AMD always come late to the show but when they arrive, they astonish others with their ultimate low price offerings compared to that of Intel. Their latest Athlon II X4 is the world’s first quad core CPU to be priced at less than  $100. Their earlier quad core processors called Phenom II X4 processors were priced above $200. On the Intel’s part their Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Extreme processors are always on the higher side of price range. This means that if you want the cheapest quad core processor you have to go with the AMD Athlon II X4 processors. But does it have enough performance to be considered a processor as good as intel’s? We have made a review to find out. Have a go.
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AMD demoed world’s first official DirectX 11 friendly GPU today at a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan. The graphics processor is optimized for best performance with Microsoft’s forthcoming DirectX 11 programming interface which will take both application and PC Gaming to a next level. AMD has shown how applications can be faster and new game features can be introduced using the world’s first true DirectX 11 graphics processor.
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There were always a tug-of-war between AMD and Intel as it will always remain. Each company comes with their latest processor ranges and beats their rivals with either price or performance. We have always been more concerned about the name and the product rather than delving deep into the underlying technology that separates them. What makes people rely on Intel Core 2 Duo? What are the answers from AMD’s side? All these questions are answered in here. Take a look and the battle of processors won’t ever be a thing of Mars to you.

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