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- AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology
- AMD seems to be the more viable choice nowThey certainly have improved their offerings over Intel and NVIDIA, which both seem to be up in the air at the moment. Intel isn't focused on offering good mainstream performance for the dollar - they're only working on Atom and the...
- Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Macromedia Flash Player, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., AMD 785G, GPU, AMD Athlon, chipset
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- AMD rolls out 8 new Athlon CPUs in time for Windows 7
- Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...
- Tags: Processors, CPU, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Core i5, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Core i5, Intel Corp., AMD Athlon
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Adobe and Nvidia bring GPU computing to the masses
- What about Intel and AMD?So Adobe is quietly ignoring everyone with Intel or AMD video GPU's? Sounds like Nvidia is trying to drive sales in smaller devices this way. Exclusive deal with Adobe maybe?Adobe Flash requires ridiculous and unjustified amounts of CPUAnd it's the worst with Flash 10....
- Tags: Corporate communications, Processors, Adobe Flash, NVidia Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., CPU, video, GPU
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Build a high-performance gaming PC for under $650!
- Nice post but ..What about the Intel side of the house? I myself am not much of an AMD fan they run hot. Go $2 over budget...And get a WD Caviar Black 500GB HDD instead of the discontinued Samsung.Mostly good choices..but lately, Foxconn boards tend to have a really bad...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Microsoft Windows 7, Games, PC, DDR2-1066, high-performance, Foxconn, ASUS, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Dr. Hardware Sysinfo 9.9.5e (Windows)
- Dr. Hardware Sysinfo allows you to examine the machine room of your PC. It gives detailed information about your processor, BIOS, chipset, hard disk, and PCI devices. It detects processors like Celeron A, 3D chips (3Dfx, Riva, and so on), and chipsets (VIA MVP3, for example). The full version provides...
- Tags: Dual-core, AMD Athlon, Microsoft Windows, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Gebhard, Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2009-07-27
- Desktops aren't dead (yet)
- Laptops have long since overtaken their desk-bound brethren in terms of revenues, and more recently unit sales. In the first quarter, desktop unit sales dropped 23 percent, while notebook sales actually increased 10 percent compared with the same period last year, according to iSuppli. Gizmodo even penned an obituary for...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Hewlett-Packard Co., Memory, Configuration, HP Pavilion, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Intel Corp., Dell Inspiron, Aspire M800 Series, SX2800-01, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Intel drops Centrino, explains Core i3, i5, i7 branding
- Intel drops Centrino, explains Core i3, i5, i7 brandingThe good old days...With the mess Intel has created in their processor numbering and naming, I often long for the simple days when there were Pentium II's and Pentium III's. All III's were faster than all II's. Or 386 vs 486. Same...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, chip, processor, i7 branding, Core i3, similar performance, Intel Corp., Intel Centrino, desktop, performance
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- Intel delays Core i5 launch
- Intel delays Core i5 launchThe disparity between AMD...and Intel processors is greater than I can ever remember. It's hard to believe AMD's best offering compares to Intel's lowest offerings. Your take on the i5's holdback is probably right on.What in the way of architecture besides multi threading is giving Intel...
- Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Phenom II 955, Intel i7, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-26
- HP Pavilion A6620f
- The HP Pavilion a6620f desktop PC gives you plenty of features at a price that won't leave a smoking hole in your wallet. For $570, you get a dual core 2.5GHz Intel processor, 4GB of RAM, a low grade integrated video chip, and 500GB of hard drive space--a solid configuration...
- Tags: Desktops, Video cards, Semiconductors, Memory, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion A6620f, Intel Corp., digital audio, hard drive
- Product reviews 2008-10-31
- Intel rolls out low power server chips
- Intel rolls out low power server chipsIntel's processorsI don't see why Intel never did this when they rolled out it's first line of processors starting with the Intel Pentium II processors. If they did, maybe we would all have power consuming chips. Maybe Intel's worst processors, the Pentium 4 wouldn't...
- Tags: Processors, server, Intel Corp., Intel Pentium, processor, chip
- Discussion threads 2008-09-08
- eMachines W3653 with Monitor
- The eMachines W3653 is a bundled set that includes a preconfigured computer, an eMachines 17-inch wide-screen LCD, and the other peripherals needed for a complete desktop set up. For the purpose of this review, we'll be looking at the computer alone but factoring in the price of the monitor to...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Video cards, Processors, Semiconductors, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), eMachines W3653, eMachines Inc., Intel Corp., monitor, graphics
- Product reviews 2008-08-13
- Nehalem gets a name - Core i7
- Nehalem gets a name - Core i7Intel bugs everywhere. I wouldn't own...an Intel chip.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/11/intel_flaws/RE: Nehalem gets a name - Core i7Quick of you Adrian to see the Apple like now iSee.This looks like the continuation off their successful range,RE: Nehalem gets a name - Core i7Your sequence makes little sense....
- Tags: Processors, Core 2, Intel Pentium, Nehalem
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- XP SP3 performance gains - Nothing to write home about
- Those who believed that Windows XP Service Pack 3 would provide the aging OS with a performance boost may well be disappointed. My benchmark tests show that the application of XP SP3 makes negligible difference to system performance. The Test Systems For this round...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Result, Performance, Western Digital Corp., RAM, Performance Management, Microsoft Windows XP, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- I love Linux, but it's not going to save the world
- I love Linux, but it's not going to save the worldlol. This makes it perhaps even worse:I recently came across a little distro that can extend the lifespan of your computers even more: Antix Lysistrata. Antix is based on Mepis 7, which in it's turn is based on Debian. Antix...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Antix
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- Vista SP1 Release Candidate expected next week
- Vista SP1 Release Candidate expected next weekVista SP1I have been using Vista for a few months now and I managed to get hold of an early release of SP1 for Vista. It did fix some issues, but Vista was still too sluggish for me to want to use as my...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista SP1 Release, Vista SP1 Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-28
- Hey there's an iPhone firmware update this week: if you are running a hack you may be screwed
- Hey there's an iPhone firmware update this week: if you are running a hack you may be screwedYOU own your iPhone, not AppleVote with your wallets folks, don't [b]ever[/b] buy anything ever again from Apple. I know I won't.IBrick??. What DMCA says!!..IBrick?..The Copyright Office allowed this exception because the software...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, firmware update, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, wallets folk
- Discussion threads 2007-09-24
- AMD: Is it getting off the carpet after Intel knockdown?
- AMD: Is it getting off the carpet after Intel knockdown?Anyone surprised?ATI/AMD screwing over *NIX users, its good to see just deserts happening to them - maybe one day they'll realise not to piss of those of use who make decisions and influence others. We maybe small in number but our...
- Tags: Semiconductors, UNIX, Operating systems, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., ATI Technologies Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-20
- Climb mount buffer?
- Climb mount buffer?Those super-reliable DellsQUOTE: The Dell web servers are powered by Intel Pentium Pro and Pentium II processors running a Microsoft NT/IIS solution. Same source. I'm sure trading is still done on a *nix platform, but the data is still dated...maybe you need to read thishttp://whitepapers.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000651,260061063p,00.htmWith time tight,...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Processors, Microsoft Windows 2000, attack, software, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., server
- Discussion threads 2007-06-26
- Vista Home Basic on 512MB? Hey, it works!
- Vista Home Basic on 512MB? Hey, it works!Well, this certainly hasn't match my experienceGranted, my first try with 512 MB RAM on Home Basic was 512 shared. But after I upgraded it to 1 GB shared (128 to the video card, 896 system) it wasn't any better. It took almost...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, ABMers, Microsoft Windows Vista, MCE, Vista Home, extra GB
- Discussion threads 2007-05-09
- Comprehensive RAID performance report
- IntroductionStorage is one of those things that we can never get enough of both in capacity and in performance. This article is going to compare a large set of RAID performance data and perhaps debunk some storage myths. I ran a large set of tests for my Intel...
- Tags: Vista, Storage, Servers, Processors, Networking, Microsoft, Intel, Infrastructure, Hardware, Desktop
- Blog posts 2007-05-04
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