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
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 […]
You’ve been able to convince yourself that your current graphics card is good enough for quite a while but that piddly low resolution window your game is running in isn’t what a hardcore gamer would deal with now is it? Gigabyte Radeon HD5870 Super Over Clock video card ramps up the clock speeds straight from […]
Read more Gigabyte Radeon HD5870 Super Over Clock Video Card solves your framerate shortcoming
We’re a good number of months removed from the official launch of AMD’s 5000 series of graphics cards and video card manufacturers have had enough time to fine tune their graphics cards designs in order to make leaner and meaner gaming solutions. PowerColor PCS+ AX5870 Video Card does away with the generic reference design on […]
Read more PowerColor PCS+ AX5870 Video Card refines the 5870 design
High resolution gaming has always been an issue due to the relatively lack-luster performance of graphics chips in the past but now that they’ve finally caught up on that aspect there are other limitations, mainly the amount of video memory that’s available. HardOCP has taken a look at how well the ATI Radeon HD 5870 […]
Read more ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 pushes pixels and performance
Card manufacturers are having an increasingly difficult time with topping an already speedy chip so they’ve had to rely on other features to entice people into purchasing their product…namely things that make them go even faster. The Asus Radeon EAH 5870 video card features some voltage tweaking capability which, with some careful testing, should lead […]
Read more Asus Radeon EAH 5870 Video Card pushes pixels perkily
AMD has been on a bit of a roll with their Radeon HD 5000 series which offers impressive performance and image quality at rather low temperatures but the company always knew that their competition would come at them with something equally impressive. Oddly enough the company’s response to the upcoming Nvidia “Fermi” launch mayjust be […]
Read more AMD Catalyst 10.3a Prepped to boost framerates substantially
There’s something to be said about custom cooling configurations. The base models most chip manufacturers ship with their creations do the minimum amount of work with the maximum amount of noise output imaginable. MSI’s HD 5870 Lightning graphics card does away with the reference cooler in favor of a dual fan design that looks more […]
Read more MSI HD 5870 Lightning Video Card enjoys fans quite a bit
The bulk of the graphics cards that are released with a GPU launch tend to stick near the factory settings because most manufacturers are in a rush to get their products to market quicker, the more interesting stuff comes along later. The XFX Radeon HD 5870 XXX Edition serves up a bit of a clock […]
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
Gaming has come a long way graphics-wise but there’s still quite a ways to go when it comes to the details that would make them truly immersive. One of those somewhat under-represented features is physics modeling which would improve realism…
Read more AMD Hopes to Push "Open Physics"
