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Category: CPU & memory

  • I say NO to the leader

    We are all in a capitalistic society where commercial companies are guided by their financial interest. A company in a monopolistic position is able to freely set its prices (at least, very independently from the consumers/customers whishes and market interests). I can’t do anything about this kind of situation, but it still opens a few…

  • Perfect PC

    Ars Technica (one of my prefered web sites about PC computer technology) just published its perfect PC recommendation article. Obviously, perfection changes according to the price you are ready to pay for it. So, there are three different levels of PC perfection and each is described down to the finest details (what motherboard, what CPU,…

  • CPU: Performance/Cost ratio

    CPU: Performance/Cost ratio

    Thanks to TG daily (Tom’s Hardware) we have a clearer view of the performance/cost ratio of dual-core processors these days (after the arrival of the cost cuts both from AMD and Intel). Click on the thumbnailto open a larger graph. Things get clearer now. It becomes quite obvious that the old Pentium EE is completely…

  • AMD will slash double core pricing

    You want to buy a microprocessor, you were thinking about a double core CPU? Think twice before opening your wallet right now for one of the new new Intel Dual Core 2 Duo (certainly the best product for the time being – it will be available before the end of the month): AMD prices will…

  • AMD/ATI – Matchmaking in the Summer

    The rumour has just been launched by TheInquirer.net: AMD, the microprocessor manufacturer could buy ATI, the designer of system chipsets and graphics chips. Of course, questions are still open before the public proposal (on Monday) to the shareholders (for example, “where will AMD find the needed money?”). But the merger would bring significant advantages to…

  • Intel Core 2 Duo, what performance?

    The new multicore processors from Intel just arrived. They are supposed to offer exceptional performance (with two computing cores in a single package) for an outstanding price. Model Frequency Bus L2 cache Price Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz 1066MHz 4MB $999 Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz 1066MHz 4MB $530 Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz 1066MHz…

  • Beware: Price war ahead

    It’s going to be a nice time for you all ready to buy a new computer (or a new CPU processor). It seems that Intel and AMD, out of ideas to compete directly, are preparing a nice little price war. According to Bloomberg, Intel started it with an upcoming price cut that could reduce the…

  • AMD: 300mm and cycles

    In the recent months, the stage where we observe the battle of the titans of PC microprocessors (Intel and AMD) was not really shaken by the thunder of news or the tremors of falling prices, like in some other times. You may know it or not, but there are major cycles in this industry and…

  • E3, Los Angeles game show

    This is not a full review of this great game show, but I wanted to point at a few of the important items that could be extracted from this event. Crysis, the new First Person Shooter (FPS) of Crytek (previously author of the much acclaimed FarCry) seems to be totally impressive with a crazy jungle…