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Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 review

Reviews AMD, you've had a good run. AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 About the only people these new chips aren't good news for are the folk at AMD, who can claim the desktop CPU crown no longer.

Editor's rating   8.7

Tags: intel, requirements, fans, cpu

14 August 2006, 13:18

Advent 9515 review

Reviews Unlike most laptop manufacturers, Advent chooses to use an AMD chip in its 9515 machine rather than an Intel processor. Advent's decision to go with AMD rather than Intel for the 9515 appears not to have had a dramatic impact on its performance.

Editor's rating   7

Tags: advent, gaming, battery, ports

10 March 2008, 8:00

Acer Ferrari 5000 review

Reviews Michael Schumacher sports an AMD logo on his crash helmet as part of his Ferrari Formula 1 sponsorship package, so you can see the connection that Acer has made -- a premium laptop with an AMD processor can use the Ferrari brand to push the...

Editor's rating   8.8

Tags: acer, channel, chip, voip

10 October 2006, 18:28

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 review

Reviews AMD, you've had a good run, but Intel has now launched its line of Core 2 Duo desktop CPUs -- if you're buying a new computer or building one of your own, you'd be wise to see that it has one of these chips in it.

Editor's rating   9

Tags: intel, fans, cache, requirements

27 July 2006, 13:41

Asus A7Tc review

Reviews AMD components have always made an ideal basis for powerful laptops, but the company has lagged behind Intel in this respect, particularly following the release of the Centrino Duo platform. The Turion 64 X2 processor is AMD's answer to its rival's...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: asus, high quality, cars, chips

10 July 2006, 18:03

Acer Ferrari 1100 review

Reviews Both Acer and AMD sponsor the Ferrari F1 team, so every now and again they buddy up to produce a Ferrari-themed laptop. The AMD sponsorship link means that the laptop is built around a Turion 64 X2 TL-66, running at 2.3GHz with a healthy 4GB...

Editor's rating   6.5

Tags: acer, sample, chip, socket

14 May 2008, 14:03

rockdirect Xtreme 64 review

Reviews In this case it's not the Intel Core Duo mobile processor, but rather the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+, which can more commonly be found in high-end desktop PCs. The chip has AMD's Cool'N'Quiet technology, but this simply reduces its clock speed to 1GHZ...

Editor's rating   8.6

Tags: rockdirect, ports, cpu, battery life

20 January 2006, 16:06

Select the processor and memory

Reviews AMD Sempron AMD Athlon XP Both Intel and AMD charge a premium for their top-of-the-line CPUs. AMD Athlon 64 FX AMD Athlon 64 Comparable to AMD's Sempron CPUs. AMD Athlon-based systems currently support only DDR (without tweaking), generally running...

16 May 2005, 14:35

What are my processor, screen and memory options?

Reviews AMD Athlon XP-M AMD Athlon 64 Mobile AMD Athlon 4 Sometimes referred to as the 'CPU', or central processing unit, the processor is the brains of the computer. It's the most important chip in a notebook and it has power-management features that...

12 May 2005, 19:39

Asus F3Ke review

Reviews Unlike the majority of Asus laptops we've tested, the F3Ke model uses an AMD processor, which makes it a frighteningly good value. It can use a variety of AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core processors with clock speeds ranging from 1.6GHz-2GHz.

Editor's rating   8

Tags: asus, sample, ports, cpu

6 November 2007, 14:35

Find the specs that are just right

Reviews Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 840, or AMD Athlon 64 FX processor Fast Intel Celeron D or midrange Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP or midrange Athlon 64 processor Midrange Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor

16 May 2005, 13:54

rockdirect Xtreme SL review

Reviews It's not one of AMD's newer dual-core mobile CPUs, but rather an older model, originally aimed at countering the threat of the now ageing Pentium M. FeaturesThe Xtreme SL is based on an AMD Athlon 64 Turion ML-42 processor.

Editor's rating   7.9

Tags: rockdirect, pixel, watching, gaming

28 April 2006, 16:32

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 review

Reviews AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 PerformanceIf you're wondering what kind of performance increase you can expect from the Core 2 Extreme QX6700, we saw dramatic speed increases with multitasking and multithreaded applications compared to Intel's Core 2 Duo...

Editor's rating   8.7

Tags: intel, raw, photoshop, chip

15 November 2006, 13:40

Mesh X-treme FX60 review

Reviews Features The main weapon in the X-treme FX60's arsenal is its AMD Athlon FX-60 dual-core processor. Performance The X-treme FX60 turned in a sterling performance, as we'd expect from any PC that uses the AMD Athlon FX-60 CPU.

Editor's rating   9

Tags: mesh, high quality, ports, ultra

18 April 2006, 18:01

Alienware Aurora mALX review

Reviews By using this older technology, AMD has also had to stick with standard DDR PC3200 memory running at 400MHz. FeaturesAlienware uses both Intel and AMD components but the company tends to favour AMD chips for its ultra high-end machines.

Editor's rating   8.6

Tags: dedicated, dell, aspect, signal

14 August 2006, 17:03