A new CPU from AMD brings the usual flood of launch day reviews. Today AMD’s Athlon 64 X2 3800+ dual core processor is on tap coming in at a 2GHz clock rate with 512KB of cache, per core, and a…
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AnandTech has tested the Sapphire PURE PI-A9RX480 motherboard. The cryptic name means it uses the ATI Xpress 200 chipset for AMD’s Athlon 64 CPU bringing PCI Express support and a heap of tweaking options that rivals DFI’s latest creations….
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A1 Electronics has a look at the Thermaltake Golden Orb II heatsink/fan combo. The original Golden Orb was a decent performer and inexpensive compared to the performance brands of the day. The new take on the design is for today’s…
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AnandTech has a look at the ULi M1695 chipset designed for the AMD Socket939 CPUs. The chipset is the first to fully, and safely, support both PCI Express and AGP graphics cards and, perhaps, SLI. A nice new choice that…
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GamePC got around to testing out AMD’s lineup of dual core Athlon 64 X2 CPUs. The chips drop into most existing 939 motherboards (with the exception of at least one unlucky VIA chipset) and with a simple BIOS update it…
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AnandTech stumbled on some new settings in their motherboard’s BIOS which enables a few new memory clock dividers for their AMD Athlon 64 “Venice” and dual core CPUs. The settings allow the CPU’s memory controller to handle higher speed DDR…
The Tech Report has some thoughts on the Biostar iDEQ 330P small form factor PC. The barebones systems accepts your choice of AMD Athlon 64 (s939) and PCI Express graphics adapter, among other options. A nice looking device but some…
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DigiTimes has the scoop on AMD’s plans to drop the price on its budget minded Sempron CPUs and a plan to introduce a lower cost dual core processor. Intel has had its Pentium D dual cores at a few lower…
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AnandTech got a chance to test Sun’s dual core powered V40z. The system features 4 AMD Opteron CPUs making for 8 physical cores in the system which is quite a bit of processing power. A barn burner for sure with…
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PC Pro has the details on AMD’s lawsuit against Intel for various anti-trust infringements in the US. The various lawsuits between the major microprocessor manufacturers is nothing new and it’ll take a good amount of time for any verdict, or…
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The Tech Report has a look at the Foxconn NFPIK8AA nForce Pro powered motherboard. The AMD Opteron single socket board uses a pair of the nForce Pro chipsets to offer up quite a number of PCI Express lanes and S-ATA…
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