Sapphire’s new Radeon HD 3870 is based on AMD’s RV670 GPU. Even though the model number suggests it, this card is not intended to be the highest-end performance card from AMD. Instead it wants to offer excellent performance at affordable upper midrange prices.

The RV670 GPU is based on the RV610 and RV630 architecture, but features much better performance. It is built on a 55nm process with 666 million transistors with a 256 bit memory interface. All features like UVD and HDMI+Audio are included as well. As a novelty this chip brings DirectX 10.1 support and can benefit from the improved features of PCI-Express 2.0. While both features are not important today they are a clear commitment from AMD that they are looking at future technologies and will make use of them as soon as possible.

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Purchasing a notebook computer can be a tricky process. With so many possible options and specs how can you be sure you are making the best purchase. Here we will take a look at some of the most commonly asked questions on notebook PCs in an effort to make your buying decision a little easier.

Dual core or single core? Which offers better/faster performance given the same application?

Unfortunately there is no simple answer. In most cases, the level of performance is directly related to the type of application and the manner in which it was programmed. For a dual-core processor to fully maximize it’s performance, the application has to be programmed to allow multi-thread processing.
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They wear three brands — built by AMD, labeled with the familiar ATI TV Wonder name, and retailed by VisionTek — but the new PC/TV tuners reaching Best Buy stores have a single purpose: letting you watch and record top-quality HDTV on your desktop or notebook.

Priced at $99 each, the ATI TV Wonder 600 PCI and 600 PCI Express are hybrid tuners able to receive cable or satellite analog TV as well as HDTV digital programming broadcast via antenna or unencrypted (Clear QAM) cable.

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Codenames and features of the tri-core CPUs AMD is planning to launch next year and in 2009 have been revealed by sources at motherboard makers.

Toliman adopts a 65nm process, supports socket AM2+ motherboards, and supports HyperTransport 3.0. The CPUs will have 2MB L3 cache and will be launched by the end of March 2008, according to the sources.

The next-generation, 45nm-based CPUs will adopt socket AM3, support HyperTransport 3.0 and DDR2/DDR3 memory, and will launch in first half of 2009, noted the sources.

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