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Sapphire Readies HD 7970 with 1335 MHz GPU Clock | Posted on: 31/12/2011 @ 18:13

vr-zone.com - We tend to be skeptic about AMD or NVIDIA claiming stellar overclocking capabilities of their upcoming GPUs, but this time, it seems AMD wasn't playing the same old PR games. Sapphire is readying a non-reference design HD 7970 graphics card that boasts of 1335 MHz GPU clock speed. Out of the box!

Aqua Computer now offering the first waterblock for the Radeon HD 7970 | Posted on: 31/12/2011 @ 5:12

Covering the full GPU/RAM/VRM area, the AquagrATIx can now be pre ordered for ?89.90.

AMD's next-gen GPU family codenamed Sea Islands | Posted on: 31/12/2011 @ 1:49

vr-zone.com - While Southern Islands is only just beginning to roll out, a recently ex-AMD ASIC designer's Linkedin profile reveals the possible codename for AMD's next-gen GPU family  - Sea Islands. 

More leaks and 3DMark benchmarks of the Radeon HD 7770 | Posted on: 30/12/2011 @ 23:36

The mid-range HD 7770 gets through the test bench and reveals itself.

AMD Radeon HD 7770, Core i5 3550K Benchmarked | Posted on: 30/12/2011 @ 13:01

vr-zone.com - A forum poster at Chiphell has released benchmarks for a system featuring two anticipated next-gen products - AMD's Radeon HD 7770 and Intel's Ivy Bridge Core i5 3550K. The HD 7770 featured is the reference design - identical to the previous pictures leaked. While the i5 3550K is as much part of the system, the benchmarks performed are 3D Mark and reveal HD 7770's performance ...

Google adds SVG and CSS GPU acceleration to Chrome | Posted on: 30/12/2011 @ 1:01

vr-zone.com - Google has added new GPU acceleration features to its Chrome web browser, following in the footsteps of Microsoft and Internet Explorer 9.

HD 7770 & 7750 to be the cheap 28nm GPU of the lot early next year | Posted on: 30/12/2011 @ 0:36

The HD 7770 & HD 7750 around $140, while HD 7870 & HD 7850 around $270.

EVGA GTX 580 Classified Review | Posted on: 29/12/2011 @ 13:25

EVGA is well known for their warranties, customer support, and high-end cards. Today, we have one of those high-end products: the elusive EVGA GTX 580 Classified.EVGA GTX 580 Classified Review is a post from: Overclockers - The Performance Computing Community Related posts:NVIDIA GTX 580 Launch Round-Up ASUS Matrix GTX 580 Platinum Video Card Review Modding Intro I: eVGA Classified SR-2 Case

ASUS HD 6990 (Radeon) Dual-GPU Graphic Card Review | Posted on: 29/12/2011 @ 13:24

Final graphic card review for 2011 ends with a high-end card review, courtesy of ASUS Malaysia This review was made possible by Asus The Card The HD 6990 here looks very common. Nothing spectacular about it. More details at the Official Product page. Here’s a video of the card, highlighting the 100% fan speed mode [...]

AMD?s Radeon HD 7990 to come out in March 2012 for an ?unpleasant? price | Posted on: 29/12/2011 @ 13:00

The dual-GPU HD 7990 could reach as high as $850.

Club3D Radeon HD 6870 X2 Review - Two Barts XT go against the big boys | Posted on: 26/12/2011 @ 22:24

vr-zone.com - What happens when you slap two mid-range Barts XT (Radeon 6870) GPUs on a single board? Not too shabby at all...

Holiday Gift: OpenGL Radeon Performance Goes Up | Posted on: 26/12/2011 @ 18:37

The R300g and R600g Radeon Gallium3D performance is now up for certain workloads thanks to an important performance fix...

AMD A8-3870K - Radeon HD 6550D Graphics | Posted on: 26/12/2011 @ 18:36

A few days ago AMD announced several new A-Series APUs for desktops and notebooks. Knocking the Llano A8-3850 out of the top spot now for the A-Series is the A8-3870K, which was received by Phoronix just in time for some holiday testing of this updated APU.

Updated Smartphone & GPU Bench DBs Live! | Posted on: 24/12/2011 @ 11:24

We've been running our public performance database tool, Bench, for a few years now. Bench allows you to have direct access to the performance data we use in our reviews, segmented according to product category. Today we have five major product categories in Bench: CPU, GPU, Smartphone, Mobile and SSDs. CPU Bench is the longest running without significant changes. You can actually compare ...

Radeon HD 7990 coming in Q1, sports 6GB of GDDR5 | Posted on: 24/12/2011 @ 3:01

vr-zone.com - f the Radeon HD 7970 just didn’t cut it for you, it seems like you won’t have to wait long for AMD’s dual GPU card which should be known as the Radeon HD 7990, as it’s expected to arrive in Q1. So far not much is known about the specs, apart from the fact that the card will have two "Thaiti" GPUs and apparently 6GB of GDDR5 memory.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Open-Source Linux Update | Posted on: 24/12/2011 @ 3:00

AMD launched the Radeon HD 7970 graphics card yesterday as the first built upon their GCN (Graphics Core Next) architecture. Besides the initial Phoronix coverage of this first "Southern Islands" product, there's some new open-source Linux driver information today...

Why The Radeon Gallium3D Performance Is Down | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 20:00

After yesterday's article about the Grinch that stole the Radeon Gallium3D performance, here's three offending commits since Mesa 7.10 that are causing the open-source Radeon Gallium3D driver to run slower than it should.

Some Mobile GPU Documentation To End The Year | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 18:48

There was a new documentation drop this week that consisted of data-sheets and other programming documentation for the 2D, 3D, and MPEG engines of a mobile GPU...

Does PCIe 3.0 matter for today's GPUs? We test with the Radeon HD 7970 | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 17:37

vr-zone.com - Update 23/12: We updated our original article from yesterday with more background information and included LuxMark (OpenCL)For months now, certain smaller motherboard manufacturers have been hyping up PCI Express 3.0 compatibility and benefits to ignorant users, even going to the point of bashing one another with libelous advertisements (lol hammer smash motherboards into bits). ...

Club3D Radeon HD 6950 Battlefield 3 Edition Graphics Card Review | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 10:24

With Battlefield 3 being one of the hottest games of 2011, we find Club3D offering the 6950 with CoolStream cooler with a Battlefield 3 bundle.

Sparkle GTX560 2GB OC Edition Review | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 8:27

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Artikel | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 8:26

Die nicht gerade rühmliche Einführung der ersten Generation von DirectX-10-Grafikkarten mit der Beze...

AMD Radeon HD 7970 28nm Tahiti GPU Review | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 8:26

More specifically, today AMD is announcing their latest flagship single-GPU, the Radeon HD 7970. AMD...

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Review | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 8:26

We review the Radeon HD 7970. Injected in the 499 EUR / 549 USD price tag bracket the product will h...

AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card Review | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 8:26

As good as the performance is with the stock clock speeds of 925 MHz core and 1375 MHz memory the tr...

AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB Tahiti Review | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 8:26

With a host of new features, new cooling design and core improvements we take an in-depth look at AM...

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Grafikkarte im Test | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 8:25

Getestet wurde die AMD Radeon HD 7970 Grafikkarte mit DirectX 11.1, PCI-Express 3.0 und 28 nm. Mit d...

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Test | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 8:25

AMDs heute präsentierte Radeon HD 7970 soll mit einer drastisch überarbeiteten Architektur auf breit...

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Video Card Announcement | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 8:25

Today, AMD's Radeon HD7970 video card is announced and extensively tested.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Neuvorstellung | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 8:25

Heute wurde AMD's Radeon HD7970 Grafikkarte vorgestellt und bereits umfangreich getestet.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Graphics Card Review | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 8:25

Graphics Core Next is here. Come with us on a journey to see how AMD's new HD 7970 stacks up against the competition.AMD Radeon HD 7970 Graphics Card Review is a post from: Overclockers - The Performance Computing Community Related posts:AMD Radeon HD 6990 Graphics Card Review AMD HD 6970 Graphics Card Review Sparkle Calibre X580 Graphics Card Review

Review: AMD Radeon HD 7970 | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 8:24

OverviewSo here it is, the AMD Radeon HD 7970 and, for the time being, it's the fastest graphics card around. AMD has blinked first and opted to release its brand new graphics card architecture before Nvidia, and just before the new year. It's a brave move by AMD though. Bringing out a radically different graphics design spec, compared with its previous vector processors, in the same year as it ...

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Review: 28nm And Graphics Core Next, Together As One | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 7:13

At AMD’s Fusion Developer Summit 2011 AMD announced Graphics Core Next, their next-generation GPU architecture. GCN would be AMD’s Fermi moment, where AMD got serious about GPU computing and finally built an architecture that would serve as both a graphics workhorse and a computing workhorse. With the ever increasing costs of high-end GPU development it’s not enough to merely develop ...

The Radeon HD 7970 Recap | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 7:13

AMD originally told us that we'd have until January 9th to put together our review of the Radeon HD 7970. For a brand new GPU architecture, about three weeks with the card would be good enough to thoroughly investigate performance and deliver a complete review. Sometimes things are too good to be true. The 9th got pulled into the 22nd and three weeks turned into 6 days of testing. I have to ...

AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card Review | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 7:12

AMD has officially launched the Radeon HD 7000 series of graphics cards with the introduction of the companies new flagship single GPU graphics card, the AMD Radeon HD 7970. We put the AMD Radeon HD 7970 to the test on with an Intel Core i7-3960X on the Intel X79 platform with PCI Express 3.0 enabled to see how this card performs. We also overclock it as far as we could to see what the Radeon HD ...

AMD Launches The World's Fastest Single-GPU Graphics Card | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 7:12

Well a new video card is here and it's from AMD and it's taken the title of the World's Fastest Single-GPU graphics card. Yeah you know you want one, I know I do and on January 9th you can pick one up for $549.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Video Card Review | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 7:01

Let's check the performance of the most high-end graphics processor that AMD will be releasing next month, the Radeon HD 7970, codename "Tahiti."

AMD Radeon HD 7970 On Linux | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 7:01

You've may have heard or seen that AMD introduced the Radeon HD 7970 graphics card this morning as their first product built in their "Southern Islands" family and is based on their new GPU architecture, but how well does it work under Linux for the open-source and closed-source AMD Catalyst Linux drivers?..

The Grinch That Stole The Radeon Gallium3D Performance? | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 7:01

There are some significant performance drops right now on Mesa master for the forthcoming 7.12/8.0 release concerning the Gallium3D driver for older ATI Radeon graphics processors. The performance of the R300g driver is now setback compared to earlier Mesa releases.

X.Org Server GPU Hot-Plugging Moves Along | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 7:00

David Airlie has achieved a bit more success in his GPU "PRIME" work to provide graphics processor hot-plugging support under Linux with the X.Org Server...

MSI announce GTX780DX Gaming Laptop | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 7:00

Featuring a quad core i7, GTX 570m and up to 32GB of RAM.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Review | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 7:00

Today AMD launches their new Radeon HD 7970. The card is based on brand-new 28 nanometer silicon which promises reduced power consumption. Another important change is AMD's move to a new shader architecture, enabling increased performance, easier design of future products and more efficient rendering.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB Review | Posted on: 23/12/2011 @ 7:00

We take a look at AMDs first 28nm GPU, which is set to launch in January for £440.

AMD #Radeon HD 7970 3GB 'Tahiti' | Posted on: 22/12/2011 @ 17:47

The #HD7970 is a phenomenal card and impresses in almost every area save for the price. I particularly like the zero PowerCore feature which means I can happily leave my PC on all night while streaming/downloading safe in the knowledge my GPU is not gobbling up power. When GPU power is needed though, the card will instantaneously jump to life and grant you extreme framerates even at the highest ...

Latest version of GPU-Z now available | Posted on: 22/12/2011 @ 1:24

Aside from minor bug fixes is the added support for both the Radeon HD7970 and HD7350.

Clear pictures of AMD?s Radeon HD 7970 emerge | Posted on: 21/12/2011 @ 23:00

Stripped of its cooler, we get a clear look at internal component such as power domains.

#AMD HD 7970 Expected Performance | Posted on: 21/12/2011 @ 19:55

This graph shows AMDs performance expectations and may be part of a leaked Reviewers Guide that are given out by companies like AMD and NVIDIA to reviewers. While often need to be taken with a pinch of salt, the firstm blurry, graph shows the performance at a resolution of 2560 x 1600, the second graph was a remade version by a community member of tweakers.net.

Nvidia release 290.53 beta drivers | Posted on: 21/12/2011 @ 17:12

Up to 20% better FPS in Skyrim.

HD 7970 vs GTX 580 performance comparison | Posted on: 20/12/2011 @ 18:36

Up to 60% faster says reviewers guide. Reliable source?

Zalman to market Nvidia cards | Posted on: 20/12/2011 @ 14:00

GTX 550Ti, 560 and 560Ti models. More to be shown at CES 2012.

Sapphire Radeon HD 6450 FleX Edition Graphics Card Review | Posted on: 20/12/2011 @ 5:48

2011 has been a big year for gaming with the releases of Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3 and Skyrim to name but a few and getting good quality graphics comes with a price and you can always go one better in the hope of getting the best possible graphics. AMD and their partners believe in getting the best possible gaming experience through use of Eyefinity, but this can also ...

HIS adds yet another product under the IceQ X branding | Posted on: 19/12/2011 @ 23:12

HIS has announced an IceQ X version of the yet unannounced Radeon HD 6930 sporting its proprietary custom cooler and blue colour scheme.

Club 3D announce Battlefield 3 edition GTX 570 | Posted on: 19/12/2011 @ 22:00

Stock GTX 570 with a copy of Battlefield 3.

Review: Zotac GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores Limited Edition | Posted on: 19/12/2011 @ 21:13

OverviewYou didn't think you were only going to get one version of the new GTX 560 Ti out of us did you? Always willing to push a little further here's Zotac's take on the new card, the Zotac GTX 560 Ti Limited Edition 448 Cores.Now, in the Asus GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores Direct CU II review we've already spoken about how it's not really a standard Nvidia GTX 560 Ti at all, bar the nomenclature. So we ...

AMD Radeon HD 7770 pictured | Posted on: 19/12/2011 @ 18:48

Features lower power consumption, a smaller GPU core but better performance than the 6770.

A leak indicates Nvidia to skip 600-series and jump to a GTX 780 twice as fast as the 580 | Posted on: 18/12/2011 @ 19:36

A leaked slide presents Nvidia's current GeForce GTX 580 going against a GTX 780, and not a GTX 680.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 spotted at an online store | Posted on: 18/12/2011 @ 17:24

A Dutch e-tailer has recently listed an Asus Radeon HD 7970 featuring an exorbitant price.

ASUS GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP (ENGTX560) Graphic Card Review | Posted on: 18/12/2011 @ 5:24

This review was made possible by Asus The Card Here’s some photos of the beauty. Test Setup The computer setup used for this review. Processor Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.2 Ghz RAM Kingston Value RAM 4GB 1333 Motherboard MSI P67A-GD65 Cooler Intel stock cooler Monitor 20″ Dell Ultra-sharp Wide-screen LCD Power Supply Vantec Ion2 520w [...]

KFA2 rolls out the GeForce GTX 580 MDT X4 | Posted on: 16/12/2011 @ 19:24

KFA2 has today announced the launch of their new flagship in the MDT series with an overclocked GTX 580.

GeForce GTX 580 Showdown: ASUS Matrix vs.EVGA Classified | Posted on: 16/12/2011 @ 16:00

Not too many people have over $500 to spend on a video card, but for those fortunate to be able to there are there are a fair number of options to pick from. When it comes to spending that much money on a video card there are two companies you'll want to take a closer look at: ASUS and EVGA. The cards sent to Legit Reviews for review were the ASUS MATRIX GTX580 1536MB (P/2DIS/1536MD5) and EVGA ...

Two new Classified Nvidia cards from EVGA | Posted on: 16/12/2011 @ 15:00

GTX 580 classified Ultra air and liquid cooled cards. $620 and $750 respectively.

#AMD Start Shipping 28nm GPUs | Posted on: 15/12/2011 @ 22:15

AMD's CEO Rory Read has announced that AMD are shipping their 28nm GPUs for revenue (which means large bulk orders to fetch revenue) and with that AMD have fulfiled their promise to be first to market with silicon on the 28nm fabrication.

NVIDIA 2011 Driver Year In Review | Posted on: 15/12/2011 @ 19:48

After re-testing every AMD Catalyst driver from 2011, the tables have now turned to do the same for the NVIDIA binary graphics drivers from 2011 as the year comes to an end.

HIS introduces a PCI-E 1X graphics card | Posted on: 15/12/2011 @ 15:12

A HD 6450 with 2GB of DDR3 memory

NVIDIA Releases CUDA 4.1: CUDA Goes LLVM and Open Source (Kind Of) | Posted on: 14/12/2011 @ 21:12

Since starting their GPU Technology Conference in 2010, NVIDIA has expanded into several events so that they can hold events in Europe and Asia. The next flagship GTC will be in San Jose in May, but NVIDIA’s #2 conference, GTC Asia, is occurring this week in Beijing. As with GTC America, GTC Asia serves several purposes for the company: a research symposium, a developer training program, and of ...

NVIDIA Open-Sources Its CUDA Compiler | Posted on: 14/12/2011 @ 17:36

It's not often that there's open-source news to report from the NVIDIA camp, but there's some great news this morning. NVIDIA Corp has open-sourced its CUDA compiler!..

Nvidia makes CUDA source code public | Posted on: 14/12/2011 @ 17:36

Will provide the source code to software developers and researches to help optimise Nvidia GPUs.

NVIDIA GeForce Kepler GK100 & GK104 Specifications | Posted on: 13/12/2011 @ 23:01

NVIDIA's next-gen family 28nm GPUs, code name 'Kepler', are expected to come a little later than AMD's 'Southern Islands', however some numbers have been compiled to whet your appetite. The GK104 appears to be targeting AMD's 'Tahiti', with a 384bit wide GDDR5 memory bus over PCI-E 3.0 interface, however the GK 104 is not set to be the flagship part. The GK100 will be the GPU to reign over the ...

Radeon HD 7970 pricing revealed while Radeon HD 7900 series to feature Eyefinity 3D | Posted on: 13/12/2011 @ 20:12

People are getting more excited as we get nearer to 2012 and its new technologies, with the recent release date of two upcoming Radeon HD 7900 series GPU revealed, now it’s time for a price to surface, once again through DonanimHaber who got some info from reliable sources among the AMD add-in board partners. The add-in board partner mentions the European pricing of the HD 7970 which will ...

AMD Radeon HD 7900 launch date: drum roll please | Posted on: 13/12/2011 @ 7:36

AMD launch date for the 7900 series Radeon graphics cards.

World of Tanks 3D Vision Game Review | Posted on: 11/12/2011 @ 20:48

BenchmarkReviews.com: World of Tanks (WoT) is a free-to-play MMO-action video game loosely based on World War II-era tanks from the Soviet Union, Germany, USA, China, Britain, France, and Japan. Players can open either a free or premium account, and earn their way up a tiered ladder by competing against other online players in random battles. World of Tanks is developed for the Microsoft Windows ...

Closer look at AMD?s Tahiti GPU, now stripped of its cooler | Posted on: 10/12/2011 @ 18:48

Earlier this week we saw some leaked pictures of the upcoming Tahiti XT from the Southern Islands series of GPUs straight from AMD’s next-gen of GPU line up. Today, however, we see some “nude” pictures of another GPU from the HD 7900 series. Nothing to do with any ‘NSFW’ material, I’m referring to nude because of the removed cooler, therefore showing the PCB only. We can now clearly ...

Batman: Arkham City Performance After The DX11 Patch | Posted on: 10/12/2011 @ 17:36

A patch for Batman: Arkham City PC was released this week that fixed a variety of DX 11 issues, as well as fixes for a few other non-DX 11 related issues. The DX 11 fixes significantly improved DirectX 11 performance on both NVIDIA and AMD video cards, so we took the four Radeon HD and GeForce GTX cards that we tested before the patch came out and ran them again after the patch. Read on to see ...

Zalman to Enter Graphics Card Market With AMD GPUs | Posted on: 09/12/2011 @ 5:48

Overclockers.ua has leaked slides which strongly suggest that Zalman will soon be entering the graphics card market. Zalman is mostly known for their coolers and their CPU coolers are one of the most popular ones at NewEgg; they also sell power supplies and SSDs. At least initially, Zalman will be AMD's partner. The slides have only AMD 6870, 6850 and 6770 listed, but it's possible that we ...

Radeon HD 7000 Series Will Bring New 3D Driver | Posted on: 08/12/2011 @ 22:24

There's another update to the recent AMD Driver Support State For Radeon HD 7000 Series, Trinity article. The Radeon HD 7000 series will in fact bring a new Gallium3D Linux driver...

Zalman to enter the graphics card market with AMD | Posted on: 08/12/2011 @ 22:24

The Korean company Zalman, known for its air cooling solutions, cases and power supplies, has decided it will be entering the graphics card market for the first time. In a move which makes a lot of sense given Zalman’s VGA cooling expertise they have signed a deal with AMD to become a AIB (Add In Board) partner and they have started off the line up with some mid range models. Zalman will be ...

MSI GTX560 Ti 448 Power Edition | Posted on: 08/12/2011 @ 19:03

NVIDIA have long had a marketing strategy to release cut-down versions of their high end products. The product we have today is one such item. Based on the GF110 core, the same GPU that's used in both the GTX570 and flagship GTX580 graphics cards, you would be forgiven for believing you have a GTX570/580 in disguise. There are however some inherent differences between the three cards. You may ...

MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III 1G/OC Radeon HD 6950 Video Card Review | Posted on: 08/12/2011 @ 18:12

MSI?s R6950 Twin Frozr III 1G/OC graphics card might only have 1GB of memory, but it's factory overclocked and is equipped with the latest Twin Frozr III dual fan GPU cooler. We put the MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III 1G/OC to the test on our Intel Sandy Bridge-E test system to see how it performs against several NVIDIA GeForce 500 series video cards. We also overclock it to the max and see what it can ...

AMD HD 7600M, 7500M and 7400M GPUs released | Posted on: 08/12/2011 @ 17:48

AMD and Nvidia have both launched their mobile GPUs of the ‘next generation’. Like Nvidia, AMD is producing its low end HD 7000 series from rebranded HD 6000 series GPUs. As you can see from the table above AMD is reusing GPUsone naming step down to form part of the new HD 7000M generation. All HD 7600M, 7500M and 7400M models will be based of recycled HD 6000M architecture. It would also ...

Nvidia quietly introduces GeForce 600M series | Posted on: 08/12/2011 @ 15:36

Without even a press release Nvidia has introduced the GeForce 600M series. But for anyone expecting something new there is disappointment for the time being. The initial launch of the 600M series will be based off old 40nm GPUs rebranded as ‘new’ GPUs. The naming scheme is done in a way so that if a user was to upgrade forward in series, i.e. from a 550M to a 650M, they ...

New Radeon HDMI Audio Patches Published | Posted on: 08/12/2011 @ 5:24

While AMD still hasn't published Radeon HDMI audio patches for their open-source Linux driver to enable the audio support on their Radeon HD 5000 series and newer, the reverse-engineered community patches have quickly evolved...

The Current State Of Radeon Power Management | Posted on: 07/12/2011 @ 16:24

It's been a while since last looking at the state of power management for Radeon GPUs, but here's an updated look at the various options surrounding power management for modern ATI/AMD graphics processors and their effectiveness. Various drivers, graphics cards, and tuning options are compared.

Introducing AMD?s Radeon 7000M and NVIDIA?s GeForce 600M Mobile GPUs | Posted on: 07/12/2011 @ 13:24

AMD briefed us last week on several new and upcoming technologies and announcements. We’ve covered the AMD Memory announcement, and next up on the list is AMD’s Radeon Mobility HD 7000M. While we were getting this article ready, we also had NVIDIA launch their updated GeForce 600M parts without so much as a brief heads-up email. There’s reasons for that, which we’ll cover in this article, ...

Club 3D introduces GTX 560Ti Battlefield 3 Edition | Posted on: 07/12/2011 @ 2:24

Club 3D launches the ultimate GeForce GTX 560TI Battlefield 3 Limited Edition featuring 2048 MB GDDR5 with the award winning CoolStream technology featuring the ultra efficient dual fan and high performance heatpipe design. This card is the excellent choice for silent, high performance systems and furthermore the perfect upgrade for the latest generation of PC games like Battlefield 3, The Elder ...

Club 3D launches the ultimate GTX 560TI with 2048 MB GDDR5 | Posted on: 06/12/2011 @ 23:00

Club 3D launches the ultimate GeForce GTX 560TI featuring 2048 MB GDDR5 with the award winning CoolStream technology featuring the ultra efficient dual fan and high performance heatpipe design. This card is the excellent choice for silent, high performance systems and furthermore the perfect upgrade for the latest generation of PC games like Battlefield 3, The Elder Scrolls V:Skyrim and Batman: ...

HP listing notebooks with AMD Radeon HD 7000M GPUs | Posted on: 06/12/2011 @ 19:48

The computer manufacturer HP has recently had a slight ?incident? by letting the upcoming Radeon HD 7000M series from AMD an available options for some of its notebooks. Apparently this doesn?t concern only HP as some sources say that Asus has had the same ?issue?. While unexpected and most probably unofficial, this is the first public disclosure of a 28nm GPU. These GPUs were the Radeon HD 7670M ...

AMD Driver Support State For Radeon HD 7000 Series, Trinity | Posted on: 06/12/2011 @ 16:36

A few weeks ago I began talking about the AMD Radeon HD 7000 series driver support, but this week there is some new information to share about the hardware enablement for the next-generation of Radeon graphics processors as well as next year's AMD Trinity APUs...

Radeon R100/R200 Mesa Driver Sees Attention | Posted on: 06/12/2011 @ 13:00

David Airlie has made a number of commits to Mesa today that make some modest enhancements to the vintage Radeon R100/R200 classic OpenGL driver...

Community Beats AMD To New Radeon Audio Code | Posted on: 04/12/2011 @ 17:00

It was just yesterday that I was writing about AMD still not having any new HDMI audio support code available to the public for the Radeon HD 5000 series and newer. The hold-up on this HDMI audio code for the open-source Radeon driver has been due to the patches failing to clear AMD's legal review multiple times. Well, leave it up the community, and now this morning there's some Evergreen patches ...

Radeon Evergreen HDMI Audio Code Is Still M.I.A. | Posted on: 03/12/2011 @ 21:48

For those that haven't noticed, the open-source Radeon Linux graphics driver still lacks HDMI audio support for the Radeon HD 5000 "Evergreen" series and newer graphics processors. This has been sought after for many months, but even with the Linux 3.2 kernel, AMD still doesn't have to go-ahead with the open-source audio support...

MSI GTX 560 Ti-448 1280MB Twin Frozr III Power Edition Video Card Overclocked | Posted on: 03/12/2011 @ 8:00

Introduction The other day we checked out the brand new MSI GTX 560 Ti-448 1280MB Twin Frozr III Power Edition and found ourselves extremely impressed what the limited edition model from NVIDIA was offering us for the holiday season. Being part of the Power Edition series from MSI, though, means that it stands out more so than a lot of other companies, and via the help of MSI Afterburner we're ...

Prices for AMD?s upcoming Radeon HD 7000 series | Posted on: 02/12/2011 @ 19:00

Rumours come and go, as we all know, they most usually accompany the products long awaited, more so if they?re on the verge of release. Although today’s news is not so much a rumour, but something a little more concrete, as we see a couple of price tags for AMD’s upcoming Radeon HD 7000 series. The price tag is for the ?Tahiti? chip, which should see the faster version hit $549 while the ...

eVGA Is The GPU King? | Posted on: 02/12/2011 @ 16:48

  Evga were originally founded in 1999 and are focussed towards lots of different markets, including the system builder, distribution and of course, the retail sector. Whilst they have a lot of product ranges which including graphics, motherboards, displays, peripherals and much more, we want to focus more on the VGA side of their business today. The graphics card market is taken up by two major ...

Weekly Giveaway #17: Club3D GeForce GTX 560Ti Green Edition Graphics Card | Posted on: 02/12/2011 @ 3:00

As we’ve started to work with Club3D, we wanted to not only review one of their latest cards, as found here, but to also give it away to one lucky reader, so that’s exactly what we’re going to do. The GTX 560Ti is not only a great card, but once coupled with Club3D’s CoolStream technology design, it leads to it being quieter, more efficient and also uses less power, and in a climate where ...

EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Overclocking Guide | Posted on: 01/12/2011 @ 20:48

BenchmarkReviews.com: The EVGA GTX 580 Classified is one of the most powerful single card solutions on the market. With a 14+3 VRM design, a new cooler and the Classified logo many users want to know "How far can the EVGA GTX 580 Classified go?" Benchmark Reviews is here to answer this question armed with the Beta EVTUNE software to allow us to really push the voltage and is yearning to see how ...

Intel Talks About Their GPU Drivers, Wayland, Etc | Posted on: 01/12/2011 @ 13:36

Last month there was a presentation in Brazil by Eugeni Dodonov of the Intel Open-Source Technology Center. The focus was on Intel Linux Graphics and the "following the open-source road from kernel to UI tool-kits."..

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime & NVIDIA Tegra 3 Review | Posted on: 01/12/2011 @ 9:00

Going from making good motherboards to going head to head with Samsung for Google's affection is a pretty big step for ASUS, but it's one that the company has taken and done very well with. None of its peers have made the same transition, especially not while continuing to thrive in their existing businesses. I don't think anyone can say that ASUS' motherboards have suffered over the past several ...

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti with 448 Cores Launch Recap: MSI, Gigabyte, Zotac, and EVGA | Posted on: 01/12/2011 @ 1:00

Every time a new GPU launches, it finds its way into half a dozen or more cards from different manufacturers. These manufacturers do their best to differentiate these cards from one another, usually by means of different fans, form factors, outputs, prices, or even a built-in overclock. It can sometimes be difficult to keep these differences straight - price comparisons are usually pretty easy to ...