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| AMD Processor Pricing - Great Deals! posted by BigAl |
| You can now purchase the AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ CPU in it's retail box with heatpipe CPU cooler for the low price of around $169, including shipping. This CPU runs at 3 GHz, and it's real sweet in gaming machines. See the recent price drops (as of July 9th) here: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_609,00.html |
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| Windows Vista Performance Guide at AnandTech posted by BigAl |
One of the major changes on paper for Vista is that x64 now becomes an equal platform with the x86 version, as using the Vista compatibility logo on any hardware or software requires that the item in question works under both the x86 and x64 versions, but the reality of the situation is not as rosy. Along with the other limitations of the OEM versions we listed above, only the retail versions of Vista are shipping with x64 and x86 together; the OEM versions are only sold in an either/or fashion: you can either get the x64 or x86 version, but not both at once. It's possible that this will be trivially easy to work around, however it's something that should be kept in mind if you're purchasing an OEM copy.
This is not to say that Vista x64 hasn't improved; if anything it has improved more between Beta 2 and now than the x86 version did, if only by virtue of having more ground to cover. The performance gap we initially saw between the x86 and x64 versions has dissolved away in most cases, so x64 no longer means taking an immediate performance hit in benchmarks. However we can't shake the feeling of Vista x64 still being slower, even if the benchmarks don't show it. We've had multiple editors use multiple machines, and general performance in particular just feels slower. At this point we still are unsure why this is, but it's a very real condition that hurts Vista x64.
Link: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2917&p=16 |
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| Affiliate News for Sunday, October 14, 2007 posted by |
ASUS G1S 15.4" Gaming Notebook @ Techgage
Despite having a number of models available, ASUS is still not a name that's synonymous with notebooks. But one thing is certain, they don't push out poorly designed products. We are taking a look at a perfect example of what a quality notebook should be, with the G1S gaming series.
Prestigio Officer 375 Review @ InsideHW.com
Prestigio in Europe is predominantly known as a notebook brand. Besides that, their manufacturing lines are aspiring life to numerous different products, mainly very good in design. Given we are facing computer placed into display chassis, Mac products are first we can think of. Still, unlike them, Prestigio Officer is not primarily focused on design itself. Price is play trump, and we salute it..."
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