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Comment: Other Reviews (Score 2) 281

by I.M.O.G. on Thursday December 22, @02:30PM (#38463094) Attached to: AMD Radeon HD 7970 Launched, Fastest GPU Tested

Where are the other review links?

http://www.overclockers.com/amd-radeon-hd-7970-graphics-card-review/
http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/article/1000250/#axzz1hFPj6oTt
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7970/
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/49646-amd-radeon-hd-7970-3gb-review-25.html

AMD's New Flagship HD 7970 Tested-> 0

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on Thursday December 22, @12:32AM

I.M.O.G. writes "Today AMD officially introduces their newest flagship GPU, the Radeon HD 7970. This one takes the single GPU performance crown back from Nvidia's last generation GTX580. It manages to best AMD's latest dual GPU 6990, and independent test results are publishing with full details at top tier review sites now."
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How-To: 8 GHz on AMD Bulldozer-> 0

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on Friday November 18, @03:50PM

I.M.O.G. writes "Full instructions for how people can attempt CPU Frequency World Records on Bulldozer. I haven't seen anyone with a top 20 world record score share exactly how they did it, so I wanted to be the first to explain how it is done."
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AMD FX CPU Reviews-> 0

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on Tuesday October 11, @11:11PM

I.M.O.G. writes "Today AMD lifted embargo on their most recent desktop AMD FX architecture, code named Bulldozer, whose CPU frequency record Slashdot recently covered. The fruition of 6 years of AMD R&D, this new chip architecture is the most significant news out of AMD since the Phenom II made its debut. The chips are available now in all major retail outlets and top tier hardware sites have published the first Bulldozer reviews already. Without spoiling the news, expect a mixed bag of opinions."
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Comment: Re:Overclocking a what? (Score 1) 193

by I.M.O.G. on Tuesday September 13, @10:59AM (#37388160) Attached to: AMD Breaks Overclocking Record With Bulldozer

1.9V lifespan would be measured in minutes or hours, not days or weeks. At room temperature, 1.9V would damage the processor almost immediately, if not kill it.

In fancy demonstrations and testing like this, the main magic comes not from voltage, but from super conductivity within the processor at the cold temperatures. The cold also increases the lifespan of the chip when using exorbitant amounts of voltage. This doesn't matter to most people or maybe even the poster I'm replying to, but I'm mentioning it here for the general knowledge of anyone who may be interested in speaking accurately about this.

Ultimately though, its the cold that raises the frequency ceiling - sure the voltage helps, but with super-cooled temperatures alone the frequency ceiling is raised even at default voltage./p.

Comment: Re:Hmmmm...... (Score 1) 193

by I.M.O.G. on Tuesday September 13, @08:49AM (#37386526) Attached to: AMD Breaks Overclocking Record With Bulldozer

In regards to frequency scaling for Moore's Law, that came to an end in 2004 essentially. It's one topic wikipedia has right if you want to read the details. These days, moore's law only holds true for transistor density, which is why everything is multicore, power efficiency, and integrating more features on chip - there are extra transistors they can fit on the chip and they are finding more things to use that die area for.

Comment: Overclocking Demonstration (Score 4, Informative) 193

by I.M.O.G. on Tuesday September 13, @08:47AM (#37386478) Attached to: AMD Breaks Overclocking Record With Bulldozer

I also attended the event, and wrote up a more detailed account of the demonstration and word record result for the overclocking audience: http://www.overclockers.com/amd-fx-bulldozer-breaks-cpu-frequency-world-record/

AMD Bulldozer Breaks CPU Frequency World Record-> 0

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on Tuesday September 13, @08:03AM

I.M.O.G. writes "8.429GHz on liquid Helium. 5GHz on air. High voltage tolerance. Great frequency scaling. No cold bug."
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AMD's New Flagship HD 6990 Tested-> 0

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on Tuesday March 08 2011, @12:55AM

I.M.O.G. writes "Today AMD officially introduces their newest flagship GPU, the Radeon HD 6990. Targeted to counter Nvidia's current generation flagship GTX580, for AMD this is a followup to their previous generation 2xGPU on a single PCB design, the Radeon HD 5970. It represents the strongest entry AMD will release within their 6000 series graphics lineup. Initial testing and overclocking results are publishing at first tier review sites now. As eloquently stated by Tweaktown's Anthony Garreffa, the 6990 "punches all other GPU's in the nuts.""
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Comment: More Reviews... (Score 5, Informative) 116

by I.M.O.G. on Monday January 03 2011, @09:06AM (#34743132) Attached to: Intel Sandy Bridge Desktop and Mobile CPUs

Summary is a bit light on sources... pcper.com is good, but you should be looking at multiple reviews to get a well rounded perspective.

Here's a few:
http://www.overclockers.com/intel-i7-2600k-sandy-bridge-review
http://legitreviews.com/article/1501/1/
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3754/intel_core_i7_2600k_and_core_i5_2500k_sandy_bridge_cpus/index.html
http://www.hitechlegion.com/reviews/processors/7689-intel-core-i5-2500k-processor-review