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Carmack: Hardware Physics A Bad IdeaAug 21, 2009 - in News
id Software's John Carmack spoke out against hardware-based physics at QuakeCon 2009, and it wasn't pretty.
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Under Core i7's Hood: Comparing The C0 And D0 SteppingsAug 21, 2009 - in Reviews
You've likely already seen coverage of Intel's C0-based Core i7s compared to the latest stepping, D0. We wanted to do something different, so we compared the Core i7-965 Extreme to the 975 using base performance, power, and overclocking as our metrics.
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Gigabyte's Radeon HD 4650: Are AGP Graphics Still Good Enough?Aug 20, 2009 - in Reviews
Gigabyte's new Radeon HD 4650-based R465D2-1GI arrives on the scene, hopefully bringing playable frame rates to old AGP rigs long-forgotten by their gaming owners. We pair the card up to an Athlon X2 3800+ to see if AGP is still viable for budget buyers.
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Crytek: There May Not Be Next GenAug 18, 2009 - in News
Crytek provided a forecast of what's to come in regards to CPUs, GPUs, and consoles.
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Asus P7P55 WS Supercomputer P55 Motherboard PreviewAug 18, 2009 - in Picture Story
Intel's Core i5/i7 processors for the LGA 1156 interface are nearly upon us, and we've already previewed a number of upcoming motherboards based on the P55 chipset. Asus gave us an exclusive look at its upcoming workstation board with five PCIe x16 slots.
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IBM Could Use DNA to Make Next-Gen ChipsAug 17, 2009 - in News
DNA to make chips. Sounds like sci-fi, but it's not.
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AMD Expected to Launch DX11 GPU on Sept. 10Aug 17, 2009 - in News
Could the ATI DirectX 11 card be launching on September 10? Could be!
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Nvidia: Tegra Puts 8 Processors Inside Zune HDAug 17, 2009 - in News
Nvidia makes it extra official today, plus 50 more Tegra projects in the works.
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Tim Sweeney: GPGPU Too Costly to DevelopAug 14, 2009 - in News
Epic Games' Tim Sweeney says it costs too much to develop on GPGPU.
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Futuremark Software with Viper II MemoryAug 13, 2009 - in News
Patriot Memory launched two bundles offering its Viper II DDR2 memory and Futuremark's 3DMark Vantage software.
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AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition ReviewAug 12, 2009 - in Reviews
With Intel's LGA 1156 Core i5/i7 launch looming, AMD is looking to strike one more blow against Core 2 Quad before getting compared to the Nehalem micro-architecture at mainstream prices. It's even sweetening the deal with bundle discounts.
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Southbridge Battle: 780a, ICH10 and SB750, ComparedAug 11, 2009 - in Reviews
Modern southbridges support multiple RAID levels via software, but do they deliver decent performance? We used six Intel SSDs and tortured the top three by AMD, Intel and Nvidia. As if that weren't cruel enough, we added LSI's 6 Gb/s SAS card to the mix.
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Sony Vaio Have VT Disable; No Win 7 XP ModeAug 10, 2009 - in News
Even if there's VT, there is no VT.
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Roundup: Mainstream Graphics Cards From ATI And NvidiaAug 10, 2009 - in Reviews
Great graphics cards don’t always have to cost big bucks. Even for prices around $100, you can get enough performance for playable frame rates at resolutions as high as 1920x1200. We round up a load of these mid-range cards to see who comes out on top.
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Nvidia Takes $119.1 M Charge for Faulty GPUsAug 7, 2009 - in News
Faulty GPUs take a bite out of Nvidia.
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DDR3 On A Budget: Six 6 GB Memory KitsAug 6, 2009 - in Reviews
Triple-channel 6 GB kits finally dropped below $100 last month. Today’s overclocking and under-latency tests prove how much value these low-cost parts can provide. Sure, Intel's Core i5 might be close at hand, but don't think Core i7 is going anywhere.
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PCIe 3.0 Protocol DelayedAug 5, 2009 - in News
PCI-SIG has delayed the release PCIe 3.0 protocol to 2010.
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BFG Announces Liquid Cooled Nvidia GPUsAug 5, 2009 - in News
Liquid cooling for your video card ready from the factory.
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GeForce GTX 285 Gets 2 GB: Gigabyte's GV-N285OC-2GIAug 5, 2009 - in Reviews
Today’s most powerful graphics processor, Nvidia's GeForce GTX 285, still struggles with some games at the highest resolution and quality settings. Gigabyte answers the question: "Will more RAM help?" with its custom 2 GB GeForce GTX 285.
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Updated: AMD 785G: The Venerable 780G, EvolvedAug 3, 2009 - in Reviews
AMD has enhanced one of its most popular integrated graphics chipsets with some compelling new features, creating the 785G. We examine this chipset, compare it to Nvidia's GeForce 8200/9400 and Intel's G45, and test several of its claimed capabilities.
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Part 2: How Many CPU Cores Do You Need?Aug 3, 2009 - in Reviews
In part two of this series, we'll address some of the issues raised in part one, such as the effect of shared cache between CPU cores, how the number of cores affects multitasking performance, and comparing the Phenom II to the Core 2 Quad.
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Intel Shoots Down Rumors of Atom Z DemiseAug 3, 2009 - in News
Intel says Atom Z CPUs are still alive and well for OEM orders.
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AMD/iBuyPower Respond To Puget ColumnJul 31, 2009 - in News
In response to a guest column by Puget System's president, Jon Bach, AMD and iBuyPower called to discuss the green team's efforts to court channel resellers.