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If desktop graphics hardware can be more than a little confusing, deciphering performance of mobile graphics parts can be (and has historically been) an absolute nightmare. Way back in the day it was at least fairly easy to figure out which desktop chip was hiding in which mobile kit, but both AMD and NVIDIA largely severed ties between mobile and desktop branding. They may not want to readily admit that, and in the case of certain models they still pretty heavily rely on the cachet associated with their desktop hardware, but it's by and large true. So to help you make sense of mobile graphics, we present to you the first in what will hopefully be a regular series of guides.

For better or worse, new user interfaces are all the rage right now in the console gaming scene. Nintendo was first to the block in 2006 with 3D motion-controlled user interfaces, leveraging a unique combination of IR sensors and 6-axis MEMS accelerometers in a handheld remote. The motion-controlled Wii has enjoyed a nice long run being the sole platform for motion-assisted gaming. Flash forward to late 2010, and Microsoft and Sony both have readied their response to the Wii – the Microsoft Kinect and Sony Move, respectively. 

It’s taken the greater part of four years (and one name change) for Microsoft’s answer to make it to market, but Kinect is finally out and ready for mass consumption. We’ve spent nearly a month playing with Kinect and are finally ready to release our impressions.

The past few weeks have been ridiculously busy with the prep for IDF, covering the show itself, a couple of very important meetings afterwards and cranking through the backlog upon my return. I'll spare you the excuses because at long last I've got the announcement for the two winners of our Radeon HD 5770 giveaway: ALoserIsYou and tester42. You should both have an email from me, respond so I can get your prizes out to you

The giveaways are far from over, let's give away a motherboard shall we? And not just any motherboard, an AMD motherboard with the 890GX chipset. ASRock was kind enough to send its 890GX Extreme3 for our anniversary giveaways:

Read on for entry instructions.

I've been out in California for the past week for IDF, followed by some extra meetings with the usual suspects: AMD, Intel and NVIDIA. The information I gained from these meetings will show up in articles over the next few weeks, months and even years. I really enjoyed covering the show this year not only because of the information we had access to but also because of the new team members I was able to cover it with. This was the first IDF for both Brian and Vivek. AMD even made this IDF an awesome experience by giving us great access to Zacate after our initial encounter. I have to say that for the first time in a while I'm actually looking forward to the next tradeshow. 

For those of you who don't know, I don't employ any sales people at AnandTech. The company is strictly editorial. We have an exclusive advertising partner who handles all sales/marketing for the site. We own no share in them, and they own no share in us. While out here I met with our advertising agency who came to me with a request. They have a potential advertiser that wanted to know if we had any success stories from our readers to share with them. They are looking for stories about how reading something on AnandTech impacted you, particularly with regards to enterprise hardware/software decisions. While the request was for enterprise stories, I'm interested to hear them all if you've got one. Again what I'm looking for is a story about how something you read here impacted you or your hardware/software decisions in any way.

The stories will be shared with the potential advertiser so be sure to leave out any information that you don't want public. They are simply looking for more anecdotal evidence of the impact of AnandTech. I don't like asking for favors, but if you do have a story to share I'd appreciate it. 

I'm back in the office next week, have a great weekend!

Last week we had our first (and unfortunately only) 6GB memory kit giveaway. Today I'm happy to announce the winner: khaydin. Check your email

Today we have two prizes from our good friends at PowerColor. I've got two PowerColor PCS Radeon HD 5770 1GB cards here and I'm giving them both away. I'm giving away one per winner, so we'll crown two winners this time around.

Read on for entry details!

OCZ sent us a 850W power supply to give away and today we've got a winner: LKO. Respond to my email to claim your prize. Now let's give away some memory shall we?

We've been giving away a lot of 4GB kits for AMD and LGA-1156 Intel platforms, but where's all the X58 love? That changes today. G.Skill sent over a 6GB kit, the F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI to be specific. This DDR3-1600 kit is intended for X58 use so if you've got a Gulftown or Nehalem, get ready to enter.

Read on for contest entry details!

Last week we had another G.Skill 2GB notebook memory giveaway, today I'm happy to announce the winner: littvay. Respond to my email with your full shipping info and I'll get your prize out to you right away.

Today's giveaway is an OCZ Z Series 850W power supply. It's modular, 80+ Gold certified and SLI ready. The full specs can be found here. I'll even toss in one of those gigantic OCZ mousepads we gave away earlier in the series.

Read on for full entry details!

The giveaways are back! Our previous contest was for a 4GB G.Skill memory kit. The winner? donebu. Check your email and respond to claim your prize

Thanks to G.Skill we have even more memory to give away. Today we've got another 2GB DDR3-1066 SO-DIMM for your notebook. It's the F3-8500CL7S-2GBSQ, you can find the full specs on it here (note that page has multiple products on it, we're giving away the F3-8500CL7S-2GBSQ). You can check out Newegg's listing here.

Read on for details on how to enter.

Antec approached us out of the blue and offered a DF-85 case in our last giveaway. Well, there was a slight change of plans. Antec was so pleased with how many AnandTech readers entered that it agreed to give away two cases instead of one. Congratulations to both goozira and fralexandr, respond to the email I just sent you guys and you'll both get a case from Antec.

This week it's back to memory, we have another 4GB kit to give away courtesy of G.Skill. Today's prize is a 4GB (2 x 2GB) G.Skill Ripjaws kit (F3-10666CL8D-4GBRM). The memory is rated for DDR3-1333 with 8-8-8-24 timings at 1.5V. This should work in Intel LGA-1156 and AMD Socket-AM3 motherboards. You can find Newegg's listing here.

Today's Prize

Read on to find out how to enter.

Our last giveaway was an ASRock H55M Pro motherboard. The winner? policy11. Congrats! Respond to my email with your shipping info and we'll get your prize out right away.

Today's prize actually wasn't on the original list but Antec liked what we were doing and immediately contacted us with an offering: the Antec DF-85 gaming chassis:

Read on to find out how to enter.