The Phenom X3 family consists of three new processors: the 8450 (2.10GHz), 8650 (2.30GHz) and 8750 (2.40GHz), all of which we are testing here today.

Today we are reviewing no ordinary Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics card, as we take a look at the Visiontek Radeon HD 3870 X2 Overclocked Edition.

It will be interesting to see how the AMD's new flagship quad core processor stacks up against the rest of the Phenom family and of course, Intel's Q6600.

Already we have seen the mainstream GeForce 9600 GT, the $500+ 9800 GX2, and now the 9800 GTX which sits right in between.

The new GeForce 9800 GX2 with two GeForce 8800 GTS 512 GPUs slapped together on a single PCB, it's screaming fast.

Today we have in our hands what is easily the most lethal SLI platform yet, but how does it stack up against the X48 and the 780i?

Intel should be unveiling the X48 chipset later this month bringing official support for 1600MHz FSB (Front Side Bus) processors and DDR3-1600 memory.

The 3870 X2 uses two GPUs on-board but unlike other multi-GPU implementations, you don't need a supporting motherboard to use it.