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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 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 July 27, 2009 · 0 comments

There was a time when mid-range graphics cards weren’t much faster than their low-end counter parts, that and they still cost you a decent chunk of change despite their less than stellar performance. Nowadays innovation and cut-throat competition means that…

Read more XFX Radeon HD 4770, Mid-Range Gaming on the Cheap

by Rafael Hernandez on July 15, 2009 · 0 comments

You can’t fault AMD’s Richard Huddy for being a little enthusiastic about Microsoft’s upcoming DirectX 11 and the features it brings along for graphics cards. The graphics API’s "Local Data Share" capability is, in his words, the killer feature which…

Read more DirectX 11 Compute Shader Leads to Speed Up, Sharing is a "Killer Feature"

by Rafael Hernandez on June 16, 2009 · 0 comments

ATI’s graphics card Windows drivers for its Radeon HD 2400 series cards on up to their latest and greatest Radeon HD 4890 are up to version 9.6 with notable improvements in the following:Company of Heroes – performance gains of up…

Read more ATI Catalyst Driver For Windows 7 / Vista / XP

by Rafael Hernandez on June 10, 2009 · 0 comments

HP’s Pavilion dv2 had been well received as a gradual step up from a netbook yet not quite as powerful as a notebook sort of solution. Its 12.1″ screen size made it a comfortable sub-notebook but now the company…

Read more HP Brings in The Dual Core Athlon Neo, Intros Pavilion dv2z Notebook

by Rafael Hernandez on June 5, 2009 · 0 comments

AMD’s ATI Radeon HD 4000 series has set the mark for performance and affordability in this generation of graphics cards. Their top of the line Radeon HD 4890 has been out long enough now to get the proper performance tuning…

Read more A Gaggle of ATI Radeon HD 4890s, The Tweakers Choice

by Pedro Hernandez on May 21, 2009 · 0 comments

New ATI Catalyst drivers are out, and this time they bring one oft-requested feature, a biggie for HTPC fans running Vista 64-bit: The comments section of my blog has been filled for 2 months with questions on when we were…

Read more ATI Catalyst 9.5 Video Card Drivers

by Rafael Hernandez on May 20, 2009 · 0 comments

Perhaps the thought of dropping a few hundred dollars on a new video card isn’t all that appetizing a thought, heck you could fund a whole new build for the cost of one of those high-end monsters that are available.As…

Read more Budget Graphics Card Roundup, Gaming on the Cheap

by Rafael Hernandez on March 25, 2009 · 0 comments

There is no doubt that today’s latest and greatest graphics cards can churn out some impressive visuals at high resolutions and equally insane framerates. Despite how powerful the GPUs are nowadays there could still be extra performance to eek of…

Read more AMD Speeding Up Graphics, One Dev Tool At A Time