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Overclocking AMD's Thunderbird and Duron ProcessorJun 23, 2000 - in Reviews
So you think that fiddling a bit with the bus clock of Duron or Thunderbird deserves the name overclocking? Find out how easy it is to alter the clock multiplier of those processors! Stand in awe to see Duron run at 950 MHz and Thunderbird go up to 1100 MHz!
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The Celeron Killer: AMD's New Duron ProcessorJun 19, 2000 - in Reviews
Finally AMD has launched its low/mid range processor by the name of Duron. Its Athlon inheritance makes it very strong. In fact Duron wipes the floor with Intel's Celeron processor and gets even close to Athlon and Pentium III.
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AMD's Thunderbird finally fully fledgedJun 5, 2000 - in Reviews
'Smaller and Faster' is the motto of AMD's new Athlon processor with 'Thunderbird' core. AMD's new processor is coming with 256 kB on-die and full-speed second level cache, which boosts particularly the integer performance of the new Athlon. We've put this CPU through our test suite and can tell you that we were rather pleased with the results.
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Performance Guide: Intel Pentium IIIMay 11, 2000 - in Reviews
Our latest guide for Coppermine overclocking, including performance numbers. See which CPUs are suited best for overclocking and which models are still too expensive.
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Roadmap 2000: Tidbits from AMD and IntelApr 15, 2000 - in Reviews
What is happening in the processor scene this year? Tom gives you some insight of what we can expect within the next 8 months.
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Processor and Chipset Tables: How to Configure a CPU CorrectlyApr 12, 2000 - in Reviews
For all of you who want to build or upgrade your own PC system we introduce these tables as quick reference. They already include the new gigahertz CPUs from Intel and AMD. Also new: the Cyrix III Joshua from VIA. Everything that you can't find in a manual can be read here!
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The Giga-Battle Part 2Mar 20, 2000 - in Reviews
The Giga-fight isn't quite over yet. Giga-Athlon was still able to make a good figure against Giga-Pentium III in SPECviewperf, but so far we hadn't used the Giga-RDRAM chipset i840. Find out what Giga-i840 is able to throw into the equation!
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The Giga BattleMar 14, 2000 - in Reviews
The truth about AMD's and Intel's new processors running at 1 GHz. We compared the two on a wide variety of platforms, of course even including good old BX.
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FC-PGA Pentium III on Celeron PGA370/Slot1 Converter CardsFeb 29, 2000 - in Reviews
Soon FC-PGA/Slot1 adapters will become available, but for those who cannot wait we supply detailed information how to 'recycle' your old 'slocket' card.
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IDF 2000: Intel Pentium 4 (Willamette)Feb 25, 2000 - in Reviews
Pentium IV Willamette 1,5 GHz, Itanium, Timna, Serial ATA and USB 2.0 are the news. But behind the scenes of the Intel Developer Forum strange things happened.
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The Race Is On: 1 GHz processors at ISSCC in San FranciscoFeb 17, 2000 - in Reviews
At the International Solid-State Circuit Conference in San Francisco several companies described designs for microprocessors with 1 GHz clock speed. AMD demonstrated a system with a 1 GHz Athlon from its fab in Dresden, Germany.
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Transmeta introduces CrusoeFeb 3, 2000 - in Reviews
Transmeta, the secretive semiconductor company from Santa Clara, finally introduced the first two chips of their new processor line named Crusoe at the end of January. With a different software-based design approach these processors promise to deliver high-performance at very little power consumption.
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Intel's Frequency ID UtilityNov 22, 1999 - in Reviews
Are you sure your Intel processor is what it's marked to be? Intel provides a new Frequency ID Utility that allows the end-user a means to verify if they received the CPU model they expected!
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Kryotech's SuperG 1 GHzNov 15, 1999 - in Reviews
AMD's Athlon processor is the first to reach the magic 1 GHz barrier! Kryotech's super cooling enables you to get the worlds fastest PC that leaves any Intel-based product in the dust.
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Make Your Own Athlon Overclocking DeviceNov 13, 1999 - in Reviews
Forget the soldering action we published in the first Athlon overclocking-article. With a bit of electronic knowledge you can make your own Athlon-overclock card that connects to the internal connector of the Athlon-CPU.
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Intel's New Weapon: The CoppermineOct 25, 1999 - in Reviews
Intel has been hurting badly, once AMD pushed them from the CPU-performance throne. Now Intel enters the battle with a new product, famous for its code name Coppermine. Will it be able to beat Athlon?
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KryoTech's Cool Athlon 900 MHzOct 20, 1999 - in Reviews
Check out the new titleholder for the fastest system ever to be tested at Tom's Hardware Guide!
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Overclocking AMD's Athlon ProcessorAug 26, 1999 - in Reviews
You wanted it, so you got it. If you really like risking the life of your Athlon, please go ahead and find the first and most foolproof Athlon Overclocking Guide.
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Performance-Showdown between Athlon and Pentium IIIAug 23, 1999 - in Reviews
In this performance-comparison between AMD's Athlon at 500, 550, 600, 650, 700, 750 and 800 MHz and Intel's Pentium III at 500, 550, 600 and 650 MHz it becomes pretty obvious why Athlon's future looks very bright from a performance stand point. Let's hope that this excellent muscle-processor won't become a sacrifice of big-company policy.
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KryoTech's Cool Athlon 800 MHzAug 13, 1999 - in Reviews
Kryotech's new highend-system makes it the currently fastest PC in the whole wide world. For $2,200 you get a box with an amazing overall performance, regardless if you're a professional workstation user or a gamer.
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The New Athlon Processor: AMD Is Finally Overtaking IntelAug 9, 1999 - in Reviews
Athlon's superior architecture makes sure that Intel's flagship Pentium III is beat in almost any benchmark.
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Intel Roadmap Update June 1999 Part 3: Desktop Chipset and Mobile CPU RoadmapJun 17, 1999 - in Reviews
Read all about 'Camino', 'Carmel', 'Solona' and Rambus. Look forward with me to the upcoming notebook CPUs.
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Intel Roadmap Update June 1999 Part 2: Desktop CPU RoadmapsJun 16, 1999 - in Reviews
A detailed explanation and estimation of Intel's CPUs for the next 12 months
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Intel Roadmap Update June 1999 Part I: The HighlightsJun 15, 1999 - in Reviews
Coppermine goes Socket370, Notebook PIII's shipping soon and more ...
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Take Two: Dual Celeron in Action!May 10, 1999 - in Reviews
If you take a look at the CPU market of the last months, you will realize that Intel has been releasing one Celeron version after the other.
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The Fastest PC Thanks to Kryotech's Super CoolingApr 21, 1999 - in Reviews
Kryotech is nowadays a name that is known to most of my readers and particularly the power users amongst you have certainly already contemplated running your system with one of the super cooling devices from this company based in the deep and hot South of the US.
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New CPUs from AMD and IntelFeb 23, 1999 - in Reviews
We are almost there, the wait for the new microprocessors from AMD and Intel is finally close to an end. Intel's upcoming Pentium III is an upgrade of the well known Pentium II-core with the new 'streaming SIMD extension, and AMD's new K6-3 is nothing but the latest K6-2-core with 256 kB on-die L2-cache running at core-clock. Before we start looking at the scores of those new CPUs, let's first consider what we should expect.
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Is Intel's New CPU Identification for Data Security Only a Marketing Gag?Jan 22, 1999 - in Reviews
Straight after I read about Intel's new plans to ensure higher data security over the Internet for e-commerce by implementing a identification number into their upcoming CPUs starting with Pentium III
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Latest News from AMD and IntelJan 21, 1999 - in Reviews
I spoke to Dana Krelle, AMD's vice president of marketing, and he gave me the latest scoop on AMD's plans
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