Early Benchmarks of NVIDIA's 9500GT
	Although these days everybody is talking about AMD's upcoming graphics "champion," the dual-GPU Radeon HD 4870 X2, it seems that some still found the time to have a look at one of NVIDIA's upcoming cards. The conclusion was that, even if it is far from being a top performer, the card does provide some level of interest as it is supposed to replace the current GT and GTS versions of NVIDIA's GeForce 8600 GPU. The ... [read more >>]
	15 July 2008, 03:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Microsoft Makes Its Own Vista SP1 vs. XP SP2, Leaves XP SP3 Out
	Ever since the advent of Window Vista, at the end of November 2006 for businesses and in January 2007 for the general public, Microsoft has virtually invited the comparison between the two operating systems. In this context, it was only natural that the Vista RTM vs. XP SP2 smackdown would evolve and survive with the growth of the two operating systems. The comparison continues to be an inherent accessory of the two platforms eve ... [read more >>]
	08 May 2008, 12:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Isaiah beats Atom in Public Benchmark
	The upcoming ultra-mobile PC offerings will be powered by either VIA's low-voltage Isaiah processor or by Intel's Atom chip. Those of you who are wondering which one delivers the best bang per buck can now get an overview of the two chips' performance. The benchmark was conducted by the German tech website ... [read more >>]
	21 April 2008, 09:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Vista Slows Down Even an Apple Mac
	Folks at Popular Mechanics thought it would be great to see which between the Mac and the PC runs Vista better. Using similarly specced systems, benchmarking tools and user feedback PM were able to prove that Macs indeed run Vista smoother in real-world scenarios, the Inquirer & ... [read more >>]
	18 April 2008, 03:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Futuremark to Develop Video Games
	You probably know these guys if you have ever played a computer game in the past ten years. They are responsible for 3DMark, the program that was able to tell you how good the latest video card you bought really is. And, since they now have the experience re ... [read more >>]
	30 January 2008, 02:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Radeon 3870 X2 – Alive And Kicking, Yet Unavailable
	Those who are eagerly counting down until the official launch of the Radeon HD 3870 X2 have surely been disappointed with the last piece of news that claimed the chip manufacturer has delayed the product until January 28, as it was initially scheduled. Apart from the fact that you will have to wait to see the monster unveiled, one thing is for sure: the graphics card is alive and kicking; moreover, it was spotted on the retai ... [read more >>]
	22 January 2008, 09:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Xeons vs. Opterons: the Benchmark Clash
	The eternal confrontation between Intel's and AMD's processors has been sanctioned by an independent benchmark lab situated in the outskirts of Chicago. The object of attention was the CPU manufacturers' server line of processors, namely Intel's Xeons and AMD's Opterons. The lab's manager, Neal Nelson, has run an extensive test on quad-cored Xeons and compared them to the Opteron benchmark result ... [read more >>]
	15 January 2008, 05:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

SPEC Sends Barcelona Benchmarks to Recycle Bin
	AMD has officially announced that Barcelonas are not to be publicly available until 2008. The market is already short of Barcelonas, since the company sells the chips in volume only to their selected customers, after an extremely attentive screening process. As for attentive screening, they should have done this with the chips, rather than with the customers. Fact is that the Barcelona family has totally disappeared from the ... [read more >>]
	14 December 2007, 08:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

AMD vs Intel: The Performance War Continues
	Which is better, AMD or Intel? This question is the driving force that led to the recently consumed price war and now it leads to a whole new series of benchmarks and comparisons between the newest quad core Advanced Micro Devices processors aimed at servers and their Intel made counterparts. In order to come up with a unified way of measuring processors' performance under controlled conditions, the latest offerings from AMD and Intel ... [read more >>]
	28 September 2007, 10:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Scali Announces High Benchmark Result for AMD's Quad-core CPUs
	Almost immediately after the official launch of the quad core server intended central processing units from Advanced Micro Devices, a number of rumors started circulating about their performance level relative to similar solutions from Intel. While the general consensus was that AMD's products are offering better performance when reported at the energy consumption level or at the pricing policy, hard numbers were sadly lacking. Unt ... [read more >>]
	14 September 2007, 07:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Dell Speaks Well About AMD's Incoming Processors
	Some time ago Advanced Micro Devices encountered some problems which led to a massive scandal concerning the so called "simulated benchmarks" of the quad core processors and now with only days to go before the official launch of said processors, Michael Dell, the founder of the Dell company talks about the strong points of the AMD Barcelona central processing units. Michael Dell talked about the potential of the AMD's Bar ... [read more >>]
	06 September 2007, 08:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

IBM Servers Roll Over HP
	From the very beginning of the computer industry IBM was the leader on the mainframe and server departments and this trend is keeping even today as the big blue company faces strong competition from equally well-established and known hardware manufacturers like HP and Dell. While IBM remains the top server and mainframe vendor in the whole world, HP is not that far behind and as a new battle between the two companies looms nearer, IBM deci ... [read more >>]
	03 September 2007, 05:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Most Comprehensive Benchmark from Futuremark
	Futuremark has just released a version of SPMark for the general audience. This is one of the most evolved releases coming from this company when it comes to testing mobile phone software capabilities. The last XXMarkXX series of benchmarks released until now by Futuremark has been ... [read more >>]
	10 May 2007, 04:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Do’s and Don’ts for Windows Vista Performance Measurements
	Despite what seems to have become a generalized status quo, Windows Vista is an operating system radically different in comparison to Windows XP. That is why the configuration for performance measurements has also evolved from XP. Well, Intel has posted concomitantly with the general availability of Windows Vista a selection of best practices for benchmarking the operating system. In the absence of an official methodology for ben ... [read more >>]
	17 April 2007, 08:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Windows Vista Is a Pig - a Pig with Lipstick and a Wig
	Windows Vista is a pig. A pig with lipstick and a wig, but a pig nonetheless. This is the conclusion presented after a Windows Vista benchmark performed in mid February 2007, following the commercial availability of the operating system. TweakHound apparently tested the performances of Windows Vista and has come up with the ... [read more >>]
	29 March 2007, 09:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Memory Testing
	Hardware benchmarking software is very important for some of the users. Generally, I do not give a damn if my PC is more powerful than my colleague's or not. The only thing that matters to me is to get my job done fast with it. However, when it comes to testing USB flash drives I would like to have a test made before I actually start using the device. And as these contraptions have reached larger and larger sizes (Samsung released ... [read more >>]
	02 March 2007, 05:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia