If you’re anxiously holding your wallet in hand, waiting to drop a few bills on the upcoming AMD 69xx graphics cards, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer. In an email to AlienBabelTech, AMD said the following: Demand for the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series continues to be very strong, the ATI Radeon HD 5970 remains the fastest graphics card in the world and the newest members of the AMD graphics family, the AMD Radeon HD 6850 and HD 6870, have set new standards...

I’m a member on several PC enthusiast/overclocking forums. With that said, I’ve stumbled across some truly jaw dropping machines and custom rigs. But nothing that I’ve seen can compare (power wise) to Newegg’s current “Ultimate Gaming Rig” combo deal. Just how bad ass is this thing? For the record, the discounted combo price is $6479.96. If you were to buy all the items a-la-carte, you’d be spending ~$740 more. Saving roughly...

Looking for pure, blinding speed but don’t have a grand to sink on Intel’s latest and greatest I7 980X? You’re in luck. Today, AMD officially took of the wraps of their new Phenom X6 processors clocked at 2.8GHz and 3.2GHz (1055T and 1095T respectively). While not the fastest processor around, it’s definitely the strongest competition from AMD we’ve seen in many, many months. Not to mention, at under $300 for a top of the line AMD 6-core...

Want a faster compupter? I mean, really faster? Usually we’d look at the processor (for multitaskers) or GPU (for gamers). The speed of RAM doesn’t return very much “bang for your buck” speed in most of life’s situations. That 2,000MHz+ RAM is more or less for bragging rights in all but the most extreme cases. But newly released phase changing memory developed by Numonyx Debuts Omneo aims to bring 300x faster write times and 10x more...

I’ve always wondered exactly how much my custom rig pulls down in heavy sessions. With a dual 5850 setup and oc’d Core i7, it certainly has a reputation for a rampant appetite. But is it really as bad as people claim? The general consensus is that a high end dual graphics card set up will pull in at least 400w by themselves, not including the processor, which itself is a power thirsty piece. Then of course you have hard drives, fans, lights, memory, etc.,...