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ATI Radeon HD 4770 Video Card Overclocking Guide | Posted on: 30/04/2009 @ 22:31

AMD launched the World's first 40nm graphics card this week and many are wondering how well the ATI Radeon HD 4770 video card overclocks. Read on to see how this $99 graphics card does when pushed to the limits with RivaTuner v2.24 and benchmarked with the new highest stable clock frequencies.

NVIDIA Releases New Windows 7 Driver Set | Posted on: 30/04/2009 @ 17:21

With the "official" release of Windows 7 RC to the MSDN and TechNet subscribers today along with the public release on May 5th, NVIDIA has released beta GPU driver set 185.81 today. The 32-bit driver set is available here and the 64-bit release is located here. Our first results this morning indicate this driver set is much more polished than the 181.71...

Radeon KMS, New TTM Code Works But Needs Testing | Posted on: 30/04/2009 @ 14:20

It has been a while since Jerome Glisse last had any major public announcements, but this morning he is calling for those using the open-source ATI Linux graphics stack to checkout the latest code. Kernel mode-setting for ATI Radeon hardware should now be working atop the new TTM-based memory management code. Jerome along with Alex Deucher, David Airlie, and other X.Org developers have been busy ...

Overclocking Extravaganza: Radeon HD 4890 To The Max | Posted on: 29/04/2009 @ 5:10

We push the limits of the new Radeon HD 4890 and see how it performs. Memory and core overclocking are both investigated....

ATI Radeon HD 4770 RV740 DDR5 Video Card | Posted on: 28/04/2009 @ 19:51

Sometimes an industry first doesn\'t mean a new champion is born. The ATI Radeon HD 4770 introduces the 40nm RV740 GPU paired to 512MB of DDR5 video frame buffer memory, and a double-height cooler allows the ATI B743 model video card to operate at 750MHz. Initially expected to sell at the $100 mark, could this be the mainstream graphics accelerator for the masses? Benchmark Reviews compares the ...

Faster Graphics For Lower Prices: ATI Radeon HD 4770 | Posted on: 28/04/2009 @ 10:20

AMD introduces the 40nm RV740 based Radeon HD 4770 raising the bar for parts near the highest volume price point....

HIS Radeon HD 4770 512MB | Posted on: 28/04/2009 @ 8:42

Today sees AMD launch a new graphics board that sets its sights firmly on satisfying the sub-£100 market - A smart move in these uncertain economic times. The subject of this launch, the Radeon HD 4770, brings with it 40 nanometre manufacturing technology and the use of GDDR5 for the first time on a mainstream product, and today we take a look at HIS\' reference clocked, customer cooled take ...

AMD ATI Radeon HD 4770 512MB | Posted on: 28/04/2009 @ 8:40

AMD has released the ATI Radeon HD 4770 this morning and it's based on the world's first 40nm GPU. It comes in at around £85 (inc. VAT) and AMD believes it will disrupt the mid-range market in quite emphatic fashion. Does it succeed? Read on to find out...

AMD Radeon HD 4770 Video Card Review | Posted on: 28/04/2009 @ 8:00

AMD is launching the World's first 40nm graphics card today with the introduction of the ATI Radeon HD 4770. With such a small die size, it means that AMD can fit more dies per wafer and reduce costs. AMD expects that the Radeon HD 4770 should sell for $109 with an available rebate of $10, which brings the final price to into the uber sexy sub-$100 category.

GIGABYTE HD 4770 512MB GDDR5 Graphics Card | Posted on: 28/04/2009 @ 7:10

AMD Radeon HD 4770 | Posted on: 28/04/2009 @ 5:00

Today AMD released the world's first GPU that is produced in a 40 nm process. The HD 4770 is aggressively priced around ~$100 and offers great performance for your hard earned dollars. In our testing realized out that the card performs almost on par with the HD 4850. With the amazing 30%+ memory overclock we got on our sample, the HD 4850 will be surpassed easily.

HIS (ATI) Radeon HD 4770 512MB: the best graphics card under £100? | Posted on: 28/04/2009 @ 5:00

ATI redefines performance in the mainstream space. Find out how.

Intel Releases Set Of Linux GPU Tools | Posted on: 28/04/2009 @ 1:40

Intel's Eric Anholt has announced the release of version 1.0.0 for the intel-gpu-tools package. The intel-gpu-tools package consist of various tools for debugging and testing out the Intel graphics hardware and drivers on Linux...

TwinTech GeForce GTS 250 XT OC 1GB Graphics Card | Posted on: 24/04/2009 @ 15:50

ZOTAC GeFORCE GTX 275 896MB Video Card Review | Posted on: 24/04/2009 @ 8:00

Again, We Have Another New NVIDIA Driver | Posted on: 24/04/2009 @ 7:10

Last month there were five Linux driver releases from NVIDIA and we have already seen quite a few this month, but just days after releasing the 180.51 Linux driver, they have pushed out another new release. This time around NVIDIA released a new beta in the 185 series, which is called 185.18.04. This new NVIDIA Linux driver is known to work around a bug on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, memory ...

NVIDIA Unveils Industry’s First Integrated GPU Platform For Broadcast Production | Posted on: 22/04/2009 @ 13:40

NAB 2009, LAS VEGAS—April 20, 2009—NVIDIA Corporation today introduced the NVIDIA® Quadro® Digital Video Pipeline, the industry’s first integrated GPU-based platform for broadcasters to acquire, process and deliver virtual effects to video. The solution offers the fastest graphics computation engine for broadcast production, in a flexible, reliable and cost-effective ...

ASUS GeForce GTS 250 Dark Knight Graphics Card | Posted on: 22/04/2009 @ 7:00

GTX 295 interferes with garage door remotes | Posted on: 21/04/2009 @ 23:30

RF frequencies apparently right on par Of all the GPU horror stories we’ve witnessed over the years, they have been very few and far from the one spotted today. According to Skydive from the EVGA Forums, his brand new GTX 295 Quad-SLI setup is emitting just the right frequencies in the RF spectrum to interfere with [...]

NVIDIA 180.51 Display Driver Released | Posted on: 18/04/2009 @ 21:40

NVIDIA has now managed to make it nearly two weeks before issuing a new Linux driver update. The NVIDIA 185.19 Beta is still the latest in the 185.xx series, but NVIDIA has provided a pre-release of the 180.51 driver. The NVIDIA 180.51 driver adds support for the GeForce GT 130, GeForce GT 140, GeForce GTS 250, GeForce 9400GT, and GeForce 9600GSO 512MB...

Radeon Driver Gets Reworked Textured Video | Posted on: 17/04/2009 @ 16:30

AMD's Alex Deucher has delivered a new Textured Video implementation in the xf86-video-ati driver. While this video acceleration is not ideal as say VDPAU, VA-API, or even just XvMC it will certainly be appreciated by ATI customers. The reworked TexturedVideo implementation is in the Git master code and now has native support for planar formats and X-Video attributes for brightness, contrast, ...

Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD4850 512MB Graphics Card | Posted on: 17/04/2009 @ 12:30

The biggest selling point of the Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD4850 512MB graphics card may be that it runs cool, quiet, and it is relatively energy efficient. Sapphire has made a few electrical tweaks, as well as developing a new cooler, that give you all the performance of a Radeon HD4850 without as much heat, noise, or electricity consumption.

Palit GeForce GTX 275 | Posted on: 17/04/2009 @ 11:00

With it's latest graphics card, the GTX 275, Nvidia seems to be onto a winner, and board partner Palit is getting in on the action with a custom cooled, custom PCB version of the GTX 275 that sells for a bargain price tag. Is it too good to be true? We find out!

Galaxy GeForce GTX 285 2GB Tri-Fan Graphics Card | Posted on: 17/04/2009 @ 7:20

Sapphire Vapor-X HD4850 512MB Videocard Review @ Tweaknews | Posted on: 16/04/2009 @ 19:30

Sapphire did a good thing by bringing a feature rich HD4850 videocard on the market that won\'t break the bank, but isn\'t holding back any performance. The card is priced well, relatively fast, quiet and overclocks very well.

ATI vs. NVIDIA on Linux - the showdown | Posted on: 16/04/2009 @ 9:00

HEXUS' own Linux expert, Jo Shields, takes another close look at what's on offer from graphics giants ATI and NVIDIA.

HIS Radeon HD 4890 Turbo Graphics Card | Posted on: 16/04/2009 @ 6:20

Accelero Xtreme GTX 280 | Posted on: 15/04/2009 @ 14:10

Vor beinahe einem Jahr hat Arctic Cooling den Accelero Xtreme vorgestellt, damals für die GeForce 8800 Reihe und die ATI HD2900. Nun wurde diese erfolgreiche Reihe erweitert und ein imposanter Kühler für den GT200 Chip geschaffen, der vornehmlich auf der GTX260, GTX 280 und auch auf der GTX 285seinen Platz findet. Arctic Cooling konnte sich auf dem hart umkämpften Markt der CPU und ...

Inno3D GeForce GTX 275 OC 896M | Posted on: 14/04/2009 @ 18:20

Inno3D's latest graphics card release is the GeForce GTX 275 Overclocked. It is based on NVIDIA's P897 design but comes with considerably increased clocks. This results in a nice performance boost over the reference cards and allows the card to beat the much more expensive GeForce GTX 285.

Galaxy GeForce GTX 275 Overclocked Tri-Fan Graphics Card | Posted on: 14/04/2009 @ 15:00

Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 2GB Vapor-X | Posted on: 14/04/2009 @ 13:30

Sapphire has not only added an excellent Vapor-X cooler to this Radeon HD 4870, but it has upped the memory from 1GB to 2GB. Does the extra RAM make a difference, and how effective is that cooler? Read on to find out.

BFG GeForce GTX 275 OC 896MB: NVIDIA vs. ATI battle is on | Posted on: 13/04/2009 @ 5:00

The first pre-overclocked GeForce GTX 275 to cross our path. Any good?

ZOTAC GTS 250 AMP! Edition | Posted on: 13/04/2009 @ 1:38

NVIDIA continues to use well known system of price drops and remarking of old graphics card models which resulted in “new” NVIDIA products that are better positioned on the market. This praxis had created situations where certain models, like GeForce 8800GTS with G92 chip, have achieved very long shelf life. Model that was presented at the end of the year 2007 isn’t too much ...

RadeonHD 1.2.5 Driver Released | Posted on: 09/04/2009 @ 15:00

The RadeonHD 1.2.4 driver was released back in December and since then a lot of work has went into this open-source driver through the partnership between AMD and Novell. Over the past few months they have made significant process, but also faced some setbacks, like losing a key X developer...

Overclocking NVIDIAÂ’s GeForce GTX 275 | Posted on: 09/04/2009 @ 7:20

Gainward 295 GTX | Posted on: 08/04/2009 @ 22:10

After losing the performance crown, Nvidia pulled some aces to take back the title. The newer GT200b core made it possible for Nvidia to regain the crown in the same way as which it lost it, placing two GPUs onto the same card.

ASUS EAH4890 TOP Radeon HD 4890 RV790 | Posted on: 08/04/2009 @ 17:20

ASUS has a reputation for bringing cream-of-the-crop products to the marketplace, and branding them with the TOP badge. The new Radeon RV790 GPU is the next well-bred concept from the ATI labs, and in this article Benchmark Reviews tests the performance of the new ASUS Radeon HD 4890 GDDR5 EAH4890TOP video card against the rest of the high-end segment. Overclocked to 900MHz this Radeon 4890 is ...

NVIDIA's Open-Source Driver Gets Updated | Posted on: 07/04/2009 @ 20:30

The ill-maintained, feature-limited, and obfuscated driver known as xf86-video-nv driver has a new release out. This is the first open-source NVIDIA X.Org driver update in several months, but its change-log is rather limited...

Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 1GB OC | Posted on: 06/04/2009 @ 23:50

Alright. Time for a refresh, it's almost spring, and that's the season for growing video cards. The HD 4890 is, for all intensive porpoises, a retooled HD 4870, which, in my humble opinion, is overdue. Not that the 4870 was by any means a bad card, and it certainly got its deserved amount of press, but it had its failings and, when prices were even, I'd generally recommend a GTX 260. AMD ...

NVIDIA's Release Happiness Continues Into April | Posted on: 06/04/2009 @ 22:40

NVIDIA had ended out March with five Linux display driver releases with it ranging from a day to a week between updated Linux drivers were pushed out from this Santa Clara company. It's been just over a week since their last display driver release, but it looks like April will be another month of fierce Linux/Solaris/BSD driver updates from NVIDIA. This afternoon NVIDIA has pushed out the 185.19 ...

Sapphire's Radeon HD 4890 OC+ 1,024MB: the fastest yet | Posted on: 06/04/2009 @ 9:00

Clocking in at 900MHz core and 4,000MHz memory, what does the extra speed do for performance?

Gainward GeForce GTX 275 Graphics Card | Posted on: 06/04/2009 @ 8:20

Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 RV790 Video Card | Posted on: 05/04/2009 @ 5:03

The Radeon HD 4800-series has been a real success for AMD, and combined with Phenom II Processors they create a synergistic effect called the Dragon platform. The new Radeon RV790 GPU is the next well-bred concept from the ATI labs, and in this article Benchmark Reviews tests the performance of the new Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 GDDR5 video card against the rest of the high-end segment. Since the ...

PowerColor HD4890 1GB | Posted on: 04/04/2009 @ 16:52

Last few months rumors about new redesigned ATI’s GPU that should replace HD4870 were appearing on regular bases. Reason is simple: price for GeForce GTX260 has dropped significantly so, logically, HD4870 has to follow the same trend to keep up the pace. Of course when something like this happens, very often “a gap” in product lineup is created because price for HD4870X2 ...

Overclocking the ATI Radeon HD 4890 | Posted on: 03/04/2009 @ 16:30

Radeon HD 4890 vs GeForce GTX 275 | Posted on: 03/04/2009 @ 16:10

We've got the low down on the new Radeon HD 4890 and GeForce GTX 275 cards from ATI and Nvidia, so you know what upgrade to get. Do you grab either of the latest bad boys or are the older cards a better punt for your pound? Read on to find out.

ATI Radeon HD 4890 in Crossfire | Posted on: 03/04/2009 @ 4:50

Different Brand Video Cards Change What You See in Games | Posted on: 02/04/2009 @ 23:30

One video card bug that has bothered me for months can be found in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky and it can only be found on AMD Radeon HD graphics cards. Have you ever wondered if you are actually seeing all the details in games tht you purchase? Read on to see what we are talking about!

Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 1 GByte | Posted on: 02/04/2009 @ 13:30

Sapphire präsentiert mit der Radeon HD 4890 eine der ersten Karten basierend auf dem überarbeiteten RV790 Chip. Dieser verfügt über einen um 100 MHz erhöhten GPU- sowie über einen effkive 150 MHz erhöhten Speicher-Takt. Weiter darf GPU auf insgesamt 1024 MByte Speicher zurückgreifen, welche ihr auch bei höheren Auflösungen tatkräftig zur Seite stehen sollen.

Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 1GB Graphics Card | Posted on: 02/04/2009 @ 12:40

ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 | Posted on: 02/04/2009 @ 10:50

Two new GPUs at the $250 price point battle it out. Guess what? Both GPUs perform about the same. We take this opportunity to go through and evaluate the current state of PhysX and CUDA on NVIDIA GPUs as well. ...

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 Versus ATI Radeon HD 4890 | Posted on: 02/04/2009 @ 9:30

AMD and NVIDIA usually do not launch graphics cards on the same day, but today is a new day and that is exactly what has happened. AMD is announcing the Radeon HD 4890 graphics card, which is powered RV790 GPU and arch rival NVIDIA is releasing the GeForce GTX 275 graphics card.

AMD Radeon HD 4890 On Linux | Posted on: 02/04/2009 @ 6:20

With the launch of the Radeon HD 4800 series in June of last year, AMD made an evolutionary leap in their Linux support. For the first time, when introducing a brand new graphics processor (the RV770) it was greeted by same-day Linux support, compared to the past where Linux users had to wait many months for any new level of support. Not only was there this Linux support via the Catalyst driver, ...

Zotac GeForce GTX 275 Amp! Edition | Posted on: 02/04/2009 @ 5:00

Today NVIDIA released their GeForce GTX 275 Series. While there are no architectural improvements, the new cards offer substantially improved performance at competitive prices. Zotac's Amp! Edition offers higher clocks out of the box - is that enough to combat ATI's new offerings?

AMD Radeon HD 4890 CrossFire | Posted on: 02/04/2009 @ 5:00

Our HD 4890 CrossFire review investigates whether running two of these brand-new cards is a viable choice if you need that extra bit of performance or want to run with even more eye candy than what is possible with a single HD 4890 board.

Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 XT and XFX Radeon HD 4890 OC vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 | Posted on: 02/04/2009 @ 5:00

Three new cards fight it out for dominance in the £200-£250 space. Who wins? Find out.

Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 RV790 Video Card | Posted on: 02/04/2009 @ 4:50

The Radeon HD 4800-series has been a real success for AMD, and combined with Phenom II Processors (index.php?option=com_content task=blogcategory id=6 Itemid=63) they create a synergistic effect called the Dragon platform. The new Radeon RV790 GPU is the next well-bred concept from the ATI labs, and in this article Benchmark Reviews tests the performance of the new Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 GDDR5 ...

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4890 1GB Graphics Card | Posted on: 02/04/2009 @ 4:10

Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X 2,048MB: big frame-buffer useful? - HEXUS.net | Posted on: 01/04/2009 @ 10:01

Is a Radeon HD 4870 with a 2GB frame-buffer good? We find out.

Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X 2,048MB: big frame-buffer useful? | Posted on: 01/04/2009 @ 10:00

Is a Radeon HD 4870 with a 2GB frame-buffer good? We find out.

Zotac’s GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi motherboard - eTeknix | Posted on: 01/04/2009 @ 3:21

“Zotac’s GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi squeezes an LGA775 socket, dual memory channels, a GeForce 9300 integrated graphics chipset, and a PCI Express x16 slot into a diminutive Mini-ITX form factor. Join us as we explore the most potent pint-sized motherboard around.” Read the full article here