Reader's Choice Results

Reader's Choice Awards - Computing Pt 1

Reader's Choice Awards - Computing Pt 1

To recap, in November 2009, we asked you for your favorite products, brands and services in 28 categories spanning the tech industry trinity of communications, consumer electronics and computing. You have answered us overwhelmingly, with 80,000 votes cast in total for the HWM+HardwareZone.com Tech Awards 2010 Reader's Choice. Here then are the results of this brand survey, as decided by our members and subscribers.

Best CPU Brand

Best CPU Brand

When it comes to the processor that lies at the heart of every PC (and Mac), Intel is the clear favorite, capturing 88% of total votes. With its latest Nehalem micro-architecture spreading to the mainstream this year with dual-core variants, expect Intel to maintain and even expand its market share further. AMD for its part has staged a fine recovery
and with its foundry woes hopefully behind it, the firm can now focus on getting its 6-core processors out this year and keep Intel on its toes. In other words, it's all good for consumers.

Best Motherboard Brand

Best Motherboard Brand

Reflecting its position as the largest motherboard manufacturer in the world, our survey found ASUS to be the top brand here, with almost twice the number of votes as its nearest competitor. ASUS' range of products, along with its reputation for reliability and quality has certainly made an impression on consumers.

Best Graphics Card Brand

Best Graphics Card Brand

The graphics card segment is more fragmented than the motherboard category but once again, ASUS topped our Reader's Choice with 33% of the votes. It's quite the achievement that's testimony to the ASUS brand name.

Best Graphics Chip

Best Graphics Chip

ATI may be riding high currently on its latest Radeon HD 5000 series graphics chip but it has some way to go towards changing the minds of our voters. A majority of 69% chose NVIDIA, which showed that consumers continue to trust the brand for all it has done to date. We'll have to see whether this faith is justified when NVIDIA's Fermi chip makes its debut sometime this year.

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