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XLR8 GTX 550 Ti Graphics Card Revealed by PNY

Since NVIDIA has decided to bolster its entry-level offerings with the brand-new 550 Ti model, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that PNY also came up with such a product of its own, namely the XLR8 GTX 550 Ti 1024MB graphics card.The accelerated video processing unit (yeah, if you happened to be wondering...

16 March 2011
06:00 GMT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti Graphics Card Goes Official

Although everyone's expecting NVIDIA to come up with the dual-GPU GTX 590 monster, it seems that the company has decided that, for the time being, adding yet another low-cost offering to their entry-level lineup is perhaps a better idea (from a sales point of view), and thus released the GeForce GTX 550 Ti.Accor...

15 March 2011
09:37 GMT

Dual-GPU GeForce GTX 460 Developed by EVGA

While everyone's eagerly waiting for NVIDIA to make its move against AMD in the dual-GPU sector and launch a product of its own featuring two Fermi GPUs, it seems that EVGA has decided to go ahead and release such a product, although we're not exactly talking about the latest-gen technology here. EVGA'...

11 March 2011
01:41 GMT

ASUS HD 6990 Unveiled – This Time, It's Official

As some of you might remember, ASUS' HD 6990 was one of the few new dual-GPU Radeons to be leaked online prior of the official announcement, and now, the company has swiftly rectified this issue by going official with their new graphics card implementation as well.However, don't expect any major surprises f...

8 March 2011
15:21 GMT

ASUS Radeon HD 6990 Listed, Priced, Up for Pre-order

Since the official launch of the HD 6990 is rumored to happen no later than tomorrow, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that some of its implementations are already starting to show up, one of the first to appear online coming from Asus.As you might expect, we're not talking about an official announce...

7 March 2011
01:06 GMT

Einstein@Home Project Powered by NVIDIA GPUs Leads To Discovery of New Pulsar

Without modern technology, none of the discoveries mankind has made related to the outer space would have been possible, and the same goes for the identification of the PSR J1952+2630 pulsar, done with the help of NVIDIA's technology.The discovery is quite an exciting one, not only due to its scientific value, b...

1 March 2011
10:50 GMT

Unreal Engine 3 Developed Using NVIDIA GTX 500 Series GPUs

It's quite a well-known fact that GPU manufacturer NVIDIA works quite closely with some of the world's best-known PC games' manufacturers, including here Epic Games, who's actually developed their famous Unreal Engine 3, using the GTX 500 series graphics cards.Quite obvious, the relationship betwe...

1 March 2011
09:00 GMT

More Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 Details Pop Up

AMD's future dual-GPU graphics card, the Radeon HD 6990, is a very hot topic these days, with many interesting details related to this graphics monster popping out on the Internet from various sources.And the latest such “juicy” information we've come across comes from KitGuru, who've appar...

28 February 2011
10:25 GMT

Water-Cooled N580GTX HydroGen Graphics Monster by MSI Is Official

It's already a fairly well-known fact that hardware enthusiasts and modders tend to install water-cooling systems within their rigs, in order to be able to attain a higher level of performance and push the limits of existing hardware, and this is exactly the reason why MSI has just added to its lineup of NVIDIA ...

9 February 2011
00:56 GMT

Zotac Super-Overclocks the GeForce GTX 560 Ti with New AMP! Edition

Given the fact that the GeForce GTX GTX 560 Ti from NVIDIA comes with plenty of overclocking headroom, Zotac, one of the best-known NVIDIA card manufacturing partners, has decided to push it to its limits and thus developed the GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMP! Edition, that takes this configuration to whole new level of perfo...

8 February 2011
09:52 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 6670, HD 6570 and HD 6450 GPUs Go Official, OEM-Only

While the graphics powerhouses in the Radeon HD series typically get all the bells and whistles when launched, things are a bit more mainstream as far as mid-range versions are concerned, and this is exactly the treatment AMD's new Radeon HD 6670, HD 6570 and HD 6450 seem to be getting.So, as TechPowerUp reports...

7 February 2011
07:50 GMT

HIS Unleashes 6870 IceQ X and IceQ X TURBO Graphics Cards

After releasing some brand-new Radeon HD 6850 IceQ graphics cards a while ago, featuring a custom cooling system, HIS decided that implementing the same system on some of the other cards in its roster would be a pretty good idea and thus released the HIS 6870 IceQ X TURBO and 6870 IceQ X models, both of which go abov...

1 February 2011
03:46 GMT

Inno3D Geforce GTX 560 Ti OC Also Makes Appearance

After NVIDIA finally decided to go official with its mainstream-oriented GeForce GTX 560 Ti, all of the company's partners have also started rolling out their various implementations of this graphics card, including here Inno3D, who's just outed their GeForce GTX 560 Ti OC model. The card from Inno3D spo...

26 January 2011
02:52 GMT

Gainward Goes GTX 560 Ti Crazy With 4 Models, 'Golden Sample' and 'Phantom' Included

Gainward has really decided to go all out with the latest addition to the GTX 500 series of Fermi GPUs and introduced no less than 4 different versions of the card, each providing a different level of factory overclocking, as well as some other interesting features on the side.The models in question are the Gainward ...

25 January 2011
10:40 GMT

Overclocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti's with White PCB, Twin Coolers Released by KFA2

Now that the GeForce GTX 560 Ti graphics card from NVIDIA has been officially released, it's about time to start checking out its various implementations coming from the company's various partners, including here KFA2, who's launched two different overclocked GTX 560 Ti versions, each providing its own...

25 January 2011
09:25 GMT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Graphics Card Finally Going Official

Since pretty much the whole world knew that today NVIDIA was going to unveil its brand-new GeForce GTX 560 Ti graphics card (after all, detailed specs and even the release date have been available online for quite a long time), the GPU manufacturer has finally decided to put an end to speculation and went official, p...

25 January 2011
09:01 GMT

NVIDIA Starts Reimbursing Faulty Notebook GPU Owners

Although NVIDIA holds a fairly OK record in terms of product quality, the company really botched things up a few years ago, when quite a large number of faulty notebook GPUs shipped in several portable computing systems from various manufacturers, but now, the company seems keen to make up for its mistakes and reimbu...

17 January 2011
03:28 GMT

LucidLogix Develops NVIDIA Optimus Rival Targeting Sandy Bridge Platforms

Without a doubt, NVIDIA's Optimus technology has really managed to change the game as far as mobile computing systems' graphics are concerned, but now, it seems that it might actually have a rival, developed by none other than LucidLogix, and called Virtu.Virtu is described as a GPU virtualization software ...

30 December 2010
02:41 GMT

Gigabyte Intros Revamped GeForce GTX 460

For the time being, things seem to have sort of cooled down in the GPU battle arena, after the release of the GTX 500 Series from NVIDIA and Radeon HD 6900 Series from AMD, most of the more recent launches being either overclocked or simply revamped versions of older cards, as is the case with the latest product from...

21 December 2010
03:45 GMT

NVIDIA Tegra and Tegra 2 Taking Over the Tablet Market

While we've had some doubt regarding NVIDIA's statements referring to the future of their Tegra platform, various market sources seem to point out the fact that the GPU and chip manufacturer's mobile platform will actually become a whole lot more popular in the near future, especially as far as Android...

20 December 2010
02:21 GMT

Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs to Meet NVIDIA GeForce GPUs in Over 200 PC Models

It's somewhat funny to see just how NVIDIA's not going to let Intel have all the pre-CES spotlight, the GPU company attempting to downplay the fact that Sandy Bridge will pack its own built-in graphics platform, by boasting to the world about the fact that their GeForce GPUs will accompany the Intel 2'...

17 December 2010
00:44 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 6900 Graphics Cards Adopted by CyberPower Gaming Systems

Following the typical announcement route that pretty much applies in the case of every new graphics card making its way onto the market (first, the add-in board manufacturing partners, then system integrators), CyberPower has just revealed the fact that it will incorporate AMD's latest Radeon HD 6900 series GPUs...

16 December 2010
01:25 GMT

AMD PowerTune Technology Detailed – Radeon HD 6900 On a Power Diet

Back when NVIDIA introduced the GTX 500 series and its notorious “power-clamping” feature, aimed squarely at reducing the TDP within certain applications, we've actually wondered for a minute whether AMD would try-out something of the kind in their Radeon HD 6900 series, and sure enough, that was the...

15 December 2010
13:51 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 6900 from Sapphire Bundles Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam Download Voucher

Since Sapphire is quite a traditional ATI/AMD partner, it was to be expected for the company to also join in on the Radeon HD 6970/6950 launch fray, although, sadly, we can't say that their graphics cards offer much of a surprise, when compared to AMD's reference version, of course.So, similar to the other ...

15 December 2010
03:26 GMT

HIS Radeon HD 6970 and HD 6950 Unleashed

Naturally, after AMD decided to officially unveil their latest enthusiast-grade graphics cards, the Radeon HD 6970 and 6950, we're seeing a plethora of announcements coming from all of the company's partners, one of the first to present their particular takes on these latest-gen graphics cards models being ...

15 December 2010
02:15 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series Graphics Cards Go Official

Although the leaks that occurred over the past few weeks and months have provided us with plenty of information regarding what we could (and should) expect from AMD's Cayman-based graphics cards, the day when AMD officially releases its next-gen Radeon HD 6900 series GPUs has finally arrived.So, today, the compa...

15 December 2010
00:01 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 6970 is 10 to 35 Percent Faster than NVIDIA GTX 570, Leaked Graphs Say

Just about everyone's waiting for AMD's Radeon HD 6900 Series graphics cards to go official in order to start rolling out comparative tests and reviews, but until that happens, all we're left with are rumors and speculations, as well as leaked bechmarks, the latest such piece of information we've ...

14 December 2010
06:30 GMT

Download AMD Catalyst 10.12 Driver Software Suite

We've talked a bit yesterday about AMD's claims regarding the stability of their drivers, and now, the company offers all Radeon GPU owners out there yet another chance to test out these claims for themselves, by making public their latest Catalyst drivers, version 10.12.The upgraded software works with jus...

14 December 2010
05:30 GMT

Radeon HD 6970 Gets Pre-Launch Teardown, PCB Pictured

While the world still waits for AMD's Radeon HD 6900 series to go official in the immediate future, some hold on to their embargoed information, while others (mostly Chinese sources) don't really seem to care about such issues as NDAs, providing complete teardowns of the products, not to mention loads of in...

14 December 2010
01:47 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 6970 Benchmarking Results Leaked

AMD's Radeon HD 6900 series is set to go public at some point in the near future, and for this reason, it should come as no surprise that we're starting to see all sorts of interesting leaks available online, starting from photos of the various implementations of the reference design and going as far as ful...

12 December 2010
04:01 GMT

Next-Gen MacBooks To Adopt Intel Sandy Bridge, Drop NVIDIA GPUs

Without a doubt, Intel's forthcoming Sandy Bridge CPUs represent one of the hottest topics right now, but if you add to that Apple's next-generation MacBooks, then things are bound to get nothing short of “explosive”.So, according to AppleInsider, it seems that the Cupertino-based company plans ...

9 December 2010
10:52 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 6970 Pricing Leaked

Although just about everyone's talking about the brand-new GTX 570 Fermi GPU from NVIDIA right now, we can't help wondering just how AMD will react to this latest addition to the 500 series cards, and for this reason, we simply have to talk a bit about the latest rumor regarding the forthcoming AMD Radeon H...

7 December 2010
09:30 GMT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 DX11 Fermi GPU Goes Official

There's been quite a lot of talk about NVIDIA's forthcoming GTX 570 graphics card lately, and, right as everyone expected, the GPU manufacturer decided to finally officially roll out the second member of the GTX 500 series Fermi cards today, on the 7'th of December.Quite naturally, as in the case of th...

7 December 2010
08:45 GMT

NVIDIA GeForce 500 Series Goes Mobile with New GT 540M GPU

Since just about enough time has passed since the official debut of NVIDIA's GeForce 500 series, we were sort of expecting the launch of the mobile version as well, and it looks like the GPU manufacturer has decided not to keep us waiting for too long and released the GT 540M graphics module for notebooks, set t...

6 December 2010
01:12 GMT

NVIDIA Intros NVS 300 Graphics Card For the Enterprise Segment

Beside its numerous GeForce cards, NVIDIA is also known for manufacturing certain specific graphics solutions tailored to the needs of the business environment, and that's exactly the case with the company's latest product, the NVS 300, which has just been officially announced.The NVIDIA NVS 300 Business Gr...

1 December 2010
10:26 GMT

VisionTek Killer HD 5770 GPU/Network Card Combo Launched In Time for WoW: Cataclysm

We've seen plenty of curious multipurpose devices over time, but without a doubt, the VisionTek Killer HD 5770 really manages to take the cake, since it's the world's first single-card, PCI Express solution combining Bigfoot Networks Killer E2100 game networking technology and AMD Radeon HD 5000 graphi...

1 December 2010
08:20 GMT

NVIDIA GTX 570 to Steal Radeon HD 6900's Thunder

It really seems that NVIDIA wants to have as many brand-new GeForce 500 series graphics cards in the channel as possible before AMD gets to officially roll out the HD Radeon 6900 series, at some point around mid-December, since they're apparently set to release yet another GPU, the GeForce GTX 570.So, as TechPow...

1 December 2010
01:10 GMT

Leaked AMD Radeon HD 7980 Pegged for April 1'st Release

AMD's seriously gearing up for 2011, but it would seem that they're actually working on even more cards than anyone expected, since some info regarding a possible AMD Radeon HD 7000 series GPU has just made its way online.This sort of turns the whole AMD Radeon HD roadmap we've talked about earlier rig...

26 November 2010
02:27 GMT

NVIDIA Bashes AMD For Allegedly Cheating in Benchmarks via Driver Tweaks

The war between NVIDIA and AMD has really heated up over the past two-or three months or so, each of the two sides throwing some new and improved GPU models in the battle, but it seems that, this time around, the former has decided to launch a rather different type of attack, practically calling out the latter for be...

22 November 2010
10:55 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 6970 Tech Specs Leaked Yet Again

Since the official specs of the future Radeon HD 6990 dual-GPU graphics card from AMD have already hit the web, we were quite convinced that its less-powerful too-range sibling, the HD 6970, would get the same treatment today, and sure enough, that's exactly the case, a leaked slide containing the most important...

22 November 2010
04:13 GMT

Download AMD Catalyst 10.11 Display Drivers for Increased Radeon Performance

In order to enhance the performance of the various graphics cards it has launched over time, AMD updates from time to time its Catalyst driver software, and, sure enough, that's exactly what they did right now, by releasing the AMD Catalyst version 10.11, that follows a rather lengthy series of hotfixes released...

18 November 2010
04:40 GMT

NVIDIA GTX 460 SE GPU Gets Channel-Only Launch

While NVIDIA has been extremely vocal about its latest DirectX 11 monster, the “world's fastest” GeForce GTX 580, the company promoting this GPU's launch in every possible way, things are quite different with its latest mid-range offering, the GTX 460 SE, that's got somewhat of an “un...

16 November 2010
07:58 GMT

NVIDIA Tesla GPUs Power Three of the World's Top 5 Supercomputers

Given the fact that the SC'10 supercomputing conference is taking place in New Orleans as we speak, we've come across plenty of interesting news regarding this highly-specialized field, the latest pertaining to NVIDIA's, who's just revealed the fact that its Tesla GPUs power three of the world...

16 November 2010
05:42 GMT

AMD Brings ATI Brand Back from the Dead

Quite a lot of people were saddened by the news that AMD was going to kill off the ATI brand, which it had purchased relatively recently, but it seems that things are not that simple, the red logo-ed Array Technologies Incorporated still making some surprise appearances, here and there.So, as Fudzilla reports, it see...

15 November 2010
15:41 GMT

NVIDIA GTX 580 Power Throttling Disabled by Latest GPU-Z Build

Ever since participating in NVIDIA's conference call for the launch of their brand-new GTX 580 graphics card, we've been sort of curious about their “performance throttling” technology, which limits the GPU's capabilities once its hits the peak performance levels.The limitation does have a ...

15 November 2010
06:28 GMT

NVIDIA GPU Supercomputing Available via Amazon Cloud Offering

The field of cloud computing and SAAS (software as a service) is becoming more and more interesting these days, as quite a lot of companies (especially smaller ones, who don't afford to setup their own computing grids) prefer to turn to such solutions.And for this reason, NVIDIA and Amazon have joined forces to ...

15 November 2010
06:09 GMT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 Rumored for Release, Replaces the GTX 480

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 580 graphics card has not even reached shelves yet and there are already quite a few rumors talking about yet another addition to the GTX 500 series of Fermi GPUs, namely the GeForce GTX 570, that allegedly offers the same level of performance as the former GTX 480 flagship, but at a signifi...

12 November 2010
05:45 GMT

NVIDIA GTX 580 To Outperform Future AMD Radeon HD 6970, Sources Say

We're pretty sure that many of you, especially those with a penchant for all things hardware, have watched closely our technology section this week, given the abundance of reports regarding the latest Fermi graphics card to be released by GPU manufacturer NVIDIA, the already uber-famous GeForce GTX 580.Neverthel...

12 November 2010
03:57 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 2011 Roadmap Revealed – HD 6990, 6970, 6950, Turks and Caicos Too

As we've mentioned in several of our posts on this topic, the war in the graphics cards' segment seemed to have really heated up lately, but even if NVIDIA did push out the door the “world's fastest DX11 card”, its future is still uncertain, at least if we take a look at what AMD seems to h...

11 November 2010
04:53 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 5550 Rebranded to Radeon HD 6390

It would seem that the two biggest players in the field of GPUs, AMD and NVIDIA, has heated up the ongoing rivalry in this segment once again, the release of the latest Fermi graphics card and “fastest DX11 GPU on the planet”, the GTX 580, prompting the read team to attempt some damage control measures of...

11 November 2010
00:50 GMT


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