ATI Radeon HD 5770: It’s going to be tough to knock down Juniper
Posted by Jon Peddie on October 13th 2009 | Permalink
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When ATI took us aboard an aircraft carrier in Alameda California a couple of weeks ago to introduce their new Radeon HD5870 code named Cypress, they also showed us their plan for releasing a scaled down version of the new chip code named Juniper. Phase two of their “Sweet spot” program, and on schedule, ATI delivered (literally) their Midrange AIBs the Radeon HD 5770 and 5750. Code named Juniper, the 5770 is an incredible value delivering DirectX 11 performance, with a GB of GDDR5 memory and doing it for a few dollars and a few watts. The new midrange AIBs also…
Overclocking for Dummies
Posted by Jon Peddie on November 25th 2010 | Permalink
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I have always been reticent to mess with overclocking (OC) processors for fear of ruining something and reduced stability. However since I have separated my business and benchmarking computers the stability part of the equation is not as important anymore. After reading an article in PC Aviator, the author discloses that he has been overclocking CPUs for many years and he has never actually hurt a chip. Blue Screens, yes he gets those when the OC is too aggressive but it’s always as simple as tuning it down in the BIOS until the system runs stably. We cannot officially recommend overclocking…
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