People talk about the new technologies in this platform like DDR2 and PCI Express, but two less-heralded new features got my attention. The Joke The first is The Disposable Socket. Well, what else would you call a socket that even
There’s a couple benchmarks from one of these dual video card systems that we first mentioned about a month ago. Prices will start at $5,000+. This is not chump change. Questions I’d like to ask the rabid gamers out there
AMDZone has a statement from an AMD PR person about 90nm processors. Let’s look at what it says, carefully: “Our transition to 90nm for AMD64 processors is on track.” Well, there are old tracks and new tracks. For instance, a
An update to this article reveals that the initial “Paris,” which is the stripped-down x86-64-less version of Hammer, will have an initial official retail price of $124. Frankly, I’m underwhelmed by it. It reminds me too much of the video
You can see their policy here. Basically, they’ll call these cards Radeon 9800s instead, and will put a 128-bit sticker on them. Anyone who bought one and is not a happy camper can either return it to their retailer, or
According to Xbit Labs, AMD looks like it may pushing back the deployment of fast 90nm CPUs another six-nine months. Instead, they will try to squeeze one more speed grade out of 130nm towards the end of the year. If