3DMark06 measures Shader 3.0 (i.e., DirectX 9.0c) performance. We run this software under three 16:10 widescreen resolutions, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, and 2560×1600, first with no image quality enhancements enabled – results we call “low” on the charts and tables below –, then setting 4x anti-aliasing and 16x anisotropic filtering. See the results below.
Let’s take a look at the A8-5600K (3.6 GHz), one of the new second-generation CPUs with integrated video from AMD (“APU”), and compare it to its main competitors, such as the Pentium G2120 (3.1 GHz) and the Core i3-2100 (3.1 GHz).
We added five new thermal compounds to our previous roundup, for a total of 40 different thermal compounds from major brands. We also tried another “alternative” compound: chocolate.
Samsung SE-S084 is a slim external dual-layer DVD writer targeted to netbooks that don’t come with an optical unit. Besides being very compact, it doesn’t need an external power source.
