CPUs

AMD has recently expanded its Ryzen 8000 series by introducing the Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F processors. Initially launched in China, these chips were added to AMD's global website, signaling they are available worldwide, apparently from April 1st. Built from the recent Zen 4-based Phoenix APUs using the TSMC 4nm node as their Zen 4 mobile chips, these new CPUs lack integrated graphics. However, the Ryzen 7 8700F does include the integrated Ryzen AI NPU for added capabilities in a world currently dominated by AI and moving it directly into the PC. The company's decision to announce these chips in China aligns with its strategy to offer Ryzen solutions at every price point in the market. Although AMD didn't initially disclose the full...

AMD Fusion for Gaming Utility: Automatic AMD Platform Overclocking With a Twist

The beta version of the AMD Fusion for Gaming utility has been released. It overclocks both CPU and GPU and only runs on AMD hardware. But its that little...

39 by Derek Wilson on 9/18/2008

AMD 790GX - The Introduction

We provide an overview of the new 790GX chipset while we complete our benchmark testing.

42 by Gary Key on 8/6/2008

Intel's SoC Update: 1B Transistors Embedded in 5 Years

Intel revealed a bit about its upcoming embedded and SoC plans. Aside from Larrabee, these are brand new areas for Intel's x86 architectures. Intel has 15 chip...

14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/24/2008

AMD's SB750: Enabling Higher Phenom Overclocks?

Rumor has it that AMD's new South Bridge will allow Phenom processors to clock higher. Believe it or not, it works. We try and figure out why...

51 by Gary Key on 7/23/2008

AMD's Phenom X4 9950, 9350e and 9150e: Lower Prices, Voltage Tricks and Strange Behavior

AMD is introducing three new quad-core Phenom processors today: a 2.6GHz 9950 Black Edition, a 2.0GHz 9350e and a 1.8GHz 9150e. AMD has also dropped its prices, making...

37 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Gary Key on 7/1/2008

The Nehalem Preview: Intel Does It Again

Two years ago we previewed Intel's Conroe core and to our surprise it blew away its closest competitor by 20 - 30% easily. Today, Intel is without competition...

110 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/5/2008

Intel Launches Low-Power 65nm 4 Series Chipsets for the Desktop

With the release of their X48 Express performance chipset just a few short months back, many are asking why Intel is releasing another round of new chipsets so soon...

15 by Kris Boughton on 6/5/2008

AMD Announces GAME!: Raising the Bar for Mainstream Gaming PCs

There's been one successful platform logo in recent history: Centrino. Today AMD announces its own logo program but for mainstream gaming PCs. The program is called AMD...

58 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/19/2008

NVIDIA 780a: Integrated Graphics and SLI in One

We provide our first look at NVIDIA’s latest chipset that provides integrated graphics functionality free, well almost; you do need to buy the motherboard.

39 by Gary Key on 5/6/2008

AMD's Phenom X3 8000 Series: Fighting Two Cores with Three?

AMD is introducing the first triple-core x86 processors as a part of its quick and dirty strategy to remain competitive with Intel's dual-core CPUs. Despite having more cores...

46 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/23/2008

IGP Power Consumption - 780G, GF8200, and G35

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the greenest of them all? The answer may surprise you.

44 by Gary Key on 4/18/2008

Intel's Atom Architecture: The Journey Begins

When we reviewed the first Centrino CPU we claimed that it would revolutionize the mobile world, and it has. Intel's Atom processor has even more ambitious goals and...

47 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/2/2008

Higher Clock Speeds, No TLB Issues and Better Pricing: The New Phenom

Last year Phenom brought AMD a terrible end to a terrible year. While AMD continues to try to resurrect itself we find ourselves in the midst of a...

65 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/27/2008

NVIDIA's 790i Arrives: SLI Rides Again

Users looking to run the latest DDR3 memory technology with multi-GPU graphics from NVIDIA finally have the answer they've been waiting for. We examine exactly what makes the nForce...

20 by Kris Boughton on 3/18/2008

Opening the Kimono: Intel Details Nehalem and Tempts with Larrabee

Intel gave us a few morsels of information on its future microprocessor plans, including details on the architectural enhancements to its first desktop CPU with an integrated memory controller...

53 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/17/2008

AMD's B3 Stepping Phenom Previewed, TLB Hardware Fix Tested

We scored a B3 stepping Phenom with the hardware level fix for the TLB bug. Let's find out if Phenom take-two is any better than the original.

30 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/12/2008

AMD 780G: Preview of the Best Current IGP Solution

We take an initial look at HD playback quality against the GeForce 8200 and G35.

50 by Gary Key on 3/10/2008

More Details on the Intel Atom Emerge

Intel revealed some more information on the Atom processor and its 2009/2010 successor, Moorestown.

12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/6/2008

Intel's 45nm Dual-Core E8500: The Best Just Got Better

Intel continues to assert their processor marketplace dominance with the release of a new line of 45nm dual-core CPUs designed to bring outstanding performance and energy efficiency to the desktop.

45 by Kris Boughton on 3/5/2008

Silverthorne Gets a Name: Meet Intel Atom and Intel Centrino Atom

Intel is announcing the brand names for its ultra low power x86 Silverthorne based processors and platforms. Read on for the specifics.

18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/2/2008

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