The laptop Graphics booster!
Posted by Simon Whiston in General News on 30. Nov, 2008 | No Comments
Oh the good old days, if you havn’t already read my blog post on external graphics for laptops then search for it! The original article was based on ATI’s version of the implementation. They stated that an external box liked device could be connected to your laptop, the interfaces used were unclear because they didnt [...]
Tri-Channel DDR3 Intels mistake?
Posted by Simon Whiston in General News on 29. Nov, 2008 | No Comments
If you have been reading my blog recently you may well know that the Core i7 processor has been released. it seems that current trends are showing a shine for DDR3 memory suddenly, why is this? Well Intels new architecture and it support DDR3 properly unlike older Intel chipsets.
The downside to Intels architecture is that [...]
Intel prices are static!
Posted by Simon Whiston in Microprocessors on 28. Nov, 2008 | No Comments
Intel haven’t changed there pricing for sometime now, well virtually since launch! Now Intel have released their new core i7 processors, you would expect the company to re-price their stock and get some sort of return to research future products, may be they are keeping prices high because they need to!
With that said, AMD are [...]
AMD Price Slice
Posted by Simon Whiston in General News on 27. Nov, 2008 | No Comments
AMD have adjusted their processor pricing for the last quarter of this year. Why is this I hear you say!? Well AMD want to be more competitive in the mid-range/ main stream markets. By lowering their pricing they have a better chance at selling more processors for the christmas period.
AMD not only using this strategy [...]
AMD & Intel Next gen Battle
Posted by Simon Whiston in General News on 26. Nov, 2008 | No Comments
The phenom processor never really cut it against Intels range of processors. Once Intel released the 45nm prefab AMD were in trouble, AMD quickly released a quad core processor with bug implemented into the processor! They counter-acted this with a newer version and even a triple core processor, but why?
Any who, times change and AMD [...]
Intel Core i7 & x58 Motherboards on SLI
Posted by Simon Whiston in Graphics, Microprocessors on 21. Nov, 2008 | No Comments
We all know the core i7 has been released but how does it compare within the graphics market? I remember way back when enthusiast started buying dual socket motherboards to find nothing near double the performance, now with core i7 with Intels threading implementation how will graphics perform under the pressure of three sli 280 [...]
