CPUs
For numerous generations of their desktop processor releases, Intel has made available a selection of high-performance special edition "KS" CPUs that add a little extra compared to their flagship chip. With a lot of interest, primarily from the enthusiasts looking for the fastest processors, Intel's latest Core i9-14900KS represents a super-fast addition to its 14th Generation Core lineup with out-of-the-box turbo clock speeds of up to 6.2 GHz and represents the last processor to end an era as Intel is removing the 'i' from its legendary nomenclature for future desktop chip releases. Reaching speeds of up to 6.2 GHz, this sets up the Core i9-14900KS as the fastest desktop CPU in the world right now, at least in terms of frequencies out of the box...
Athlon 64 Revision E: Unofficial DDR500 Support
The latest 90nm AMD processors feature unofficial support for faster-than-DDR400 memory, without overclocking the rest of your CPU. We take a look at the performance that these faster...
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/11/2005AMD Athlon 64 FX-57: The Fastest Single Core
AMD has just released a 2.8GHz version of its Athlon 64 line, further increasing its lead over Intel on the high end desktop. But is the performance worth the price?
57 by Derek Wilson on 6/27/2005Athlon Dual Core: Overclocking the 4200+
The 4200+ is currently the lowest priced Athlon64 Dual Core. So how far can you push this entry level X2 on air cooling?
53 by Wesley Fink on 6/23/2005Intel On the Offensive: Roadmap Details and Analysis
Intel is already hard at work on their next generation dual core processors: Yonah, Preseler, Sossaman, Paxville and Dempsey! Check inside for details on all of them!
57 by Kristopher Kubicki & Jarred Walton on 6/14/2005IGP Rides Again: Chipset Roadmaps from NVIDIA, ATI
NVIDIA ignored their IGP market for the better part of a year while ATI kept trying to develop one. Both companies have some tight lipped IGP projects on...
10 by Kristopher Kubicki on 5/26/2005Intel's Pentium 4 670: Just Another Speed Bump
Intel has launched another Pentium 4 6xx speed grade; this time, hitting 3.8 GHz. We run a few of our standard tests to find out how the latest processor...
33 by Derek Wilson on 5/26/2005The Quest for More Processing Power, Part Three: "Multi core of Intel and AMD compared"
How do the current dual cores of Intel and AMD compare? What are the architectural differences of the current cores? Can we quantify these differences? What will be the...
28 by Johan De Gelas on 5/18/2005Processor Obfuscation and You: An Update on AMD and Intel CPUs
Both AMD and Intel have quite a few shipping processor models on the market right now. In order to clear up the confusion, we decided that it was...
55 by Kristopher Kubicki & Jarred Walton on 5/17/2005Far Cry AMD64 Edition - A First Look at 64-bit Gaming
We've been very disappointed by the lack of 64-bit desktop applications for Microsoft's new x64 Edition OS. After years of campaigning for 64-bit games, AMD and Ubisoft unveiled...
59 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/10/2005AMD's Athlon 64 X2 4800+ & 4200+ Dual Core Performance Preview
Weeks ahead of schedule, AMD sent us their first Athlon 64 X2 dual core desktop CPUs to put through our benchmarking tests. Although they still won't be out...
109 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/9/2005AMD's dual core Opteron & Athlon 64 X2 - Server/Desktop Performance Preview
It's not always best to be first to release something, and AMD shows Intel exactly why with their comprehensive dual core product line. We benchmark both the new...
144 by Anand Lal Shimpi, Jason Clark & Ross Whitehead on 4/21/2005AMD's Sempron 3300+: 90nm Budget Computing
AMD's first Socket-754 Sempron in almost a year offers a 200MHz increase in clock speed, but half the cache of last year's model. We look at the mixed...
53 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/18/2005Dual Core Intel Platform Shootout - NVIDIA nForce4 vs. Intel 955X
Now that there's at least one reason to look at Intel CPUs, what's the best chipset for dual core processors? We compare NVIDIA's nForce4 SLI Intel Edition...
96 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/14/2005Intel Dual Core Performance Preview Part II: A Deeper Look
This time around we look at the more affordable Pentium D 2.8GHz as well as the impacts of hard drives on multitasking performance, including in games.
106 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/6/2005Intel Dual Core Performance Preview Part I: First Encounter
We bring you the first real world performance benchmarks and impressions of Intel's upcoming desktop dual core processors.
142 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/4/2005Interview with AMD's Fred Weber - The Future of AMD Microprocessors
Fred gives us a candid look at everything from the successor to Athlon 64 to Cell.
35 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/31/2005Intel's Pentium M Desktop Part II: ASUS' Pentium M to Pentium 4 Socket Adapter
In our first article, the Pentium M wasn't very competitive on the desktop. But what about when paired with a desktop chipset? ASUS shows us how...
48 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/24/2005Understanding the Cell Microprocessor
Cutting through the hype and understanding the technology, that's what this article is all about. What's the big deal about Cell and does it have a future? We tell...
70 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/17/2005The Quest for More Processing Power, Part Two: "Multi-core and multi-threaded gaming"
As we enter an era of increasingly multithreaded, multi-core CPUs, who will benefit the most from it? What is the use for all this CPU power? Will dual core...
49 by Johan De Gelas on 3/14/2005A Closer Look At PhysX: Our Take On The PPU
Can AGEIA do for physics what the GPU did for graphics? The PhysX PPU is their upcoming product poised to bring physics processing add-in cards to the PC. What's...
70 by Derek Wilson on 3/11/2005
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