We had to prove to ourselves that direct, unbuffered output of various GDI primitives (the geometric shapes) for the Radeon HD 5870 and the Radeon HD 5750 took much longer under Windows 7 than it did on other graphics cards. Before we tried...
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Phenom II X2 555 Vs. Pentium G6950: New Budget Dual-Core Titans : AMD's New CPU Portfolio And The New Phenom II X2 555
Intel finally has quad-threaded processors to compete with in the sub-$200 space that AMD has dominated for so long: the Clarkdale-based Core i3 and Core i5 CPUs. Notice we said quad-threaded. These are still dual-core parts with Hyper-Threading, yielding...
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Core i7-980X aka Core i9: Intel's 6-core desktop CPU pictured
Intel's desktop CPU (codename: Gulftown with 32 nm Westmere architecture) hasn't even been announced yet, but that doesn't stop the omniscient Internet from spreading information. Now the first Core i7-980X aka Core i9 arrived at the PC Games Hardware...
Intel Gives More Details Six-Core Gulftown CPUs
In a press conference yesterday Intel offered a few more tidbits of information on the six-core Gulftown chips it plans to launch later this year. Scheduled for release sometime in the first half of this year, Gulftown is aimed at high-end...
CPU Chart, Processors Hierarchy
What about this other CPU that’s not on the list? How do I know if it’s a good deal or not?This will happen. In fact, it’s guaranteed to happen because availability and prices change quickly. So how do you know if that CPU you’ve got your eye on is a good buy in its price range?Here is a resource...
VGA Chart, Hierarchy Graphics Card
What about this other card that’s not on the list? How do I know if it’s a good deal or not? This will happen. In fact, it’s guaranteed to happen, because inventory levels and prices change quickly. So how do you know if that card you’ve got your eye on is a good buy in its price range? Here...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
DDR3 Overclocking: Corsair sets new DDR3 RAM world record
Corsair was able to increase the frequency of its DDR3 modules, which is very high anyway, even further and thus set a new world record.With a validated memory frequency of 2,533 Megahertz and sharp timings of 7-8-7-20 Corsair was able to overclock...
AMD Readies “Thuban” Six-Core Desktop Processor
Advanced Micro Devices is preparing a desktop processor with six processing engines, sources familiar with the company’s plans revealed. The new central processing units (CPUs) will not be available this year, but are likely to boost performance of AMD’s...
Intel Reveals Core i3, i5, i7 CPU Naming System
Lynnfield, Clarksfield, Arrandale, Clarkdale – all codenames for upcoming Intel chips based on the latest architecture and all very confusing. Today we know that the “Core” family for the performance segment goes mainly from Core 2 Duo to Core 2 Quad...
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