Archive for January, 2008

AMD Triple Core Phenom 8600 Early Results

It looks like someone has managed to snag a B2 revision Toliman processor and run a few benchmarks with it. The Toliman processor is essentially a 4-core Phenom with a core disabled which is due to the stringent testing of processors off the assembly line. Since K10 is a monolithic core, any minor errors effectively [...]

Almost Done With Redesign!

I’m getting close to being done with this particular redesign. I know there isn’t much impressive about it but I needed a change and using a pre-built theme just feels like cheating. I still have a few things to add like my 9rules leaf and my ASO Orange but I have a list and will [...]

AMD HD3870×2 Review on PCOnline.com

R680 has hit some reviewers already and it looks to be a decent compromise between price and performance. At it’s cores sit RV670 cores that power the single-GPU HD3870. However unlike the standard HD3870, the 3870×2 is equipped with GDDR3, 512MB per core. All of this is crammed onto a single PCB with a double-slot [...]

Review: EVGA 8400GS 256MB

Today I have in my hands a rather unusual card. I don’t believe I have laid hands on such an underwhelming card but I figured it’d be a hoot to play with and potentially become my new benching card, for CPU benching that is. This 8400GS comes equipped with a G86 GPU core complete with [...]

Upcoming Posts, Reviews, and Opportunities

I’ve been in “relax mode” for the last two days or so but I’ve got a few things in the works. Sometime soon I’ll be doing a full work-up on the QX9650 I picked up for the Gigabyte Contest. I’ve also got an EVGA 8400GS and 8800GTS 640MB to play with which should both prove [...]

Gigabyte Overclocking Contest

I’ve been a bit busy the last couple of days and I haven’t had enough time to post but the pressure is finally off. About two weeks ago I was informed of an overclocking contest sponsored by Gigabyte. The contest was based around the 3DMark 2006 CPU test score and limited to Gigabyte motherboards utilizing [...]