December 15th 2009
Having a thought of upgrading your old graphic card (GPU) this holiday season? nvidia isn’t doing very well in the high end segment. While ATI got back the performance crown with its 5970 graphic card. Their available inventory was scarce. Even all of the newly introduced Evergreen family of graphic cards have little in stock. Thus making their price soar up high. Continue Reading »
August 13th 2009
The AMD Sempron 140
Just when you thought Phenom II X3 (or some X2s) are the best bang for buck by having free cores (yeah, literally), hold on, as Sempron 140 will likely to be the next bang for buck by having a free “core” unlockable core by costing just half of Phenom II X3, well more than half actually. Continue Reading »
August 11th 2009
The new AMD 785G chipset
The days are numbered when IGP (integrated graphic processor) offers miserable graphic performance. Thanks to AMD, we got a very solid IGP solutions with the 780G chipset released last year. A year later, which is today, AMD bumped up and inject the 780G with extra speed and some tweaks here and there. And voila, we got the 785G. Continue Reading »
June 11th 2009
Gone are the days when 1GB of RAM and 400MHz of speed were considered to be a luxury specifications for a PC. 1GB RAM used to cost RM300-400(USD 115) 4-5years back, depending on the RAM timings and brand. Paired it with an AMD Athlon FX-55(best processor at that time) and you’ve got yourself a very fast PC. Fast forward to present time, suddenly this 1GB DDR 400MHZ RAM and FX-55 pairing seems better suited for word processing and your mum’s daily recipe on youtube. The fastest processor was just being dethrone last week when intel releases Core i7 975 Extreme to replace the 965 Extreme. Continue Reading »