AMD’s DX11 GPU, Eyefinity and 6 Display Outputs

Introduction That's six Dell 30" displays, each with an individual resolution of 2560 x 1600. The game is World of Warcraft and the man crouched in front of the setup is Carrell Killebrew, his name may sound familiar. Driving all of this is AMD's next-generation GPU, which will be announced later this month. I didn't leave out any [...]

AMD’s six-core, ultra-low-power Opteron EEs

There are three "rails" of wattage in AMD's architectural plan for its CPUs: its higher-performance SE line, its lowest-power EE line, and its hybrid HE line that trades some performance for power savings. Two months ago, AMD introduced its first six-core Opterons in the SE flavor first, setting the general trend for future rollouts; last [...]

AMD raises Phenom II ceiling to 3.4 GHz

Starting today, AMD is marketing a stepped-up version of its Dragon platform's top-of-the-line processor, the Phenom II X4 model 965, for a price of $245 in 1,000-unit quantities (the "tray" price, street prices may be a little higher). The "stepped-up" part of the bargain involves a feature that just two years ago, AMD's marketing team was [...]

AMD vs. Intel Laptops, a Platform Analysis

Overview Last week we posted an article comparing battery life using two different Gateway laptops - laptops that were essentially identical, with the exception of the motherboard, chipset, integrated graphics, and processor. This was a subject that we wanted to investigate closely for a long time, but acquiring laptops that are anywhere near [...]

AMD vs. Intel: Battery Life Investigated

Laptops: Comparing Apples to Apples Anyone looking to go out and purchase a new laptop is almost certainly interested in a couple things: how much does it cost, and what sort of battery life can you expect? Answering those questions for any specific laptop is simple enough, provided we can get a sample unit for testing. However, it becomes [...]

Asus M2N68-AM PLUS | AMD AM3 Motherboard

Product Name : Asus M2N68-AM PLUS Motherboard Price : RM 180.00 Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors (AM3 CPU) This motherboard supports AMD® AM3 multi-core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features dual-channel DDR2 1066 [...]