October 2006 - Overclockers

Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Pricecuts! . . .

October 31, 2006 admin 0

If you want to buy a computer soon, life is starting to get interesting. All is not well in hardwaredom. Normally, mobo sales go up about 12% from September to October. This year, analysts expected just a 3% gain. They

Front Projectors as a Display Alternative

October 28, 2006 admin 6

More affordable and huge display – HeadRusch

Measuring CPU Dual Core Temps

October 27, 2006 admin 0

Arthur Liberman

Green Fusion . . .

October 26, 2006 admin 0

Rather sooner than expected, we have a good-enough-for-now explanation from one of the participants as to what they expect short-term from CGPUs. TGDaily has an article on the subject which includes what is at least an informed opinion by the

Not Just Gamers . . .

October 26, 2006 admin 0

No one (well, no one sane on the subject) will ever accuse me of being an AMD fanboy. Nonetheless, some of the utterings from financial types just leave me shaking my head. First, AMD released its earnings, and given the

Two New Lines . . .

October 25, 2006 admin 0

AMD in Dell Digitimes reports that Dell will start selling AMD-based notebooks very soon. Prices look like they’ll be cheaper than they are for Dell C2D machines, though how much cheaper they’ll really be will have to await the configurator.

Integration Fever . . .

October 24, 2006 admin 0

Intel plans to merge CPUs and GPUs within a few years. AMD plans to merge CPUs and GPUs in a few years. Even nVidia wants to get into the act, but they’re different. They want to merge GPUs and CPUs

Hardware vs Software

October 23, 2006 admin 0

We as a species have reached a point in our technological evolution where hardware exceeds that of the programming, unlike days of the past where one would have to concern themselves whether their computer could conceivably operate an application efficiently

Vista Vision?

October 22, 2006 admin 0

The more you clench your fists, the more we’ll slip through your fingers. You’ve all heard the expression, but I’m starting to wonder if Microsoft has. I work in a retail store selling computers, digital cameras, and other expensive trinkets.

Future Fabbing . . .

October 21, 2006 admin 0

In the AMD conference call earlier this week (BTW, both Intel and AMD held up pretty well in round one of the price war), there was some newish revelations/confirmations about AMD’s fab plans. The new fab, Fab 36, is at