Monday 30 September 2013

NEW AMD RADEON VIDEO CARDS AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "We have updated the chart to include information about R9290X, R9280X, R9270X, R7260X, R7250 which we will continue to update with the latest information. This ATI video card chart contains useful information about the current ATI range of video cards. The information which can be found in this chart contains the chip name, core memory clock, memory clock, memory interface, pixels per clock and directx support."

INTEL PENTIUM G850 - "We are testing the Intel Pentium G850 processor against the Intel Pentium G620 processor. The Intel Pentium G850 is clocked at 2900Mhz and the Intel Pentium G620 is clocked at 2600Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Intel Pentium G850 and Intel Pentium G620 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The Intel Pentium G850 has 11% higher clock speed than the Intel Pentium G620. The Intel Pentium G850 and Intel Pentium G620 both have 3MB L3 Cache. The Intel Pentium G850 and Intel Pentium G620 are both 32nm using Sandy Bridge with Socket 1155."

Wednesday 25 September 2013

CHROME 29 VS FIREFOX 24 AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "We compare Chrome 29 to Firefox 24 to find out which is the fastest browser when using benchmarks such as HTML5, Octane, Peacekeeper, Sunspider, V8 with Windows 7 Operating System and AMD FX 4300 CPU."

Tuesday 24 September 2013

INTERNET EXPLORER 11 VS INTERNET EXPLORER 10 AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "We compare Internet Explorer 11 vs Internet Explorer 10 to find out which is the fastest browser when using benchmarks such as HTML5, Octane, Peacekeeper, Sunspider, V8 with Windows 7 and AMD FX 4300 CPU."

Monday 23 September 2013

PALE MOON 24 VS FIREFOX 24 AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "We compare Pale Moon 24 to Firefox 24 to find out which is the fastest browser when using benchmarks such as HTML5, Octane, Peacekeeper, Sunspider, V8 with Windows 7 Operating System and AMD FX 4300 CPU."

Sunday 22 September 2013

ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2 - "Classic Ultimate Hardware motherboard review such as Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 review testing this powerful feature packed motherboard using the ULI M1695 chipset against the Gigabyte K8NS Pro. The Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 is the motherboard everyone has been waiting for, full speed AGP 8x support and PCI Express 16x all on one motherboard, Sata2 support and the Future CPU Slot for easy upgrading"

GIGABYTE K8NS PRO - "Classic Ultimate Hardware motherboard review such as Gigabyte K8NS Pro review featuring the AMD Sempron 3100 processor and the Athlon XP 3200 equipped Asrock K7S8XE+ with both motherboards using the powerful MSI NX6600 GT video card. The following software was used during testing, Half Life 2, Doom 3, Tribes Vengeance, Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War, Scrapland, Unreal Tournament 2004, Q3, 3dmark 2003 and 3dmark 2005"

ASROCK K8 UPGRADE 760 GX - "Classic Ultimate Hardware motherboard review such as Asrock K8 Upgrade 760 GX review testing the feature packed Asrock K8 Upgrade 760 GX against the Asrock K7S8XE+. This motherboard is compatible with Socket 754 processors but can also use the latest Socket 939 processors when used with the Asrock 939 CPU Card. It has all of the latest features such as Sata, Lan etc and also includes the DirectX 8.1 supported Mirage2 integrated graphics"

Saturday 21 September 2013

MSI K7N2 DELTA-L - "Classic Ultimate Hardware motherboard review such as MSI K7N2 Delta-L review also featuring the Asrock K7S8XE+ using the AMD Athlon XP 3200 processor and MSI GeForce 5900 XT video card. Software used for benchmarking is as follows:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, CPU Bench 2003, Glexcess, Metabench, Quake 3, SiSoftware Sandra 2004, Unreal Tournament 2004 and X2 The Threat"

ASROCK K7S8XE+ SIS748 BIOS - "Classic Ultimate Hardware motherboard review such as Asrock K7S8XE+ Bios review feauring the Asrock K7S8XE+ motherboard with the official and unofficial bios to find the fastest! Software used was:- Aida32, Sisoftware Sandra2004, 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament 2004"

ASROCK K7S8XE+ SIS748 - "Classic Ultimate Hardware motherboard review such as Asrock K7S8XE+ SIS748 compared to the Asrock K7S8X SIS746FX. Software used for benchmarking was:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Comanche4, Quake 3, Unreal Tournament 2003 and X2 The Threat"

ASROCK K7S8X SIS746FX - "Classic Ultimate Hardware motherboard review such as Asrock K7S8X SIS746FX review also featuring the Asus K7S333 motherboard which uses the older SIS745 chipset. Software used is 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Quake 3, Serious Sam SE and UT2003"

ASUS A7S333 SIS745 - "Classic Ultimate Hardware motherboard review such as ASUS A7S333 SIS745 review also featuring the Asus KT266A motherboard. Software used for this review is 3dmark 2001 SE, Quake 3 and Return to Castle Wolfenstein"

ASUS A7V266-C KT266A - "Classic Ultimate Hardware motherboard review such as ASUS A7V266-C motherboard review also featuring the Jetway 663AS Pro. Software used for this review are Max Payne, Quake 3 and Serious Sam"

ECS K7S5A SIS735 - "Classic Ultimate Hardware motherboard review such as ECS K7S5A SIS735 motherboad review also featuring the Jetway 663AS PRO. Software used was Max Payne, Quake 3 and Serious Sam"

PC100 SDRAM vs PC133 SDRAM - "Classic Ultimate Hardware motherboard review such as Memory comparison showing the performance gain you will experience going from pc100 to pc133 sdram, is it worth upgrading"

Thursday 19 September 2013

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 - "Classic Ultimate Hardware review such as AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 Manchester processor compared to AMD Athlon64 3500 Venice. Both processors operate at 2.2Ghz and have 512K Level 2 Cache so the results will show the benefits of Dual Core Technology. Benchmark software used includes 3dmark 2005, 3dmark 2006, PC Mark 2005, Nuclearus Multi Core, Lost Planet, X3 Reunion, Doom 3, Quake4 and FarCry."

AMD PROCESSOR CHART - "Classic Ultimate Hardware review such as AMD processor chart contains useful information about the current AMD range of processors such as the Phenom x4, Phenom x3, Athlon64 FX, Athlon64 X2, Athlon64, Athlon XP and Sempron. The information which can be found in this chart contains the processor title and pr rating, amount of level 2 cache, front side bus speed, cpu mhz speed and the socket type (IE Socket 940, Socket 939, Socket 754 or Socket A)."

AMD ATHLON XP GAMING - "Classic Ultimate Hardware review such as AMD Athlon XP 3200, AMD Athlon XP 2500 and AMD Sempron 2200 gaming performance. Benchmarks include Supreme Commander, World in Conflict, Quake 4, Prey, Doom 3 and Gun Metal 2."

AMD ATHLON64 3500 - "Classic Ultimate Hardware review such as Today we are reviewing the powerful AMD Athlon64 3500 Venice processor for Socket 939 which runs at 2.2Ghz, other processors featured include the Athlon64 3400 Newcastle 2.4Ghz Socket 754, Athlon64 3000 Venice 1.8Ghz Socket 939 and the Sempron 3400 Palermo 2.0Ghz Socket 754 processors."

AMD SEMPRON 3400 - "Classic Ultimate Hardware review such as The AMD Sempron 3400 Palermo is currently the most powerful Sempron processor available for Socket 754. The AMD Sempron 3400 has all of the main features expected with modern processors such as MMX, 3Dnow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 and x86-64 support. Unlike the Athlon64 3400 the Sempron 3400 and Athlon64 3000 also have support for SSE3, the only negative aspect of the Sempron 3400 is that it has a 256K Level 2 Cache unlike the Athlon64."

AMD SEMPRON 3100 - "Classic Ultimate Hardware review such as AMD Sempron 3100 review featuring the AMD Athlon XP 3200 and AMD Athlon XP 2500. The following software was used during testing, Half Life 2, Doom3, Far Cry, Tribes Vengeance, Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War, Xpand Rally, Unreal Tournament 2004, Quake 3, 3dmark 2001, 3dmark 2003 SE, 3dmark 2005, SiSoftware Sandra 2005, Cpu Bench 2003, Metabench, Kribi Bench, Realstorm 2004 and Science Mark 2."

AMD SEMPRON 2800 - "Classic Ultimate Hardware review such as AMD Sempron 2800 review featuring the AMD Athlon XP 3200 and AMD Athlon XP 2500 processors. Software used was, 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Glexcess, Sisoftware Sandra 2004, Doom3, Unreal Tournament 2004, Comanche4, Desert Rats vs Afrika Korps, Far Cry, Painkiller, Unreal 2 and X2."

AMD SEMPRON 2600 - "Classic Ultimate Hardware review such as Today we are looking at the AMD Sempron 2600 which is a budget cpu in the Sempron range. The AMD Sempron 2600 has some differences compared to the Sempron 3100 also featured in this review, the first difference is that the Sempron 2600 is a full 64bit processor unlike the Sempron 3100 used in this review which has 64bit disabled, the second difference is that the Sempron 2600 processor has a 128K Level 2 Cache while the Sempron 3100 has a 256K Level 2 Cache and the third difference is that the Sempron 2600 runs at 1.6Ghz compared to the Sempron 3100's 1.8G."

Wednesday 18 September 2013

AMD SEMPRON 2200 - "Classic Ultimate Hardware review such as AMD Sempron 2200 review featuring the AMD Sempron 3100, AMD Athlon XP 3200 and AMD Athlon XP 2500. The following software was used during testing, Half Life 2, Doom3, Far Cry, Tribes Vengeance, Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War, Xpand Rally, Unreal Tournament 2004, Quake 3, 3dmark 2001-2005, SiSoftware Sandra 2005, Cpu Bench 2003, Metabench, Kribi Bench, Realstorm 2004 and Science Mark 2."

AMD ATHLON XP 3200 - "Classic Ultimate Hardware review such as Athlon XP 3200 is a powerful processor offering MMX, 3Dnow, SSE support and operates at 2200 Mhz. The Athlon XP 2500 is the cheaper mainstream version of the Athlon XP Barton running 364 Mhz slower than the Athlon XP 3200 and using a 166 Mhz FSB unlike the 200 Mhz FSB of the Athlon XP 3200. We have included the Sempron 2200 to show the power of the Athlon XP range, the Sempron 2200 is 700 Mhz slower than the Athlon XP 3200 and 336 Mhz slower than the Sempron 2."

Tuesday 17 September 2013

AMD ATHLON XP 3000 - "Classic Ultimate Hardware review such as AMD Athlon XP 3000 tested against the Athlon XP 2500 as requested by a reader. Software used for benchmarking are:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Sis Sandra 2004, Aida32, Serious Sam the Second Encounter, Unreal Tournament 2003 and Unreal Tournament 2004."

Friday 13 September 2013

NEW AMD RADEON STATS AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "This ATI video card chart contains useful information about the current ATI range of video cards. The information which can be found in this chart contains the chip name, core memory clock, memory clock, memory interface, pixels per clock and directx support."

NEW AMD RADEON STATS AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "This ATI video card chart contains useful information about the current ATI range of video cards. The information which can be found in this chart contains the chip name, core memory clock, memory clock, memory interface, pixels per clock and directx support."

AMD ATHLON XP GAMING - "Classic Ultimate Hardware review such as AMD Athlon XP 3200, AMD Athlon XP 2500 and AMD Sempron 2200 gaming performance. Benchmarks include Supreme Commander, World in Conflict, Quake 4, Prey, Doom 3 and Gun Metal 2."

AMD ATHLON XP 2500 MOBILE - "Classic Ultimate Hardware review such as AMD Athlon XP 2500 Mobile review testing the mobile version of the AMD Athlon XP 2500, with all of the recent attention in the processor market directed towards the new Athlon64 processors. We will show you what performance the Athlon XP 2500 Mobile can deliver at stock and overclocked to 2.4Ghz."

Thursday 12 September 2013

AMD ATHLON XP 2500 - "Classic Ultimate Hardware reviews such as AMD Athlon XP 2500 tested against the Athlon XP 1700 as requested by a reader. Software was:- 3dmark 2001 se, 3dmark 2003, Sis Sandra 2002, Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament 2003."

AMD K6 2 550Mhz v AMD Duron 750Mhz - "Classic Ultimate Hardware reviews such as AMD K6 2 550Mhz v AMD Duron 750Mhz showing the perfomance increase you will get when you upgrade from the old Amd K6 2 processor to the modern Amd Duron processors. Software used during testing was:- PC Player Direct3D, Quake 2, Quake 3 and Wintune 1997."

Wednesday 11 September 2013

MSI GEFORCE GTX 660 TI - "The Msi GeForce GTX 660 Ti review also featuring the Palit GeForce GTX 560 Ti. The Msi GeForce GTX 660 Ti uses the GK104 GPU at 1020Mhz and has 2GB GDDR5 memory running at 6000Mhz. The Msi GeForce GTX 660 Ti has a 192Bit Memory Interface, 1344 Shader Processors and DirectX 11.1. We will be benchmarking the Msi GeForce GTX 660 Ti to the Palit GeForce GTX 560 Ti using some popular games software such as Aliens Vs Predator, Crysis 2, Dirt 3, Dragon Age 2, Elder Scrolls 5, Hard Reset, Just Cause 2, Max Payne 3 and Witcher 2 should really test the Msi GeForce GTX 660 Ti."

Monday 9 September 2013

WINDOWS SUPPORT - "When does Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP reach the end of their support from Microsoft. This is important information to know because when support ends from Microsoft so does the security patches and updates for the Windows Operating System."

Sunday 8 September 2013

THE FALL OF WINDOWS XP - "The fall of Windows XP is a sad tale of progress and the release of Windows 7. Windows XP was released in 2001 with the codename of Whistler. Windows XP was available in different versions such as Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional etc. Windows XP proved to be very popular which is why it's still more popular than it's replacement called Windows Vista which was released in 2007. Windows XP is due to reach it's end of life on 08/04/2014"

Tuesday 3 September 2013

CLUB3D RADEON HD 7790 - "The Club3d Radeon HD 7790 is Bonaire clocked at 1030Mhz with 1GB GDDR5 clocked at 6000mhz. The Club3d Radeon HD 7790 has a memory interface of 128bits with 896 shader processors with support for directx 11.1. The MSI GeForce GTX 650 is GK107 clocked at 1058Mhz with 1GB GDDR5 clocked at 5000Mhz. The MSI GeForce GTX 650 has a memory interface of 128bits with 384 shader processors with support for directx 11.1. The benchmark software we are using for testing the Club3d Radeon HD 7790 and MSI GeForce GTX 650 is as follows:- Battlefield 3, Dirt Showdown, Farcry 3, Metro 2033, Sleeping Dogs and Tomb Raider 3. The CPU is the AMD FX 8350 Vishera with Gigabyte GA78LMT S2P Motherboard using Windows 7 SP1."

Monday 2 September 2013

XFX RADEON HD 7790 - "The XFX Radeon HD 7790 is Bonaire clocked at 1075Mhz with 1GB GDDR5 clocked at 6000mhz. The XFX Radeon HD 7790 has a memory interface of 128bits with 896 shader processors with support for directx 11.1. Benchmarks software:- Battlefield 3, Borderlands 2, Crysis 3, Farcry 3, Hitman Absolution and Tomb Raider 3. The processor we will be using is the AMD FX 8350 Vishera with Gigabyte GA78LMT S2P using Windows 7 SP1."

Sunday 1 September 2013

ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2 - "Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 motherboard review testing this ULI M1695 Socket 939 motherboard. The Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 has many features including the ability to use the latest Socket AM2 processors from AMD and the ability to use both AGP 8x and PCI Express video cards. These two main features make the Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 very future proof and upgradeable. The Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 is tested against the Gigabyte K8NS Pro which is a Socket 754 motherboard. The software we used for benchmarking was:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003 and SiSoftware Sandra 2005."

2013 FOUR BROWSERS REVIEW - "We compare Chrome 25, Firefox 19, Opera 12 and Safari 5 to find out which is the fastest browser when using HTML5, Octane, Peacekeeper, Sunspider and V8 with Windows XP Operating System."