


If pondering an upgrade, the time to purchase a new processor is now. Both AMD and Intel are offering a great collection of models that fit all budgets, and we take a look to find the best options available. Whether it's a Dual-Core or Quad-Core you're after, there's undoubtedly a model that fits nicely into your price range and won't let you down.
Both Intel and NVIDIA have lots to say about their respective GPU architectures, as well as the competition's. Partly because of this, there are numerous misconceptions floating around about both Larrabee and CUDA, so we decided to see if we could put to rest a few of the most common ones.
Intel today takes a portion of the veil off their upcoming Larrabee architecture, so we can better understand its implementation, how it differs from a typical GPU, why it benefits from taking the 'many cores' route, its performance scaling and of course, what else it has in store.
The wait for an affordable 45nm Quad-Core is now over, and the Q9450 promises to become the ultimate choice of the new offerings. It's not much slower than the QX9650, offers 12MB of cache and as expected, has some fantastic overclocking ability. How does 3.44GHz stable sound?
At 2.53GHz and $133 USD, the E7200 promises to become the new Dual-Core budget superstar. After taking a hard look at the upcoming offering, we would have to readily agree. Overclocking only sweetens the deal further, with 3.0GHz on stock voltages being more than possible. We have a winner!
| Title | Author | Date | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Details Nehalem, Dunnington, Tukwila & Larrabee | Rob Williams | March 17, 2008 | Intel |
| Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System | Rob Williams | February 20, 2008 | Intel Multi-Core |
| Intel Skulltrail Enthusiast Platform Preview | Rob Williams | February 4, 2008 | Intel Multi-Core |
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz - Wolfdale Arrives | Rob Williams | January 30, 2008 | Intel Single/Dual-Core |
| CES 2008: Intel Announces Sixteen 45nm Processors | Rob Williams | January 7, 2008 | Intel |
| TG Gift Guide 07 - Motherboards & Processors | Rob Williams | November 26, 2007 | Processors |
| Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 Performance Preview | Rob Williams | November 19, 2007 | Intel Multi-Core |
| Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 - The 45nm Era Begins | Rob Williams | October 29, 2007 | Intel Multi-Core |
| Intel Xeon X3210 2.13GHz Quad-Core B3-Revision | Rob Williams | August 17, 2007 | Intel Multi-Core |
| Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Quad-Core | Rob Williams | July 16, 2007 | Intel Multi-Core |
| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Preview | Rob Williams | June 25, 2007 | Intel Single/Dual-Core |
| Intel Penryn and Nehalem New Details | Rob Williams | March 28, 2007 | Intel |
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | Rob Williams | February 19, 2007 | Intel Multi-Core |
| AMD AM2 4600+ EE 2.40GHz | Rob Williams | August 28, 2006 | AMD Single/Dual-Core |
| Intel Pentium 820 D 2.8GHz 90nm Dual Core | Rob Williams | June 5, 2006 | Intel Single/Dual-Core |
| AMD AM2.. What We Know So Far | Rob Williams | February 17, 2006 | AMD |
| AMD64 3700+ San Diego S939 2.2GHz | Greg King | September 21, 2005 | AMD Single/Dual-Core |
| AMD64 3200+ Venice S939 | Rob Williams | May 24, 2005 | AMD Single/Dual-Core |