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A Video Card War? . . .

Digitimes reports that AMD will cut the prices of its HD 3850 and 3870 by $20. Given that the price of the GPU is probably around $75-100, this is a substantial cut. nVidia may follow, indeed, prices on the 8800GT

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Tuniq TX-2 Thermal Compound

Most enthusiasts out there have their thermal compound of choice – for most of us it is probably an Arctic Silver product. Well the guys at SUNBEAMTECH have come up with a new thermal compound which has been getting rave

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SUNBEAMTECH Tuniq 3 Case Review

With new and crazy PC cases being released every day, Sunbeamtech has gone against the current by releasing chassis’ with a simple and cool elegance. On of the best examples of this design philosophy is the Tuniq 3, which I

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A Valuable Article . . .

There’s a very valuable article showing Intel’s current intentions in 2008 here. (Update: The roadmaps appear to have originally come from PC Watch.) It tells you not only what Intel will put out, but gives you a price range on

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Apple Buying AMD? . . .

Here’s the article suggesting that Apple should buy AMD. Here’s why there isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell of this happening. When Steven Jobs came back to Apple in 1997, it was going down the tubes, fast. The number of

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Firing The Manager? . . .

So far, this week has not been kind to AMD. Between the less-than-phenomenal Phenom launch and the sale of 8% of the company to an Arab investment firm, the stock price dropped almost 15% between Monday and Wednesday. The stock

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Dumping . . .

I know many of you are tired of me putting out, well, negative waves, about a certain company. Believe me, I’m tired of pointing it out, but given the new set of lemons in inventory, the Lemonade Patrol is going

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Thinking Outside The Box . . .

Many people justify AMD’s existence by saying, “If they weren’t around, Intel would rack up the prices and innovation would slow to a crawl.” I came across this forum post, which gives such a different perspective to the conventional wisdom

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2.4 No More . . .

The Inquirer reports that AMD will have to yank 2.4GHz Phenoms due to a CPU defect. They got an explanation from AMD which, unfortunately if not surprisingly, doesn’t make much sense. They said this was an errata which they would