Reviewed on March 26, 2008AMD's new Phenom X4 9850 is overpriced and outclassed compared with its Intel-based quad-core competition. If PC vendors can use this chip to make cheap systems (as they did with older Phenoms), we might have nicer things to say, but as a DIY part at this price, we can't recommend AMD's latest quad-core CPU.TAGS:HyperTransport, AMD, quad-core, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel
Reviewed on December 10, 2007AMD's new Phenom quad-core CPU has little to recommend it over competing chips from Intel. The Phenom is marginally less expensive, but not enough to make up for its subpar performance. Unless AMD drops prices more aggressively, it looks like Intel will maintain its grasp on the CPU market for the foreseeable future.TAGS:Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD, quad-core, Intel, CPU, PC
April 29, 2004Advanced Micro Devices' chief executive says the chipmaker is planning a 2005 launch of a server Opteron with two processing cores.TAGS:AMD, AMD Opteron, dual-core processor, CEO, server
January 3, 2008Company's president is being groomed to succeed CEO Hector Ruiz. But first he must prove that last year's engineering snafus were an aberration.TAGS:AMD, CEO
Reviewed on June 26, 2007Dell's first desktops to carry the Inspiron name look good, inside and out. With a huge range of available components and two equally attractive cases, mainstream consumers ought to be able to find a config that meets their budget, tastes, and computing needs.TAGS:Dell Inspiron, optical drive, Intel Celeron, dual-core, chipset, brand, AMD, Intel, hard drive, PC
Reviewed on January 29, 2008Gateway's FX7020 matches an AMD quad-core CPU and a fast Nvidia graphics card to make a compelling gaming PC, with some basic multimedia features to boot. Upgraders looking for a deal might wish Gateway had added a beefier power supply, but as is, this is a fine PC for its price.TAGS:Gateway Inc., quad-core, Velocity Micro, Intel Core 2 Duo, HP Pavilion, CPU, AMD, DVD burner, Intel, multimedia, HP, games, DVD, PC