Chip refreshes typically don’t add many new features aside from a speed bump here or there and a bit more cahce to make things run smoother. Some chip manufacturers want to shake things up. Intel’s Core i7 980X brings 6 Hyper-Threading capable cores and 12MB of cache to the party with some mighty impressive results […]
Read more Intel Core i7 980X Processor adds two more cores and a ton of cache
The onward march of technology means sooner or later that fancy new chips will eventually come down in price for just about anyone to enjoy. Sadly that just means more processing power to be wasted away on rousing web-based games. The AMD Athlon II X4 635 comes ready to tackle your computing tasks with four […]
Read more AMD Athlon II X4 635 continues the cheap quad core lineup
The Tech Report has delved into Intel’s latest press briefings and pulled out some interesting information on the company’s upcoming 6-core processors and funk stuff they have going on in their labs. Most notable are the massive power saving tweaks Intel has put into their Gulftown design which should help keep its heat output in […]
Energy friendly computer hardware tends to cut out features or run things a bit slower in order to get their power usage in check. Then there are those cases where they cherry-pick the best of the best in order to make things run quickly and with less of a power load. This is one such […]
Read more AMD Phenom II X4 910e great performance with a low power footprint
Nvidia’s graphics division is having a rough time getting new products out the door but that doesn’t mean the rest of the company is stagnating. The company has announced its newest system on a chip dubbed Tegra 2. The new Nvidia Tegra 250 will sport a total of 8 RISC-based processor cores running at up […]
Read more Nvidia Tegra 2 piles on the cores
Intel has been on a bit of a roll when it comes to their processor offerings. While they’ve certainly made the high-end happy with their performance the budget conscious system builders have been looking for something a little friendlier, price wise, to offer customers. In comes the Intel Core i5 661 which sports a graphics […]
If you’re really into computing hardware you tend to seek out information on the top-end products that are available, unfortunately many of those high-end processors are cost-prohibitive for some…that doesn’t mean there aren’t speedy bargains to be found however. X-bit labs tests some of the most inexpensive processors out there and comes up with a […]
Read more Cheap CPUs make for a great value build
VIA’s game these days has been based on their low-power processors and chipsets which don’t offer a heck of a lot of performance but you’re sure to get plenty of battery life out of devices using their chips. The company’s new Nano 3000 series of CPUs are set to introduce a slew of new features […]
Read more VIA Announces Nano 3000 Series Processors, when energy efficiency is key
It might be chic to be green in order to save Earth and all of that feel-good stuff but, when you take a look at your wallet, there are real monetary benefits for going with hardware that doesn’t consume power like mad. Do you really need that quad core when the system is mostly stuck […]
Read more AMD Athlon II X2 240e wants you to save some energy
AMD’s Athlon brand resurfaced in a big way as a value lineup that brings the fancy architecture features the Phenom processors have down to a more affordable price range which means even those on a budget can enjoy great performance. InsideHW has a look at the AMD Athlon II X3 435 and X4 Athlon II […]
Read more AMD Athlon II X3 435 and X4 630 budget multi-core fun
Notebooks have, in the past, lagged their desktop counterparts by quite a bit in most every single category from storage to graphics and, most importantly, processor performance. Thankfully some fancy engineering has brought an amazing level of performance to the mobile world…
