Energy friendly computer hardware tends to cut out features or run things a bit slower in order to get their power usage in check. Then there are those cases where they cherry-pick the best of the best in order to make things run quickly and with less of a power load. This is one such […]
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Nvidia’s graphics division is having a rough time getting new products out the door but that doesn’t mean the rest of the company is stagnating. The company has announced its newest system on a chip dubbed Tegra 2. The new Nvidia Tegra 250 will sport a total of 8 RISC-based processor cores running at up […]
Read more Nvidia Tegra 2 piles on the cores
Intel has been on a bit of a roll when it comes to their processor offerings. While they’ve certainly made the high-end happy with their performance the budget conscious system builders have been looking for something a little friendlier, price wise, to offer customers. In comes the Intel Core i5 661 which sports a graphics […]
If you’re really into computing hardware you tend to seek out information on the top-end products that are available, unfortunately many of those high-end processors are cost-prohibitive for some…that doesn’t mean there aren’t speedy bargains to be found however. X-bit labs tests some of the most inexpensive processors out there and comes up with a […]
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Sony/Toshiba/IBM’s joint effort to create a monstrous number crunching chip has been limited to the PlayStation 3 and a few niche applications that need the sort of power the chip is pumping out. Now it’s making its way to the PC to help you with your media creation. The Leadtek PxVC1100 MPEG-2/H.264 Transcoding Card utilizes […]
Read more Leadtek PxVC1100 MPEG-2/H.264 Transcoding Card speeds up your video processing
When processor manufacturers spend enough time making a CPU they tend to find tricks which improve yields or fix various bugs and, on occasion, make the chips run a bit cooler. The new chips perform just as well as the old ones but the added improvements make them sought after by those that want the […]
VIA’s game these days has been based on their low-power processors and chipsets which don’t offer a heck of a lot of performance but you’re sure to get plenty of battery life out of devices using their chips. The company’s new Nano 3000 series of CPUs are set to introduce a slew of new features […]
Read more VIA Announces Nano 3000 Series Processors, when energy efficiency is key
It might be chic to be green in order to save Earth and all of that feel-good stuff but, when you take a look at your wallet, there are real monetary benefits for going with hardware that doesn’t consume power like mad. Do you really need that quad core when the system is mostly stuck […]
Read more AMD Athlon II X2 240e wants you to save some energy
AMD’s Athlon brand resurfaced in a big way as a value lineup that brings the fancy architecture features the Phenom processors have down to a more affordable price range which means even those on a budget can enjoy great performance. InsideHW has a look at the AMD Athlon II X3 435 and X4 Athlon II […]
Read more AMD Athlon II X3 435 and X4 630 budget multi-core fun
Computer processors can be an expensive proposition to make as the demands of power users force the chip makers to come up with designs that use more and more die-grabbing cache to feed the increasing core counts. The bigger the chip die the more it will cost….
As with most technologies the more time passes the cheaper things tend to get, for some products that day can’t seem to come around soon enough but when the day finally arrives it’s about as sweet as any other for…
