CPU / Processors Reviews

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   AMD [H]ard|OCP FX GamExperience

   By Kyle Bennett   February 01, 2012

   We recently put on the third "GamExperience" here in Dallas, TX! We invited 600 of our closest friends and 20 companies that crank out some of the best computer hardware in the world and put them all in one room together for some gaming and geek talk. And yeah, free stuff too, about $50,000 worth!

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   HardOCP Readers Ask AMD Bulldozer Questions

   By Kyle Bennett   November 29, 2011

   AMD came to HardOCP after the lackluster Bulldozer desktop launch and wanted to reach out to the hardware enthusiast community by answering questions that many of us had. We posted a HardForum thread and allowed [H] readers to ask their questions. AMD culled through the questions and AMD staffers answered 10 of the questions.

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   Intel Core i7-3960X - Sandy Bridge E Processor Review

   By Kyle Bennett   November 14, 2011

   Intel debuts its $1000+ Extreme Edition 3960X processor parroting how great it is for the gamer and enthusiast. With 6 cores and 12 threads, a new motherboard and chipset platform, and quad channel DDR3, Intel as done the impossible, given us everything we don't want, and nothing we do want.

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   AMD FX-8150 Multi-GPU Gameplay Performance Review

   By Brent Justice   November 03, 2011

   We are taking the new AMD FX-8150 and giving it the power of Dual and Triple-SLI GeForce GTX 580 video cards. We are going to take the new CPU up to large NV Surround resolutions and see how performance stacks up when it comes to high-end gaming scenarios.

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   ASUS P8P67 EVO REV 3.0 Motherboard Review

   By Morry Teitelman   October 28, 2011

   Through the P8P67 EVO, ASUS brings a board to the table that raises the bar on its other offerings. Not only does this motherboard perform like a champ, it is packed to the gills with features and integrated functionalities. At less than $165 after MIR, it shows to be a solid value.

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   AMD Bulldozer / FX-8150 Gameplay Performance Review

   By Brent Justice   October 11, 2011

   Today we will take a look at how the AMD FX-8150 stacks up in real gameplay versus an Intel Core i7 2500K and 2600K, at default settings and overclocked. Will any of these CPUs provide a better gameplay over the other in some current DX11 games? We show you Battlefield 3, F1 2011, and Civilization V.

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   AMD Bulldozer / FX-8150 Desktop Performance Review

   By Kyle Bennett   October 11, 2011

   Computer hardware enthusiasts have literally waited for years for AMD's Bulldozer architecture to come to market and we finally see this today in its desktop form, code named Zambezi, brand named AMD FX. In this article we share with you our analysis of Bulldozer's performance in synthetic benchmarks and desktop applications.

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   AMD "Bulldozer" FX Model 8150 CPU Overclocking Preview

   By Kyle Bennett   September 13, 2011

   If you are wondering how well the new AMD FX CPU will overclock, you are not alone. AMD let us have some behind-the-scenes access a couple of weeks ago and is now allowing us to show off the results. We shot a lot of video and show you AMD FX overclocking on water, phase change, and liquid nitrogen.

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   GlobalFoundries ITDC Laboratory Tour

   By Kyle Bennett   August 02, 2011

   You ever heard the numbers thrown around about how many wafers will be produced by a fab? GlobalFoundries is telling us Fab 8 will build processors using up to 60,000 wafers a month when it is under full production. Have you ever wondered how all those wafers get to where they need to be? We show you how that happens.

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    AMD's Llano Fusion - A Series APUs

    By Kyle Bennett   June 14, 2011

    While we have seen previous Fusion APUs, today AMD releases its code named "Llano" Fusion A Series APU processor on the world. The first one of these we get to see is in a notebook and a mere 228 square millimeter of silicon that AMD is counting on changing its balance sheet.

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    VIA QuadCore Preview & Centaur Tour

    By Kyle Bennett   May 11, 2011

    VIA Technologies and Centaur Technologies are back with what it is calling the world's most efficient x86 multicore processor on the planet. Seeing so much done with so little is impressive, but what is even more impressive is seeing four cores falling into a power envelope of less than 28 watts TDP.

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    GLOBALFOUNDRIES Fab 8 Construction Tour

    By Kyle Bennett   April 19, 2011

    GLOBALFOUNDRIES was kind enough to let HardOCP into its new Fab 8 facility in Malta, New York. While far from finished, this 28/20nm plant will be ramping to full production in 2012. Check out the video to understand the sheer scale of the largest construction project currently underway in the United States.