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GeForce GTX 480 and 470 Revealed, BenchmarkedMar 26, 2010 - in News
IT'S FINALLY HERE. Yes, that means that there won't be any more leaks or board shots or box shots… well, until the next rumored GPU variant comes along. But today let's enjoy what Nvidia has to share with us, officially.
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Asus M4 Motherboards Do AMD Phenom II X6Mar 26, 2010 - in News
Asus is loading M4 motherboards with 6-core processor compatibility thanks to some tasty firmware.
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Updated: Tuning C'n'Q: Maximize Power And Performance, Part 2Mar 25, 2010 - in Reviews
In Part 1, we showed you how to optimize the settings of your Cool'n'Quiet-equipped processor and what sort of power benefits you could expect as a result. Now it's time to run the benchmarks and see how our optimized settings actually perform.
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Intel Planning to Ship Multiplier Unlocked CPUs?Mar 23, 2010 - in News
Forget all that messing with bus speeds; what you really want is an unlocked multiplier!
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Core i7-980X: Do You Want Six Cores Or 12 Threads?Mar 22, 2010 - in Reviews
The new Gulftown processor has six physical cores, but Intel’s Hyper-Threading presents 12 logical processors to the operating system. Does Hyper-Threading really add more performance? What about its effect on power consumption? Both are measured today.
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Win7 XP Mode Drops Virtualization Hardware NeedMar 19, 2010 - in News
Wanting to run XP Mode inside your Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate? Now you don't need a special CPU anymore.
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XFX GeForce GTX 480, GTX 470 Pictures LeakedMar 19, 2010 - in News
Ready for more box shots? We thought so... but this time we have some full frontal of hardware for you to feast your eyes on too!
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Nvidia Merges nForce and Tegra Teams TogetherMar 18, 2010 - in News
Nvidia's combined its MCP team with its SoC team to make a new Tegra team of 650 brains.
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Origin PC Overclocks 6-Core i7-980X to 4.3GHzMar 17, 2010 - in News
Get your Gulftown hexacore action on with the factory overclocked 4.3GHz Core i7 980X option.
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Intel Launches 32nm Westmere-based Xeon CPUsMar 16, 2010 - in News
Intel's Xeon has just graduated to the new 32nm process.
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Nvidia Launches Site for Intel-Nvidia BattleMar 15, 2010 - in News
It's a one-stop resource for all info related to actions against Intel.
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Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: March 2010Mar 15, 2010 - in Reviews
After Intel's Core i3/Core i5 introduction and AMD's Athlon II/Phenom II refresh, things have been quiet on the CPU front. However, some prices have shifted and some familiar standbys are riding off into the sunset in this calm before the hexa-core storm.
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Efficiency Explored: Core i7-980X Versus Core i7-975Mar 11, 2010 - in Reviews
Intel is preemptively launching the first hexa-core desktop CPU weeks ahead of actual availability. But how does this 32nm monster perform when we take a deeper look into performance per watt? After yesterday's preview, today we look closer at efficiency.
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6 Cores. 12 Threads. Say Hello to Intel's Gulftown!Mar 11, 2010 - in News
The new Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor costs $167 per core or $83 per thread.
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MIT Develops a Cooling Technology of the FutureMar 10, 2010 - in News
I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? "Plastics."
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Intel Core i7-980X Extreme: Hello, Six-Core ComputingMar 10, 2010 - in Reviews
Already the performance leader in desktop processing, Intel is following its quad-core Bloomfield design up with Gulftown, a hexa-core design sporting 12MB of shared L3 cache. Is the lone Gulftown model, Core i7-980X Extreme, worth a $1,000 asking price?
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Nvidia is Looking Forward to Fight Intel in CourtMar 9, 2010 - in News
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is ready to do battle against Intel.
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Dell Announces Vostro 3000 Series With NehalemMar 9, 2010 - in News
Dell's Vostro line is getting some Core i3, i5, and i7 love.
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Updated: Tuning Cool'n'Quiet: Maximize Power And PerformanceMar 8, 2010 - in Reviews
Think your Athlon or Phenom processor is already tuned to deliver the best balance between performance and power consumption? Think again. We show you how to tweak Cool'n'Quiet for more aggressive power savings at standard speeds using several AMD CPUs.
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Newegg Confirms Counterfeit Core i7s ShippedMar 8, 2010 - in News
Newegg quickly follows up with its customers after initially down-playing the situation as a wrong shipment of "demo" CPUs.
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Newegg Ships Fake Core i7s to Unlucky CustomersMar 8, 2010 - in News
Sources say Newegg has received a shipment of fake Core i7 processors.
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Intel Investigating Case of Counterfeit Core i7sMar 8, 2010 - in News
Intel has said it is investigating reports that Newegg shoppers have received fake Core i7 920 processors.
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AMD Wants to Know What You'd Do With 48 CoresMar 5, 2010 - in News
Tell AMD what you might do with 48 cores and you could have your plans realized!
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Intel Pushes Atom CPU to Drive Storage DevicesMar 5, 2010 - in News
The Atom to help you serve files.
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Patriot: We Built a 40 SSD Drive Crazy ComputerMar 3, 2010 - in News
Patriot is showcasing the "world's fastest PC" at CeBIT 2010.
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Intel Core i5-750S: Since When Does The S Mean Slow?Mar 2, 2010 - in Reviews
Intel has S-models for several Core 2 processors that offer lower power consumption and comparable performance. However, the first S-model in the Core i5 family is actually slower than its regular counterpart—and it's even less efficient, overall!
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Asus' Elusive Eee Keyboard Slips to AprilMar 2, 2010 - in News
Yet another delay strikes this innovative product.
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AMD Launches 6 Core CPU-ready 890GX MoboMar 2, 2010 - in News
This board is prepped for the hexacore AMD Phenom II X6.
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Windows 7 Tablet Gets CPU Upgrade, MoreMar 2, 2010 - in News
Archos is sporting a meatier Archos 9 tablet at ceBIT 2010.
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Leading Intel Executive Suffers StrokeMar 2, 2010 - in News
Intel has announced that one of the company top executives will take medical leave after suffering a stroke in his home.