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DirectX 11 supported on new ATI Radeon HD 5800 3D cards - Sep 24, 2009

Crave AMD has introduced its ATI Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5850 desktop graphics cards, beating rival Nvidia to the marketplace with the first DirectX 11-capable products. As DirectX 11 is ... Read story »

Intel pays US$1.25 billion to AMD, but it's no big deal for consumers - Nov 13, 2009

Crave The settlement between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices isn't just a matter of business between companies. Sure, it's a big financial deal when the biggest chipmaker in the world forks over ... Read story »

AMD Phenom II chip overclocked to 7GHz - Nov 16, 2009

Crave Some people push physical boundaries through body modification or inane stunts and get accolades. Others break through scientific frontiers and get awarded with the Nobel prize. Overclockers, however, do it simply ... Read story »

A sub-US$500 ThinkPad with colors? Now we've seen everything - Nov 20, 2009

Crave (Image credit: Netbooknews.de) We honestly never thought this day would come. Since 1992, ThinkPads have been well-known for their durability, security and premium pricing. The "black bento box" look also became ... Read story »

AMD demos first DirectX 11 graphics processor - Jun 4, 2009

Crave We've tried not to get too hung up on the posturing by both AMD and Nvidia over whose graphics card driver software is most prepared for Windows 7. With no major ... Read story »

AMD Tigris and Congo platforms promise better battery life - Sep 16, 2009

Crave AMD on Thursday announced its Tigris laptop platform, intended for mainstream applications and offering full 1080p, DirectX 10.1 support and offloading video encoding to the Radeon HD 4200 GPU. With new ... Read story »

AMD Tigris may pop its head in Computex - May 19, 2009

Crave AMD's upcoming laptop platform, Tigris, is expected to appear at Taiwan Computex this June. Tigris machines will sport the new 45nm dual-core Caspian processor on SB710 or RS880M series chipsets with ... Read story »

AMD bows new budget 3D card - Oct 28, 2008

Crave Check up on the enthusiast Web sites and their review of AMD's new US$130 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4830 graphics card and you'll find a common thread. Each laments the ... Read story »

AMD says no to Netbooks - Nov 19, 2008

Crave The upcoming Congo and Yukon platforms have been hailed by many as AMD's answer to the Intel Atom platform. However, the chipmaker has come out and said, categorically, that it does ... Read story »

AMD rolls out new budget 3D cards - Oct 2, 2008

Crave The new AMD Radeon HD 4550 is only US$50. AMD debuted two new budget 3D cards today, bringing the same core design from its flagship ATI Radeon HD 4800 series ... Read story »

New Fujitsu P series sports CULV and Neo platforms - Oct 15, 2009

Crave The 11.6-inch notebook form factor has new members from the Fujitsu family, as the Japanese maker hsa just announced its latest additions to the LifeBook P series. Aiming for affordability, the ... Read story »

AMD Puma pounces on Toshiba - Oct 15, 2008

Crave The first Toshiba laptops based on the latest AMD Puma platform have started appearing in the US, with the Satellite L305D and Satellite M305D leading the way. Though both Intel and ... Read story »

Chinese government designs quad-core processor - Sep 8, 2008

Crave When you have a population of more than a billion, economy of scale takes on an entirely new meaning. The Chinese government were involved in chip design as far back as ... Read story »

AMD introduces Dragon PC gaming platform and new Phenom II CPUs - Jan 9, 2009

Crave As the only vendor currently producing CPUs, GPUs, and motherboard chipsets, AMD is uniquely positioned to market its entire product line as a unified PC gaming platform. It began this effort ... Read story »

Dell rides the Dragon with new XPS 625 gaming PC - Jan 9, 2009

Crave The new Dell XPS 625 has all AMD hardware under the hood. Even if the case lighting caused consternation for some, we were fans of Dell's XPS 630 gaming desktop, ... Read story »

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