The enthusiast set tends to zero in on the products that give them the most bang for the buck, they also tend to take things to the extreme which can lead to those products failing mighty quickly so saving a…
Read more AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE CPU, from boxed chip to Overclocked in Record Time
AMD has had a rough time at the high-end of the processor market. The company hasn’t had an answer to Intel’s Core i7 lineup but that’s ok with them as they’re putting up a good battle with the high-end Core…
Read more AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Launched, Bumping the Clock Rates
While the outright processor performance tests will heavily favor Intel’s latest and greatest CPU when it comes to gaming things aren’t so clear cut. Many of today’s latest titles depend more on the graphics card in order to achieve higher…
Read more AMD Phenom II vs Intel Core i7, Gaming Value Tested
AMD and Intel each have their strengths and weaknesses when it comes to the overall system platforms they create. Those weaknesses can usually be shored up with added peripherals on a desktop computer but that’s not exactly possible in the…
Read more AMD and Intel Laptop Platforms Compared
It’s maddeningly difficult to choose a notebook computer based on specifications alone, even more so when you have to deal with the variable known as battery life. AMD and Intel differ quite a bit spec wise but when it comes…
The trouble with many video card reviews is they’re generally tested once they’re launched and rarely, if ever, reevaluated with newer drivers or, for that matter, games outside of the insanely demanding first person shooter, RTS, or flight sim environment.Legit…
Read more Nvidia's GeForce GTX 275 vs ATI Radeon HD 4890, Mid-Range Gaming at its Finest
CPU-ZDeveloper: CPUIDUsage: System Information GatheringCPU-Z WebsiteCracking open a computer to take a look at what’s inside is a tedious task and completely undoable for most people. The majority of operating systems offer a basic amount of information on how much…
Read more Utility Spotlight: CPU-Z
There was a time when mid-range graphics cards weren’t much faster than their low-end counter parts, that and they still cost you a decent chunk of change despite their less than stellar performance. Nowadays innovation and cut-throat competition means that…
You can’t fault AMD’s Richard Huddy for being a little enthusiastic about Microsoft’s upcoming DirectX 11 and the features it brings along for graphics cards. The graphics API’s "Local Data Share" capability is, in his words, the killer feature which…
Read more DirectX 11 Compute Shader Leads to Speed Up, Sharing is a "Killer Feature"
While the latest and greatest quad-cores are all the rage sometimes you just need a basic chip for those tasks that don’t demand all that much and those situations where you want lower power usage a look at dual-core…
Read more AMD's Athlon II X2 550, CPU on the Cheap
