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Processors

AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/09/2008 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

It's April 2008 and AMD released their Phenom X4 50-series processors, with an all new fixed B3 core, hopefully they can now leave the past behind them and move forward with a processor that can actually start competing with the competition. So get that in your brain real tight, the biggest deficit of that B2 revision processor, is now fixed in the B3 edition, the deletion of the TLB erratum.
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AMD 780G & Athlon X2 4850e (ECS A780GM-A)

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/02/2008 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Granted, usually I'm not the one to get excited about budget integrated mainboards. But at the CeBIT AMD announced their 780G chipset, and for the first time in history I was pretty excited about the technology. In addition to releasing the low-power 55nm RS780 chipset AMD has also brought forward another energy efficient pile 'o transistors under the name of Athlon X2 4850e. We'll take a look at that one as well.
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Tagged as: Athlon

Intel Skulltrail Platform test

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/02/2008 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Intel released their all new Skulltrail platform. The recipe is simply, you take the fastest server-mainboard on the planet, tweak it to enthusiast levels, make use of a truckload bi-directional FB-DIMM memory, take not one but two of the fastest quad-core processors that money can buy on this globe, make sure there are four PCI Express slots on the fracker, shake it, stir it .. and send it out to the press. the result ? The fastest computing consumer PC on this globe.
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Tagged as: Platform, Skulltrail

Core 2 Extreme QX9770 Quad-Core review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/18/2007 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

A couple of days ago we received a phone call from Intel with the question if we wanted to test an even faster Penryn CPU. Well, you know me .. when it comes to enthusiast products I'm like a bitch in heat, bring it on. In that previous article we already have you a good overview of the to be released Penryn products on Q1 of the next year. One of the products in that extensive line of 45nm products, actually the one on top, is the Core 2 Extreme QX9770 Quad core processor. The cream of the crop, top notch product.
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Tagged as: Extreme, Quad-Core, review

AMD Phenom X4 9700 Quad Core test

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/02/2007 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

AMD has launched its Phenom desktop processors and "Spider" platform for desktop PCs. The new Phenom chips feature a native quad-core design, a 65-nanometer manufacturing process, and enhanced power management technology. Guru3D reviews the AMD Phenom 9700 Quad Core Processor.
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Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 processor review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/11/2007 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

See, a Core 2 Extreme X6800 is pretty much the fastest desktop processor in the world, yet adding two more cores gives you the absolute best of both worlds. Get the highest stock clock speed Intel offers for the best performance in lightly multithreaded (or single threaded) applications, and a total of four cores for those heavy multitasking or CPU intensive multithreaded scenarios. Really, you can't lose there now can you ?
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Tagged as: Extreme, processor, review

CoolIT FreeZone CPU cooler review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/17/2007 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

So the CoolIT FreeZone is not a 100% water-cooling system as you and I know. Unlike most similar products, the Freezone doesn't use a radiator. Instead, it uses its proprietary Chiller module which simply are the TECs or peltiers elements to chill the liquid coolant. By doing so it provides far greater thermal efficiency.
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Review: Core 2 Duo E6600, E6700 & X6800

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/11/2006 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Today we'll be taking some new Intel processors for a test-drive. Intel is smiling .. really really smiling ! They have achieved something really good for the processor market. The Pentium 4 brand is being ditched and Core 2 Duo has recently been introduced. Specifically the Core 2 Duo processors with the "Conroe" processor core really hit the market aggressively. They are energy friendly and offer a stack load of performance and if that isn't enough .. you can buy them relatively cheaply.

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Asetek VapoChill LS review (sub-zero cooling)

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/19/2006 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

To go way beyond a normal overclock .. you need to cool that CPU below zero degrees C and that's where the Asetek LS comes in. It's the most expensive and noisiest cooling solution around. It's difficult to install as you'll need to mod your case, you'll have to do crazy stuff with your CPU ... but the result really is simple, you can cool down the processor with a -54 Degrees C cooling block on that AMD heatspreader and that my friends is such a fun experience you won't believe it.
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NVIDIA nForce 590 + AMD FX-62

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/21/2006 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

In this article will specifically test the NFORCE 590 SLI platform, yet obviously we'll also have a brief look at the entire NVIDIA NFORCE 500 series of chipsets. We also look at the New AMD64 Athlon FX 62 processor and this'll also be a meory review with Two Corsair DDR2 1066 MHz memory kist that have (Sli Ready) EPP functionality.
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AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Processor

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/01/2006 08:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Three weeks ago AMD decided to unleash a new processor onto the high-end market. Of course we are talking about the new AMD Athlon 64 FX-60, the first ever dual-core processor in the high-end FX range of processors for the enthusiast PC users and gamers.
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AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 Processor

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/04/2005 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Recently AMD launched it's fastest single-core processor to date based on the little by little becoming trendy Socket 939 design, it runs at no less than 2.8 GHz, has 1 MegaByte Level 2 cache memory and is bitching fast ... can you guess already what we are talking about ? That's right, the AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 and today Guru3D.com is presenting you the review as always from a gamers point of view.
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AMD Athlon 64 4000+ review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/21/2005 08:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Since this site is targeted at the enthusiast gamers among you we just had to equip ourselves with a AMD Athlon 64 platform. And after presenting Guru3D.com to AMD with my very fine communications skills (pleaaaaaase AMD get me a CPU ...) they provided us site with an AMD Athlon 64 4000+ which of course is the processor we'll be testing today.
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Tagged as: Athlon, review

Intel Pentium 4 - 3.2 GHz

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/28/2003 01:52 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Recently Intel released the Pentium 4 C class 3.2 GHz processors and we are taking it for a test-drive.
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AMD Athlon XP 3200+

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/10/2003 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

We are testing the Athlon XP 3200+, once again the fastest high-end performing processor from AMD. This processor is a bit different though!
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