by Rafael Hernandez on May 19, 2010
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The mid-range options graphics card options of the past were something of a let down when it came to performance but this generation’s batch of cards is offering some very impressive numbers at a reasonable price tag. Diamond Multimedia’s Radeon HD 5770 Graphics Card features all of the same great DirectX 11 love its bigger […]
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by Rafael Hernandez on May 17, 2010
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The mid-range of the graphics card market poses an interesting segment for manufacturers since there’s a clear desire for some performance cooling that’ll let the overclockers push their cards to extremes. The MSI Radeon HD 5770 Hawk sports a heatpiped cooler with a pair of fans that should keep temperatures in check. TechREACTION has the […]
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by Rafael Hernandez on May 17, 2010
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Working with professional 3D graphics programs requires a while different set of features than its gaming counterpart but that’s not to say you can’t fill in downtime with some monster fragging. The AMD FirePro V4800 and FirePro V7800 are designed to help you pump out wireframe models with ease. Phoronix takes a look at their […]
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by Rafael Hernandez on May 15, 2010
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If there’s one thing that will put a damper on your graphics card overclocking hopes it’s the retail coolers included on most of them since they’re barely able to handle the heat put out by normal clock speeds to begin with. Real World Labs has gathered six different aftermarket graphics card coolers and compared them […]
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by Rafael Hernandez on May 13, 2010
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Competition is great when it comes to pricing and choices but when you’re looking at the best of the best you’re going to have to pick and choose from gaming title wins and feature sets. ITShootOut has a look at the ASUS GTX 480 and Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD 5870 2GB graphics cards and how […]
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by Rafael Hernandez on May 13, 2010
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The search for silence and power efficiency lends itself nicely to the HTPC market where you want a silent computer which means fewer fans and a fine selection of just-powerful-enough hardware for the task at hand. Benchmark Reviews has a look at the PowerColor Go! Green Radeon HD5670 Graphics Card which uses a passive cooler […]
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by Rafael Hernandez on May 12, 2010
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There’s no denying that some of the latest and greatest graphics cards push temperatures that are very uncomfortable especially when coupled with the rest of the high end hardware in a PC. The Inno3D GTX480 iChill Black Series Water Cooled Graphics Card comes prepped with a pre-applied waterblock which should slide into your liquid cooled […]
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by Rafael Hernandez on May 12, 2010
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Nvidia’s GF100 chip line has had a bit of a rough go with delays and hot running initial samples sent to reviewers but it seems that retail boards are slightly less toasty as once believed. Benchmark Reviews has a look at the Zotac GeForce GTX 480 Graphics Card and compares it to an early release […]
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by Rafael Hernandez on May 10, 2010
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The latest generation of graphics cards tend to pump out quite a bit of heat despite the massive two slot coolers they possess which makes the first boards to show up with alternative cooling that much more interesting. The Galaxy GeForce GTX 470 GC sports a nifty cooler that allows you to flip the fan […]
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by Rafael Hernandez on May 9, 2010
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Getting yourself up to speed on the video card overclocking front usually takes quite a bit more cash in the form of added third-party heatsinks and the warranty voiding that entails. HotHardware has rounded up a trio of ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics cards that are overclocked from the normal speeds straight out of the […]
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