To test the new AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, we used an NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI based motherboard from Asus, the A8N-SLI Deluxe, that had been upgraded to the latest BIOS available (v1013-002). Some Pictures ...

Only one holiday weekend behind its rival Intel released its dual-core Pentium D chipset, AMD this week announced the Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor that, much like Intel’s offering, is aimed at ...

You cannot please everyone! We try to please as many people as possible with our articles but there is no denying that we just cannot please everyone. A common comment that pops up in our articles is ...

Dual core processors work best when software can run in parallel on them. So-called 'multithreaded applications' benefit from an additional CPU core because subroutines can be allocated to different ...

Intel may have come out with dual-core processors a few days earlier, but Advanced Micro Devices says it is bringing out dual-core chips to the market where it counts. The Sunnyvale, California-based ...

AMD's recent dual-core Athlon releases have been noteworthy as much for their high price as they have been for their performance. While the Athlon 64 X2 4800+ took Intel's best out behind the ...

Editor's Note: Product not yet tested. The following description is from the manufacturer. The AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processor puts the power of dual-core technology on the desktop. Dual-core ...

It's no secret that AMD will be launching updated Phenom quad-core processors very early next year, based on the company's 45nm manufacturing process, and if the signs that we saw last month are ...

Benchmark Summary: In all but one synthetic benchmark, the Athlon 64 X2 3800+ outperformed the 2.8GHz Pentium D 820 processor. The Athlon 64 X2 3800+ processor's performance was strongest in our ...

AMD Broadens Highly-Successful AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Family of Processors to Offer Exceptional Performance to Mainstream Consumers WHAT: AMD is leading the industry by delivering the benefits of ...

Yesterday morning, AMD announced its first member of the Athlon 64 X2 product family to break the 3GHz barrier, but it is not the company's first 3GHz processor for general consumers. That title goes ...