AMD Admits it Overpaid for ATI
Guess we can file this one in the “Well Duh!” pile.
AMD has officially admitted that it overpaid for it’s purchase of ATI. Though the 3.2 Billion dollar allocation for “goodwill” (e.g. the value of the ATI brand - almost three times the value of ATI’s product technology) paid as part of the purchase was questioned [...]
AMD Phenom is BROKEN - Costs a 14% performance hit to fix
We recently published our AMD vs. Intel Dual Core comparison, which led some to wonder why we didn’t compare their quad-core chips instead. As I stated in the review, one reason was that we simply wanted to write a CPU review discussing products that more people can afford; even the high-end dual-core processors we [...]
AMD vs. Intel in a DUAL CORE WAR~!
This is our first full-blown CPU review in - quite some time. I decided to pit AMD vs. Intel in a dual core battle, comparing their fastest sub $200 processors against each other. For kicks, I also threw in a Core 2 Quad Q6600, just to see if Dual Core is dead yet.
The bottom line? [...]
GTR Tech GT3 Sport Compact Case Review
It’s been a while since our last case review, so I am happy to announce our latest review is of a very cool Small Form Factor case by fledgling company GTR Tech. By the way, GTR Tech is not related to the Hong Kong PC peripheral company also known as GTR.
The GT3 can only be [...]
Quad-core CPU’s too much for you? AMD will have the solution
Triple core CPU’s.
Yup, not four cores, not two cores - three cores. AMD has announced that they’ll be adding triple-core processors to their Phenom processor for Q1 next year.
AMD’s reasoning for this is that quad-core processors only make up about 2% of the desktop market this year. I guess they assume that people who didn’t [...]
Intel buys Havok
I’m not really into just posting news blurbs here at HCW Tech Blog, but this is probably going to be a slow weekend anyway, as I am still settling in from vacation (and suffering some jetlag). This press release just popped up on Friday night, regarding Intel’s impending purchase of Irish company Havok, the makers [...]
