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On [CPUs] changing a processor in a notebook
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Giving the fact that you have 1GB of memory processor is hardly a bottleneck. The hard drive update will bring more speed that anything els [...]
    kerrgirl 31 1303 onestar
11-11-2007 at 02:39 PM
On [CPUs] AMD Fusion may slip into the next decade
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AMD process appears to be less advanced than IBM's process. 65nm Cell can reach 5 and more GHz while AMD is stuck at 3GHz. Based on IBM's [...]
    Lacostiade 29 2838 Lacostiade
01-19-2007 at 02:48 PM
On [CPUs] Intel following AMD's Blunder
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8O How did you come out with that? Intel said 61% By the way, anyone knows what is performance increase from 2x x2 Opteron (4 core) t [...]
2   kmjohnso 77 9397 joe_momma
01-30-2007 at 08:59 AM
On [CPUs] AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 65-nm Brisbane Preview
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i'm liking the look of the temperatures...but the overclocking capability is disappointing! Compare it to the Intel switch from 90nm - 6 [...]
    qurious69s​s 31 3119 accord99
12-20-2006 at 11:44 PM
On [CPUs] X2 and C2D Question
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http://images.tomshardware.com/2006/08/02/thg_tuning_test/core2vsathlonfx.gif 29% is a 'nice little lead' indeed. :roll: I don't [...]
2   Kaen 57 4104 evilr00t
12-20-2006 at 05:27 PM
On [CPUs] K8L release moved forward to Q2 2007
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Where is it ? Article title is: AMD, Intel price war takes toll on whole chip market I could not find anything about K8l. 8O
2   randomizer 54 3277 darious007​77
12-21-2006 at 07:19 AM
On [CPUs] Best non multi tasking CPU
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Just as I was thinking; This thing is not multithreaded, that's why tha mighty Core2 Extreme is not even 2X faster than a sempron 3600+ an [...]
    lightweigh​t 35 2120 RyanMicah
12-19-2006 at 07:56 PM
On [CPUs] 40% Price Cut to Core 2
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There is always something better in the future. If you can not hold anymore, just buy it. 8)
6   gOJDO 254 39908 Threshold
02-25-2007 at 08:29 PM
On [CPUs] Merry Christmas from AMD: Price cuts in effect!
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Nope, they are 90nm but 65W 8)
    r0ck 13 1866 Bache
12-14-2006 at 02:58 AM
On [Other Components] Top-10 Technology Disappointments in 2006
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What about Vista?
2   WGruener 66 7191 infornogra​phy42
12-24-2006 at 04:20 PM
On [CPUs] Upgrade my AMD 3000
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Do you have socket 754 or 939? What memory? If 939 you could upgrade with any x2 Athlon or Opteron, otherwise you need a new mobo. If you [...]
    dark115 3 353 endyen
11-14-2006 at 02:02 AM
On [CPUs] AMD Athlon or Sempron
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Athlon 64 is definitely better, but also costlier. For more info about performance check:
    fullerms 22 2270 mitch074
11-14-2006 at 04:46 PM
On [CPUs] Kentsfield Released, Who's Buying?
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Speaking about CPU prices. Does anybody knows how long take for a CPU to go from top to the mainstream and low end? Sixth months for eac [...]
2   MesaRectif​ier 91 8456 NightlySpu​tnik
11-18-2006 at 06:05 PM
On [CPUs] AMD X2 better than Intel's C2D for floating point calc's
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Well, that comment is so shocking that it must be true :) For more balanced point of view: In any instance I would just try to com [...]
    fatchicken 44 5887 habanero
10-27-2006 at 02:19 AM
On [CPUs] Is the AMD Athlon 1800 Still a player?
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THe fastest you can go is Sempron 3300+ Socket A, if you board supports 400MHz bus.
    ifOnly 27 2182 PaCanc
09-28-2006 at 08:49 AM
On [CPUs] Opinions on Alienware Laptops
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Check out Hypersonic
2   TheWormina​tor 50 1852 crualtortu​s
09-27-2006 at 07:19 AM
On [CPUs] THG (P)reviews "Core 2 Quadro" - aka Kentsfield!
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About TPD. As far as I know it stands for Thermal Power Design, i.e. power dissipated by the processor. The power used by the processor is [...]
4   shinigamiX 189 19147 Synergy6
09-18-2006 at 07:20 PM
On [CPUs] Tom's Can't Overclock An Athlon FX!
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There are reports of higher OC on air. For example 3.15 GHz on stock cooler.
    NEO3 32 3264 NEO3
08-04-2006 at 12:51 AM
On [CPUs] AMD's agressive plan to Beat Intel!
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Could you kindly point to the websites which showed that AMD 65W and 35W parts consume more than Core 2 Duo?
2   corvettegu​y 63 4705 Jake_Barne​s
07-22-2006 at 12:38 AM
On [CPUs] Game Over? Core 2 Duo Knocks Out Athlon 64
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No 64-bit testing with Vista arriving soon. :o Boring.
7   pschmid 313 111593 Caboose-1
08-10-2006 at 08:54 PM
On [CPUs] OMG, Conroe will be released on 14th of July!
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Your AMD finacial data does not include Spansion after 2002 (this is what is the drop from on data for 2002).
2   gOJDO 86 9480 darkstar78​2
07-19-2006 at 04:10 PM
On [CPUs] Alienware workstation uses Woodcrest instead of opteron.
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I've checked the website and the number of the AMD based rigs appears to be equal to that of Intel. As for the linkage you provided, the [...]
2   gr8Mikey 54 2713 casewhite
06-30-2006 at 05:04 AM
On [CPUs] When conroe hits the market will the real benchmarks:
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Good post. Hopefully after monts of waiting we will finally see 64-bit performance.
    gman01 14 1478 quantumshe​ep
06-27-2006 at 01:09 AM
On [CPUs] Should i go for an FX57? Opinions....
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According to you should be fine with your processor and two 7800GTX . You could also overclock your A64 3700+ slightly(they did testing with [...]
2   rHy0 58 2495 habitat87
06-26-2006 at 04:30 PM
On [CPUs] Desktops that will have Cell?
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Are you implying that google is going to use the cell? 8O
    Giraffe 25 1865 Mike995
06-25-2006 at 07:02 AM
On [CPUs] Venice Still Made?
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The new cores are called Orleans. The performance is similar to socket 939. In general, faster DDR2 with lower latency improve performance [...]
    bache_au 2 482 Pat
06-24-2006 at 03:01 PM
On [CPUs] AMD official "End Of Life" dates
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socket lasted but not chipsets
2   jaguarskx 52 5472 MasterLee
06-24-2006 at 04:38 PM
On [CPUs] To Conroe or not to Conroe, that is the question...
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No, Intel chipset is supporting only crossfire. So far there is no nVidia chipset supporting conroe.
    V8VENOM 12 1324 V8VENOM
06-24-2006 at 10:26 PM
On [CPUs] CPU for new Rig: Intel Conroe vs. AMD
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Could you provide the link for a such claim?
    sektor 12 1141 Artmic
06-18-2006 at 10:31 PM
On [CPUs] This just in FX62 beaten to a pulp!!!!
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Assuning that you can buy conroe for 530. Currently only FX-62 is available, if you want to buy conroe, the pice for 6700 is 635 on ebay [...]
3   qurious69s​s 123 12034 dvdpiddy
06-19-2006 at 09:38 PM
On [CPUs] Down with the dual core
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The dual core processor is like engine with two cylinders. Horrible indeed 8O How about 4, 6, 8 and more cylinders engines?
3   Wrong 122 10722 MasterLee
06-21-2006 at 02:44 PM
On [CPUs] AMD Athlon 64 3200+ vs. Intel Pentium 4 HT Processor 630
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Are you blind??? P4 631 is almost 2mins faster then 3200+ in that I think that you are blind, since you can not read your own post, [...]
    Shadowfox 47 4328 dvdpiddy
06-18-2006 at 08:29 PM
On [CPUs] Conroe loses to X2 3800 in Multitasking Benchmarks?
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I presume that, according to you, Red Storm and Cray XT3 (bigest opteron clusters I know) are loosing to single Itanium? 8O Link please.. [...]
4   itguy 163 15208 MasterLee
06-12-2006 at 09:54 PM
On [CPUs] Am2 athlon 4000+ overclock
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It have been shown a popssibility to to overclock AM2 4000+ to 2.67GHz and higher on air. Somebody showed the link already. Although I can [...]
    GK_dude 4 653 angry_duck​y
06-07-2006 at 11:45 PM
On [CPUs] AMD's big suprise revealed.
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This very good idea. Two slowest x2 will leave 1 FX in a dust for a half of the price. Thus one can get faster system for less money. [...]
9   qurious69s​s 435 33919 qurious69s​s
06-18-2006 at 10:56 AM
On [CPUs] Which CPU to improve FPS? (current: Athlon64 3500+)
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You may try Quad SLI, but I am not sure if it is going to be a small investment. :roll: Check it out:
    Naujoks 46 2537 strangestr​anger
05-22-2006 at 07:47 PM
On [CPUs] Ok Intel Fan Boys, I know you’re wetting your Pants, but...
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Thats interesting! What is eve more interesting Pentium Extreme Edition overclocked to 4.26GHz, appears to be equal in CD2 to A [...]
3   krazyIvan 127 3803 ak47is1337
03-09-2006 at 06:06 PM
On [CPUs] Intel regains crown
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I wonder if there is any conroe lead in 64-bit applications. Intel seems to avoid this issue.
10   Luminaris 473 15144 seanx
03-21-2006 at 12:53 PM

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