AMD’s Worst Week Ever
Have you ever had one of those weeks? You know, when everything that could go wrong does go wrong? By the end of the week, you feel like that things are never going to be the same. Sometimes, you just want to give up.
AMD happened to have had one of those weeks last week. [...]
First Penryn Benchmarks
Intel has provided us with some benchmarks of their dual- and quad-core 45nm Penryn processors. We normally aren’t to keen on posting furnished benchmarks, but Intel has a proven history of being spot on with their benchmarks in the past, so here you go (click for full size):
As you can see, it is smoking fast. [...]
Nvidia Releases Mainstream DX10 Video Cards
Today Nvidia announced it new lineup of mid to low range DX10 video cards. The three main releases are the 8500GT along with the 8600GT and 8600GTS. Most major manufactures including ECS, Foxconn and Gigabyte are onboard and ready to ship.
The 8600 units come with DDR3 and are based on the 80nm G84 core. [...]
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800
Intel has released a new CPU to claim the title as the fastest desktop CPU available. It is the Core 2 Extreme Qx6800. Yup, it’s just a quad-core Kentsfield, exactly the same as it was when we reviewed it last November. The only difference is that it is clocked at 2.93 GHz, instead of 2.66 [...]
Why Doesn’t Anyone Care About Overclocking Anymore?
Though overclocking community is far from dead, it would seem that it has dropped from its mainstream status of a couple years ago. Checking the Hardcoreware Forums, we see that the overclocking section only has a total of four threads in the past two months. Now admittedly there are still communities such as Exteme Overclocking [...]
Top 5 Best and Worst Microsoft Products
According to our web stats, if you are a reader of this site, there is a 96% chance you’re using a Microsoft OS. So you know as well as I do that love ‘em or hate ‘em, Microsoft is still the best choice for most people to have on their desktop PC’s right now.
Microsoft [...]
Intel 45nm Penryn and Nehalem - Approaching 1 billion transistors
Intel has spilled some beans on their upcoming 45nm core, codenamed Penryn, while giving a bit of info on the next microarchitecture set to appear in 2008, currently codenamed Nehalem. Check out Intel.com for the full scoop, but here are a few tidbits:
Penryn is expected to have approximately twice the amount of transistors as Conroe [...]
