Intel’s Core i5 and i7 processors have the sort of performance that make people take notice. It’s undisputed performance hasn’t been completely tested in the mid-range so TechSpot went about comparing the Intel Core i7 920 / 860, Core i5…
Read more Mid-range Quad Cores Compared, results not so clear cut
AMD’s monthly driver cycle is upon us once again which brings about a new ATI Catalyst drivers set bringing them up to version 9.9. The usual bug fixes are in as well as CrossFireX support for Resident Evil 5.The drivers…
Read more ATI Catalyst 9.9 Video Drivers for Windows XP, Windows 7, Vista
Multi-monitor solutions over the years have ranged from astounding driver nightmares to expensive third party solutions and, in the end, never really came into form when supporting gaming across multiple displays.AMD seeks to change all of that with their upcoming…
Read more ATI Radeon Eyefinity, flight simmers get their prayers answered
ATI/AMD moved a large number of their older graphics cards (anything earlier than the Radeon HD moniker) to legacy support status which means that they’ll still see driver updates just not as often as their newer card lineups.The company has…
Read more ATI Catalyst 9.8 Legacy Video Drivers for Windows XP, Windows 7, Vista
The benefit, for consumers, of having a few technology companies battling it out means we reap the rewards in the form of faster components and the constant price undercutting between the manufacturers.It’s good times indeed.Tweak News has a look at…
AMD has had a bit of a problem rolling out a CPU to match up with Intel’s top of the line processors, and at the rate things are going they might not catch the performance crown again any time soon….
Read more Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H Motherboard, nondescript name but plenty going for it
AMD has been a little busy working on their upcoming 12 core "Magny-Cours" server chip which should have some IT folks salivating at the prospects. They may just be a little further along than most think as they showed off…
Read more AMD Shows Off 48 core Magny-Cours Server
The clock speed race has been over for a few years now as both AMD and Intel are focusing their efforts on making multi-core chips and specialized instruction sets to further improve performance and, in some instances, lower power consumption.InfoWorld…
Read more AMD's "Magny-Cours" Drops the Clock-Rate, Ups the Core Count
Today’s processors pump out enough heat to keep the top coolers busy enough without having to worry about the surrounding environment. Those beefy CPUs require equally beefy power regulation and chipsets that don’t get quite as much airflow attention.The Nexus…
Read more Nexus FLC-3000 CPU Cooler, the tower Heatsink gone and Toppled Over
AMD has a habit of putting reasonably powerful graphics cores into a number of their chipsets. Their upcoming 785G is another example sporting a custom built Radeon HD 4200 core that might enable your low-power build to do something other…
Read more AMD's 785G Chipset Graphics Performance AKA Your HTPC can Game
Microsoft’s upcoming WIndows 7 launch will bring with it another important piece of software for gamers, DirectX 11 (which will also support Vista). Ok DX11 is targeted at much more than just the gaming segment (GPGPU usage for one) but…
Read more AMD's DirectX 11 Preview, Evergreens Uncanny Valley Making Prowess
