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I was comparing the two following processors: PassMark CPU Lookup PassMark CPU Lookup Now it looks like the Atom D525 at 1.80GHz is better than the Intel Pentium 4 at 3.00GHz...but does this mean the first one is better overall, or is it possible the second one outperforms it in some way? For...

Thanks to Nvidia and AMD we have a pretty constant flow of new graphics cards to ponder on, but when no hardware is released then the attention turns to software, more specifically drivers which bring more features, capabilities and performance improvements to sweeten up the cards already on...

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Apple's latest breed of MacBook Airs aren't only good-looking, they're really fast, too. Just how fast, you ask? Well, PCWorld pitted the MBAs against a slew of netbooks and ultraportables and found out that the slim MacBooks blew the competition out of the water in Windows 7 benchmark tests...

Microsoft Windows 7's market share expands, while Mac OS X faces slight decline, finds a NetMarketShare survey. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. Link Removed More...

Microsoft Windows 7's market share expands, while Mac OS X faces slight decline, finds a NetMarketShare survey. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. Link Removed More...

Greg Leake has been at it again. He has emerged from his lab with the latest results of benchmark testing of Windows Server AppFabric Caching vs. IBM eXtreme Scale and the results are something you definitely want to see. Ron Jacobs blog http://blogs.msdn.com/rjacobs twitter Link...

According to a report over at Xbitlabs, AMD is working on several new Phenom II X6 CPUs including the new flagship Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition. Of course, we are still just talking about clock bumps as the flagship is still based on the 45nm Thuban die and is pretty much the same as it...

NVIDIA APEX PhysX Efficiency: CPU vs GPU Benchmark Reviews tests NVIDIA APEX PhysX efficiency using Mafia II - compares CPU vs GPU performance. According to the August 2010 Steam Link Removed - Not Found survey, PC gamers prefer NVIDIA GeForce desktop video cards nearly 80% more than AMD/ATI...

ATI Catalyst 10.8 Windows 7 Driver Analysis Link Removed Performance Improvements - Far Cry 2 -Performance increases 2-6% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire™ configurations -Performance increases 2-4% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire™...

Have you grown tired of Heaven Benchmark and the Stone Giant demo and want something new to test our your DirectX 11 graphics card with? Sorry, no the new 3DMark isn't out yet but don't worry cause as of today you can give TessMark a try and see tessellation running via OpenGL 4. Developed by...

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FFMpeg's ffvp8, the Fastest VP8 Decoder Just after 3 weeks of Link Removed due to 404 Error, the FFMpeg team still impressing us but this time with a new benchmark of their own vp8 decoder. The new ffvp8 decoder written independently using pre-existent FFMpeg code-base iLink Removed - Invalid...

Back in early May of this year, Mushkin Enhanced released a new line of SSD named "Callisto" after one of Jupiter's moons, to go along with their earlier IO series. The following review is from OverclockersClub.com: May 24, 2010 Introduction: Mushkin has been a very well known and...

If you've grown tired of the Heaven Benchmark and want something new to test a DirectX 11 card/setup with then don't look as far as 3DMark 11, just download the new Aliens vs. Predator Benchmark from Rebellion and SEGA. Available Link Removed - Invalid URL as a tightly-packed (300+MB) archive...

The software maker says Parallels software, aimed at easing the upgrade to Windows 7, is likely to cause users to violate Microsoft's licensing terms. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join...

3DMark 11 details leaked</A itxtvisited="1"> By Hilbert Hagedoorn, May 21, 2010 - 7:53 PM I already knew for a fact that some ODMs will show 3DMark 11 over at Computex to demo good stuff. TPU found some more info as well that leaked thourgh Plaza.fl: Futuremark is readying the next...

Yes here's another way to see the DX11 goodies your card can produce.. When running, pressing enter, starts the benchmark. F1 to F5 changes parameters like wireframe and Tesselation. Also numbers 1 to 5 produce varied still views. When the benchmark isn't running one can 'fly' using the W,S,A,D...

ComputeMark is the first benchmark to examine the power of your graphics card in the DirectX 11 Shader Compute calculations. With the arrival of Windows 7 and DirectX 11 starts spreading trend to shift the burden from the CPU to the graphics card. ComputeMark is the first tool that will tell you...

Western Digital’s Raptor family hit the enthusiast hard drive market like an asteroid in 2003, and has been a benchmark in high-end desktop storage ever since. With no direct competition in its spindle speed class, this 10,000 RPM hard drive remains a coveted choice for enthusiasts and IT...