Recent content by ricstorms

Actually I think if you look at a value analysis, AMD could actually give a decent value for the money. Get an old Phenom 9600 for $89 and build some ridiculously cheap workstations and nodes. The only thing that would kill you is power consumption, I don't think the 1st gen Phenoms were good at...

I think one alternative to the 8800GT/9800GT would be the newly released HD 4830, which according to anandtech.com provides slightly better performance (20% better on Crysis). I know the review units had some messed up hardware, in terms of how many shader units were activated, but I've heard...

Very nice article. Another thing to consider with a socket 754 processor is it uses single channel memory, providing a further bottleneck for performance. It would have been nice to see on old FX processor give these games a try on the single-core side, but they are near impossible to get on...

I think a better Intel processor for an apt comparison should have been the E5200, which is only about $10 more expensive than the 5400+. Also, no mention was made that the 790GX platform is much more versatile, thanks to its 2 PCIExpress x16 slots (albeit running in x8 mode in Crossfire). Also...

If you want the speed of running a OS out of RAM, check out Puppy Linux or Damn Small Linux. The OS loads entirely in RAM and it is ridiculously fast. I think the longest I've had to wait for a program to load is 3 seconds, and Im using an old Dell Precision with a P3! Its free to check out...