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Looking at the performance of the new AMD FX-8150 in our original launch coverage is really important. It's important to cover those synthetic benchmarks as well as those CPU orientated tests like ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Today we test the video card side of things a bit more and see what goes on when we start to make use of CrossFireX on the 990FX platform. The 990FX ...

We've waited a long time for AMD to release a next-generation CPU architecture to take the place of the venerable Athlon and Phenom chips. Eight years on from the first Athlons, the grounds-up ...

Today AMD is officially taking the wraps off its latest FX-Series of desktop processors, targeted at performance-minded PC enthusiasts and overclockers. The FX-Series is based on the processor core ...

3DMark06 nowadays is very CPU limited, making it a good application to check CPU performance. The scores that you see are the CPU test itself, not overall 3DMark06 (P) scores. 3DMark Vantage focuses ...

AMD is kick starting the new FX lineup with seven processors, including 8-, 6- and 4-core models. The flagship processor is the FX-8150, which features a base frequency of 3.6GHz with a Turbo Core ...

If you’re unsure as to what Bulldozer and the FX range or processors is all about, then we suggest you take a look at our article explaining the ins and outs of it. If you are aware of what Bulldozer ...

Practically a given at any genuinely new CPU architecture launch, AMD's now supporting the Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX), including hardware-based AES, which we've previously seen on the chip ...

The AMD eight-core processor, code-named Bulldozer, is AMD's ultimate play in the gaming enthusiast and over-clocking market. The FX series offers several options based on the number of cores and ...

To give an indepth look into exactly what’s on offer from AMD today, we can see a lot of similiarities between certain models with just the speed separating some of them. Today sees us taking a look ...

Compared to the Phenom II, AMD's FX processors provide significantly more memory bandwidth. Read throughput has been increased by roughly 60%, while write performance is almost 40% better. Although ...