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Monday, November 16, 2009
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In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the newly re-vamped AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE desktop processor. For all intent and purpose, the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition processor has not changed. The model number is now HDZ965FBK4DGM, and the total TDP is down from 140W to 125W. The X4 965 CPU still honors the AM3 socket, and uses a 45nm process to construct the 258mm2 die. GlobalFoundries FAB1 has added C1E implementation on the hardware level, and DDR3 is now supported at 1333MHz for 'Heavy' loads. Ultimately though, the 3.4GHz is still the same overclocking beast it always has been, and performance is relatively unchanged.
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AMD's Athlon II X3 425 offers all the features of the of the more expensive Quad Cores, and you can potentially unlock the fourth core. Being priced at only $79 it creates tough competition for Intel in this segment, but also for AMD who has a number of other processors in this market. Even though it lacks the L3 cache it still offers decent performance, especially considering its price.
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Friday, November 13, 2009
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"For this review I will be looking at a new product from a company that needs no real introduction as anyone who has used a PC for any length of time has probably used one of their products. The company is AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) and I will be looking at one of their new X4 Athlon II CPU?s the X4 620 2600Mhz."
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Friday, November 6, 2009
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TechwareLabs reviews the AMD Athlon II X2 240e, a low power consumption CPU aimed at the budget-minded. See if this CPU has the muscle to power your next Home Theater PC, or is just a waste of silicon.
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
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The Mecha demo shows the results of a new approach to rendering semi-transparent objects without pre-sorting, known as order-independent transparency (OIT). It is made possible by the ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series of graphics processors and the new features of Microsoft DirectX 11 technology. Blending is an order-dependent operation that requires sorting objects before rendering them. Atomic operations and append buffers make it possible to construct per-pixel fragment lists and sort them on the GPU. The results are a significant increase in speed and accuracy over those possible with traditional techniques.
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AMD's Athlon II X2 240 is set out to deliver a best-in-class experience for less than $60. Even though it has only two cores it can deliver in many benchmarks including gaming. Its attractive price point and undervolting capabilities also make it an interesting choice for a budget oriented media PC setup.
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AMD tried hard to pillory arch-rival NVIDIA's high-end graphics-card line-up just last month. Releasing the DX11 Radeon HD 5870 and then following it up a week later with the also-speedy Radeon HD 5850, most commentators agreed that the new cards have put significant pressure on NVIDIA GeForce GTX-series, based on an older, less-efficient architecture.
Having an advantage in the >$200 is all well and good and does much for a company's image, but the real money is to be made in the mid-range space, with cards costing between $75 and $150.
This is why, just a couple of weeks after the launch of the high-end Cypress GPUs, AMD's now bringing its new GPU architecture to bear with the Radeon HD 5770 and HD 5750, to etail at $159 and $129, respectively.
Aimed squarely at the GeForce GTX 260 and GTS 250, AMD hopes to use leaner, forward-looking designs to deliver the death-knell to NVIDIA's long-standing cards.
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Friday, October 16, 2009
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"The new quad-core processors will surely seize the popular status from series 700. It's clearly seen on the summary diagram. It turns out that the fourth core can make up for the lack of L3 cache."
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
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"From a performance perspective the ATI Radeon HD 5870 blew away the Radeon HD 4890 and the GeForce GTX 285 graphics cards in the benchmarks that we ran on Windows 7. The Radeon HD 5870 is by far the fastest single GPU graphics card that we have ever benchmarked and it is the real deal. It doesn't have an annoyingly loud fan, suck down obsessive amounts of power or heat up your room while you aren't gaming. The user experience with this card is very well rounded and it is tough to find anything negative to say about it..."
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AMD's latest generation of graphics cards offers unprecedented single GPU performance levels. Such performance requires an optimum environment, especially important is PCI-Express bandwidth. We investigate if these cards can still deliver on a PCI-E x8, x4 or even x1 link.
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Friday, September 25, 2009
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Built with the same great architecture as the Phenom II X4, Athlon II X4 represents real value at $99 for the 2.6GHz X4 620 model and $122 for the 2.8GHz 630. When an Athlon II X4 processor is combined with a sub-$100 motherboard featuring our 785G chipset, you have a perfect example of AMD's new mainstream desktop platform for Windows 7.
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"The AMD Athlon II X4 620 CPU arrived Technic3D. We will check the new Quad-Core CPU from AMD with a low price against the Intel Core i7 920, 965, Core2 Q9650 and the Phenom 9500, Phenom II 940/965 on Windows Vista. Overclocking over 3,6 GHz with Air Cooling and more see you in the following Review."
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"Moving ahead today though, Phenom II is one of the most versatile processors, due to its dual mode memory controller. You can easily put a Phenom II processor into any AM2+ motherboard and use it with DDR2 memory or AM3 based motherboard and run it on DDR3 memory and this is one thing AMD definitely got right.
AMD's own marketing strategy for Phenom II is for high-end market, and it leaves a gap for the mainstream segment, but not anymore we see. Today AMD has its newest addition to the K10 family out using the Athlon naming, which gave them such a good hit all those years ago. Introducing the first quad-core mainstream CPU from AMD, which is dubbed the Athlon II X4. We have the 620 model with us here today - how well does it perform? What does it offer? Let's find out!"
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Semiconductor firm AMD is on a mission to ply you, the consumer, with greater choice in the 'budget' CPU space. We know this when looking at the huge selection of dual-, triple-, and quad-core chips currently etailing at leading vendors.
Indeed, making an informed choice at a particular price point isn't straightforward as it may seem. One needs to take cores, speed, cache, and power into account, at the very least.
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Friday, September 18, 2009
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Quietly and so far no major announcement, AMD has taken these days a new processor on the market. Namentlich handelt es sich hierbei um den AMD Athlon II X4 620, einen Quad-Core der - wie die die Namensgebung schon andeutet - unterhalb der "Phenom"-Familie angesiedelt sein soll, dennoch aber immerhin ?ber vier Kerne verf?gt. In particular, it is settled this is the AMD Athlon X4 620, a quad-core of suggesting - as the name already - below the "Phenom" family should be, nevertheless, has at least four cores. Wir haben uns kurzerhand bei einem der vielen Hdndler ( Athlon II X4 620 Preisvergleich ) eine der CPUs bestellt und unter die Lupe genommen. We have ordered us simply at one of the many dealers (Athlon X4 620 comparison) one of the CPUs and put under the microscope.
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