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Perhaps taking advantage of the recent Sandy Bridge chipset fiasco, AMD has gone and reduced the price of several Phenom processors by up to $30, depending on the chip, Fudzilla reports.
Starting with the quad-core processors, AMD shaved $10 from its P…
Let’s start with what a stock GeForce GTX 580 videocard should be running at. According to Nvidia, the GPU in the GTX 580 is rated to run 772MHz. Nvidia pegs the shader clock at 1544MHz, and the 1536MB of GDDR5 is supposed to run at 2004MHz (effective)…
If you’re wondering what the frak “Super Alloy Technology” is, don’t worry, we had the same puzzled look when heard about Asus’ new GT 440 graphics card. Here’s how Asus explains it:
“The Asus GT 440 includes Super Alloy Power technology, featuring a s…
OCZ’s decision to exit the DRAM market means it can spend more time and resources on the rest of its product portfolio, and if the new ZX power supply series is any indication, OCZ made the right move. On paper, the ZX series is the most ambitious PSU …
Wait a minute, didn’t AMD take the ATI brand behind the shed and give it the Old Yeller treatment? Sort of. Barring a special edition throwback or a mulligan of sorts, you won’t ever see a new graphics card in the home desktop market carrying an ATI la…
If you look hard enough, you can find a handful of Polish computer shops selling Intel’s upcoming Core i7 990X Extreme Edition processor online. Pricing starts at around €900 (US$1,240) and goes up from there.
Intel hasn’t yet officially launched thi…
It was a disappointing fourth quarter for graphics chip makers as overall shipments failed to meet expectations, according to Jon Peddie Research. Year-on-year growth was “an unimpressive 4.3 percent,” which JPR pegged as a major bummer considering the…
Intel yesterday announced it discovered a design issue in its 6-Series chipsets intended for Sandy Bridge processors and opted to halt shipments of new boards. News of the flaw spread almost immediately across the Internet, though it took some time for…