AMD Phenom II X4 955 CPU

This one slipped through the cracks while we were doing a bit of site re-designing and not getting much sleep. The AMD Phenom X4 955 is based on AMD’s AM3 socket that was revealed some time back, featuring DDR3 support.

When the 955 was released, it was AMD’s flagship CPU running four cores at 3.2GHz but [...]

AMD and PC industry leaders unveil ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology

At “experience events” on three continents this week, AMD (NYSE: AMD) and its industry partners introduced ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology, a revolutionary feature in the upcoming next generation ATI Radeon™ family of DirectX® 11 enabled graphics processors.

· This unique AMD innovation gives PCs the ability to seamlessly connect up [...]

AMD announces availability of the new Six-Core AMD Opteron™ EE processor at 40W ACP.

AMD today announced the immediate availability of the new Six-Core AMD Opteron™ EE processor at 40W ACP. Delivering up to 31 percent higher performance-per-watt over standard Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors¹, the Six-Core AMD Opteron EE processor is tailored to meet the demands of customers who need strong performance, but must trim out every [...]

AMD Announces Two Key Leadership Appointments in Middle East

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced two new appointments, growing its sales and marketing team in the META (Middle East, Turkey and Africa) region.
Firstly, Patricia Trodd has been named Marketing Manager for the META region. Patricia is responsible for AMD’s marketing strategy, management and planning for the region’s channel, consumer and commercial activities. She will also [...]

ECS A790GXM-AD3 Motherboard

The Black Series represents ECS’ high-end boards and the A790GXM-AD3 is one of the latest and is powered by AMD’s 790GX Northbridge. Is it any good? Lets find out…
Specifications:
The A790GXM-AD3 is an AM3 Socket motherboard from ECS for AMD Phenom II processors supporting Dual Channel DDR3 1333 memory architecture. The integrated graphics platform is designed [...]

AMD happy on EU finding Intel Guilty

The European Commission today found Intel guilty of abusing its dominant position in the global x86 microprocessor market, saying that “Intel has harmed millions of European consumers by deliberately acting to keep competitors out of the market for computer chips for many years. Such a serious and sustained violation of the EU’s antitrust rules cannot [...]

AMD Phenom II X4-810/MSI 790GX-G65

Today we take a look at two products in one- the new AMD Phenom 810 CPU which introduces AMD to the world of DDR3 and the MSI 790GX-G65 mothebroard, upon which we’ve tested this CPU. The Phenom II X4 8xx series reduces the L3 cache on the Phenom II platform from 6MB to 4MB which [...]

Asus Triton 81

Yep, we’re looking at yet another heatsink from Asus. They seem to be knocking them right out of the ballpark! The Triton 81 will cool the LGA 1366 socket with dual 92mm fans and quad heat pipes. Let’s put it through our tests and see how it copes!
 
Specifications

CPU Support:

Intel® Core™ i7 processor
Intel® Core™2 Extreme/ Core™2 [...]

Asus Triton 85

We review the Asus Triton 85 heatsink, an upgraded version of the Triton 75. The most obvious difference between the Triton 85 and its’ predecessor is that the 85 now features a fan mounted on top of the heatsink.

Features
• Excellent 35% Enhanced Cooling with 120mm Top Flow Cooler
• Quietest Cooling with PWM Function
• Stylish Silver [...]

OCZ Gladiator Max

We take a look at another upgraded version of a heatsink, the OCZ Gladiator Max. The heatsink has grown bigger and offers increased performance on the LGA 1366 Intel 965 Extreme Edition CPU, so let’s see how well it can stand up to the heat in our tests.
Specifications
Heatsink • For Sockets AMD 754/755/939/940/AM2, Intel LGA775       • 4 Pure [...]

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