by Rafael Hernandez on July 1, 2009
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When it comes to processors getting all of the specifications for the chip rarely tells you how it performs in the real world, so while that shiny new chip may share the same pedigree as higher priced models you…
Read more AMD's Athlon II X2 250 CPU, Sort of Phenom Yet Not
by Rafael Hernandez on June 28, 2009
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AMD’s Athlon lineup was, at one point in time, their flagship consumer processor, that banner was passed along to the Phenom lineup leaving the poor old Athlon brand to take over the low-end processor branding duties.Of course there’s always…
Read more AMD's Propus, the Quad-core Athlon Arrives
by Rafael Hernandez on June 16, 2009
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ATI’s graphics card Windows drivers for its Radeon HD 2400 series cards on up to their latest and greatest Radeon HD 4890 are up to version 9.6 with notable improvements in the following:Company of Heroes – performance gains of up…
Read more ATI Catalyst Driver For Windows 7 / Vista / XP
by Rafael Hernandez on June 16, 2009
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AMD is attempting to extend their GPGPU computing reach by creating a plugin that will allow Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 to be accelerated by their ATI Stream technology.The basic premise is your ATI Radeon HD or FirePro graphics card…
Read more ATI Stream Speeds Up Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
by Rafael Hernandez on June 12, 2009
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AMD and Nvidia’s graphics card lineups have matched each other in performance, image quality, and feature sets. There’s not much more for fanboys to argue over but that doesn’t mean they won’t try.HotHardware has a roundup of Nvidia GeForce GTX…
Read more GeForce GTX 275 and Radeon HD 4890s Rounded Up and Tested
by Rafael Hernandez on June 11, 2009
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The GPU is set to become one of the most utilized components in your computer, and not just for video games. Nvidia and ATI/AMD have been coming up with graphics chip designs that are extremely parallel in nature and…
Read more ATI AVIVO Video Converter Still Flawed
by Rafael Hernandez on June 9, 2009
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The piecemeal approach to testing CPUs can be confusing when you have to take into account previous reviews and performance numbers, not to mention newer platforms are always released so while the normal testing platforms that are used may stay…
Read more Massive CPU Comparison, AMD and Intel Overload
by Rafael Hernandez on June 5, 2009
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AMD’s ATI Radeon HD 4000 series has set the mark for performance and affordability in this generation of graphics cards. Their top of the line Radeon HD 4890 has been out long enough now to get the proper performance tuning…
Read more A Gaggle of ATI Radeon HD 4890s, The Tweakers Choice
by Rafael Hernandez on June 3, 2009
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AMD has been firing on all cylinders lately, well at least their ATI graphics division has. The company showed off the world’s first Microsoft DirectX 11 capable graphics chip at Computex and it’s quite impressive.Trusted Reviews has a look at…
Read more ATI's Touts First DirectX 11 GPU
by Rafael Hernandez on June 2, 2009
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Usually TV tuners take up quite a bit of room so they’ve been limited to large portable PCs and desktop systems of course. AMD’s new ATI Theater HD 750 looks to change all of that.Just look at its size.The…
Read more ATI Theater HD 750, Tiny Yet Powerful TV Tuner