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34 articles tagged as folding

Gears 5: Hivebusters Review

Bustin' makes me feel good.

January 15, 2021 | 11:01

Corsair 5000D Airflow review

Bigger and more feature-rich than last year's 4000 Series.

January 14, 2021 | 14:00

Halo 4 PC Review

The Master Chief Collection is now complete on PC, but does it go out with a bang or a whimper?

January 12, 2021 | 14:00

Help CERN in the hunt for the Higgs Boson

LHC@home is the new buzzword in distributed computing

August 9, 2011 | 08:41

Bit-tech and Custom PC folding team takes 6th place

Our folding team is helping medical research. Why not join us?

May 3, 2011 | 15:23

World's most productive Folder joins Custom PC & bit-tech

User zz9pzza produces nearly six million points in a single day.

March 21, 2011 | 12:28

Single-slot GeForce GTX 460 photos appear

Nvidia partner Galaxy look like it's planning to put the GTX 460 on a crash diet.

November 9, 2010 | 12:26

EVGA Classified SR-2 Review

Build your own supercomputer with two overclocked CPUs and up to seven graphics cards.

August 17, 2010 | 07:20

What is the best graphics card for folding?

We find out which is the fastest and most efficient graphics card for Folding@home.

August 5, 2010 | 11:16

EVGA's Shamino talks dual Xeon SR-2 motherboard

We get a techy insight from overclocking guru Shamino into EVGA's dual-CPU SR-2 motherboard.

July 6, 2010 | 09:36

Intel Xeon X7560: Nehalem EX Review

Fresh from the launch of its second generation six-core workstation / server CPUs, the uber-fast and Xeon 5600-series, Intel is now ready to unveil its first ever eight-core CPU. Meet the Xeon X7500-series, codename Nehalem EX - we put it through its paces in a 64-thread test system.

April 7, 2010 | 08:24

AMD Opteron 6174 vs Intel Xeon X5650 Review

If the 6-core Core i7-980X Extreme Edition wasn't fast enough for you, we've another treat for you today. Meet the world's first 12-core CPU and its Intel rival, which hopes to get by with six physical cores and six logical Hyper-Threaded cores.

March 31, 2010 | 08:26

First Look: MSI XPower X58 and 890FX-GD70

MSI dropped in its latest high-performance Intel X58 XPower and AMD 890FX motherboards to bit-tech HQ. We've put them under the microscope to discover what's new, and whether they're worth looking out for in the coming weeks.

March 24, 2010 | 08:27

PC Hardware Buyer's Guide - March 2010

For our March 2010 PC Hardware Buyers Guide we've seen a few subtle changes in among our recommendations, but most notably we've had to accommodate price fluctuations in places. How has this changed our five PCs? Check in to find out.

March 9, 2010 | 11:27

First Look: EVGA W555 dual-Xeon motherboard

EVGA's next big project is a gargantuan motherboard for a pair of overclocked Xeon processors, 12 DIMMs and up to seven graphics cards. We take a closer look at one of the early engineering samples to see what all the fuss about is, and ask 'who needs all that power?'

January 27, 2010 | 08:56

CPC/bit-tech folding team completes GPU countdown

Join our folding team today to contribute to scientific research and help us climb the leaderboards.

November 30, 2009 | 11:51

US Air Force buys 2200 PlayStation 3s

The US Air Force has revealed that it's bought more than 2000 PlayStation 3s. For research.

November 24, 2009 | 13:00

MSI NGTX275 Lightning Review

MSI has applied its lightning technology to the GTX275. We've put it through its paces to see if it can add more pizazz to the equation than the MSI NGTX260 we looked at in July.

August 31, 2009 | 13:13

How To Build The Best Folding Rig

Although it's possible to run Folding@home on almost any CPU (and many graphics cards), as with any application, some components are much better optimised for Folding than others. Our guide highlights the best hardware to buy and the recipes for two Folding supercomputers.

August 3, 2009 | 10:37

Folding team completes the Chimps Challenge

Join our folding team today to cure the world's diseases.

July 3, 2009 | 10:53

How to set up Folding@home

By running the Folding@home software you can contribute to the world's largest supercomputer and help medical research. You can fold on CPUs, GPUs and under almost any OS going. Our guides will show you how to make the most of your hardware.

June 17, 2009 | 08:45

What is Folding and Why Does it Matter?

It’s the most powerful supercomputer on the planet - a worldwide network of PCs dedicated to researching the mysteries of protein folding. With Folding@Home, running software on your PC could help to provide therapies for diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s.

June 15, 2009 | 10:07

Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 1GB Atomic

Sapphire has broken the 1GHz core barrier with its latest card, the Radeon HD 4890 Atomic. Does the monster overclock lead to some equally monster performance scores, or is this simply a PR barrier ATI is playing up to be bigger than it really is? We grab the testing gear and find out.

May 26, 2009 | 10:42

Your folding team needs you

Join our folding team today to cure the world's diseases.

May 20, 2009 | 18:22

CPC Issue 70 Preview: Letting The Mac Out Of The Bag

May 16, 2009 | 13:01

Palit GeForce GTX 275

With its latest graphics card, the GTX 275, Nvidia seems to be onto a winner, and board partner Palit is getting in on the action with a custom cooled, custom PCB version of the GTX 275 that sells for a bargain price tag. Is it too good to be true? We find out!

April 17, 2009 | 10:57