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We’ve come across a decent number of high performance computers in our deal hunting travels; machines with top-tier quad-core processor, high-end GPUs, fast SSDs, and the like. But we can easily say these are the fastest, most powerful laptops we’ve ever found a deal for.Alienware’s M18x is its...

AMD has launched its latest graphics processor (GPU) for mobile PCs: the AMD Radeon HD 8970M is going to be AMD’s highest-performing laptop GPU, probably until the next generation architecture hits. If we compare it to the rest of the [...] Like It , +1 , Tweet It , Pin It Original content from...

AMD is announcing its HD 8970M today. We say "announcing" instead of launching because this chip is, as far as we can tell, nothing but a rebadged HD 7970. It wasn't initially clear if this would be the case -- the HD 7790, which the company launched in March, has a few small feature changes that...

One question when building or upgrading a gaming system is of which CPU to choose - does it matter if I have a quad core from Intel, or a quad module from AMD? Perhaps something simpler will do the trick, and I can spend the difference on the GPU. What if you are running a multi-GPU setup, does the...

Capacity is more important than bandwidth

HSA on a smaller scale

Since last week rumors of the Samsung Galaxy Note III have been coming in. It is said to be the first Samsung Galaxy device which will ship with a plastic OLED display . Today some additional speculation has come up regarding this very device. It is claimed that Note III will become Samsung’s most...

More Samsung Galaxy Note III rumors are surfacing, and this is one we’re hoping is true. According to SamMobile’s source, the Galaxy Note III may have both an 8-core CPU and an 8-core GPU. The CPU will be the Exynos 5 Octa that was introduced at CES earlier this year, but the 8-core GPU will be a...

AMD confirmed that Kaveri will be the first chip to use its upcoming HSA features and combined CPU/GPU capabilities -- but the next-generation Xbox and PS4 could have these features, too.

Now that AMD’s dual-gpu Malta graphics card is official, cards from Add-In Board (AIB) partners are starting to roll in. One such recently announced card is the XFX Radeon HD 7990 card. The XFX card is based on the reference AMD design, which includes two Radeon HD 7970 GPUs in a Crossfire...