X-bit labs tests some recent graphics cards in video playback performance. AMD’s Avivo and Nvidia’s PureVideo have improved playback quite a bit over what it was just a few years ago and X-bit’s results prove that but there’s still work…
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HotHardware has a look at the Dell XPS M1710 v2.0 notebook PC. The laptop is jam packed with goodies including a 17″ widescreen display, Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processor, and an Nvidia GeForce Go 7950 GTX graphics chip. It’s…
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techPowerUp has a look at the EVGA e-GeForce 8800GTX KO ACS3 graphics card. It’s your standard 8800GTX design with a fancier than normal cooler/shroud with improved thermal performance and higher clock rates to go along with it. A very nice…
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Guru3D has a look at the Inno3D GeForce 7900 GS iChill graphics card. The board comes with a larger cooler attached to it as well as a reasonable overclock above the “normal” clock rates. An impressive card that runs quiet…
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HotHardware has a look at the Dell XPS 710 H2C gaming PC. The computer sports all manner of fancy hardware including a snazzy looking case, overclocked Quad Core Intel Core 2 CPU, custom cooling solution, SLI Nvidia 8800GTX, and 4GB…
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HardOCP puts their system evaluation groove on the Dell Precision 690 Workstation. They usually take a look at gaming inspired systems but this unit comes in with a minor set of changes that make it a workstation, specifically the Nvidia…
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HardOCP has a look at the Asus EN7950 GT graphics card. The card paces the best of the mid-range in the DX9 class of cards capable of great framerates and image quality for the price. A nice card but Nvidia’s…
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Guru3D has a look at the XFX GeForce 8800GTS 320MB graphics card. Its bigger brother sports 640MB of memory so, technically, it’s the same card with half the memory. A solid pair of performers but in certain high res situations…
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DailyTech has some info on Nvidia’s upcoming MCP72 chipset. It’s designed for AMD’s future Opteron/Athlon 64 AM2/AM2+ processors which means PCIe 2.0 and HyperTransport 3.0 support are in the cards. It’s shaping up to be a powerful chipset and it…
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AnandTech has some early tests using Silicon Optix’s HD HQV software on AMD and Nvidia graphics solutions. The competitors made great strides with their playback of older formats such as DVDs but how well would they handle 4 times the…
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Xbit labs has a look at the Nvidia based Asus EN7950GT and EN7900GS graphics cards. The cards fall into the mid-range price/performance bracket although the GT variant is the bigger brother in this roundup. A nice pair of cards which…
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