The majority of home theater PC users like their movies loud and their HTPCs extremely quiet which is why they invest in things like sound dampening material and large slow spinning fans. Sapphire’s Radeon 5550 Ultimate Video Card trumps any silencing measure by operating completely passively so there’s one less whining fan to worry about […]
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There’s a serious give and take relationship between CPU and GPU performance which can lead to bottlenecks in many situations. It would seem that the CPU is currently at a disadvantage in the pairing. The Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 running in a 3-way SLI setup reaches impressive performance heights which may, or may not, be […]
Read more Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 3-way SLI scales performance mightily
It’s a very simple formula when it comes to high resolution gaming. The more pixels you need to push, and the more advanced features that are enabled, the more you’ll benefit from added on-board memory. The Sapphire Toxic HD 5970 4GB video card offers up 100% more memory than the original and a fancy new […]
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Finding the perfect balance of price and performance can be an exciting process but the practice has been somewhat limited in this day and age of price segments chopping up the performance pie. The PowerColor HD 5570 Graphics Card may seem like a great choice for your low-power home theater PC, and it is, but […]
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We’re a good number of months removed from the official launch of AMD’s 5000 series of graphics cards and video card manufacturers have had enough time to fine tune their graphics cards designs in order to make leaner and meaner gaming solutions. PowerColor PCS+ AX5870 Video Card does away with the generic reference design on […]
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While the top-end of the graphics card segment is always on the mind of the performance gamer there’s something to be said for aiming just a tiny bit lower, especially when it can save you a bit of your hard earned money in the end. NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 470 in an SLI setup provides a […]
Read more NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 SLI is the high-end consolation prize
High resolution gaming has always been an issue due to the relatively lack-luster performance of graphics chips in the past but now that they’ve finally caught up on that aspect there are other limitations, mainly the amount of video memory that’s available. HardOCP has taken a look at how well the ATI Radeon HD 5870 […]
Read more ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 pushes pixels and performance
Depending on who you ask Nvidia’s “Fermi” based lineup of GPUs was supposed to be released many months ago in order to go up against AMD’s Radeon HD 5000 series of graphics chips. Ah the best laid schemes of mice and men. Well the NDAs have been lifted and Nvidia’s GTX 480 and GTX 470 […]
Read more Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 / GTX 470 is upon us…finally
The latest and greatest graphics chips are more than capable of pushing insane frame rates but are often stymied by less than adequate amount of memory available at higher resolutions. Sapphire’s Radeon 5850 Toxic 2GB video card comes along with more graphics memory than the norm which should help out in those Eyefinity situations. PureOC […]
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Card manufacturers are having an increasingly difficult time with topping an already speedy chip so they’ve had to rely on other features to entice people into purchasing their product…namely things that make them go even faster. The Asus Radeon EAH 5870 video card features some voltage tweaking capability which, with some careful testing, should lead […]
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AMD has been on a bit of a roll with their Radeon HD 5000 series which offers impressive performance and image quality at rather low temperatures but the company always knew that their competition would come at them with something equally impressive. Oddly enough the company’s response to the upcoming Nvidia “Fermi” launch mayjust be […]
Read more AMD Catalyst 10.3a Prepped to boost framerates substantially
