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Processors By Carl Nelson on January 3, 2010
Probably the worst-kept secretive CPU launch in a long time for Intel (after all, they pretty much spilled the beans last week, when they announced their CES lineup) happens tonight. Intel has shrunk the CPU to 32nm, sort of. I say that, because what they did was move many of the components over to a [...]
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By Carl Nelson on January 3, 2010
Intel has found a way to shrink their CPU down to 32nm – move half of it to a second chip! Along with that, they have added a graphics core as well. Find out how Clarkdale performs with our evaluation of the Core i5 661!
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By Carl Nelson on September 14, 2009
We take a look at the new Lynnfield processors – Core i5 750 and Core i7 870 – and put them to the test against every other CPU in their price range and beyond.
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By Carl Nelson on May 18, 2009
Be sure to check out our full review of the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition!
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By Carl Nelson on May 18, 2009
AMD believes they finally have what it takes to compete with Intel’s high end quad-core processors. To that point, they have targeted the $270 Q9550. Does the $245 X4 9550 have what it takes to finally beat Intel at its own game? And where does the Core i7 920 fit in? Read on to find out…
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By Carl Nelson on January 7, 2009
AMD has unleashed the Phenom II (we hope to have our review up in a few weeks). The results were, shall we say, somewhat unexpected. According to Hard OCP:
The Phenom II performance speaks for itself. It loses to its old nemesis, the Core 2, which I think some folks will be surprised by. The Phenom [...]
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By Carl Nelson on November 2, 2008
Intel has decided to open the curtains early on their latest CPU microarchitecture codenamed “Nehalem”. The NDA was originally scheduled to be lifted in a few weeks, but Intel is eager to let us tell you just how it performs. And for good reason.
Join us as we talk about the Nehalem architecture, what’s new, what [...]
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By Carl Nelson on October 28, 2008
We have just published our review of the AMD Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition CPU. This is currently AMD’s fastest model desktop CPU, released this past summer. The good news is that after a recent price drop, it can be had for under $200. The bad news is, it still has to contend with Core [...]
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By Carl Nelson on September 11, 2008
We have just published our review of the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500. This is one of Intel’s latest Dual-Core processors, and certainly their best that can be had for under $200.
In the review, we compare it against the Core 2 Duo E6750, which it essentially replaces for the same price, as well as AMD’s [...]
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By Trevor Flynn on December 13, 2007
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 [...]
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