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Still Not Selling

AMD announced another slightly profitable quarter yesterday. CPU sales dropped slightly from the previous quarter, and still remain almost 20% off AMD’s peaks from a few years ago. The specific financial details aren’t of much interest except to verify one

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Now What?

Boy, that nVidia card really sucks. Only kidding! 🙂 It would be crazy not to wait for ATI’s new card along with any dirt ATI may be able to find about any nVidia err. . . . optimizations, but provided

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Upgrades

Within a few weeks, we’ll see the next generation of video cards coming out. For the first time in quite a while, though, a wise video purchasing decision will be dependent on what you do with the rest of your

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Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

Some decades ago, some serious scientists “proved” that it was impossible for a bumblebee to fly. All that proved is that the scientists didn’t know everything that needed to be known. Pretty much the same sentiment ought to hit you

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Shifting Gears

Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ has grossed a third of a billion dollars since its release less than two months ago. It has already made the lists of the top box-office hits of all time, and eventually will

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Twin Furnaces, Please

The Inquirer reports that the next-generation video cards from ATI and nVidia are going to require two pretty-much dedicated supplemental power rails to work. As one of those articles put it, “So, what does this mean to the average person?