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by Rafael Hernandez on March 2, 2007 · 0 comments

ZDNet was at a press gig for AMD(ATI)’s latest in graphics cores the R600. The company demonstrated the card under some performance tests which the blogger didn’t bother to chronical but he did snag some some photos of a prototype…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 1, 2007 · 0 comments

AnandTech has an overview of AMD’s upcoming Barcelona CPU core. The chip is, initially, designed as a server chip and given the technology changes it packs it’s sure to find a nice home in many servers. It’s the old K8…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 28, 2007 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at AMD’s 690G board chipset on the MSI K8AGM2. It offers all of the features you’d expect from a modern chipset including integrated graphics with Avivo video processing for improve image quality. A solid…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 27, 2007 · 0 comments

X-bit labs tests some recent graphics cards in video playback performance. AMD’s Avivo and Nvidia’s PureVideo have improved playback quite a bit over what it was just a few years ago and X-bit’s results prove that but there’s still work…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 23, 2007 · 0 comments

PCSTATS has a look at the Super Talent T1000UX2G4 memory kit. The memory is rated for DDR2-800 speeds which is a perfect match for the latest chips from AMD and Intel. A nice set with a bit of room at…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 20, 2007 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a look at the AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ processor. The CPU brings a 3GHz clock rate and 1MB of cache per core to the table making it one of the fastest CPUs AMD makes. A nice performer…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 15, 2007 · 0 comments

DigiTimes writes of AMD’s efforts to bring mid-range and low-end Microsoft DirectX 10 capable GPUs to market. The chips will be launched as early as a month or two after the R600 lineup is launched as opposed to the normal…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 14, 2007 · 0 comments

PC Perspective has some insight on AMD(ATI)’s efforts on bringing Vista driver support to their lineup of graphics cards. A ton of development effort went into it and it looks like they have some extensive plans over the coming months…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 13, 2007 · 0 comments

The Inquirer seems to believe that AMD is working on external graphics card solutions. The move begins with their R600 GPU design and could extend to CrossFire configurations allowing for notebook PCs, and conceivably small computers, to add on graphics…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 12, 2007 · 0 comments

AMD has been getting on the power saving bandwagon with some of the chip features on its upcoming “Barcelona” core and their upcoming K10 design. The Inquirer has some of the details behind the magic that will get these new…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 12, 2007 · 0 comments

Overclockers.com has a few new pictures of a supposed AMD “R600” based graphics card. The card does look mighty large, what with its 24W cooling impeller and all, but it should be smaller for the retail segment. All we need…

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