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Delayed & buggy integrated graphics drivers dog Intel and AMD

More than a year after the launch of the Intel G965 integrated-graphics chipset and closing in on the launch of the G35 replacement chipset, Intel has finally released production non-BETA Vertex Shader enabled drivers that support half-way decent medium-resolution gaming.  These new drivers are only for Windows XP but Vista...

Tags: Chipset, Playback, Graphics Driver, Problem, Driver, Video, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Intel Corp., DVD, HQV, HDV, HD, AMD 690, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-08-29

Delayed & buggy integrated graphics drivers dog Intel and AMD

Delayed & buggy integrated graphics drivers dog Intel and AMDThanks, fixed.ntAnother typo.AMD has their share of driver problems with the 690G integrated graphics motherboard chipset drivers either. Glass houses...Could you fix the 'jaggies' images test though?The images are of quite different widths, it's not really showing a like-for-like comparison.That said,...

Tags: Chipsets, Games, Semiconductors, Desktops, Video cards, graphics driver, Firing Squad, image, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., NVidia Corp., graphics, PureVideo, AMD 690, AMD 690G, motherboard, game

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

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Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide

Update, 12/4/08: It's been brought to my attention by a diligent reader that several of the products listed in this guide were from 2007, and not this year. I compiled this guide as an aggregation of several listings online; clearly, some of the listings were old...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Home Theater, Savings, HDTV, Price, LCD, Laptop Computer, Approx, SKIP, Home Entertainment, GPS, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-23

AMD acknowledges quad-core woes; Promises rebound; Highlights roadmap

AMD acknowledges quad-core woes; Promises rebound; Highlights roadmapWell at least they are admitting...it instead of blowing smoke.I still use AMD64 X2's and like the price/performance point. Pair an X2 with the 690 chipset on an all-in-one ASUS mobo and a better business platform would be hard to find.RE: AMD acknowledges...

Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., quad-core woe, quad-core, Highlights roadmap

Discussion threads 2007-12-13

RAM to avoid: hot, expensive and slow

RAM to avoid: hot, expensive and slowJEDECFB-DIMM was proposed by Intel back in 2003 (March, to be specific) to the JC-42 memory committee. The reason for it, as they explained in their slideware, was that server performance had more to do with total amount of memory than with either...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Memory, Servers, RAM, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., FB-DIMM

Discussion threads 2007-05-21

RAM to avoid: hot, expensive and slow

Has Intel ever met a technology they couldn't make hotter, costlier and slower? The latest victim: DRAM. Here's what you need to know.Intel is pushing something called Fully Buffered DIMMs (FB-DIMM). You see them on some servers and high-end PCs like the Dell 690 and the Apple Mac Pro that...

Tags: RAM

Blog posts 2007-05-21

64 is the new 32

64 is the new 32Actually, the REAL barrier is the hardware drivers"The real barrier to wider adoption of 64-bit technology isn't hardware or the OS. It's the lack of compelling software."You're right that compelling x64 software is rare for most consumer applications but I don't see that as too big...

Tags: Network technology, Operating systems, Intel Corp., irony, server, 64-bit, X64, hardware, FileSync, operating system, barrier

Discussion threads 2006-11-25

Relative Mac Pro pricing

Relative Mac Pro pricingDo TelGraphics cards can be very expensive, and your 2 year old comparison has an AGP Radeon 9600 vs. a PCIe FireGL card. This could should be a $500+ ($1000?) difference, which brings the prices closer in line.Macs were NEVER cheaper, although they were competitive in the...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Processors, Video cards, High end machine, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Do Tel, monitor

Discussion threads 2006-08-23