The problem with purchasing top of the line cards, besides the price aspect, is the fact that they require a huge system overhaul in order to make them run optimally and you’ll need a new power supply to get them running. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 sports a bit less bandwidth and isn’t as power […]
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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
Sometimes it doesn’t matter how much cooling you’ve got on your graphics card, you’re going to have to dig in there if you want to get the most out of it and without the proper tools you’ll be facing some difficult soldering ahead. The ASUS GeForce ENGTX480 is a fine card when run at its […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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
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: […]
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 […]
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I don’t know if there’s a better way to liven up graphics card news than a new GPU launch, aside from drivers that push performance even further perhaps. PNY has announced its new XLR8 GeForce GTX 465 Graphics Card with its classy gold and black motif. Behind the cooler you’ll find the familiar 607MHz core […]
Read more PNY XLR8 GeForce GTX 465 Graphics Card keeps the gaming classy
NVIDIA’s GF100 GPU had a rough first go of it but with its newer driver sets and improved coolers coming to the market it’s hard to pass up its performance and feature set. The new GeForce GTX 465 fights for some mid-range recognition by dropping a few computing elements and a bit of memory bandwidth […]
Read more NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 Graphics Cards enjoy the speed at a lower price
Graphics card tweaking used to be the exclusive realm of those that were brave enough to take a soldering iron to, or modify the BIOS of, their expensive new board. Thankfully the latest breed of cards has software trickery to make tweaking even easier. The ASUS HD 5870 2GB RoG Matrix Platinum Edition Graphics Card […]
Read more ASUS HD 5870 2GB RoG Matrix Platinum Edition Graphics Card battles for the longest product name ever
