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by Rafael Hernandez on August 27, 2009 · 0 comments

The high end of the market is jam packed with insanely powerful hardware destined to make your gaming experience a richer, and quicker, one at a rather large expense. Thankfully today’s mid-range offers more bang for the buck than ever…

Read more Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770, Mid-Range Gaming on the cheap

by Rafael Hernandez on August 26, 2009 · 0 comments

In the forward march of progress there’s very little that can withstand the pressure of genuine innovation and improvement.That said there are still those that cling to their old hardware because, well, it still works pretty damn well so it…

Read more Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 AGP, yes you read correctly

by Rafael Hernandez on August 25, 2009 · 0 comments

Most graphics cards nowadays tend to deviate from the reference designs the chip manufacturers create, so while a company might call for a basline of a 600MHz core with 1000MHz memory clock rates the reality is that card manufactures are…

Read more MSI N275GTX Lightning, Pushing the Clock Rates

by Rafael Hernandez on August 22, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia has released their latest ForceWare driver sets for Microsoft Windows operating systems. The new drivers sport several improvements and bug fixes that should be especially interesting to OpenGL and Windows 7 users. Here’s a peek at some of the…

Read more Nvidia GeForce / ION ForceWare 190.62 Windows Drivers

by Rafael Hernandez on August 21, 2009 · 0 comments

Dell’s Studio lineup finally got the company in line with every other notebook manufacturer around. The laptops sport slimmer profiles and a slick look, with the hardware to match, when compared to the competition in its price range.TrustedReviews has a…

Read more Dell Studio 1555, Midnight Blue is what's in

by Rafael Hernandez on August 18, 2009 · 0 comments

AMD has a habit of putting reasonably powerful graphics cores into a number of their chipsets. Their upcoming 785G is another example sporting a custom built Radeon HD 4200 core that might enable your low-power build to do something other…

Read more AMD's 785G Chipset Graphics Performance AKA Your HTPC can Game

by Rafael Hernandez on August 18, 2009 · 0 comments

The miniITX form factor has been making a bit of a name for itself, what with all of the hype surrounding the Intel Atom which has led to quite a few motherboards based around the design (although you’ll find some…

Read more SilverStone's SUGO SG06, Stylish mini-ITX PC Case

by Rafael Hernandez on August 14, 2009 · 0 comments

Another month means another set of Catalyst drivers for your Radeon HD graphics card. This month brings version 9.8 and touts a number of performance increases and bug fixes. Of note are substantial performance improvements for CrossFire setups running on…

Read more ATI Catalyst 9.8 Video Drivers for Windows XP, Windows 7, Vista

by Rafael Hernandez on August 10, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Windows 7 is shaping up to be the operating system Windows users actually feel compelled to upgrade to. Gone are the early driver headaches and hassles that Vista users encountered but does it equal better performance in graphics intensive…

Read more Windows 7 vs Vista, Graphics Performance Compared

by Rafael Hernandez on August 10, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 295 setup was the fastest "single card" graphics product on the market for some time. The issue was that the design is in fact two graphics cards attached together into a nightmare cooling scenario. This changes things.Gainward’s…

Read more Gainward Single PCB GTX 295, Incredibly Fast and now Much Longer

by Rafael Hernandez on August 3, 2009 · 0 comments

techPowerUp GPU-Z Developer: techPowerUp Usage: System Information techPowerUp GPU-Z Website We’re fans of the single use utility. Something built around the premise of handling a simple task and presenting you with exactly what you need when you need it. Knowing…

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