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85 articles tagged as quad

Star Wars: Squadrons Review

The Force is strong with this one.

October 22, 2020 | 11:59

Serious Sam 4 Review

Is Croteam's latest shooter a Serious contender, or simply more of the Sam?

October 22, 2020 | 09:32

Corsair HS60 Haptic Headset Review

Sound that you can feel?

October 15, 2020 | 14:00

Cooler Master on the HAF X and its future

We chat with Cooler Master about its future and also get hands-on with the latest HAF

May 26, 2010 | 07:47

Rumour: New socket to replace LGA1366 due in 2011

Intel's next generation high-end workstation to replace the current X58 systems will have 4-channel DDR3, more PCI-E and arrives in Q3 2011.

April 12, 2010 | 10:30

AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE C3 Review

AMD updates its Deneb core on its fastest Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, and claims the C3 can overclock more, yield faster DDR3 memory and has even fixed the performance bug with its sleep states. Does it make a difference? We put the claims to the test.

November 4, 2009 | 09:13

AMD Athlon II X4 620 CPU Review

One of AMD's cheapest quad cores to date is a further evolution of the Athlon brand: the Athlon II X4 630 and 620. Without cache we check to see how it performs against Intel alternatives for the same money, if cache makes a difference and if it overclocks better.

October 26, 2009 | 09:33

Asus refines AMD core unlocking

Asus latest BIOS' on all AMD motherboards featuring ACC now has better support for Phenom II X2 core unlocking

October 21, 2009 | 11:24

Lab Update: AMD Athlon II X4 620 and Lynnfield Memory

October 9, 2009 | 11:17

AMD launches £80 quad core processor

The cheapest quad core CPU to hit the market means potentially good sales for AMD, but is it selling itself short?

September 16, 2009 | 14:06

Lynnfield PCI-Express Gaming Performance

Because of its vastly different architecture, how does Lynnfield compare to its Core i7 and Core 2 Quad brothers when it comes to PCI-Express performance and gaming? We setup a scientific test and got our game on, to find out.

September 14, 2009 | 09:58

Intel P55 and Lynnfield to launch on 1st September

COMPUTEX 09: We've had multiple confirmations that Intel's next generation platform will be available to buy from Sept 1st.

May 28, 2009 | 09:16

Windows 7 XP Mode won’t work on some Core 2 CPUs

Windows XP Mode in Windows 7 requires hardware virtualisation, which isn't supported by some Core 2 Duo and Quad CPUs.

May 6, 2009 | 13:58

Rumour: Phenom II X3 can have fourth core unlocked

AMD's bottom-end Phenom X3 710 can reportedly have it's fourth core unlocked to give you a dirt cheap quad-core CPU.

February 24, 2009 | 09:09

Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB & Quad SLI

We're back with a full, unrestricted and in-depth review of the new Nvidia GeForce GTX 295. We also test Quad SLI for the third time, comparing it against quad CrossFire to see if the ultra-high end has a new performance leader. Read on to find out what happened next...

January 8, 2009 | 14:06

AMD Phenom II X4 940 and 920 CPUs

AMD's 45nm consumer CPUs are finally here: the Phenom II X4 940 and 920 are the latest quad cores with bigger cache, more MHz, more overclocking potential and yet, still AM2+ with inexpensive DDR2! Does Intel finally have some worthy competition?

January 8, 2009 | 05:23

First Look: Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB

Over the past few days, we've been playing around with Nvidia's next high-end graphics card, the GeForce GTX 295. We have an early look at how it performs ahead of its launch at CES in January.

December 18, 2008 | 14:34

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R

Gigabyte has primed its GA-EP45-UD3R Ultra Durable 3 motherboard for some hefty overclocking and claims serious DDR2 memory performance. Naturally curiosity got the better of us so we had to check it out!

November 21, 2008 | 10:13

Intel Core i7 CPU and Platform Value

With everything else tested, we put our math cap on and cracked out the calculators to work out which platform is the best punt for your pound. Does the supreme Core i7 performance warrant the extra cost it demands? Read on to find out!

November 11, 2008 | 12:08

Intel's Core i7 920, 940 & 965 processors

From top to bottom we review and compare the latest processors in Intel's performance line-up and stack all three up against the previous generation from both Intel and AMD to find out where exactly the improvements lie and if they are worth your money.

November 3, 2008 | 08:30

Intel Core i7 - Nehalem Architecture Dive

Intel's new, revolutionary CPU architecture has arrived and inevitably we take a deep dive into its workings and design to find what makes this tock, tick.

November 3, 2008 | 05:57

Intel quietly releases three new processors

Intel has quietly introduced three new processors to its lineup that are designed to target different segments of the market.

September 5, 2008 | 11:56

Intel announces mobile quad-core processors

IDF FALL 2008: Dadi Perlmutter announces imminent availability of mobile quad-core processors based on the Penryn architecture.

August 20, 2008 | 17:33

Intel: "code for thousands of cores"

Chip manufacturer Intel is advising developers to concentrate on coding for scalability, believing the future of computing lies in hundreds and thousands of processing cores.

July 2, 2008 | 08:21

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB

Asus is a company that likes to innovate and its EAH3870 X2 1GB is a great example of innovation. We find out how the Radeon HD 3870 X2 has changed over the last few months - does it still have a place in the market now that Nvidia has released the GeForce 9800 series?

May 8, 2008 | 08:30

Intel cuts processor prices

Intel has announced another slew of price cuts on its processors in order to keep the pressure on AMD. Quad-core processors are starting to look even more attractive than ever before.

April 23, 2008 | 13:17