graphics card

by Rafael Hernandez on October 12, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia may be having a tough time coming up with a high end alternative to the competitions products but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other areas to attack them on. techPowerUp has a look at the Zotac GeForce GT 220 graphics card which sports a purpose built design to keep power usage down: What it […]

Read more Zotac GeForce GT 220, redefining the low-end…sort of

by Rafael Hernandez on October 5, 2009 · 0 comments

As is customary with most technology the best revisions and refinements usually come around at the end of a product’s life, this time around is no different. The XFX Radeon HD 4890 Extreme sports a mild factory stock overclock and, with a bit of prodding, may just hit those high speeds you desire…

Read more XFX Radeon HD 4890 Extreme, the last hurrah

by Rafael Hernandez on September 23, 2009 · 0 comments

The graphics battle kicks into high gear again with today’s launch of AMD’s ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card. Of course you can expect the usual performance improvements but the chip also sports new power saving features that should tame…

Read more ATI Radeon HD 5870, sensible high end performance

by Rafael Hernandez on September 22, 2009 · 0 comments

The thought of a computer using two graphics cards from very different graphics chip vendors would seem absurd, or even vaporware in the eyes of many…well it would seem we all have a bit of rethinking to do over the…

Read more Lucid Hydra 200, multi-GPU takes a strange twist

by Rafael Hernandez on September 16, 2009 · 0 comments

In cooling silence is a completely relative term. What may seem whisper quiet to someone is annoyingly loud to someone else. There is of course a way to get complete silence but it used to mean setting your performance sights…

Read more Gigabyte Radeon HD 4850 SilentCell 1GB, quiet as a mouse

by Rafael Hernandez on September 13, 2009 · 0 comments

High end graphics cards usually come with a stock cooler design that is capable of handling the sort of heat the monsters put out, unfortunately they only do enough to maintain GPUs at a safe operating temperature.Hardware Canucks has a…

Read more Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 2GB Vapor-X, overkill cooling

by Rafael Hernandez on September 13, 2009 · 0 comments

CableCARD is the cable industry’s standard for getting digital content to supported devices such as TVs, and in a few rare cases PCs, instead of having to rely on a large and clunky cable box. Unfortunately the PC option saw…

Read more Windows 7 Users Get CableCARD Support

by Rafael Hernandez on September 12, 2009 · 0 comments

If there’s one thing that’s true of most enthusiast motherboards it’s the fact that they all sport some form of high contrast color combination in order to draw your eye to their product and given how much surface area there…

Read more EVGA P55 LE, motherboards going all stealthy now

by Rafael Hernandez on September 11, 2009 · 0 comments

AMD’s monthly driver cycle is upon us once again which brings about a new ATI Catalyst drivers set bringing them up to version 9.9. The usual bug fixes are in as well as CrossFireX support for Resident Evil 5.The drivers…

Read more ATI Catalyst 9.9 Video Drivers for Windows XP, Windows 7, Vista

by Rafael Hernandez on September 10, 2009 · 0 comments

Multi-monitor solutions over the years have ranged from astounding driver nightmares to expensive third party solutions and, in the end, never really came into form when supporting gaming across multiple displays.AMD seeks to change all of that with their upcoming…

Read more ATI Radeon Eyefinity, flight simmers get their prayers answered

by Rafael Hernandez on September 8, 2009 · 1 comment

Intel’s Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) is the graphics cornerstone for many desktop computers built using the company’s chipsets. While most enthusiasts go on to upgrade to more powerful video card solutions Intel’s GMA X4500 and X4500HD integrated graphics cores offer…

Read more Intel GMA X4500 / X4500HD Windows Graphics Drivers