Price Guides, May 2005: Processors
Inside this week's edition: dual core AMD chips, second generation 90nm Athlon 64s, 64-bit Intel processors, and some details on Intel's upcoming release schedule.
23 by Kristopher Kubicki on 5/22/2005Xbox 360 - Up Close & Personal with Live, the Console and the Wireless Controller
Although information about the next-gen consoles was limited, we were able to get some time with the new Xbox Live, the actual console itself and the new wireless controller...
33 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/20/2005E3 2005 - Day 2: More Details Emerge on Console GPUs
Details on NVIDIA's RSX and ATI's Xbox 360 GPU are scarce, but we did our best to gather details that have yet to be published.
22 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/19/2005Budget Graphics Strike Back: Revenge of the RAM
We spend some time testing budget graphics cards with slower RAM in order to verify their predicted behavior on cheaper systems.
21 by Derek Wilson on 5/19/2005ATI demos R520 GPU at E3
ATI was demonstrating Remedy's upcoming title Alan Wake on R520 silicon...
32 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/18/2005E3 2005 - Day 1: The Xbox 360 Update
Our first few hours of this year's E3 were spent searching for the Xbox 360...
31 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/18/2005The Quest for More Processing Power, Part Three: "Multi core of Intel and AMD compared"
How do the current dual cores of Intel and AMD compare? What are the architectural differences of the current cores? Can we quantify these differences? What will be the...
28 by Johan De Gelas on 5/18/2005Processor Obfuscation and You: An Update on AMD and Intel CPUs
Both AMD and Intel have quite a few shipping processor models on the market right now. In order to clear up the confusion, we decided that it was...
55 by Kristopher Kubicki & Jarred Walton on 5/17/2005Sony Introduces Playstation 3, to launch in 2006
Sony introduced the Playstation 3 today...and wow
71 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/16/2005Mushkin Redline XP4000: Winbond with Voltage Be Damned
Mushkin introduces a Redline memory rated at a blazing fast DDR500 at 2-2-2 timings. How does Redline compare with the best that we have tested?
41 by Wesley Fink on 5/16/2005LG L1980U LCD: The New 19" Panel on the Block
LGE re-enters the 19" display market with a new panel design, but is it enough to unseat Dell as the 19" champ?
21 by Kristopher Kubicki on 5/13/2005Bringing Gaming Mainstream - The Xbox 360 debuts on MTV
We take a quick look at the official unveiling of Microsoft's Xbox 360.
57 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/12/2005Budget Battle: HyperMemory vs. TurboCache
We have our hands on a HyperMemory board and some shipping TurboCache parts. Now, it's time to see which solution delivers on its promise of acceptable performance at extreme...
33 by Derek Wilson on 5/12/2005Asus P5WD2 Premium: DDR2-1066 and the Promise of 955x SLI
Asus introduces an Intel 955x with memory options to DDR2-1066 and the promise of SLI performance.
34 by Wesley Fink on 5/11/2005Far Cry AMD64 Edition - A First Look at 64-bit Gaming
We've been very disappointed by the lack of 64-bit desktop applications for Microsoft's new x64 Edition OS. After years of campaigning for 64-bit games, AMD and Ubisoft unveiled...
59 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/10/2005AMD's Athlon 64 X2 4800+ & 4200+ Dual Core Performance Preview
Weeks ahead of schedule, AMD sent us their first Athlon 64 X2 dual core desktop CPUs to put through our benchmarking tests. Although they still won't be out...
109 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/9/2005Price Guides, May 2005: Storage
SATA II drives are available now, and they are competitive. How does SATA versus PATA stack up this month? Details inside!
16 by Kristopher Kubicki on 5/8/2005