PreviousAMD's dual-core CPUs come out fighting
Tech Guide How does AMD's new dual-core Athlon 64 X2 processor stack up against Intel's Pentium Extreme Edition 840? We have some preliminary – and dramatic – benchmarks.
Intel's first dual-core CPU benchmarked
Tech Guide Preliminary tests on a PC powered by Intel's new dual-core Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 840 show great promise for improving productivity.
Benchmarks: Intel's 64-bit Pentium 4 660
Tech Guide The Pentium 4 6xx-series sees Intel finally entering 64-bit desktop CPU market. The new chips also offer improved power management (EIST) and memory overflow protection (XD bit).
Intel catches up with its 64-bit competitors
Tech Guide Intel's latest Pentium 4 processors bring long-awaited 64-bit support to the desktop, along with -- in the 600 series -- notebook-style cooling technology.
Inside Intel's Sonoma
Tech Guide Intel's latest portable computing platform is here. We lift the lid on the improved CPU, chipset and wireless components, and outline the benefits that mobile professionals are likely to experience.
Processor benchmarks: Intel versus AMD
Tech Guide Processors are now called upon to handle everything from simple text and graphics, through 3D games, to serious tasks like video rendering. We put Intel and AMD's desktop CPUs through the labs to see how they cope.
ZDNet's quick guide to Intel processors
Tech Guide Intel has moved away from labelling its processors by clock speed. So which CPU is which? Our quick guide explains the new Pentium 4 and Celeron landscape.
AMD's new budget processors
Tech Guide AMD's new Sempron range of desktop and notebook CPUs is targeted squarely at Intel's competing Celeron family.
AMD introduces Socket 939 Athlon 64 chips
Tech Guide AMD's new range of Athlon 64s introduces no brand-new features, but consolidates and rationalises the chip-maker's high-end desktop options, while making it cheaper to build the fastest systems.
Inside Intel's Dothan
Tech Guide The latest Pentium M processor from Intel improves on the Banias core by shrinking the fabrication process to 90nm, doubling the cache and boosting the clock speed. All this while keeping the die size roughly the same and reducing power consumption by 10 per cent.
The graphics wars: ATI takes the lead
Tech Guide ATI's new 3D cards demonstrate marked superiority over Nvidia's latest high-end chip, proving themselves faster overall in a smarter design.
ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition review
Review Unequivocally the most powerful graphics card on the market, ATI's Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition hands Nvidia's new card a stunning defeat.
9.0 Editors' Rating
Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra: a first look
Preview Nvidia's GeForce 6800 series kicks off this year's round of the graphics accelerator wars. We have a preview with preliminary benchmarks.
Athlon 64 FX-53: end of the waiting game?
Tech Guide AMD's fastest 64-bit chip has just shipped, but upcoming developments overshadow its debut.
Intel Prescott: the benchmarks
Tech Guide Intel's new 'Prescott' Pentium 4 has double the L1 and L2 cache of its 'Northwood' predecessor. An extended 31-stage pipeline accounts for the fact that the new chip is mostly slower than the CPU it replaces
