With Intel nailing each new processor platform release as of late, the pressure is certainly on AMD to deliver something that isn’t only cheaper, but better. Many AMD enthusiasts are tired of the at times budget-minded company taking a backseat to power and performance while Intel dominates the headlines. The previous generations of Phenom were supposed to be AMD’s return to the high performance ring, though ultimately fell short of Intel’s own...
With Nvidia, Texas Instruments, and Qualcomm in their sites, Broadcom took to the digital stage to announce a new venture — mobile processors. The party starts February 14th at Mobile World Congress, where Broadcom will have several of the new BCM28150 chips on hand for demo purposes. In case you were a tad curious, the BCM28150 makes use of dual 1.1GHz ARM Cortex A9 processor cores (given the name “Merlyn” processor) and VideoCore IV mobile...
Intel’s H67 and P67 chipsets may have just been announced at CES last week, but enthusiasts are still looking for their next upgrade. You see, the current iteration of Sandy Bridge is a mainstream product. The replacement for Intel’s top of the line 1366 platform has yet to hit the streets. That all changes later this year with the LGA2011 platform. Some of the more newsworthy features include a re-worked integrated graphics processor (much like the H67/P67)...
Besides their new GT540M mobile GPU, Nvidia had plenty more to talk about today. Hands down more exciting than some extra FPS on your latest gaming laptop was news that Nvidia is teaming up with ARM to build their own desktop CPU — yes, the Intel vs. Nvidia fight just got nasty. The Nvidia/ARM CPU is part of “Project Denver” Nvidia is in a really good spot right now. Even though Intel reiterated they are focusing on the mobile market, their attempts...
Custom PC builders are a funny bunch. (I know, I happen to be one of them.) They spend an insane amount of time scrutinizing every tiny aspect of their machines. On top of that, overclockers (again I raise my hand) take the obsession to another level. On the topic of overclocking, keeping that extra heat under control is priority #1. That’s where gigantic air coolers like the new Noctua NH-C14 (above) come in handy. Where the stock CPU coolers from Intel fail...
