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Inscryption Review

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October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

AMD promises completely different CPU architecture

AMD's Technical Director of Sales and Marketing has said that its next-gen CPU architecture will be "completely different" from Phenom.

April 30, 2008 | 17:14

Intel cuts processor prices

Intel has announced another slew of price cuts on its processors in order to keep the pressure on AMD. Quad-core processors are starting to look even more attractive than ever before.

April 23, 2008 | 13:17

AMD Phenom X3 8750

If you think quad-core is excessive but dual-core is old hat, how about a Ménage à trois from AMD's new Phenom X3 8750? Is it the cheap and cheerful multi-threading meat eater enthusiasts have been waiting to lap up? We just had to find out...

April 23, 2008 | 08:47

AMD Phenom X4 9850, 9750 and 9550

The highly anticipated Phenom B3 stepping processors are here with slightly faster clocks and no TLB erratum. How does the new stepping overclock? How does it compare to other CPUs around the same price? We dive in to find out.

April 11, 2008 | 07:03

AMD announces new Phenom processors

AMD has announced several new Phenom processors today and these should finally help to give AMD's troubled quad-core chip a good name.

March 27, 2008 | 19:06

Tri-core Phenoms show up in Mesh's new PCs

Mesh has announced that it has released two PCs featuring tri-core Phenom 8400 and 8600 processors on its website.

February 20, 2008 | 13:44

Sapphire Pure CrossFireX PC-AM2RD790

While previous Sapphire boards have been considerably, well... naff, the latest Pure CrossFireX 790FX has been backed by DFI - and just like other DFI boards, it's kitted to the teeth for enthusiasts!

February 15, 2008 | 08:27

MSI no longer supports 125W CPUs in the K9A2 CF

MSI appears to have problems with its K9A2 CF - it is now not supported with 125W CPUs like the AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ and 6400+.

January 28, 2008 | 14:28

AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition

We test AMD's new Phenom 9600 Black Edition to see what kind of performance it offers at stock speed, and also what it gives away for free. Will this have the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 quaking in its boots?

January 17, 2008 | 08:28

MSI K9A2 CF

With the AMD Phenom processors dropping in price hand over fist, some great deals on AMD ATI Radeon HD 3800-series graphics cards to be found... could MSI's K9A2 CF make now a good time to invest in that Spidery thing?

December 21, 2007 | 08:09

First Look: AMD's Phenom processors

We've had AMD's Phenom in our labs for the last week or so and it's time to find out if the company's new native quad-core consumer processor is it any good? We test this new beast at 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.6GHz, to find out how it scales and if it's worth buying.

December 13, 2007 | 09:00

AMD now worth less than it paid for ATI

AMD reached its lowest share price for more than four years last week and, as a result, its market value dropped to US$5 billion - that's less than it paid for ATI.

December 10, 2007 | 08:28

AMD’s Phenom TLB errata benchmarked

AMD's Phenom isn't getting much love at the moment and things have just got a bit worse because AMD's claimed 10 percent performance loss with the TLB fix was a low estimate...

December 7, 2007 | 09:00

AMD’s tri-core Phenom – more than meets the eye

A report on DailyTech has suggested that there is more to AMD's tri-core Phenom processors than you would have first thought...

December 4, 2007 | 12:04

Gigabyte MA790FX-DQ6

Four PCI-Express x16 lanes, AM2+ Phenom support and triple, quad phase power management are all key features from the latest Gigabyte DQ6 board built around the AMD 790FX chipset. But... does it make us want to switch back to AMD?

December 3, 2007 | 08:51

A Phenomenon in Warsaw

Last week, I spent some time with AMD in Warsaw, Poland with the intention of finding out what's going on inside the newly-crowned platform company. The three elements that make up the Spider's web were the talk of the town, but I left somewhat disappointed.

November 21, 2007 | 08:12

AMD launches Phenom and Spider

AMD has finally launched its Spider platform and the Phenom line of processors to the masses. Fanboys rejoice by emptying their wallets.. providing you can find one.

November 19, 2007 | 13:06

64-bit: More than just the RAM

A lot of people have been slagging 64-bit Operating Systems like Vista, saying the only benefit is a true 4GB of RAM. So we decided to cut through the BS and anti-Microsoft sentiment and look at the real pros and cons of 64-bit computing.

October 16, 2007 | 12:08

AMD launches new processors

For the second time in under a month, AMD has quietly launched new processors. This time, it's in the Sempron and Athlon lineups.

October 11, 2007 | 11:23

MSI details its 790FX Phenom/Quad CF board

Phenom may not be here quite yet, but MSI is already lining up its 790FX board: the K9A2 Platinum. It supports QuadFire and AM2+.

October 10, 2007 | 21:46

AMD releases Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition

AMD has surprisingly added a new CPU to the Athlon 64 lineup. It's called the X2 5000+ Black Edition and is more than just another 5000+.

September 27, 2007 | 19:24

AMD announces triple-core CPUs

Can't afford a new quad-core processor but your current dual-core just isn't enough for you? Well AMD is covering all of your bases with the introduction of triple-core Phenom processors.

September 18, 2007 | 13:12