We have known for some time that Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q6600 was approaching its End of Life. Today we have read reports confirming that the chip will cease to be sold come the end of Q2 2009. The Q6600 is far and away the most successful quad-core processor of all time. Despite being released [...]
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FPSLabs has always been, if anything, an advocate of overclocking. Way back when we were GotFrag Hardware, we actually encouraged overclocking to the extent of publishing a few comprehensive how-to articles on the subject. However, most of us have maintained a pretty hands-off policy when it comes to overclocking video cards. Sometimes when the risks [...]
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As someone who literally spends most of their life observing trends in the hardware world, it is surprisingly difficult to make decisions when it comes to purchasing a new computer. Just as you might expect a mediator to have a tough time concluding when they’ve heard both sides of the story and sympathize equally. We’ve [...]
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When AGEIA introduced PhysX technology to the world in 2006, the reception was not exactly warm. At a time when prices of processors and graphics cards soared to ridiculous levels, the thought of spending an extra chunk of change on a card that didn’t appear to do very much was a difficult one to swallow. [...]
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The term “Vote or Die” is used so haphazardly these days that P. Diddy and his South Park episode are forgotten all too easily. Voting in the USA is a process that can produce profound change or maintain the status quo. For many of us, the right to vote was something that did not come [...]
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Last month AMD launched a new strategic initiative called Fusion. Fusion, the name we thought was assigned to the company’s rumored CPU+GPU integration, is actually being used as more of an umbrella term for various different things. Big things. Fusion is more than just a product name or an idea really; it represents the start [...]
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