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  1. Windows 7 Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Gaming Performance Analysis

    So you're a Windows 7 user and you thank Microsoft every day for creating something that has gotten you off Windows Vista. Almost 18 months on and loads of little updates later, we finally find ourselves greeted with the first Service Pack for the operating system. So it's got a list of...
  2. Windows 7 Rumour: Bulldozer 50% faster than Core i7 950 and Phenom II X6 1100T

    DonanimHaber have revealed early Link Removed indications for AMD's much anticipated next-gen Bulldozer architecture, in the form of Zambezi CPUs. The benchmarks were sourced from an official AMD document, in three categories, Media, Rendering and Games, and the Bulldozer 8-core sampled ended up...
  3. Windows 7 NVIDIA at War with AMD over Driver Benchmarks

    NVIDIA is accusing rival graphics chipmaker AMD of optimizing default settings baked into the cards’ drivers to gain an unfair performance advantage for its high-end GPUs. Nvidia cited the findings of several Web sites that conduct computer hardware reviews and testing, including...
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    Windows 7 Next-Gen AMD Bobcat and Bulldozer CPU Deep Dive

    Full article and details; Next-Gen AMD Bobcat and Bulldozer CPU Deep Dive - HotHardware
  5. Windows 7 NVIDIA ForceWare 257.15 Performance Analysis

    We don't tend to look at NVIDIA drivers regularly. The main reason for that is because NVIDIA don't normally release major ones on a regular basis. Sure, we see a constant flow of beta and WHQL ones, but if we tested all of them all we'd ever be doing is testing NVIDIA drivers. Instead, we just...
  6. Windows 7 AMD's 12-core "Magny-Cours" Opteron 6174 vs. Intel's 6-core Xeon

    If the Link Removed due to 404 Error were a car engine, it would've been made by Porsche. With "only" six cores, each core in the new Xeon offers almost twice the performance of the competition. A 32nm CPU that only occupies 248 mm2 the Westmere Xeon EP embodies pure refinement and intelligent...
  7. Windows 7 Blazing fast password recovery with new ATI cards

    ElcomSoft accelerates the recovery of Wi-Fi passwords and password-protected iPhone and iPod backups by using ATI video cards. The support of ATI Radeon 5000 series video accelerators allows ElcomSoft to perform password recovery up to 20 times faster compared to Intel top of the line quad-core...
  8. Windows 7 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?

    This is an excellent article relating to both ATI and Nvidia cards.. Also worth reading if your a 5000 series owner.. Since the launch of Windows 7 a few months ago, graphics card vendors have introduced a handful of new GPUs, working to develop and roll out drivers for their products. Enough...
  9. Windows 7 GeForce 190.62 Vs 190.38 Vs 190.56

    Not much apart from the graphs below is included in this report but i thought I'd post it anyway.. More is found here: Link Removed Link Removed due to 404 Error
  10. SiSoft Sandra updated to 15.124 SP3a

    So what's new in it for you? 1. Support for Windows 7 RTM, built and tested with the latest Windows 7 tools. 2. New OpenCL GPGPU benchmarks: complete set of OpenCL benchmarks in addition to the existing CUDA & STREAM versions: 3. New OpenGL GFX benchmarks: complete set of OpenGL benchmarks with...
  11. 80+ Windows 7 Benchmarks

    Windows 7 is compared to XP and vista over 80 benchmarks: Windows 7 Review: XP vs Vista vs 7 in 80+ Benchmarks | Maximum PC
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    Windows 7 Constantly disconnecting

    I installed the new release last night (7048 x64) and ever since I am constantly getting disconnected from the internet. I have to go and repair the connection in order to get connected again. It's a random event nothing seems to trigger it. I left it on last night and it aparently stayed on all...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 and 9800 GX2 problem

    Hi All, Have someone tried to run Nvidia 9800 GX2 under Windows 7 x64? When I run games or benchmarks PC get freeze. After many attempts with drivers (currently with 180.60) I decide to disable SLI in CP and all games and benchmarks get start to work perfect but only with one core and slowly of...