For all of the performance tests, we disable all power saving technology in order to give us a consistent set of results, and also best-case performance numbers - even though technologies such as ...

AMD is using the prominence of the Computex show in Taipei to unveil a slew of new, affordable desktop processors. A few of them are based on the existing core employed within their Phenom II ...

On the other side of the world in Taipei, Taiwan, AMD announced the launch of two new processors at Computex: the AMD Athlon II X2 250 and the AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition. Both dual-core ...

Funny how it's always the same. You start to pack your bags to travel around the world to an exhibition, in this case Computex, and merely days before you have to leave you get an email from both AMD ...

The AMD Athlon II X2 250 performs exceptionally well when combined with AMD chipsets and integrated graphics solutions to create an all-AMD platform. Platforms featuring all-AMD technology can deliver ...

AMD today announced two new dual-core desktop processors, bringing its 45nm technology to new high-volume processor designs. The 45nm AMD Athlon II X2 250 processor gives mainstream consumers ...

During Computex this year, AMD announced not only its most complex CPU to date - the six-core Istanbul - but also some cheap and cheerful additions to its value, dual-core lineup. Enter the next ...

AMD is using the prominence of the Computex show in Taipei to unveil a slew of new, affordable desktop processors. A few of them are based on the existing core employed within their Phenom II ...

Whether you can live with the AMD Athlon II X250 all comes down to context. In isolation, it's a reasonable performer. With two cores humming a 3GHz tune, day-to-day duties such as document editing ...

Now here's a hint for a contest we are running ;) When AMD launched the initial Phenom processors, they did so under the codename 'Spider'. Spider entailed the AMD 780 chipset, Radeon series 3000/4000 ...

Looking on paper at how the dual-core Phenom II was basically the same processor as AMD's current flagship, we expected great things of the X2 550 and ultimately it didn't disappoint. The newest ...

The new Athlon II X2 series is based on the 'Regor' architecture and will eventually be available in models ranging from 2.70GHz through to 3.0GHz. This is another dual-core processor based on the ...