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by Rafael Hernandez on July 1, 2009 · 0 comments

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 · 0 comments

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 · 0 comments

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 · 0 comments

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 · 0 comments

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 · 0 comments

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 10, 2009 · 0 comments

HP’s Pavilion dv2 had been well received as a gradual step up from a netbook yet not quite as powerful as a notebook sort of solution. Its 12.1″ screen size made it a comfortable sub-notebook but now the company…

Read more HP Brings in The Dual Core Athlon Neo, Intros Pavilion dv2z Notebook

by Rafael Hernandez on June 9, 2009 · 0 comments

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 · 0 comments

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 · 0 comments

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 · 1 comment

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