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Crave Talk: AMD and ATI merge -- rivals quiver in fear

Crave Okay, so it's official: AMD has just earmarked a shed-load of cash to buy graphics card maker ATI. Firstly, it gives AMD the ability to compete on an even footing with Intel. AMD has been praised for its achievements in keeping up with, and even...

Tags: amd, intel, role, laptops

25 July 2006, 13:34

Intel vs. AMD: Centrino Duo/Turion 64 X2 laptop showdown

Crave Lukewarm on the heels of Intel's Centrino Duo mobile processors (and following the news that there'll be a Core 2 Duo), AMD has just launched its own dual-core mobile chips, known as the Turion 64 X2 Mobile series.

Tags: amd, core, windows vista, processor

25 May 2006, 12:23

AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 gaming CPU: tested

Crave Earlier this month, Crave revealed AMD's brand-new flagship processor, the Athlon 64 FX-60. From a consumer perspective, AMD was literally shooting itself in the foot with its high-end CPUs. It's already proven its worth in everyday multitasking...

Tags: amd, core, processor, cpu

26 January 2006, 15:28

AMD Athlon FX60: Gunning for top spot

Crave Hot on the heels of Nvidia's four-card Quad SLI graphics setup is the latest evolution in uber-fast computer processors, the AMD Athlon 64 FX60. AMD claims the FX60 can outrun both these CPUs in their respective areas despite each of its cores...

Tags: amd, core, cpu, processors

10 January 2006, 11:17

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3800: Laptops get graphics hotness

Crave Several new developments in the laptops graphics department from ATI and parent company AMD were announced at this year's Computex show in Taiwan. To compete with Nvidia's just-announced GeForce 9M series of laptop GPUs, AMD now has the ATI...

Tags: hd, laptop, dedicated, battery

5 June 2008, 10:08

ATI Radeon HD 2000 series: Rumour-tastic

Crave According to unconfirmed Internet chatter, AMD is about to release a new series of graphics cards to topple Nvidia's high-end GeForce 8800 series. Plus, it would silly to assume ATI (which was bought by AMD last year, keep up) is sitting on its...

Tags: amd, model, cards, hd

24 April 2007, 12:13

Dell Inspiron 530, 531: Unbelievably cheap PCs

Crave Two new desktops were launched: the Intel-based Inspiron 530 and the AMD-based 531. The equivalent 531 (also £329) has an AMD Sempron 3600+, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce 6150 LE graphics and Vista Home Basic.

Tags: dell, ram, hard drive, desktops

29 June 2007, 12:23

HP Pavilion dv4, dv5, dv7 and Presario CQ50 laptop photos

Crave As for other gubbins inside the new ranges, you have some choices to choose from, including Blu-ray disc support and integrated TV tuners, and of course a choice between Intel and AMD CPUs, the entry-level models being backed up by the latter...

10 June 2008, 15:22

PC evolution: Turion X2, GeForce 7900 and fuel cells

Crave Another nice enhancement headed for a PC near you was the newly developed Turion 64 X2 Mobile CPU -- AMD's alternative to the highly acclaimed Intel Core Duo processor range. Given the fact that AMD's desktop processors are wiping the floor with...

Tags: range, core, pcs, battery

17 March 2006, 12:00

Rory's Christmas Shopping: Poor man's Xbox 360

Crave Nvidia Geforce 7800 GTX 512MB graphics card -- £339.98 Asus A8V-E SE motherboard -- £57.99 AMD Athlon 64 3800+ CPU -- £195.84 512MB DDR SD-RAM -- £41.06Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 60GB hard drive -- £38.26 LG GCC-4521BB 52x32x52x16 CD-RW/DVD-ROM...

Tags: microsoft, console, hard drive, value

2 December 2005, 17:00

Photos from CES Unveiled: Vegas' opening night

Crave This particular OLPC is being shown off by AMD, because that's who makes the world-saving laptop's Shrek ears. Also on the AMD stand is an NEC product that illustrates one of the three universal truths: cab drivers don't give a satnav about the...

6 January 2008, 9:34

HP Pavilion DV2000/S7500: Stars of Cannes 2006

Crave Inside it uses the brand new AMD Turion X2 dual-core processor (AMD's answer to Intel Core Duo) and an Nvidia GeForce Go 6150 graphics card, but bizarrely there's no sign of Windows XP Media Center Edition.

Tags: hp, core, campaign, weekend

22 May 2006, 15:54

Centrino 2: What's in the Intel sequel?

Crave Intel has launched Centrino 2 -- codenamed 'Montevina' -- to stave off competition from AMD, and to cement its place as the world's number one choice for laptops. Centrino is dead -- it's official. But don't worry.

15 July 2008, 10:30

Acer Ferrari 5000 and 1000 laptops unveiled

Crave It's powered by the latest AMD powerhouse, the Turion 64 X2 TL-52 processor, which runs at 2GHz, and 2GB of DDR2 667MHz memory -- both of which are plenty quick. Following in the treadmarks of the recently released Asus Lamborghini VX1 laptop, Acer...

Tags: acer, processor, windows vista, inch

19 July 2006, 11:49

Exclusive: Alienware Star Wars PCs

Crave Both the dark and light sides of the force are apparently running AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-55 Processors this season. Someone handed a Star Wars fan an airbrush and four Alienware PCs, sat them in a room with John William's famous soundtrack blaring at a...

Tags: mac os, wallpaper, pcs, marketing

20 April 2005, 16:39