CPUs
Further to our last piece which we detailed Intel's issue to motherboard vendors to follow with stock power settings for Intel's 14th and 13th Gen Core series processors, Intel has now issued a follow-up statement to this. Over the last week or so, motherboard vendors quickly released firmware updates with a new profile called 'Intel Baseline', which motherboard vendors assumed would address the instability issues. As it turns out, Intel doesn't seem to accept this as technically, these Intel Baseline profiles are not to be confused with Intel's default specifications. This means that Intel's Baseline profiles seemingly give the impression that they are operating at default settings, hence the terminology 'baseline' used, but this still opens motherboard vendors to use their interpretations of MCE...
NVIDIA Dropping 975X Support and More Yonah Tidbits
We have more info on Intel's upcoming 975X chipset and details about Yonah
12 by Kristopher Kubicki on 10/18/2005Intel To Change The Product Name, Again
Less than 18 months after the last time Intel changed its product names, the company is at it again - new naming tables inside.
34 by Kristopher Kubicki on 10/16/2005AMD's Phil Hester Speaks: Next Generation Architecture, Sort of
What's in store for AMD after the K8 architecture? We haven't the faintest clue, but we tried to find out a little more from AMD's new CTO -...
21 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/14/2005AMD's Fab 36 Grand Opening - 90nm and 300mm in Germany
AMD invited us to the grand opening of their first 300mm fab in Dresden, Germany. We got a chance to hear AMD talk about Fab 36, the potential...
70 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/14/2005ULi M1575 for ATI Crossfire – SATA2 and Fast USB for the ATI Chipset
ULi delivers a South Bridge for the ATI chipset with SATA2 and competitive USB Performance.
15 by Wesley Fink on 10/13/2005Pentium M Dual Core in January 2006 - Summary of the Intel Mobile Roadmap
Intel's next generation mobility CPU is almost upon us. We have new information detailing the release schedule and product names of these new chips inside!
34 by Peter Mayerhofer on 10/6/2005Investigations into Socket 939 Athlon 64 Overclocking
Many people don't fully understand the intricacies of overclocking, particularly with the Athlon 64 options. Our goal here is to provide some detailed information about overclocking as well...
101 by Jarred Walton on 10/3/2005The Gray Market Dry Up: No More Whitebox AMD Chips
Did you notice the lack of OEM AMD components in the retail channel? Get used to it, AMD is cleaning up its gray market.
30 by Kristopher Kubicki on 10/3/2005ATI’s Crossfire: Best Overclocker on the Market?
ATI has finally unleashed Crossfire dual-GPU chipsets, but the biggest story is the launch of the most enthusiast-friendly chipset ever produced for Athlon 64. We take a closer look...
40 by Wesley Fink on 9/27/2005NVIDIA Announces AMD Integrated Graphics
NVIDIA launches their long-awaited C51 AMD Integrated Graphics solutions with boards and systems expected in early October.
44 by Wesley Fink on 9/20/2005SiS 756: PCI Express for AMD Socket 939
SiS released their first AMD PCI Express chipset several months ago. How does it compare with the nForce4 standard and our recent tests of ATI and ULi chipsets?
31 by Wesley Fink on 9/13/2005Intel Enterprise and Corporate Roadmap - Q3'05 Update
Most people won't necessarily need to worry about the Enterprise section of the Intel roadmaps, but it does give some great insight into how big business works. See...
21 by Jarred Walton on 9/12/2005Intel's 65nm Gameplan: Presler and Cedar Mill Updates
Intel's newest roadmap has some changes to upcoming product names and small details about Conroe emerge.
27 by Kristopher Kubicki on 9/9/2005Athlon 64 X2: New Memory Dividers and Multitasking Performance
We originally hypothesized that multicore/multitasking environments would see a big performance gain from the new memory dividers supported by the latest rev of the core. Today, we put...
23 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/12/2005nForce 4 SLI X16: Full Speed PCI Express
Today, NVIDIA is launching an update to its nForce 4 chipset. New motherboards will feature 2 full x16 PCI Express lanes and more features.
61 by Derek Wilson on 8/8/2005Intel Q3'05 Roadmap: Conroe Appears, Speculation Ensues
Intel's successor to Netburst shows up on the roadmap for the first time. We've got launch dates as well as speculation before NDAs and details arrive...
33 by Kristopher Kubicki & Jarred Walton on 8/8/2005Affordable Dual Core from AMD: Athlon 64 X2 3800+
After much pleading, we finally have an affordable Athlon 64 X2 based on a brand new cost-reduced core. We take a look at its performance and investigate claims...
110 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/1/2005Q3'05 AMD Roadmap; DDR2 and New Sockets for AMD
Details on AMD's new FX-59 and X2 processors; new 1207 pin socket information for mobility and desktop; DDR2; Revision F and lots lots more!
51 by Kristopher Kubicki & Jarred Walton on 7/21/2005Athlon 64 Revision E: Unofficial DDR500 Support
The latest 90nm AMD processors feature unofficial support for faster-than-DDR400 memory, without overclocking the rest of your CPU. We take a look at the performance that these faster...
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/11/2005AMD Athlon 64 FX-57: The Fastest Single Core
AMD has just released a 2.8GHz version of its Athlon 64 line, further increasing its lead over Intel on the high end desktop. But is the performance worth the price?
57 by Derek Wilson on 6/27/2005