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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 10, 2009 · 0 comments

The Intel GMA 500 integrated graphics core is popping up in many Intel Atom powered netbook designs due to its low power draw and improved standards support which is perfect for a long battery life mobile environment.The company maintains driver…

Read more Intel GMA 500 Windows Graphics Drivers

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

by Rafael Hernandez on September 7, 2009 · 0 comments

We all enjoy cheap PC components as much as the next guy but there’s a reason they’re cheap, they stick to components and designs that are stable at or around their shipped speeds. That won’t cut it for the speed…

Read more ASUS GeForce GTX 285 Matrix, eeking out the best performance

by Rafael Hernandez on September 4, 2009 · 0 comments

ATI/AMD moved a large number of their older graphics cards (anything earlier than the Radeon HD moniker) to legacy support status which means that they’ll still see driver updates just not as often as their newer card lineups.The company has…

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

by Rafael Hernandez on September 3, 2009 · 0 comments

The benefit, for consumers, of having a few technology companies battling it out means we reap the rewards in the form of faster components and the constant price undercutting between the manufacturers.It’s good times indeed.Tweak News has a look at…

Read more XFX Radeon HD 4770, mid-range gaming done right

by Rafael Hernandez on September 3, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel’s X58 Express chipset has been a solid partner to the company’s Core i7 processor for a good while now but in the hands of some experience engineers and, lets face it, performance crazed individuals things can be taken to…

Read more EVGA X58 SLI Classified, high-end multi-GPU gaming starts here