Tag Archive for 'amd'
AMD is set to replace a large percentage of its current video card range starting from next month, according to a recent leak, as the ATI Radeon HD 4800 series supersedes the existing 3800 series. Key improvements will be the inclusion of AMD’s GPGPU physics processing, hitherto limited to the high-end cards, and improved HD [...]
AMD has just introduced its newest Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE (Highly Efficient) processors. The new CPUs operate with far less power requirement at 55-watts compared to its predecessors that use 75-watts and 105 watts.
After AMD was forced to address the potential overheating issues experienced by the higher-speed processors in its Phenom X4 range earlier this week, new testing suggests that workarounds can be implemented so that the 9750 and 9850 chips will work with motherboards not using AMD’s recommended 790 chipset. AnandTech found that, with four low-cost boards claiming [...]
Processor manufacturer AMD is being forced to field criticism from some users, after reports of compatibility issues between a number of their quad-core Phenom X4 chips and motherboards using a certain chipset. The company confirmed that the issue arises when the 9750 and 9850 Phenom processors, which have a Thermal Design Power (the maximum [...]
HP Compaq has announced two new business desktop PCs, the dc5850 and dx2450, which will be available with AMD’s Athlon X2, Phenom X3 and Phenom X4 processors, themselves freshly branded as ”AMD Business Class processors”. The dc5850 has ATI Radeon 3100 graphics and AMD’s own Cool’n’Quiet 2.0 technology, and can be specified with up to 8GB RAM and with [...]
AMD are planning a refresh to their 790FX motherboard range that should satisfy power users and overclockers’ demands for a better-performing Southbridge. Currently ‘boards using the 790FX chipset rely on the SB600 Southbridge, which in comparison to more recent chipsets has relatively poor PCI and SATA performance. Fudzilla have found the reference design for the [...]
Toshiba’s new Satellite Pro laptops are affordable with price starting at $699 to $1149. The display sizes range from 13.3-inch to 17-inch displays, you’re bound to find the right laptop for your business or personal needs. Aside from the nine different configurations, you get to pick from an Intel Centrino processor or AMD [...]
Chip manufacturer Intel are having a yard sale of sorts, clearing out 65nm stock as it transitions its range to the more efficient 45nm chips. The company has cut the price [pdf link] of around twelve processors, most of which are 65nm, with the biggest cut being a half-price reduction on the Q6700 Core 2 [...]
These two new machines from Acer’s subsidiary Gateway’s subsidiary eMachines are squarely aimed at users that will never use the max capacity of a quad-core processor with 13GB of RAM and 657GB of HDD storage in RAID 0 using SAS or some other junk like that. They are prices at $299.99 and $399.99 just to [...]
NVIDIA is fighting with everyone in the business, first it was their long time feud with competitor ATI, and then AMD bought them and inherited that beef, now NVIDIA is fighting with Intel claiming they can easily out-perform Intel’s Celeron-based 945 IGP/ICH4 setup. They are also claiming that their system will be the most affordable [...]
