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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Turn your £79 chip into an Extreme Edition beater

Tom's Hardware has taken Intel's entry-level dual core Pentium D 805 chip past the performance of both the AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 and the Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965 with a more-than-affordable cooling solution...

May 11, 2006 | 16:18

NVIDIA Intel SLI XE primer

Announced today, NVIDIA have launched a new SLI chipset for Intel, the XE. It's set to bring SLI performance to mid-range Intel motherboards.

January 17, 2006 | 14:43

Pentium D 900 series hits TDP glitch

Early reports from Japan suggest that the first batch of Pentium D 900 series processors may not have some or all of Intel's power-saving technologies in a fully functional state. Intel has stated that the problems will be fixed in a BIOS update expected in Q2.

January 9, 2006 | 12:10

Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion interview

Bethesda's next RPG, Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, is simply gorgeous. We asked Brett Thomas to polish his suit of armour and find out more about this Xbox 360 and PC stunner in this exclusive interview with the game's Producer, Gavin Carter.

November 9, 2005 | 09:00

Gigabyte and VIA show off DDR converter

Want to upgrade your Intel processor and platform? Don't quite have the cash to fund a whole new wadge of memory too? Gigabyte and VIA might just have the answer...

November 8, 2005 | 09:28

Epox brings Socket 754 and SLI together

Somehow, Epox has managed to marry NVIDIA's NForce 4 SLI chipset with the seemingly redundant Socket 754 Athlon 64 CPU's with its new EP-8NPA SLI motherboard. We didn't see this one coming...

September 26, 2005 | 18:06

Intel Pentium 4 670 & Pentium D 820

Continuing this week's theme, we've had a pair of Intel's processors in the test labs this week: The 3.8GHz Pentium 4 670 and the 2.8GHz dual cored Pentium D 820. Which is best? High clock speed single core with HyperThreading, or the lower clock speed, two cores and no HyperThreading? We have the answers inside...

August 26, 2005 | 09:47

Gabe Newell talks dual core

The creator of Half Life 2 has been talking about how difficult it is to write software that uses multi-core technology, as seen in next-gen processors.

August 9, 2005 | 09:51

ABIT AW8-MAX & Gigabyte GA-81955X

Has Intel's low-cost dual-core part got you considering an upgrade based around the Pentium D? If so, you'll be wanting a 955X motherboard, and we have two of the finest on test here. Which has the best features, best performance and best added extras? We drill down to the details and give you the low-down.

August 2, 2005 | 09:11

MSI P4N Diamond & Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI

Richard Swinburne has been busy with two NForce 4 SLI Intel Edition motherboards from MSI and Gigabyte. Are either boards worth considering over Intel's well-established chipset line up, or instead of an AMD-based SLI motherboard? We have the answers for you right here.

July 29, 2005 | 14:36

Smithfield core set for an update

An update notification details Intel's next move in the dual-core market - they're planning to fix some bugs relating to EM64T and single-core operation. No new models are expected until next year.

July 21, 2005 | 16:13

Shuttle launches dual-core XPC

Shuttle's latest XPC, the SD31P, supports Pentium D dual-core processors, SATA 300 hard drives with RAID and has Sound Blaster Live audio. Do I have your attention now?

June 21, 2005 | 14:04

Capturing a new audience

In this week's column, Wil Harris discusses Intel's decision to introduce its dual core Pentium D processors at very affordable prices. It is becoming obvious that Intel is looking for new markets, and has the mainstream user in sight.

May 28, 2005 | 08:00