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Radeon HD 7950 Launches, Linux Support Questionable | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 23:00

AMD released the Radeon HD 7950 today as the second "Southern Islands" graphics card following the release of the Radeon HD 7970 one month ago, but how is the Linux support for the new AMD Radeon GPUs?..

XFX Radeon R7950 Black Edition Tested | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 21:25

Review of the XFX Radeon R7950 Black Edition Video Card. Today XFX has supplied us with the next ste...

AMD Radeon HD 7950 CrossFire Test | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 21:25

Getestet wurde die AMD Radeon HD 7950 und die PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 PCS+ Grafikkarte. Mit der Ra...

AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB Testbericht | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 21:25

Ist der Tahiti Pro besser als Nvidias GTX 580? Die kleine Schwester der Radeon HD 7970 schickt sich ...

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Video Card Announcement | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 21:25

Today, AMD's Radeon HD7950 video card is announced and extensively tested.

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Grafikkarten Neuvorstellung | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 21:25

Heute wurde AMD's Radeon HD7950 Grafikkarte vorgestellt und bereits umfangreich getestet.

AMD Radeon HD 7000 series roadmap revealed | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 17:00

vr-zone.com - With Radeon HD 7950 and HD 7970 now retailing, it is time to shift focus to the remaining HD 7000 family GPUs - Pitcairn, Cape Verde and New Zealand. Luckily, CPU-World has leaked a roadmap from AIB MSI, including prices and specifications. 

XFX DD R7950 | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 13:41

#XFX #AMD #HD7950 .The R7950 retains the standard clockspeed of the HD7950 but what makes the card different from the 'stock' HD7950 at first glance is the cooler. The GHOST cooler really is a thing of beauty and while I do not wish to pre-empt it's ability, if looks are anything to go by, this card will be one seriously cool customer. Looks however can be deceiving and none were this more so ...

PowerColor PCS+ HD7950 | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 13:34

#AMD #Powercolor #HD7950. The PCS+ HD7950 represents over a decades worth of experience at the pinnacle of GPU design and manufacturer. Of course AMD can take a lot of the credit but we have seen in the past that even the fastest GPU is pointless without a solid, well engineered platform. PowerColor offer this foundation with their GOLD power kit and Professional Cooling system to make the HD7950 ...

AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB Review | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 13:12

AMD unleashes its second salvo in the latest round of the fight for GPU supremacy.

AMD HD 7950 Tahiti Pro | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 13:05

The new #AMD #HD7950 - see how it compares against a list of other graphics cards currently on the market.

XFX Radeon HD 7950 Black Edition Double Dissipation 3GB Review | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 12:00

Introduction Over the coming months we're going to see more and more video cards launch from both AMD and NVIDIA. A bit like the HD 6000 series, AMD again find themselves coming to the market earlier than NVIDIA and today we see the second model with in the new HD 7000 series launch. We are already impressed with what the HD 7970 can do by itself, overclocked, in a pair, in a pair overclocked ...

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Video Card Review | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 11:36

Let's check the performance of the new Radeon HD 7950, a cheaper version of the Radeon HD 7970, and see if it is a good pick for high-end gaming systems.

Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB OC Edition Review: GCN For A Better Price | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 11:13

vr-zone.com - Coming almost a month after the launch of the AMD Radeon 'Tahiti XT' HD 7970 and the 'Graphics Core Next' architecture, the Radeon 'Tahiti Pro' HD 7950 is essentially a stripped down version (87.5%, 1792 out of 2048 Stream Processors) of its more illustrious sibling . The extra lead time and lower TDP requirements has allowed the usual AIB manufacturers to work on non-reference ...

Review: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OverClock Edition | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 11:12

OverviewSapphire has waded in first with its take on AMD's latest HD 7000 series card, the Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OverClock edition.Unlike the AMD Radeon HD 7970 there are unlikely to be very many strictly reference models of the Radeon HD 7950. Instead we're more likely to see card manufacturers taking the opportunity to put their own spin on the PCB, clocks and cooling.The HD 7970 was a ...

Review: AMD Radeon HD 7950 | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 11:12

OverviewAMD is really putting the pressure on Nvidia now with its second release of the new AMD HD 7000 graphics card generation, the AMD Radeon HD 7950. Nvidia is still sitting back waiting for the right moment to strike back, but can it recover from these two quick blows?Well, we say quick - it's been well over a month since AMD launched its first card of this generation, the AMD Radeon HD ...

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Review: Sewing Up The High-End Market | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 11:12

Announced late last month and shipping 3 weeks ago, AMD kicked off the 28nm generation with a bang with their Radeon HD 7970. Combining TSMC’s new 28nm HKMG process with AMD’s equally new Graphics Core Next Architecture, AMD finally took back the single-GPU performance crown for the first time since 2010 with an all-around impressive flagship video card. Of course AMD has always produced ...

AMD Radeon HD 7950 & XFX R7950 Black Edition Video Card Review | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 11:12

AMD has finally released Radeon HD 7950, which happens to be the cut-down version of the Radeon HD 7970 graphics card that hit the streets on January 9th, 2012. The AMD Radeon HD 7950 graphics card is based on the same 'Tahiti' core architecture that is used on the Radeon HD 7970, but some has less features and lower clock speeds. Read on to see how the Radeon HD 7950 performs!

XFX Radeon HD 7950 Black Edition Overclocked 3GB Graphics Card Video Review | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 10:48

With AMD launching the 7950 today, XFX have released their Overclocked Black Edition card and we take a first glance at what it has to offer.

XFX Radeon HD 7950 Black Edition Overclocked 3GB Graphics Card Review | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 10:48

With the launch of the 7950 now here, how have XFX managed to tweek the reference design in the Black Edition Overclocked to push towards 7970 territory?

AMD Radeon HD 7950 3 GB Review | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 10:48

Today AMD released their new Radeon HD 7950, the second card to be based on AMD's GCN shader architecture. Compared to its bigger brother, the HD 7970, the card comes with less shaders and reduced clock speeds. Other features have remained the same, like 3 GB memory, improved power consumption and support for EyeFinity.

AMD Radeon HD 7950 CrossFire Review | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 10:48

In this review we put two Radeon HD 7950 graphics cards in a dual-GPU CrossFire configuration and test whether this $900 setup is worth its money and how it fares against other alternatives.

Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OC | Posted on: 31/01/2012 @ 10:30

The Sapphire HD 7950 OC is the overclocked version of the AMD design, and also comes with a customized air cooler. Is it strong enough to fend off the GTX 580? Framerates tell some of the story, but what about temperatures? Power consumption? Gaming value? Let's take a closer look at the Sapphire HD 7950 OC and answer those questions for you.

Lenovo's Radeon HD 7690M-equipped IdeaPad Y470p now up for pre-order | Posted on: 30/01/2012 @ 15:13

vr-zone.com - Lenovo's web shop now lists the IdeaPad Y470p 14-inch laptop complete with Radeon HD 7690M graphics for just $799, with shipping expected to commence on February 13th.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon "Krait" MSM8960 GPU Benchmarked | Posted on: 29/01/2012 @ 14:01

vr-zone.com - A NenaMark 2 benchmark result has surfaced on one of Qualcomm's upcoming 28nm based Snapdragon SoCs well ahead of launch. Expected to arrive later this year, the 1.5GHz Qualcomm "MSM8960" SoC (codenamed Krait) was in an unidentified device with Qualcomm's Andreno 225 graphics, running a display resolution of 1024 x 600 which is typical of a 7-inch tablet device.

Zotac GeForce GTX 560 Ti ? Limited Edition | Posted on: 29/01/2012 @ 3:37

Snapdragon S4 ?Krait? ? MSM8960 GPU Benchmark Surfaces | Posted on: 29/01/2012 @ 0:00

A NenaMark 2 benchmark score for an unknown device based on Qualcomm’s upcoming 28nm Snapdragon S4 “Krait” MSM8960 SoC has just surfaced. The device seems to have 1.5Ghz CPU, a 1024x600 resolution display powered by an Adreno 225 GPU and running Android 4.0.3. The Adreno 225 GPU scores 54.9 fps in the benchmark. To put things in perspective, a Galaxy S2, powered by the Mali-400 MP4 ...

Nvidia accused of dirty tricks | Posted on: 29/01/2012 @ 0:00

Spreading unfounded rumours across well known forums, putting AMD products down.

Reclocking Hits For Open-Source NVIDIA Driver | Posted on: 28/01/2012 @ 21:48

Committed to the kernel repository for the open-source Nouveau driver for providing reverse-engineered NVIDIA hardware is now the initial GPU core/memory re-clocking support...

The Radeon HD 7970 Reprise: PCIe Bandwidth, Overclocking, & The State Of Anti-Aliasing | Posted on: 27/01/2012 @ 22:48

With the release of AMD’s Radeon HD 7970 it’s clear that AMD has once again regained the single-GPU performance crown. But while the 7970’s place in the current GPU hierarchy is well established, we’re still trying to better understand the ins and outs of AMD’s new Graphics Core Next Architecture. What does it perform well at and what is it weak at? How might GCN scale with future GPUs? ...

Report: NVIDIA shipping Kepler to notebook OEMs | Posted on: 27/01/2012 @ 21:49

vr-zone.com - Manufacturing for NVIDIA's next-gen Kepler GPUs is in full swing and the first Kepler parts have begun shipping to notebook manufacturers. The first Kepler powered notebooks will hit retail in April, alongside Intel's Ivy Bridge processors. 

Nvidia releases CUDA Toolkit Version 4.1 | Posted on: 27/01/2012 @ 21:48

Support for CUDA on AMD GPUs?

Announcing The Lima Open-Source GPU Driver | Posted on: 27/01/2012 @ 21:36

There's still one week until the work will be officially announced, but the open-source "Lima" open-source graphics driver project has surfaced...

Galaxy MDT GeForce GT 520 Review: Quad-Display Budget Card | Posted on: 27/01/2012 @ 20:49

Nvidia ?poking? AMD for its GCN Architecture | Posted on: 27/01/2012 @ 1:36

Nvidia taunts AMD's architecture saying they expected more from the competitor.

NVIDIA's LLVM CUDA Compiler: Open-Source, 10% Faster | Posted on: 27/01/2012 @ 0:48

Back in December there was an announcement from NVIDIA that they would open-source their CUDA compiler based upon the LLVM back-end. NVIDIA today released their new CUDA implementation that's based upon LLVM. Besides being open-source, which will allow it to be ported to new (non-NVIDIA) architectures/hardware, there's also a measurable speed boost in the switch over to LLVM...

Graphics Card Overclocking: Is it really worth it? | Posted on: 26/01/2012 @ 23:26

Nouveau For A $10 NVIDIA Graphics Card? | Posted on: 26/01/2012 @ 20:48

In this article is a look at the state of the open-source Nouveau Gallium3D driver on low-end NVIDIA GeForce graphics hardware. In particular, a $10 USD NVIDIA retail graphics card is being tested under Ubuntu Linux on both Nouveau and the proprietary NVIDIA driver and is then compared to a wide range of other low and mid-range offerings from NVIDIA's GeForce and AMD's Radeon graphics card ...

Rumors: Xbox 720 Packs AMD Radeon HD Graphics, Arriving in 2013 | Posted on: 26/01/2012 @ 6:48

Microsoft’s third-generation Xbox game console is coming out in 2013 and will pack Radeon HD-based graphics processors from Advanced Micro Devices, according to several tech and entertainment sites. Microsoft and AMD would not comment on the reports from SemiAccurate, Fudzilla, and IGN, which differ slightly as to the specs and release schedule for the unnamed [...]

Sapphire Radeon HD6450 FleX Edition 1GB Video Card Review @ ThinkComputers.org | Posted on: 25/01/2012 @ 23:13

NVIDIA Talks Of Optimus Possibilities For Linux | Posted on: 25/01/2012 @ 21:24

A NVIDIA Linux engineer is trying to work on code that could lead to official Optimus support under Linux, but there's a catch... And it falls outside of NVIDIA Corp as the fate of this multi-GPU notebook feature could now fall with the Linux kernel developers...

Reverse-Engineered NVIDIA Driver Works On Re-Clocking | Posted on: 25/01/2012 @ 0:48

While Nouveau for open-source NVIDIA support in Mesa 8.0 is mixed, the developers behind this reverse-engineered NVIDIA driver are making some progress and hope to have more positive information to report soon...

Powercolor 79xx PCS+ GPU review | Posted on: 25/01/2012 @ 0:00

Please insert a summary of the article, or the first few lines of the article here. This is what will appear as a summary of the article when displayed on the frontpage, below the article title. Powercolor 79xx PCS+ GPU review is a post from: Overclockers - The Performance Computing Community Related posts: PowerColor PCS+ Radeon HD 6870 Review PowerColor HD 6950 ...

Sapphire Radeon HD6450 FleX Edition 1GB Video Card Review | Posted on: 24/01/2012 @ 21:12

AMD?s Eyefinity Technology, have you heard of it? I?m sure you have, it?s what powers those multi-display setups that you?ve seen before.  These multi-display setups give you massive desktop work-spaces and immersive gaming environments.  The thing about getting Eyefinity setup is it can be difficult and confusing, especially if you don?t have the right displays off the bat.  To make things ...

Revenge is Sweet: PowerVR Discrete GPGPU PCIe Card Coming Later in 2012 | Posted on: 24/01/2012 @ 19:36

vr-zone.com - Imagination Technologies is not resting on its laurels after becoming a leader in the handheld and tablet business. The company is preparing its return to the world of discrete GPU cards, this time around with a GPGPU product. 

Intel graphics to challenge NVIDIA, AMD in CAD pro space? | Posted on: 24/01/2012 @ 18:24

vr-zone.com - Intel graphics integrated in their CPUs isn't a big deal for serious 3-D gamers. What about CAD professionals?

Unboxing the Sapphire Radeon HD6450 FleX Edition Video Card @ ThinkComputers.org | Posted on: 24/01/2012 @ 16:01

Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB 3-Way CrossFireX Tested | Posted on: 24/01/2012 @ 16:01

Review of Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Cards in 3-Way CrossFireX. Today we grab a third card an...

Sapphire Radeon HD 6770 FleX Testbericht | Posted on: 24/01/2012 @ 16:01

Getestet wurde die Sapphire Radeon HD 6770 FleX Grafikkarte. Wollte man am heimischen PC-System mehr...

Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 On The NVIDIA Tegra 2 | Posted on: 23/01/2012 @ 14:00

For those that were interested by the CompuLab Trim-Slice, a desktop built around the ARM-based NVIDIA Tegra 2 platform, here are some more benchmarks. This time the numbers are looking at the performance of the dual-core ARM Cortex A9 system when using the Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, and 12.04 packages.

First Look: ASUS Radeon HD 7970 DirectCU II Top Video Card | Posted on: 23/01/2012 @ 8:36

Legit Reviews was down in Texas this weekend for the FX GamExperience and noticed that ASUS was showing off their upcoming Radeon HD 7970 DirectCU II video card! ASUS informed us that the card just arrived in the United States on Friday and was hand flown to Texas just for the event. This is the first public showing of this highly anticipated video card and we got to spend some time with it!

Unboxing the Sapphire Radeon HD6450 FleX Edition Video Card | Posted on: 22/01/2012 @ 20:00

Our first post-CES unboxing video! Today we will be unboxing the Sapphire Radeon HD6450 FleX Edition Video Card. This low-cost and low-profile video card is perfect for your small PC or home theater PC setup. Since it is part of Sapphire's FleX series of video cards it supports AMD's Eyefinity right out of the box. The card also features 1GB of DDR3 running at 1600MHz, a 625MHz core clock and ...

GPU-Z version 0.5.8 released | Posted on: 22/01/2012 @ 2:00

Adding PCIe bus testing and ASIC quality rating.

GPU-Z version 0.5.8 released | Posted on: 22/01/2012 @ 1:49

Adding PCIe bus testing and ASIC quality rating.

GPU-Z version 0.5.8 released | Posted on: 22/01/2012 @ 1:37

Adding PCIe bus testing and ASIC quality rating.

GPU-Z version 0.5.8 released | Posted on: 22/01/2012 @ 1:25

Adding PCIe bus testing and ASIC quality rating.

GPU-Z version 0.5.8 released | Posted on: 22/01/2012 @ 1:13

Adding PCIe bus testing and ASIC quality rating.

GPU-Z version 0.5.8 released | Posted on: 22/01/2012 @ 1:01

Adding PCIe bus testing and ASIC quality rating.

AMD releasing the new Radeon HD 7900 graphics driver | Posted on: 22/01/2012 @ 0:49

Bringing extended support, more performances and resolving issues.

AMD releasing the new Radeon HD 7900 graphics driver | Posted on: 22/01/2012 @ 0:37

Bringing extended support, more performances and resolving issues.

AMD releasing the new Radeon HD 7900 graphics driver | Posted on: 22/01/2012 @ 0:25

Bringing extended support, more performances and resolving issues.

AMD releasing the new Radeon HD 7900 graphics driver | Posted on: 22/01/2012 @ 0:13

Bringing extended support, more performances and resolving issues.

AMD releasing the new Radeon HD 7900 graphics driver | Posted on: 22/01/2012 @ 0:01

Bringing extended support, more performances and resolving issues.

AMD releasing the new Radeon HD 7900 graphics driver | Posted on: 21/01/2012 @ 23:49

Bringing extended support, more performances and resolving issues.

AMD releasing the new Radeon HD 7900 graphics driver | Posted on: 21/01/2012 @ 23:37

Bringing extended support, more performances and resolving issues.

AMD releasing the new Radeon HD 7900 graphics driver | Posted on: 21/01/2012 @ 23:25

Bringing extended support, more performances and resolving issues.

AMD releasing the new Radeon HD 7900 graphics driver | Posted on: 21/01/2012 @ 23:13

Bringing extended support, more performances and resolving issues.

An Open-Source, Reverse-Engineered Mali GPU Driver | Posted on: 21/01/2012 @ 11:24

There is some exciting news to break today on Phoronix... Coming up at FOSDEM (the Free Open-Source Developers' European Meeting in Brussels) will be the formal announcement of an open-source, reverse-engineered graphics driver for the ARM Mali graphics processor. OpenGL ES triangles are in action on open-source code. Will this be the start of fully open-source ARM graphics drivers for Android ...

MSI launching new entry-level graphics cards | Posted on: 21/01/2012 @ 3:00

Entry level cards for casual gaming or simple Full HD playback.

Pictures of Asus? Radeon HD 7970 DirectCu II graphics card | Posted on: 20/01/2012 @ 22:24

The HD 7970 gets the Asus treatment with a nice little factory overclock.

AMD?s Radeon HD 7950 has its clock speeds revealed | Posted on: 20/01/2012 @ 21:24

More overclocking potential for approximately $150 less than the HD 7970.

Bumblebee Has Tumbleweed For NVIDIA Optimus On Linux | Posted on: 20/01/2012 @ 20:13

Bumblebee 3.0 "Tumbleweed" has been released as an updated (and unofficial) way of handling NVIDIA Optimus technology under Linux...

Bettering Radeon Gallium3D Performance With PCI-E 2.0 | Posted on: 20/01/2012 @ 13:00

While it will not take you up to the speeds of the Catalyst driver, besides the 2D color tiling patches, there are a few other outstanding features not yet enabled-by-default in the open-source Radeon graphics driver that can yield some performance boosts. One of these other features is enabling PCI Express 2.0 support within the Radeon DRM.

ASUS Radeon HD 7970 3GB CrossFire Review | Posted on: 20/01/2012 @ 11:48

The ASUS Radeon HD 7970 3GB came out on January 9th, 2012 and is based on the AMD Radeon HD 7970 reference card. ASUS sent over a card for us to try out and do some CrossFire testing with. Read on to see how AMD Radeon HD 7970 does in a multi-GPU CrossFire setup when it comes to performance, power consumption, overclocking and more!

Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Cards in 3-Way CrossFireX | Posted on: 20/01/2012 @ 8:12

Introduction Since the launch of the AMD Radeon HD 7970 we've looked at the reference model to see how it performs when the card sits on its own. With that done we then took the time to install a second reference design card into the mix and see how performance with the HD 7970 running in CrossFire. Today we grab a third card and see what happens when we move to a three way CrossFireX setup. ...

Radeon Gallium3D: A Half-Decade Behind Catalyst? | Posted on: 19/01/2012 @ 19:48

What happens when you pull out some vintage computer hardware and run the latest Linux software as well as go back and run some of the oldest software available? Well, in the case of systems with antiquated R300-era ATI Radeon graphics, you are left with a downward slope in performance. Not only is the latest open-source Radeon graphics driver not always performing as well as an ancient Catalyst ...

Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Cards in CrossFire | Posted on: 18/01/2012 @ 14:36

Introduction We're slowly working our way through our HD 7970s which we have on hand. We started off by checking out the reference card from AMD to find out the kind of performance was on offer from the new AMD model. We then checked out the first card that stepped away from the reference cooler; the XFX HD 7970 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation. After that we moved onto the HIS HD 7970 3GB ...

CES 2012 ? MSI Shows Off HD 7970 GPU, New Cloud Overclock App, the X79 Big Bang XPower II Board and More (Video) | Posted on: 18/01/2012 @ 6:48

Futurelooks drops by MSI to see what they have going on at CES. While many of the products like the HD 7970 and X79 Big Bang Xpower II have already been announced, it was nice to see these products in…Related Articles & Videos CES 2012 – GIGABYTE Clears Air on X79 Issues, Shows Off Their Intel Z77 Series, and Unveils Their HD 7970 Powered GPU (Video) CES 2012 – GIGABYTE ...

Using The New Radeon Gallium3D 2D Color Tiling | Posted on: 17/01/2012 @ 12:00

Patches finally arrived last week for 2D color tiling in the Radeon R600 Gallium3D driver. The patches were then re-based this past weekend and benchmarked by Phoronix. Will the 2D color tiling patches, which affect the Linux kernel, Mesa, libdrm, and xf86-video-ati DDX make the more recent Radeon graphics cards more competitive under open-source to the Catalyst driver?

Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 LP Video Card | Posted on: 17/01/2012 @ 0:00

If you are looking for a video card to power your new HTPC project, or if you are looking for an upgrade to your existing setup that uses integrated video, the Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 LP card is a fairly good choice. If you are looking for a card like this that has to fit a low profile case, this is pretty much your only choice!

CES 2012 ? GIGABYTE Clears Air on X79 Issues, Shows Off Their Intel Z77 Series, and Unveils Their HD 7970 Powered GPU (Video) | Posted on: 16/01/2012 @ 23:24

Our video coverage from the International CES in Las Vegas this year begins with a look at GIGABYTE. They were setup at the Venetian Hotel this year on the Vegas Strip and Futurelooks was on hand to talk to them…Related Articles & Videos COMPUTEX 2011 Video Coverage – GIGABYTE Unveils Cheaper G1-Killer, mSATA Ready INTEL Z68 boards, and a Sneak Peek at the INTEL X79 LGA2011 ...

GTX 680 to arrive at the end of February | Posted on: 16/01/2012 @ 21:00

With similar performance to the 7970, says Chinese rumours.

Nvidia?s 28nm ?Kepler? due in March-April | Posted on: 16/01/2012 @ 19:00

Late march or early April depending on stock. No AMD-esque paper launch.

Rumour: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 to release in February | Posted on: 16/01/2012 @ 18:37

vr-zone.com - A rumour from Chinese forums Chiphell suggests that NVIDIA has pulled in the release of GeForce GTX 680 from the original plan of March/April to as early as late February. 

Nouveau For Open-Source NVIDIA In Mesa 8.0 Is Mixed | Posted on: 16/01/2012 @ 13:00

After looking last week at the ATI/AMD Radeon Gallium3D performance under Mesa 8.0 and comparing its performance to Mesa 7.11 and the closed-source AMD Catalyst driver, along with the LLVMpipe driver performance, we're now focusing upon the Nouveau Gallium3D implementation that seeks to provide open-source NVIDIA hardware support. This comparison is pitting Nouveau in Mesa 8.0 against Mesa 7.11 ...

Sapphire Radeon HD6450 Flex Edition Video Card Review | Posted on: 16/01/2012 @ 6:49

Closer To Radeon H.264 VDPAU In Gallium3D | Posted on: 15/01/2012 @ 16:48

On Sunday morning there were a number of video-related commits to Mesa for H.264 Gallium3D by AMD's Christian König...

Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 Vapor-X OC 1GB Graphics Card Review @ eTeknix.com | Posted on: 14/01/2012 @ 11:14

HWLabs GTX360 | Posted on: 14/01/2012 @ 11:14

HW Labs GTX360 data supplement for our V2 Radiator testing. Not a full review, just the data and recap that feeds the radiator comparison.

NVIDIA Kepler to arrive in March or April - Hard Launch Only | Posted on: 14/01/2012 @ 11:14

vr-zone.com - While CES 2012 showed a clear focus on Tegra 3, with all the automotive, tablet and several smartphone launches, the company did not discuss Kepler. But, it was for a reason.

HIS HD 7970 Graphics Card Review | Posted on: 14/01/2012 @ 11:13

The strength of the recently crowned single-GPU king will be put to test. Then, we will explore the possibilities once the shackles of CCC's clock limitations are removed and a little extra voltage is added to the mix. HIS HD 7970 Graphics Card Review is a post from: Overclockers - The Performance Computing Community Related posts: AMD Radeon HD 7970 Graphics Card Review AMD HD 6970 Graphics ...

Zotac GTX 560 Ti 448 Core Review | Posted on: 14/01/2012 @ 11:13

There is a fairly significant gap in the market between the GTX 560 Ti and GTX 570. Answering the call is a new GTX 560 Ti 448 core based on the GTX570/580 core (GF110). Zotac was kind enough to send us a sample of the card to test it. Let's see how this card does against its little brother and a couple others in its market segment.Zotac GTX 560 Ti 448 Core Review is a post from: Overclockers - ...

Moving Closer To NVIDIA Optimus On Linux | Posted on: 13/01/2012 @ 21:36

David Airlie filed a second DRM pull request over the night for the Linux 3.3 kernel. This second pull has work related to NVIDIA Optimus technology within the Nouveau driver...

AMD?s 28 nm mobile GPUs not until Q2 | Posted on: 13/01/2012 @ 21:36

The 28 nm mobile chips will be branded Radeon HD 7700M and higher.

Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 Vapor-X OC 1GB Graphics Card Review | Posted on: 13/01/2012 @ 20:24

With the 7000 series Radeon graphics cards on the table, can the HD 6850 Vapor-X challenge the market this late in the year? There's only one way to find out!

Arch-ing ARM: Running Arch Linux On The NVIDIA Tegra 2 | Posted on: 13/01/2012 @ 19:24

The CompuLab Trim-Slice is quite an interesting dual-core ARM Tegra 2 device. This nettop/desktop-oriented system ships with Ubuntu 11.04 by default, but it is also well supported by Arch Linux. In this article are some tests of the dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 1.0GHz system running under Arch.

2D Color Tiling Patches Hit For Radeon R600+ | Posted on: 13/01/2012 @ 1:48

Minutes after publishing the Mesa 8.0 Radeon Gallium3D benchmarks against Catalyst, first-stage patches were posted for proper 2D color tiling support for modern Radeon hardware from, which can result in double-digit performance gains...

Radeon Gallium3D With Mesa 8.0: Goes Up & Down | Posted on: 12/01/2012 @ 23:36

Now that I've shared eight good features and eight bad traits of Mesa 8.0, which is the open-source graphics hardware library that's now supportive of OpenGL 3.0, it's time to begin looking closer at the performance. In this article are benchmarks of ATI/AMD Radeon graphics cards spanning five generations to show how the Mesa 8.0 performance compares to the previous release (Mesa 7.11) and the ...

Three Priorities For Open-Source Radeon Graphics | Posted on: 12/01/2012 @ 16:48

While we still haven't been able to deliver any Radeon HD 7000 series Linux benchmarks, we do know what are AMD's three priority projects right now for their open-source Radeon Linux driver stack...

AMD Radeon HD 7950 to be Released 31st January | Posted on: 12/01/2012 @ 11:10

#AMD is preparing for the second release of the HD 7000 series, the Radeon HD 7950, for later this month.

PowerColor 6970 Devil 13 | Posted on: 12/01/2012 @ 7:06

The PowerColor 6970 Devil 13 certainly looks tempting, and it's got an accessory package second to none, but it's also late to the party with other custom cards having already hit the market quite some time ago. Sporting many enthusiast-oriented features such as a custom heatsink, low noise fans, voltage read points, improved power design, and a dual BIOS for turbo clock speeds, this might be the ...

NVIDIA Tegra 3: Games Plus SplashTop Streaming of Skyrim | Posted on: 11/01/2012 @ 23:24

Tegra 3 tablets are a big thing for NVIDIA right now, and we’ve seen quite a few new tablets using the SoC. At NVIDIA’s booth, they had a bunch of ASUS Eee Prime Transformer tablets set up with a variety of games and other software. Grand Theft Auto IV was running on one unit, but more impressive was the multiplayer ShadowGun running on two more tablets. Both of those games (personally, at ...

PowerVR Series 6 ?Rogue? GPUs Released To Licensing | Posted on: 11/01/2012 @ 1:12

With the emphasis on smartphones and tablets at this year’s CES, it should come as no surprise that the various SoC IP developers are focusing their announcements around the show, and PowerVR is among them. In 2011 PowerVR announced their next generation of SoC GPUs, the Series 6 family, based on PowerVR’s Rogue architecture.  Now just under a year later PowerVR has announced that they’ve ...

Nvidia, Asus Announce $249 Quad-Core Tablet | Posted on: 10/01/2012 @ 19:13

LAS VEGAS ? Asus and Nvidia today announced and showed a seven-inch, quad-core Android-powered tablet that will sell for only $249, although they didn’t give many more details on the device. The companies also said they had worked together to bring Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) to the Asus eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet. The [...]

CES 2012 Nvidia Press Conference | Posted on: 10/01/2012 @ 2:12

We're at the Nokia press conference now where Jen-Hsun Huang just took the stage to talk about tablets, automotive, and what's in store in 2012 for Nvidia.  Nvidia views he tablet market as something that will continue to rapidly grow as different niches and use cases evolve. Just as the automotive industry has many different categories of automobile, the vision is to have a wide ...

MSI's GUS II: External GPU via Thunderbolt | Posted on: 10/01/2012 @ 2:12

In addition to 7-series motherboards, MSI had its GUS II external GPU solution on display. The external chassis features a Thunderbolt interface and an internal PCIe slot. Despite running on a MacBook Pro there is currently no OS X support for the solution, but it does work under Windows. Presumably if there's OS X support for the GPU inside the enclosure it would work under OS X as well. ...

Zotac's Cedar Trail ZBOX ID80 Uses Discrete GPU | Posted on: 09/01/2012 @ 18:00

Intel announced its 32nm Atom platform for netbooks/nettops at the end of last year. Codenamed Cedar Trail the new Atom doesn't really change CPU performance all that much but includes a new GPU block from Imagination Technologies. The PowerVR SGX 545 comes with all Cedar Trail Atom CPUs by default, however it looks like due to driver issues the integrated graphics on the very first Cedar Trail ...

AMD AIB's Finally Take The Wraps Off Their 7970's | Posted on: 09/01/2012 @ 16:53

The hard launch of the #AMD #HD7970 has begun; AIB's #MSI, #Sapphire, #XFX and #Club3D show huge range in pricing.

XFX?s Radeon HD 7970 Black Edition Double Dissipation: The First Semi-Custom 7970 | Posted on: 09/01/2012 @ 12:12

Traditionally the launch of a next-generation high-end video card has been a staggered process. In the name of getting cards out as soon as possible the first cards are almost always reference cards coming preassembled straight from AMD or NVIDIA, which are then touched up in the livery of their partners before being boxed and sold. Only later on – particularly when there’s a solid supply of ...

ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Review | Posted on: 09/01/2012 @ 10:12

Decembrie a însemnat pentru AMD anun?area noii genera?ii de pl?ci video Southern Island iar ast?zi, prima încarnare a acestora apare oficial pe pia?? (printre altele) prin ASUS Radeon HD 7970 cu noul GPU Tahiti XT. PCMHZ este prezent la datorie oferindu-v? un review în care vom vedea dac? genera?ia anterioar? devine istorie iar cea actual? "noul hit".

ASUS Radeon HD 7970 CrossFire Review | Posted on: 09/01/2012 @ 6:12

AMD's Radeon HD 7970 has quickly established itself as the fastest single GPU graphics card in the world. In our ASUS HD 7970 CrossFire review we take two of these beasts for a spin to see what benefit they offer. One of the highlights is reduced power consumption thanks to AMD's new ZeroCore power technology.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Now For Sale | Posted on: 09/01/2012 @ 2:12

Although they're not officially supposed to go on sale until tomorrow, Newegg already has their selection of 7970s up for sale this evening. Newegg has cards from all of AMD's major North American partners, including HIS, Gigabyte, XFX, Asus, Sapphire, and PowerColor. Most of them are at the AMD MSRP of $549, though the Asus card is $589, and XFX's custom cooled and overclocked model is at $599. ...

AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB Reference Video Card Review | Posted on: 07/01/2012 @ 6:24

Introduction It unusual for us to miss an NDA, especially when we've got the sample on hand. The simple fact is that AMD chose to Grinch out on us and ignore the holiday spirit, a time when we tend to be able to relax for a few weeks before the CES run of products start to show up. With not only a 10 day holiday planned, but a decision to move from Perth, Australia to Taiwan just three months ...

Radeon VM, DMA-BUF Will Go Into Linux 3.3 Kernel | Posted on: 07/01/2012 @ 2:00

The Radeon virtual memory (VM) support -- part of the Radeon HD 7000 series upbringing -- is now in the DRM next tree for landing in the Linux 3.3 kernel. Separate from the expected 3.3 graphics pull request, Linaro's "dma-buf" has already been sent to Linus Torvalds for merging into the mainline tree...

Radeon HD 7000 Support, VIA KMS Still Missing | Posted on: 07/01/2012 @ 0:48

When talking yesterday about the likely DRM pull for the Linux 3.3 kernel there were a few graphics driver related items not on the list...

Nvidia has an impressive list of things to present at CES | Posted on: 06/01/2012 @ 23:36

On the 'menu' are Tegra, GeForce, 3DVision as well as some automotive tech.

AMD HD 7970 Might Get a Price Cut? | Posted on: 06/01/2012 @ 3:26

A report is out that the #AMD HD #7970 may get a $50 price cut when they hit the stores on the 9th January.

EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win Video Card Review | Posted on: 06/01/2012 @ 2:48

The EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win is a video card that has two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti GPU?s on a single PCB for improved gaming performance. This card can run up to three displays off a single card for NVIDIA 3D Surround gaming, or you can disable NVIDIA Surround and run up to four displays for better productivity. Read on to see how this card performs in games and we also look at temperatures, ...

AMD Crush Rumours of Extra Radeon Cores | Posted on: 06/01/2012 @ 2:05

#AMD contacted Bright Side of News to quell the 40CU rumour and confirmed that the HD #7970 only has 32CUs on the GPU resulting in a total of 2048 cores. As reported, a rumour such as this could gain momentum as AMD have not delivered any die shots of the new architecture which would lead to the debunking of any such rumour.

Arctic Comes Out with a new High-Performance Cooler for Radeon HD 7970 | Posted on: 05/01/2012 @ 22:36

vr-zone.com - As the retail launch of Radeon HD 7970 approaches (January 9, 2012), the ecosystem is forming around the product: liquid and air cooling solutions.

AMD releases OEM Radeon HD 7670 | Posted on: 05/01/2012 @ 20:13

vr-zone.com - AMD has quietly announced the second desktop product in its Radeon HD 7000 range - HD 7670 for OEMs. There's nothing new about the 7670 OEM however - it is simply a rebranded HD 6670. 

AMD Quietly Releases The OEM-Only Radeon HD 7670: Turks Rides Again | Posted on: 05/01/2012 @ 16:36

Earlier today one of our news editors, Andrew Cunningham, came to me with an interesting problem. HP was launching their gaming-oriented Phoenix desktop, and the spec sheet listed a video card he had never seen before: the Radeon HD 7670. Initially thinking it was a typo on HP’s part we did some digging, and after finding a well-hidden product page we had our answer. It’s Turks. ...

Radeon HD 7970?s retail FOB price is cut down to $475 | Posted on: 05/01/2012 @ 8:12

Although the retail FOB price is down, it doesn't necessarily mean it well sell below $550.

EK announcing their own water block for the HD 7900 series graphics card | Posted on: 05/01/2012 @ 7:12

Not much information given, a picture reveals a standard water block made of copper.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Crossfire review | Posted on: 04/01/2012 @ 4:37

AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB Graphics Card Review @ eTeknix.com | Posted on: 04/01/2012 @ 2:13

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Overclocked to 1.7GHz | Posted on: 03/01/2012 @ 7:45

Reports of how well the #AMD #Radeon HD 7970 overclocks are buzzing around, now with a little help from a voltage mod the true potential can be seen.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB Graphics Card Review | Posted on: 03/01/2012 @ 4:48

AMD release the Radeon HD 7970, a card which is out to take the single GPU crown and aim to compete with the 6990 and GTX 580.

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Delayed | Posted on: 03/01/2012 @ 2:35

While the #AMD HD 7970 is expected next week, there are now reports that the HD 7950 may be delayed till February.

AMD Postpones Radeon HD 7950 Until February | Posted on: 03/01/2012 @ 1:25

vr-zone.com - When AMD pushed the introduction of the Radeon HD 7970 from January 9, 2012 to December 22, 2011, the only that actually launched were the reviews by selected press. Now, AMD is making sure the same thing does not happen with 7950.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Tri-Fire Results | Posted on: 03/01/2012 @ 1:25

vr-zone.com - We are still missing one card for quadfire (Kim Jong-un aides probably hijacked the package for his Christmas present), but till then, here are some 3-way Crossfire results...

AMD Radeon HD 7000 GCN Family Specifications | Posted on: 02/01/2012 @ 19:12

The #AMD #Radeon HD 7750 - 7990 all based on the new GCN (Graphics Core Next) architecture, have been detailed alongside the price and expected release dates. Interestingly there will be a HD 7950 with a still respectable 1.5GB of GDDR5 memory priced at $399, $50 less than the 3GB GDDR5 version, offering better price to performance.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Voltage Mod - 1.26GHz flying on air | Posted on: 01/01/2012 @ 19:49

vr-zone.com - One week ago, Santa Claus brought us the red themed AMD Radeon HD 7970, which practically smoked previous generation cards and showed great overclocking headroom.  For our first feature in 2012, we sacrificed our holiday weekend to bring you an exclusive look at some benchmark results achieved with a slight voltage bump and core clocks raised to nearly 1.26GHz. Stay tuned also ...