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AMD's Opteron 250 vs. Intel's Xeon 3.6 GHz in a Workstation Duel of the Elite September 27, 2004 – 1:01 PM – CPU
AMD Opteron 250 continues to gain respect and share in the enterprise workstation sector. But now, Intel's new Xeon processor, packed with a 3.6 ... Read more
Performance Injection: Socket 423 with 2.8 GHz August 30, 2004 – 1:01 PM – CPU
PowerLeap offers upgrade sockets so you can add the latest and greatest Pentium 4 designed for Socket 478 on the way-outdated Socket 423. THG ... Read more
Duron Successor: AMD Sempron July 28, 2004 – 1:01 PM – CPU
AMD has unveiled a new processor brand based on its existing AthlonXP architecture to serve the value PC segment. Available for Socket A and ... Read more
AMD's Socket 939 Offers More with Much of the Same June 1, 2004 – 1:00 PM – CPU
AMD has introduced its new dual channel Socket 939 Athlon64 platform just a few weeks before Intel's new architecture launch. Our benchmarks show ... Read more
Getting More Bang Out of Your Dual Processing Buck May 28, 2004 – 1:00 PM – CPU
WindowsXP is dumber than you think, but there are ways to boost performance from a dual processor platform when you assign CPU tasks manually. To ... Read more
P4 Northwood and Prescott Comparison at 4.1 GHz May 17, 2004 – 1:00 PM – CPU
Intel's Pentium 4 Northwood processor is nearing the end of its product life cycle at 3.4 GHz. Its successor, the Prescott, is slated to offer a ... Read more
Overclocking En Extremus: Athlon 64 FX 2.9 GHz, P4 EE 4.0 GHz April 19, 2004 – 1:00 PM – CPU
We overclocked AMD's and Intel's flagship CPUs en extremus, with a little help from our advanced compressor cooling system. The result? ... Read more
Welcome The Latecomer: Pentium 4 Prescott 3.4 GHz March 22, 2004 – 12:04 PM – CPU
Several weeks after the initial Prescott launch, the 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 Prescott is now available. We take a look at the processor's performance ... Read more
Spring Speed Leap: AMD Athlon64 FX-53 March 18, 2004 – 12:04 PM – CPU
AMD seeks to regain the performance crown with the Athlon64 FX by raising the processor's clock speed from 2.2 GHz to 2.4 GHz. But besides clock ... Read more
Intel's New Weapon: Pentium 4 Prescott February 1, 2004 – 12:03 PM – CPU
Despite 90 nm process technology, larger caches, 13 new instructionsand changes in its NetBurst architecture, the Prescott does not bring down ... Read more
Revving up in the New Year: AMD Athlon64 3400+ versus Intel P4 3.2 GHz January 6, 2004 – 12:03 PM – CPU
AMD has added 200 MHz to its latest Athlon64 processor, hoping that the Athlon64 3400+ will push the performance threshold up and beyond Intel's ... Read more
5 GHz Project: CPU Cooling With Liquid Nitrogen December 30, 2003 – 12:03 PM – CPU
Just how much cooling can the P4 withstand for maximum overclocking? We cranked the CPU down to -196°C with liquid nitrogen and, with ... Read more
AMD's and Intel's End-of-Year CPU Buyer's Guide December 23, 2003 – 12:03 PM – CPU
If it's time to upgrade your CPU or to buy a new chipset, we offer our end-of-year Buyer's Guide. Here, we surveyed all available processors and ... Read more
The Athlon Cooler Cometh at 2.8 GHz and Below Zero Cool October 21, 2003 – 1:02 PM – CPU
Chip-con's cooling base broke clocking records. Now it's Athlon 64 FX-51's turn to show its stuff at 2.8 GHz. Read more
AMD's Athlon 64 Has Arrived: the Athlon 64 FX and Athlon 64 (and Intel's P4 Extreme) September 23, 2003 – 1:02 PM – CPU
Weeks of tests and sleepless nights: Performance analyses of AMD's Athlon 64 (Clawhammer) and Athlon 64 FX-51 (Sledgehammer) and Intel's P4 ... Read more