Official DOOM 3 [H]ardware Guide

Jul 30 2004 @ 06:14AM by MikeC

[H]ardOCP has released a hardware guide for all you Doom3 people out there. Take a look at what you need to run Doom3 like a dream at home.

"id Software and HardOCP team up to bring you a real-world DOOM 3 hardware guide that will help you understand and maximize your DOOM 3 gaming experience."

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WinXP 64 in 2005

Jul 30 2004 @ 06:10AM by MikeC

Good news for all you Athlon64 users out there. You'll finally be able to take advantage of your 64-bit processor in 2005 while using Windows. Microsoft has announced that they will be releasing the 64-bit version of their operating system in the begining of 2005.

MICROSOFT CONFIRMED today that the 64-bit version of Windows XP for Extended Systems is tied to the first service pack for Windows Server 2003, and will now ship in the first half of 2005.

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AMD lowering prices

Jul 28 2004 @ 03:43PM by MikeC

"The changes came as the chipmaker reconfigured the way it publishes prices for desktop components. AMD is now listing prices for chip bundles, which are typically sold via distributors to system makers, instead of prices for the chips alone, a company representative said."

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Sempron Processor Family

Jul 28 2004 @ 12:04PM by MikeC

"AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the availability of AMD Sempron? processors, a new family of processors that redefine everyday computing for value-conscious buyers of desktop and notebook PCs. The AMD Sempron and Mobile AMD Sempron processors are designed to deliver best-in-class performance and a full-feature set to meet the evolving day-to-day computing needs of home and business PC users."

Press release

 

Sempron release

Jul 28 2004 @ 12:02PM by MikeC

"VALUE PROCESSORS ARE all about artful foot-dragging. They are somewhat slower versions of the familiar Athlons and Pentiums, reworked and re-branded to sell at lower prices in cheaper PCs. At the high end of the market, we get to witness an epic struggle between AMD and Intel's best processors for all-out supremacy, but in the value realm, we witness something rather different. The point isn't to beat the other guy's product at any cost; it's a high-wire act in which the performers must balance beating the other guy's performance against the possibility of cannibalizing sales of one's own more expensive products."

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AMD to release Sempron early

Jul 27 2004 @ 08:06AM by MikeC

"DEALERS AND distributors are being told that the cut down AMD Sempr0n devices, originally slated for release on the 17th, will now be released earlier."

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Opteron Drives Powerful New Enterprise Servers

Jul 26 2004 @ 07:03AM by MikeC

"AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today that the AMD Opteron? processor will power the 4P Sun Fire V40z server as well as the 1P Sun Java workstation W1100z and 2P Sun Java workstation W2100z, the latest in a family of AMD Opteron processor-based products from Sun Microsystems. The first offering from the AMD and Sun alliance, the Sun Fire V20z, began shipping last April and is one of the top performing two-way x86 servers available today."

Press release

 

AMD takes pricing action

Jul 24 2004 @ 12:08PM by MikeC

"EUROPEAN RESELLERS have been told by email prices will decrease for all AMD Athlon 64 processors except FX?models effective on Monday, July 26th, 2004."

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AMD, Ferrari and Marlboro

Jul 23 2004 @ 06:17AM by MikeC

"AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced that Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, the Formula One racing team, has implemented a server cluster based on the AMD Opteron? processor with Direct Connect Architecture in order to advance its essential aerodynamic research and development. The servers based on the AMD Opteron processor represent the highest-performing computing solution ever employed by Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro. Jointly developed with AMD, this solution is the latest in a technology partnership that has spanned three seasons of Formula One racing."

Press Release

 

AMD K8 microcode dissected

Jul 23 2004 @ 05:36AM by MikeC

"MORE BITS AND PIECES from around the world. The first comes from Gateway, that company that changes strategies more often than a politician changes his mind. In the wake of Gateway acquiring eMachines, it closed down its retail stores. Fair enough, but then it pretty much pulled the eMachines out of the retail stores around me."

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Dell thinks AMD64 servers are fantastic

Jul 22 2004 @ 06:41AM by MikeC

"ONE OF OUR readers has noticed that if you do a search on Dell for AMD64, software using the renegade processor tips up."

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ECS intros AMD, Intel high end boards

Jul 22 2004 @ 06:41AM by MikeC

"ELITEGROUP SAID that motherboards for high end microprocessors from both AMD and Intel are now in stock and for sale."

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Sempr0n CPU gets further airing

Jul 21 2004 @ 04:06PM by MikeC

"WEB SITE it.com.cn has published some details of an AMD roadmap similar to roadmaps the INQUIRER saw last week."

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Sempr0n Details

Jul 20 2004 @ 06:17AM by MikeC

The Inquirer has released some details on the new Sempr0n processors. How much better will they perform than their older XP brethren yet to be determined.

"As you can see, Sempron?s frontsidebus is up 25% versus the lower XP-models which it is supposed to replace."

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AMD pops out two notebook chips

Jul 19 2004 @ 07:00AM by MikeC

"The Athlon 64 3400+ is largely aimed at performance users. It runs at 2.2GHz and comes with 1MB of cache. Gamer-PC maker Alienware will insert the chip in a notebook later in the month.

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The Rules For Notebook Performance and New Mobile Processors

Jul 19 2004 @ 06:56AM by MikeC

"AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced the Mobile AMD Athlon? 64 processor 3400+, bringing customers the highest performing 32-bit/64-bit processor designed for Windows®-based notebook PCs. The addition of the new Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor 3400+ to the award-winning AMD64 processor family provides an even greater selection for powerful 32-bit computing today plus compatibility with tomorrow?s 64-bit software. Like all AMD64 processors, the latest Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor offers an Enhanced Virus Protection security feature, to be enabled by the upcoming Microsoft® Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Press Release

 

AMD Roadmap Confusion

Jul 19 2004 @ 04:41AM by MikeC

Well if any of you are as confused as I am about AMD's plans for their future processors, this article over at The Inquirer might shed a little light. This should help us figure out what's up and what's next on AMD's plans.

"You probably are wondering about the longevity of the Socket A motherboards. They do continue right through to the end of 2005, but only for certain Semprons in the second to lowest and lowest value tiers. The highest clock speed for a Socket A Sempron will be 2800+."

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AMD?s 90nm AMD64 Chips to Deliver 5% Additional Performance?

Jul 16 2004 @ 01:39PM by MikeC

"The new central processing units from Advanced Micro Devices are expected to deliver about 5% higher performance in certain tasks, if the early benchmarks of a new AMD Athlon 64 chips published by a web-site are correct."

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Sempr0n VS Celeron

Jul 16 2004 @ 05:56AM by MikeC

AMD is taking Intel head on on the value market. They are renaming their Sempr0n performance scheme to reflect on Intel's Celeron D performance.

"And as part of AMD's move to the "value" Socket A market, we understand that we'll see a Sempron model 2400+ while as we reported yesterday most of the Athlon XP 2500+ and below are for the junk yard."

More details and you might get a clue on how AMD came out with the name Sempr0n over at The Inquirer

 

2005 - Year of the Dual Core

Jul 16 2004 @ 05:46AM by MikeC

AMD is poised to launch their Toledo processor, a dual cored chip based on a 90nm process on a 939 socket, in mid 2005. Well that's what the roadmaps show over at The Inquirer.

"AMD ROADMAPS seen by the INQUIRER at the now famous Porcupine pub show that AMD will release its desktop Toledo dual core 939 pin chip at 90 nanometres and using SOI in the second half of next year."

More details on the roadmap at The Inquirer

 

Epox says it's ready for AMD Sempron launch

Jul 15 2004 @ 02:19PM by MikeC

MOTHERBOARD FIRM Epox said that when the AMD Sempron chip launches on the 17th of August, it will have six motherboards to support it.

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Meeting the analysts expectations

Jul 15 2004 @ 11:35AM by MikeC

The chipmaker's second-quarter net income totaled $32 million, a 9 cent per share profit, on revenue of $1.3 billion for the quarter, which ended June 27. During the same quarter a year ago, AMD took in only $645 million, resulting in a $140 million, or 40 cents a share, loss.

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AMD Reports Second Quarter Results

Jul 15 2004 @ 07:12AM by MikeC

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today reported sales of $1.262 billion and net income of $32 million for the quarter ended June 27, 2004. Net income amounted to $0.09 per diluted share.

Press release

 

AMD unworried by "irrational Intel pricing"

Jul 15 2004 @ 07:11AM by MikeC

CHIP FIRM AMD held rather a low key conference call for the analyst community last night after it reported profits of $32 million on increased turnover.

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AMD makes nice profit

Jul 14 2004 @ 10:25PM by MikeC

CHIP FIRM AMD said it made a profit in its second quarter with revenues of $1.262 billion and net profits of $32 million.

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