CPUs
Ever since AMD re-emerged as a major competitor within the x86 CPU scene, one of AMD’s top priorities has been to win over customers in the highly lucrative and profitable server market. It’s a strategy that’s paid off well for AMD, as while they’re still the minority player in the space, they’ve continued to whittle away at what was once Intel’s absolute control over the market, slowly converting more and more customers over to the EPYC ecosystem. Now as the Zen 4 CPU architecture approaches its second birthday, AMD is launching one final line of EPYC chips, taking aim at yet another Xeon market segment. This time it’s all about the entry-level 1P server market – small scale, budget-conscientious users who only need a handful...
AMD's 65nm Preview Part 2 - The Plot Thickens (Updated with Information from AMD)
We take a closer look at AMD's first 65nm parts, uncovering the roots of its lower performance and poor overclocking. Now updated with an official response from AMD.
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/21/2006AMD's 65nm Brisbane Core Previewed: The most energy efficient AMD CPU to date
Intel has had two major advantages over AMD as of late: 65nm and a newer architecture. Today we take a look at AMD's first 65nm offering and see...
63 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/14/2006AMD's Quad FX: Technically Quad Core
It's four cores spread out across two processors in a $370 motherboard drawing close to 500W of power. How does it stack up to Kentsfield? We'll find...
88 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/30/2006NVIDIA 680i: The Best Core 2 Chipset?
NVIDIA's answer to the shortcomings of 590 on the Intel platform is the 680i. Is the new NVIDIA chipset all we hoped for?
60 by Gary Key & Wesley Fink on 11/8/2006Intel's Core 2 Extreme QX6700: The Multi-core Era Begins
Today Intel officially launches its first quad core desktop processor: the Core 2 Extreme QX6700. Find out what four cores means for performance, efficiency and the future of...
59 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/2/2006Intel Core 2 Chipset Power Consumption Shootout
You've got a new low power Core 2 processor but what chipset do you use? Does chipset choice impact power consumption? We find out today
44 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/12/2006ASUS P5B-E: P965 stepping C1 versus C2, Round One
Our journey into finding the claimed C2 performance improvements yields some surprising results.
27 by Gary Key on 10/4/2006Quad Cores: Intel Kentsfield Preview
Intel gave members of the press an opportunity to run some preliminary benchmarks on their quad-core Kentsfield processor at the Fall 2006 Intel Developer's Forum. Here's a chance...
34 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/28/2006Fall IDF 2006 - Day 1: 45/65nm, UMPC Update and Quad-Core
Intel's Paul Otellini kicked off this year's Fall IDF with the first keynote of the show and as always, we've got coverage of the event
12 by Anand Shimpi & Larry Barber on 9/26/2006Mobile CPU Wars: Core 2 Duo vs. Core Duo
Intel's Merom processor brings Core 2 Duo to the mobile world. Will it make as big of an impression as Conroe has on the desktop?
46 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/3/2006AMD & ATI: The Acquisition from all Points of View
Last week AMD made an announcement that could change our industry forever. We take a look at the merger from the perspectives of AMD, ATI, Intel and NVIDIA.
61 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/1/2006Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 & E6400: Tremendous Value Through Overclocking
Sure the Core 2 Extreme is fast, but it's also expensive. How much performance can you wring out of the more budget oriented E6300 and E6400?
137 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/26/2006Intel's Core 2 Extreme & Core 2 Duo: The Empire Strikes Back
After years of releasing slow and power hungry processors, Intel is finally back. We give you the full scoop on the new lean but powerful Core 2 processor line.
202 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/14/2006nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition: NVIDIA prepares an Intel 975X Killer
A quick look at the nForce 590-SLI Intel Edition reference board gives us a glimpse into the future of what NVIDIA plans for Core 2 Duo.
37 by Gary Key on 6/27/2006Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Preview from Taiwan
We got our hands on a Core 2 Extreme X6800 and an Athlon 64 FX-62 while in Taiwan. You can probably guess what we did next.
134 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Gary Key on 6/6/2006AMD Analyst Day Platform Announcements
At this week's AMD Analyst Day, many new cpu and platform features were unveiled for all the world to see. Here's our brief look at what was revealed.
40 by Derek Wilson on 6/2/2006nForce 500: nForce4 on Steroids?
nForce 500 looks and sounds like a heavyweight, but is it revolutionary or simply an evolutionary nForce4 under the hood? That's what we aim to find out.
64 by Gary Key & Wesley Fink on 5/24/2006AMD Socket-AM2: Same Performance, Faster Memory, Lower Power
A month after our Socket-AM2 preview, AMD has officially launched their Socket-AM2. We go in-depth to find that not much has changed.
83 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/23/2006Intel Core versus AMD's K8 architecture
How does the Athlon 64 architecture, known as "Hammer" or "K8", compare with the newly announced Intel Core architecture? Does AMD have a chance to compete with the latest...
87 by Johan De Gelas on 5/1/2006The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion CPU Performance
We've taken a look at Oblivion's GPU requirements, but what about the CPU? Our next Oblivion article targets that portion of your system, showing performance scaling with a variety...
36 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/28/2006
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