AMD’s CPU performance has lagged Intel for a number of years now. That’s not to say that their chips don’t perform well but when you look at the other camp’s offerings it’s hard to pass up. The one saving grace for AMD is that their system chipsets have been top notch as of late so […]
Read more AMD 890FX motherboards rounded up, the budget gamer’s choice
AMD’s way of segmenting their processor market and pricing structure has lead to a lot of choices for consumers but it gets downright confusing when you’re choosing between fewer cores and more cache or more cores and fewer cache. Of course more intrepid individuals have taken the time to document the performance differences between processors, […]
Read more AMD processor feature performance tested, dizzying array of mixing and matching
Aside from the Hybrid CrossFire or Lucid Hydra multi-GPU coprocessor you don’t see many people delving into mis-matched graphics card pairs since they usually aren’t supported or they’re thought to be an inefficient usage of a high-end gamer’s time. Interestingly the ATI Radeon HD 5870 and 5850 seem to pair up quite nicely, given their […]
Read more Radeon HD 5870 + 5850 CrossFireX pushes framerates quite nicely
GPGPU has been a bit slow on the uptake for a variety of reasons namely lack of performance and slow software development. With the amount of focus being placed on using graphics chips to do some heavy lifting it was only a matter of time until the current generation of consumer level chips made their […]
Read more AMD FireStream 9370 and 9350 aim for the rackmounts
While the high end processors sport more cores than you can shake a stick at the low-end of the market has to plod along with dual-core chips. Frustratingly applications, by and large, aren’t optimized for many cores so these budge chips with high frequency clocks still pack a punch. Benchmark Reviews has a look at […]
Read more AMD Athlon II X2 260 Processor boasts high clock rates…for a budget chip
AMD has been very public with its Fusion plans for a few years now and it would seem that the first infused processors are closer to becoming reality. The company displayed a fully functioning “APU” (Accelerated Processing Unit) at Computex today offering a glimpse at what the future holds in store for end users. The […]
Read more AMD Fusion APU steps into the spotlight
NVIDIA’s GPGPU initiative has been one of the more well-rounded approaches when it comes to exposing the raw processing power of graphics cards to the programming masses. Manju Hegde, NVIDIA’s former VP of Technical Marketing for all things CUDA, has decided to join up with AMD who’s Fusion program will get a dosage of marketing […]
Read more NVIDIA CUDA Executive leaves for AMD
Another month gone by means yet another ATI Catalyst driver set. The company’s efforts have brought their drivers up to version 10.5 bringing along a number of fixes including: “Battlefield 2: Bad Company” maps no longer takes unusually long to load Enabling hardware shaders (perfect mode) no longer causes text and on-screen menu corruption while […]
Read more ATI Catalyst 10.5 Drivers Released
Normally you’d want as much graphics processing power as you can get your hands on but in some instances you need just enough for that low-power home theater computer you’ve had your eyes on. PowerColor’s Radeon 5550 Video Card is capable of handling high definition content with ease while sipping on the power meter. PureOverclock […]
Read more PowerColor Radeon 5550 Video Card does its duty on the down low
Heavily multi-cored processors allow for some very powerful applications to be run and improve overall system performance…most of the time you just need a low-powered chip for the task. Legit Reviews has a look at the AMD Athlon II X2 260 based on the custom designed Regor core which should keep things running nice and […]
Read more AMD Athlon II X2 260 thinks of itself as budget friendly
Working with professional 3D graphics programs requires a while different set of features than its gaming counterpart but that’s not to say you can’t fill in downtime with some monster fragging. The AMD FirePro V4800 and FirePro V7800 are designed to help you pump out wireframe models with ease. Phoronix takes a look at their […]
Read more AMD FirePro V4800 and V7800 brings the party to your workstation
