The last few years have seen the high end of the graphics card market dedicated to multi-GPU solutions. While a single high-end GPU on a graphics card is quite speedy two chips on a single graphics card make things even more interesting, especially when they also offer up multiple GPU connections. The AMD Radeon HD […]
Read more AMD Radeon HD 5970 crams amazing speed on a single board
Granted you don’t need to sort of power today’s high-end and mid-range graphics cards offer but you don’t exactly want bottom rung performance for your PC either. You enjoy a bit of gaming on the side which integrated graphics chips can’t exactly handle and extremely low-end add-on cards aren’t designed to even run on. The […]
Read more Zotac GeForce GT 240 AMP! Edition sports peppy low-end performance
Constantly aiming for the high-end has some unintended effects on your PC. That top of the line card is going to want a new power supply to keep it happy and an appropriate processor and memory to keep it busy with new information to render. Perhaps shooting a little lower will save you some cash […]
Read more Asus Radeon HD 5850 produces the framerates that you desire
Normally when you go for the low-end of the market you know what you’re in for. You’re looking for some cost savings or power savings by going with chips that aren’t as powerful as the more expensive options but still offer plenty of power for the mundane usage scenarios. There’s still room for tweaking though. […]
Read more EVGA GeForce GT 220 SSC DDR3 the low-end tweaker’s approach
While graphics card overclocking is all well and good there’s that tweaking option most enthusiasts are familiar with when it comes to pushing a CPU and that’s control over voltages, without that control your hopes of hitting high speed levels are quite low indeed. Asus has worked magic on their new EAH5870 (Radeon HD 5870 […]
Read more Asus EAH5870 lets the voltages run free
If you were wondering when the latest, monthly, ATI Catalyst drivers would be released well you had a bit of a wait this month as AMD chose to push them out on Microsoft’s Windows 7 launch date. In the latest 9.10 driver set you can expect quite a few performance improvements and bug fixes as […]
Read more ATI Catalyst 9.10 Video Drivers for Windows XP, Windows 7, Vista
Nvidia’s GeForce 210 GPU isn’t designed to wow you with its 3D prowess or further computing, instead it was made to get some decent multimedia playback into your basic desktop or office system. Thankfully such a pared down product comes with a smaller price tag. techPowerUp has a look at Inno3D’s take on a GeForce […]
Read more Inno3D GeForce 210 aimed at your HTPC
If there’s one thing you can count on when a new graphics chip is launched is that there will be a reference design which means, more or less, every single board at launch will sport the same speeds and designs so choosing one depends on what sort of image you like on the card’s cooler. […]
While the ATI Radeon HD 5770 presents a solid mid-range performance gaming experience there is that often overlooked benefit that a multiple GPU environment brings in. Thankfully there are those dedicated enough to test such technology. Guru3D has tested the Radeon HD 5770 in a three card CrossFireX setup which may seem a bit excessive […]
Read more Radeon HD 5770 3-Way CrossFireX provides interesting performance possibilities
The mid-range isn’t the mid-range you remember, it’s now what used to be last generation’s high-end, performance-wise at least. It’s all a little confusing but given the price/performance ratios offered by these new products it’s not hard to figure out why an upgrade is so tempting. Rage3D has a look at the Sapphire Radeon HD […]
Read more Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 flaunts inspired gaming prowess
AMD has been working feverishly on their latest graphics card architecture which has, so far, been very well received. The 5000 series has set a high bar for performance and feature sets which, seemingly, won’t be contested any time soon. HardOCP has a look at the ATI Radeon HD 5770 and 5750 which give AMD […]
Read more AMD ATI Radeon HD 5750 and 5770, the mid-range is powerful once more
