The majority of mid-range graphics cards are created with a reference cooler design that has cost cutting in mind over other factors which can lead to a whole heck of a lot of heat being dumped back into your PC’s case increasing the temperature of every other component in your system. EVGA’s GTX 460 Superclocked [...]
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by Rafael Hernandez on July 22, 2010
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Aside from the Hybrid CrossFire or Lucid Hydra multi-GPU coprocessor you don’t see many people delving into mis-matched graphics card pairs since they usually aren’t supported or they’re thought to be an inefficient usage of a high-end gamer’s time. Interestingly the ATI Radeon HD 5870 and 5850 seem to pair up quite nicely, given their [...]
Read more Radeon HD 5870 + 5850 CrossFireX pushes framerates quite nicely
by Rafael Hernandez on July 1, 2010
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All of that time spent on building graphics cards is sure to give you some sort of insight on what works and doesn’t work when putting together a brand new product…and why you might want to wait for later revisions if you’re the perfectionist type. ASUS steps up with its new Radeon EAH5870 V2 graphics [...]
Read more ASUS Radeon EAH5870 V2 is a whole revision better
by Rafael Hernandez on June 14, 2010
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The mid-range of the graphics card market offers some impressive performance and gives you most of the same features found on their higher end siblings without having to break your budget on an upgrade. The Gainward GeForce GTX 465 puts on a show with a snazzy non-reference dual-fan cooler and quite a bit of headroom [...]
Read more Gainward GeForce GTX 465 is mad about airflow
by Rafael Hernandez on June 11, 2010
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While keeping up with the latest gaming titles is usually the biggest reason people pick up a new graphics card there’s also an increasing number of applications making use of the processing power on modern graphics chips. The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 480 features CUDA, OpenCL, and Microsoft DirectCompute support for your GPGPU tasks as well [...]
Read more ZOTAC GeForce GTX 480 blitzes through more than just games
by Rafael Hernandez on June 10, 2010
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Building a home theater PC means making a few concessions here and there in order to enjoy your movies and music without an insane amount of noise coming from your setup. The SAPPHIRE Ultimate HD5550 uses a passive cooling solution which means you have one less component to worry about silencing. LANOC has the details: [...]
Read more SAPPHIRE Ultimate HD5550 works its magic quietly
by Rafael Hernandez on June 9, 2010
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That fancy new graphics card of yours sure does tear through games, unfortunately there are finely tuned and tested versions from other manufacturers which promise even better performance and cooler temperatures. The XFX HD 5870 Black Edition sports a faster clock rate and improved heatsink which should go a long way towards extra tweakability. XSReviews [...]
Read more XFX HD 5870 Black Edition gets all exclusive on you
by Rafael Hernandez on June 9, 2010
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