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In Depth: Complete guide to choosing a PC processor

Wouldn't it be great if money didn't matter? In that altogether salubrious scenario, picking a PC processor would be quick and painless. After all, Intel makes undeniably the best money-no-object chip known to man. Run the Core i7 975 Extreme Edition ...

From JEREMY LAIRD, Tech.co.uk,  21 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Intel,  AMD

Opinion: Lack of competition is stifling IT innovation

The lines have been drawn and the players are in position. Let battle commence! Windows 7 is 234 per cent more popular than its predecessor. It's official. OK, so that figure relates to the first few days of sales in the US, and the predecessor in ...

From JEREMY LAIRD, Tech.co.uk,  23 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Intel,  Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.,  AMD,  IBM

Analysis: AMD Bulldozer: The fightback begins in 2011

Have you been keeping up with the latest brand-pimping ad campaign from Intel? If so, you'll know the basic shizzle involves Intel's super-geeky employees looking at life a bit differently. "Our rock stars," says Intel, "aren't like your rock stars." ...

From JEREMY LAIRD, Tech.co.uk,  15 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Intel,  AMD

In Depth: The hottest PC technology for 2010

Another glorious year in tech is coming to a close. As ever, the PC got faster, better and often cheaper in 2009. But as one chip engineer said to another, nostalgia ain't what it used to be. Instead of looking back, therefore, allow us to regale ...

From JEREMY LAIRD, Tech.co.uk,  14 Dec 2009
Related Topics: Intel,  AMD,  NVIDIA

Analysis: Where it all went wrong for Intel's Larrabee

So it's goodbye to Intel's Larrabee, we hardly knew ye. Larrabee, of course, is the much heralded many-cores graphics-come-co-processor architecture with which Intel had been planning to spank NVIDIA and AMD. And it's been canceled. Strictly speaking, ...

From JEREMY LAIRD, Tech.co.uk,  7 Dec 2009
Related Topics: Intel,  AMD,  Mark I,  NVIDIA

Opinion: DirectX 11: biggest leap in PC entertainment tech

DirectX 11, however, is a bit different. There are several reasons to think it will not only be the biggest ever step forward in entertainment tech on the PC, but also properly shake up the way desktop computers process data. Undoubtedly the biggest ...

From JEREMY LAIRD, Tech.co.uk,  30 Nov 2009
Related Topics: AMD,  Microsoft Corporation

In Depth: Complete guide to DirectX 11

Have you read our coverage of AMD's new Radeon HD 5870 graphics card? If you have you'll already be marvelling at the sheer, giddy silliness of the frame rates it's capable of, not to mention basking in the glory of nearly three teraflops of raw ...

From JEREMY LAIRD, Tech.co.uk,  22 Nov 2009
Related Topics: AMD,  Microsoft Corporation,  Megan Fox

Guide: How to overclock the Core i5

The short answer is that our fears of an incoming nerf were entirely unfounded. Lynnfield clocks up at least as well, if not better, than existing Intel processors. Intel's now traditional 1GHz+ boost still applies. As for AMD's Phenom processors, ...

From JEREMY LAIRD, Tech.co.uk,  15 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Intel,  AMD

Opinion: Fact: big companies make duff products

Big tech companies make duff products. That's a fact. I don't mean they usually or even fairly regularly make duff products. It's just that for any large outfit with a big range of frequently refreshed kit, it's impossible to avoid occasionally ...

From JEREMY LAIRD, Tech.co.uk,  27 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Netgear

In Depth: Solid state drives: all you need to know

With processors and graphics chips becoming faster seemingly by the day, the relatively slovenly development of messy mechanical hard disks has become a serious drag. Sure, hard drives have gotten a lot bigger in recent years, but they're barely any ...

From JEREMY LAIRD, Tech.co.uk,  13 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Intel

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