AMD has launched its Turion brand of 64-bit CPUs targeted to mobile applications. A number of laptop designers are sure to pick up the new branding and CPU line, although, AMD will have to get some form of power friendly…
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Sudhian Media has an interesting comparison between VIA’s C3 processor and AMD’s Geode GX embedded CPU. A glorified Cyrix MediaGX against one of the weakest processors on the market….not the prettiest of comparisons but the “winner is apparent….
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amdgamer has a look at the eVGA e-GeForce 6800 Ultra cards in an SLI setup. The cards host Nvidia’s current top-end chip and when it’s paired with a similar card on an SLI supporting motherboard all sorts of speed records…
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GamePC has a roundup of four PCI Express capable boards for AMD’s Athlon64 (s939) CPUs. The boards each tout a different chipset with entries from ATI, VIA, and two from Nvidia making a showing. The MSI/ATI board is one of…
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Information Week has some info on AMD’s demonstration of its dual core CPUs. The chips should be hitting PCs in the second half of this year, for consumers, and will help to speed up applications which can handle multiple instruction…
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The Inquirer wrotes of the eventual move from AMD’s Socket A platform. The chip connection has been around for a good long time which replaced the Slot A connector that supported the early Athlon chips. Socket 754 with compatible Sempron…
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GamePC has a review of the Asus A8V-E Deluxe. The AMD Athlon 64 based board features VIA’s new KT890 chipset which supports PCI-E cards, but no Nvidia SLI support, as well as an on-board 802.11G wireless chip with antenna connector….
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The Tech Report has a review of the Shuttle XPC SN25P barebones small form factor PC. Shuttle has finally gotten around to creating a performance minded AMD Ahtlon 64 (s939) machine. The system is based around Nvidia’s nForce4 chipset and…
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AnandTech takes the Sun V40z 3U workstation for a spin. The system tosses in a quad AMD Opteron setup with your choice of memory configurations and SCSI storage systems. A heck of a speed demon that does a number on…
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FastLaneHW has a review of the Soyo KT880 Dragon 2 motherboard. The board makes use of VIA’s KT880, its only dual channel chipset for the AMD Athlon/Sempron Socket A CPUs. The board is not the fastest available but it looks…
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Hardware Analysis has an interesting article on the perceived “quirkyness” of chipsets for AMD’s various CPUs. Third party companies such as VIA, Nvidia, ATI, and SiS create system chipsets that allow AMD CPUs to communicate with the rest of a…
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