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Benchs for the Phenom II   Posted on 03/12/2008 at 12:04 by Marc

	Expreview has published the first benchmarks for the Phenom II. The figures should however be taken with a pinch of salt as they come directly from AMD. Compared to a Q9400 (2.66 GHz) which is likely to be at a similar price, the Phenom II 940 (3 GHz) would seem to be significantly faster, the difference varying between 5 and 15% in multimedia applications. Figures have also been published on game performance but given that we don’t know if the graphics cards used were the same, there seems little point giving the results. It remains to be seen if these levels of performance for the Phenom II, which are to be expected given its clock frequency, are borne out in practice. If they are, Intel will probably be forced to react by readjusting the price of its Core 2 Quad range.

GeForce GTX 295   Posted on 03/12/2008 at 11:51 by Marc

	According to Expreview, NVIDIA is still working on a card that would integrate two GT200 processors engraved in 55nm (GT200b/GT206). The official name of the card is the GeForce GTX 295, with two distinct but linked PCBs in a similar design to the 9800GX2. Such a card would have been unimaginable with a GT200 in 65 nm, the finer engraving and improved power consumption of the 55 nm making it a possibility. The card design is reported to be complete and the first samples ought to be out soon.

Report: The Intel Core i7, in practice   Posted on 03/12/2008 at 10:19 by Marc

	Two years after the Core 2, Intel has launched its new architectecture with the Core i7. Is it a simple evolution or a real revolution like its predecessor was when it came out? Here’s the answer! > Report: The Intel Core i7, in practice

4 Radeon HD 4870s vs 3 GeForce GTX 280   Posted on 03/12/2008 at 10:07 by Damien

	We have decided to look into multi-GPU performance for the GeForce GTX 200 and the Radeon HD 4800. Lets see what we get out of 3 GeForce GTX 280s and 4 Radeon HD 4870s. And at what price? > Report: 4 Radeon HD 4870s versus 3 GeForce GTX 280s