All Blog Posts Tagged 'amd' (25)

FTC Sues Intel

The FTC is at it again and this time it is not Microsoft they are looking at this time, it is Intel. Yes Intel our best friend that could never do anything wrong to us… right? Well nothing is public yet and the trial is not until September of 2010 but we can take a look at the market today, and look at what is out there for us to get. Well if you were to walk into a Wal-Mart and look at they got you will probably see 10 computers and maybe one of them will has a AMD chip in it. Why is this well… Continue

Added by Michael on December 21, 2009 at 4:26pm — No Comments

motherboards so much choice, so confusing!

I'm trying to buy a new motherboard because the network card on my Asus P5K has stopped working. My problem is that there is so much choice and i'm not having a lot of confidence and i'm getting really confused with all the prices and so many different types. The other thng is i also need a motherboard that will fit my ATI/AMD HD 4890 so that the GPU won't snatch away other slots underneath it's hugeness. That fan cover is mighty! Here is the site i'm looking at… Continue

Added by Paul Bennett on October 12, 2009 at 12:15am — 3 Comments

ATIAMD GPU Scaling Problem

I'm having trouble using the GPU Scaling in the catalyst control center with my HD 4890. The only way i could get the HDMI jack in my monitor to scale up full is to use the slider and not tick the GPU scalng box as you can see in the picture. How can i fix this?

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Added by Paul Bennett on October 1, 2009 at 6:10pm — No Comments

Amd Ati Radeon 5870

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Added by Tan Aik Sam on September 22, 2009 at 12:41pm — 5 Comments

AMD freezing

I was spouse to write about this a while ago but I never hat time for it.

Running games on AMD CPUs 125 Wat will cause random freezing during any game out there
especially on motherboards with AMD 690V chipset for example M2A-MX from ASUS

The only way to solve this problem is to buy new motherboard, but check it first if it runs 125w CPU.
be careful only MSI motherboards ( very expensive ) run 125 wat, for more cheaper solution I suggest Asus M2N-SLI or M2N-SLI Express.

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Added by billy on August 10, 2009 at 12:13pm — No Comments

I can has a blog?

Ha,first blog post,Here is a Pic of the current setup,it is built for my church,for video encodeing and worship slideshows...hmm its just enough ;-)

It is verrrry fast and also has a ubuntu linix install as well...more pics to come... At the end of august I will be getting a ASUS… Continue

Added by Darren Treat on August 1, 2009 at 9:45am — No Comments

Motherboards

I won't lie to you. Motherboards are...tricky. If you're building your own computer for the first time, like me, then you'd better pay attention to the specs on the motherboards. Motherboards make all the parts of the computer work. Without it, you just have a pile of parts that do nothing. Everything gets plugged into the motherboard. As such, you have to pay attention if your parts and compatible with your motherboard. First of all, are you getting an Intel or an AMD CPU? If you aren't sure y… Continue

Added by Tim Gerads on July 15, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

AMD or Intel

Another entry for those of you out there researching new computers. This is probably a decision you're likely to make: AMD or Intel, which is better? Sometimes OEMs force this decision on their customers by only providing one or the other. Sometimes it's a lot of one and not so many of the other. Most OEMs are more likely to support Intel than AMD. But what's the difference? Well, I can tell you right now that they're pretty much exactly the same in quality. I've been assured, however, that AMD… Continue

Added by Tim Gerads on July 15, 2009 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Pcking out new parts for a new system: The horor.

Now that I might have a potential buyer for my current rig that I don't use I am now in the stage of picking out new parts for my next rig. This might sound particularly exciting but it sucks. I keep forgetting my uses and start building another tree burning computer. This happens to every geek when selecting new hardware, you start to thn "oh, I can afford that" "I need that (when you don't)" and all those other small things, that constantly nag you. So, what are my plans for my next rig at t… Continue

Added by James Hill on July 1, 2009 at 9:00am — 5 Comments

AMD's GPUCPU

It's like a hybrid CPU, a CPU with Graphics card built on it. Here is the link to AMD's site http://www.amd.com/us-en/ConnectivitySolutions/ProductInformation/0,,50_2330_14884_16008,00.html Continue

Added by Paul Bennett on June 3, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments

Epic fail and Intel's latest competition.

Well since I have received no feed back from my last post I think I might try something new. AMD has decided to go full steam ahead with 12 and you guessed it 16 core Opteron CPU's. This is fantastic news for us hardware junkies. This means we can soon expect 6 core and beyond desktop processors. Since today is the aniversary of the single core Opteron CPU AMD thought they would come out of the closet (no offense AMD) and release some news. They will be going full steam ahead with their 6 core… Continue

Added by James Hill on April 22, 2009 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Great new AMD processors

The Intel and AMD warfare has been going on for quite some time now, like Apple and Microsoft. These two companies have different ideology and opinions towards each other and their products. I have been watching Blue take the lead in the performance, overclocking and gaming sector for the past decade (no not really but sure feels like it). Now AMD has taken back the overclocking crown with the ever punishable cold bug solved their latest Phenom II Processors. What does this mean for us? This me… Continue

Added by James Hill on April 6, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

ATI 4870. My plunder away from Nvidia

Now i myself have always been an Nvidia man. Wether it be the onboard Nvidia GPU chips of my laptop to my 6200 and 8600GTS, i've always gone Nvidia. In the same way i've stuck to Intel. Well in one roll of the dice ive gone back one both of those and got an Force 3D HD 4870 with Freezer DHT (pictured below):

Not only is it an ATI Graphics card but since ATI is owned by

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Added by Baz on April 5, 2009 at 4:30pm — 5 Comments

HELP AMD

Hey people of the pc world i am here to ask for your help. Everyone knows and talks about how good intel is and how rubish people think amd is but we NEED THEM. Think about it if amd go under then there is no more ati and if there is no more ati or amd there is some bad things to happen. 1 All nvidia and intel products can charge whatever they wont as there is no compertition. 2 ATI make the chips for the wii and xbox360 and maybe more what happens then will we see the end of them? So come o… Continue

Added by Jon Booth on March 26, 2009 at 1:55pm — 1 Comment

Cyberpower Gamer Dragon 9500

The "Perfect" Gaming Rig For Less Monney! Specs: Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.6GHz Memory: 4GB DDR2 800 RAM (PC6400) Storage: 1TB hard drive Optical Drives: BD-ROM; DVD+/-RW Monitor: No monitor Graphics: ATI Radeon HD4870 X2 (2GB) Price:1499$ Continue

Added by Coman on March 23, 2009 at 8:07am — No Comments

AMD VS. intel which do you like better.

I don't know much about the difference between them but i do know that i have an AMD athlon 64, its slow and when my PC runs 2gb of RAM (i have 3gb RAM) my PC shuts off, i can hardly play WOW, also my PC is new. but it might just be what kind so please tell me so in the future when i buy a new computer i know which to get. Thanks. Continue

Added by coty johnson on February 27, 2009 at 12:37pm — 7 Comments

The Linux Experiment

While most of the world is using Windows and OSX, there are people out there who have opted to use something different. That different operating system is Linux. With the growing popularity of such Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Linux is getting to become used more and more by… Continue

Added by The Tech Basement on January 16, 2009 at 4:33pm — 4 Comments

Upgrading RAM, any tips?

Hey folks! I have an old computer that I salvaged recently, I installed Ubuntu Linux on it. I have been using it for a few weeks (maybe months? Not entirely sure) and I decided that I want to upgrade the RAM. Here are the specs (well most of them). MotherBoard Description: Desktop Computer Product: Micro Star 7181 Vendor: Micro Star International Version: 1.00 CPU Product: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2600+ Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Version: 15.12.0 Slot: Socket 754 Size: 1600MHz Capa… Continue

Added by Luke Berry on December 5, 2008 at 2:32pm — 5 Comments

Compare & Contrast: AMD vs. Intel

so ok i think this is where i have to post my article/blog to get the hp giveaway so here is my article/essey Compare & Contrast: AMD vs. Intel There are countless companies in the computer industry but there is only one battle that counts... AMD vs. Intel. AMD and Intel are the top two CPU's and are the most commonly used today. Intel is used a lot in office work and when you are running lots of programs at the same time, Intel. AMD was designed for gaming and little office work. It is ge… Continue

Added by Adam on December 4, 2008 at 10:38pm — No Comments

Time for a Computer Upgrade

As most of you guys may know, the Intel Core i7's were just released. Also, AMD will be releasing the 45nm (45 nanometer) versions of the AMD Phenom X3 and X4 very soon. This means that the older Core 2 Quad and Extreme CPUs will be climbing down and price, and so will the 65nm AMD Phenoms. AMD Phenoms have already been going down in price as I have noticed on NewEgg.com. In the past few months, the AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition has dropped from over $200 to $173 USD. I do not plan to get either… Continue

Added by Da Tech Man on November 21, 2008 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment