According to a fresh report by Donanim Haber, AMD’s next performance graphics accelerator, the Radeon HD 5870, codenamed “Cypress” is expected to be aggressively priced, at US $299. At that price, it intends to be highly competitive against GeForce GTX...
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While it’s not the runaway success, K10 really is a great value product. It’s a quad core processor with an on-die memory controller that not only supports DDR2, but also DDR3. It’s a perfect bridge processor for AM2+ users who...
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A product comparison showing Cypress, RV870, with 1GB or 2GB RAM has stirred up some more additional confusion on the memory configurations of the next generation graphics circuits from AMD/ATI. There have been many indications that AMD would go for...
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These improvements are more platform related – you will see gains of up to 50% in some titles (like Far Cry 2) when using a CrossFire solution with 4870 X2 or other 4xxx series in resolutions 16×10 and higher –...
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While the release of the GeForce GTX 295 back in January regained Nvidia the crown of fastest single graphics card (in most games at least). The GTX 295 hasn’t been the success it perhaps could of been, with high production...
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Their motherboards range from basic no frills designs for the OEM market to more expensive and high end solutions for today’s latest and greatest processors which are obviously targeted toward the computing enthusiast. Today we are looking at the MSI...
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AMD announced the shipment of its 500 millionth x86 processor, a milestone enabled by the company’s 40 years of innovation. From the world’s most powerful supercomputers to mission-critical enterprise servers, high-performance gaming PCs and HD-capable laptops, users have come to...
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Now that our “ultimateFX” Graphics Card series, based on the nVidia G200 Chipset, has established itself amongst our distribution and retail partners, we haven’t delayed our efforts to develop a quality product with AMD/ATi graphics technology. With these cards, we...
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It is no secret that contemporary processors priced between $60 and $80 offer sufficient performance for a mainstream home or office PC. But how could we pick the best CPU for our particular needs? Trying to answer this question we...
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Computer chipmaker Intel has been fined a record 1.06bn euros ($1.45bn; £948m) by the European Commission for anti-competitive practices. It dwarfs the 497m euro fine levied on Microsoft in 2004 for abusing its dominant market position. The Commission found that...
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After launching its 45 nm desktop CPU with its high-end CPUs such as Phenom II X4 940 and 955 Black Edition, AMD is preparing two distinct lines of mainstream and value processors: the energy-efficient line denoted by an “e” next...
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AMD and ATI are officially tying the knot after living together in corporate sin for nearly three years. The company’s formerly disparate processor and graphics businesses will merge into one amidst a major reorganization for AMD that will spawn four...
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Today AMD has taken off the covers of its latest desktop processor, the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition (Black Edition). This new baby is designed to compete not against Intel’s Core i7 range of processors, but the older Core...
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AMD is attempting to set its record straight with the Phenom II series of 45 nm desktop processors. The company had started off its Dragon desktop platform with the introduction of its flagship CPU, the Phenom II X4 940. This...
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The birth of AMD’s Phenom processor was a difficult one. The first chips debuted at slower clock speeds than expected, and their performance was further crippled by a patch for the infamous TLB erratum. That didn’t give AMD’s new microarchitecture...
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