Graphics Cards

by Rafael Hernandez on June 5, 2009 · 0 comments

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

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

by Rafael Hernandez on June 3, 2009 · 0 comments

AMD has been firing on all cylinders lately, well at least their ATI graphics division has. The company showed off the world’s first Microsoft DirectX 11 capable graphics chip at Computex and it’s quite impressive.Trusted Reviews has a look at…

Read more ATI's Touts First DirectX 11 GPU

by Rafael Hernandez on June 2, 2009 · 0 comments

Well this certainly came out of nowhere. Microsoft is usually the first to tout their own perceived advancements but this may come as a shocker and a definite selling point for their next operating system Windows 7.bit-tech was on…

Read more Windows 7 Does GPGPU Video Transcoding Natively

by Rafael Hernandez on June 2, 2009 · 1 comment

Usually TV tuners take up quite a bit of room so they’ve been limited to large portable PCs and desktop systems of course. AMD’s new ATI Theater HD 750 looks to change all of that.Just look at its size.The…

Read more ATI Theater HD 750, Tiny Yet Powerful TV Tuner

by Rafael Hernandez on June 1, 2009 · 0 comments

While E3 may be getting all of the buzz when it comes to gaming Computex 2009 will soon cast a giant spotlight on the computing world’s newest hardware. The show starts tomorrow and all manner of new gadgets and anything…

Read more Computex 2009 Hardware Previewed

by Rafael Hernandez on June 1, 2009 · 0 comments

AMD has announced their new ATI Radeon E4690 Discrete GPU. What does that mean for you? Well not all that much in the short term but you can be sure that notebook manufacturers will be all over this one.It…

Read more ATI Radeon E4690 Announced, Discrete Graphics Joy

by Rafael Hernandez on May 31, 2009 · 0 comments

There tends to be certain issues that crop up when motherboard, graphics card, power supply…well pretty much anything in your computer that uses a size able amount of power can exhibit a high pitched whine under high load if it…

Read more MSI Solves the Squeal, Whine Free Nvidia Cards Coming Soon

by Rafael Hernandez on May 28, 2009 · 0 comments

ATI’s Avivo video transcoding software has been around for quite a while now promising all of the grand GPGPU enhancements that go along with using their high powered graphics chip to do some computing work outside of pushing pixels….

Read more ATI GPU Transcoding Receives AMD's Helpful Hotrodding

by Rafael Hernandez on May 27, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia has had a rough go of it lately, what with faulty GPUs popping up in their mobile products last year. Dell seems to have taken their ball and gone home…for lack of a better term.The Inquirer did a…

Read more Dell Ditches Nvidia? Signs Point To Maybe

by Rafael Hernandez on May 20, 2009 · 0 comments

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

Read more Budget Graphics Card Roundup, Gaming on the Cheap

by Rafael Hernandez on May 11, 2009 · 0 comments

There’s no getting around the glut of graphics cards in the low-end to mid-range segment of the market and with Nvidia’s rebranding efforts things get even more confusing if you’re in the market for an upgrade.Hardware Canucks hopes to clear…

Read more Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 Roundup, Mid-Range a Plenty