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PowerColor Radeon HD 7970 Packs Custom Dual-Fan Cooler

More than a month after AMD’s Radeon HD 7970 reached retail, add-in board makers still come out with new solutions based on this graphics card design, the latest to do so being PowerColor which just launched the HD7970 Dual Fan. The card is based on a proprietary PowerColor design and includes two large fans (p...

11 February 2012
04:20 GMT

PowerColor's Heavily Customized Devil 13 HD 6970 Listed in Europe

Back at the beginning of October, PowerColor announced us that they have finalized the design of a high-end custom HD 6970 graphics card known under the name of Devil 13, and now this GPU has finally made it to retail in Europe.Pricing for the card seems to be set at €428, about $599 US, which makes it quite a b...

31 October 2011
05:58 GMT

Yeston Intros New Radeon HD 6570 God of War Graphics Card

Chinese graphics card maker Yeston has just announced the introduction of a new graphics card from the God of War series that is based on AMD's Radeon HD 6570 design and is destined to offer entry-level performance for those users who don't run graphics intensive applications.The new card is dubbed the R657...

20 September 2011
07:37 GMT

AMD Shipped More Than a Million A-Series 'Llano' APUs

During a recent conference call with analysts, AMD said that it had shipped more than one million A-Series accelerated processing units in the second financial quarter of 2011 and that it expects demand to grow rapidly in the next quarter."We shipped more than one million A-series APUs in the second quarter. Based on...

22 July 2011
06:11 GMT

AMD Builds World's Fastest Mobile Graphics Card, Meet the Radeon HD 6990M [UPDATE]

The mobile GPU landscape has just received a new member in the form of AMD's latest Radeon HD 6990M graphics core that the Sunnyvale-based company touts as being the world's fastest mobile discrete graphics card released until now. The new GPU was built in order to replace AMD's previous mobile flag...

12 July 2011
02:43 GMT

Dell Vostro 3350: The First Notebook with Radeon HD 7000M Graphics?

Dell Germany has recently updated the product page for the 13-inch Vostro 3350 notebook, and, judging by its specs list, this seems to be the first laptop to get an AMD Radeon HD 7000-series graphics card based on the Southern Islands architecture. The graphics card in question is the AMD Radeon HD 7450M, which De...

30 June 2011
14:11 GMT

AMD's Fastest Llano APU Will Retail for Less than $150

Expected to be made official by AMD at the end of the month, the first desktop Llano accelerated processing units begun to make their appearance in various online shops, and the price of the company's fastest APU, the A8-3850, seems to be set at no more than $150 USD.Some online retailers have listed the chip fo...

17 June 2011
06:07 GMT

Lenovo Rolls Out Low-Cost AMD Brazos Laptop, the Essential G575

Lenovo has recently added a new entry-level notebook model to its product portfolio, called the Essential G575, which is based on AMD's low-power Brazos accelerated processing unit and sports a 15.6-inch display.The Essential G575 is powered by AMD's most powerful APU to date, the E-350 which features two p...

3 June 2011
04:37 GMT

AMD Radeon HD E6760 Video Card Spotted at Computex 2011

Large computer fares, such as Computex, are a great opportunity for companies to showcase all sort of prototype hardware and one of the most intriguing devices to make its appearance this year in Taipei is an AMD graphics card labeled as the Radeon HD E6760. The card was spotted by the SemiAccurate publications an...

2 June 2011
14:31 GMT

AMD Fusion Strategy Revealed by Leaked Presentation

With just a few days left until Llano makes its official appearance, what seems to be an official AMD presentation, that details the company's Fusion strategy, has just been leaked online and it comes to reveal a series of interesting details about these platforms. For starter, we get to see that outside the ...

28 May 2011
13:11 GMT

AMD Llano Mobile CPU Lineup Revealed

At the beginning of June, AMD will introduce its first mobile chips based on the Llano architecture and the initial lineup will include seven CPU models that feature two or four processing cores as well as up to 400 Radeon shader units. Making our way from top to bottom, the first chip that we encounter is the A8-35...

23 May 2011
16:41 GMT

HIS Launches Two New IceQ Radeon HD 6970 Graphics Cards

HIS has just announced that it expanded its graphics card portfolio with the addition of two new Radeon HD 6970 solutions which feature the company's trademark IceQ cooler for quieter operation and better thermal performances. Both of these cards share the same cooling solution and PCB design, but the Radeon ...

23 May 2011
08:41 GMT

ASUS Intros Radeon HD 6770 DirectCU and HD 6750 Formula Graphics Cards

Asus has updated its product portfolio to include two new graphics solutions that are based on the AMD Radeon HD 6770 and HD 6750 video cards and both of these feature custom-designed cooling systems that can deliver up to 20% better performance than the reference cards. The more powerful of the two solutions is b...

29 April 2011
03:24 GMT

HIS Also Reveals Radeon HD 6770 and HD 6750 Graphics Cards

Earlier today, AMD has introduced the Radeon HD 6770 and HD 6750 video cards into the retail channel and soon afterwards HIS has made official its two graphics solutions based on the rebranded HD 5700-series cards. The two models are officially called the HIS 6770 Fan and the HIS 6750 Fan and both solutions featur...

28 April 2011
08:36 GMT

Sapphire's Radeon HD 6700 Graphics Card Lineup Includes 7 New Models

Shortly after the introduction of the Radeon HD 6700 video cards into the retail market by AMD, Sapphire has announced a series of new graphics solutions, based on the re-branded Juniper GPUs, which includes two factory overclocked Vapor-X and one FleX Edition models. The Radeon HD 6700-series graphics cards are j...

28 April 2011
04:08 GMT

iBuyPower Intros Three New Systems Powered by AMD's Latest Radeon Graphics Cards

Soon after the official introduction of AMD's latest line of mainstream and low-end graphics cards, iBuyPower has announced three new desktop systems which pack the Radeon HD 6450, 6570, and 6670 targeting budget gamers and multimedia enthusiasts. The new machines go by the name of Gamer Mage D245, 2011 Mage ...

21 April 2011
04:04 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 7000 Southern Islands GPU Code Names Revealed

The code names of AMD's upcoming Southern Islands GPUs, which will power the company's next generation Radeon HD 7000 video cards, have just been leaked to reveal that the product family will be comprised of at least four different graphics cores. The four GPUs that were listed in the changelog of the HW...

20 April 2011
16:11 GMT

Gigabyte's Radeon HD 6670 Comes Factory Overclocked

Over the years, Gigabyte has accustomed us with its non-reference graphics cards and the company's recent Radeon HD 6670 based solution is no exception to this rule as it comes with a beefier cooling solution and a slightly overclocked GPU. The card is officially named the GV-R667OC-1GI and Gigabyte states th...

20 April 2011
05:28 GMT

Asus Unleashes Factory Overclocked Radeon HD 6670 with Eyefinity Support

Together with the stock versions of the Turks graphics cards announced earlier today, Asus has also introduced a factory overclocked version of the Radeon HD 6670, which packs an updated cooling solution and support for AMD's Eyefinity technology. The card is called the EAH6670/DIS/1GD5 and compared with its ...

19 April 2011
07:09 GMT

Eurocom Starts Shipping AMD Radeon HD 6970M Powered Notebooks

Eurocom has just announced that the company will start shipping the AMD Radeon HD 6970M graphics card in a wide range of notebooks and mobile workstations which should be available for purchase right as we speak. This news comes more than three months after the company revealed that it planned to add the Radeon HD 69...

8 April 2011
03:01 GMT

AMD Says the Radeon HD 6790 Can't Be Unlocked into an HD 6870

AMD has issued an official response to the rumors that stated its latest graphics card, the Radeon HD 6790, can be unlocked into a more powerful solution by re-enabling some of the disabled processing units present. According to the company, this isn't possible since the required SIMDs have been fused off when m...

7 April 2011
02:37 GMT

MSI's Radeon HD 6790 Makes Its Official Debut

Pictured for the very first time quite a few days before the launch of the Radeon HD 6790 graphics card, MSI's solution based on AMD's latest GPU has now become official and MSI states that the card features improved overclocking headroom and better cooling when compared with the reference design. The Ra...

6 April 2011
09:02 GMT

Club 3D Outs Stock Clocked Radeon HD 6790 Graphics Card

AMD's partners have been fairly quiet following the official introduction of the Radeon HD 6790 graphics card as the biggest names in the industry such as Asus, Gigabyte and MSI haven't made their solutions official yet, so Club 3D has become one of the first companies to release such a card with the introd...

5 April 2011
10:33 GMT

AMD Makes Official the Radeon HD 6790 Graphics Card

Just as everyone expected, early this morning, AMD has made official the Radeon HD 6790 graphics card that is based on the Barts LE core and is destined to make 1080p gaming more affordable for consumers as its price has been established at $150 US. The Radeon HD 6790 is based on the Barts LE core, which is a cut ...

5 April 2011
02:53 GMT

HIS Radeon HD 6790 IceQ X Also Gets Pictured Ahead of Launch

As we are getting nearer to the official launch of the Radeon HD 6790, more and more pictures of various solutions built on top of AMD's Barts LE core start popping out online and the latest such graphics card to be pixelized is the HIS 6790 IceQ X. The video card doesn't seem to differ too much from the...

4 April 2011
06:02 GMT

PowerColor Radeon HD 6790 Up for Grabs on Newegg, Priced at $150

With just a day to go until the Radeon HD 6790 becomes official, the very first graphics cards based on the Barts LE core are already up for grabs from various online stores, as the PowerColor Radeon HD 6790 has been listed on popular retailer Newegg.com for $149.99 US. Compared to most of the company's Radeo...

4 April 2011
02:53 GMT

ColorFire HD 6790 Makes Appearance Ahead of AMD's Official Launch

Although there are a few more days to go until AMD officially releases the Radeon HD 6790 graphics card, ColorFire has already finalized its own version of the graphics card that features a custom designed PCB and cooling solution, built with the extreme overclocker in mind. Judging by the pictures provided by Exp...

1 April 2011
15:31 GMT

First Pictures of MSI Radeon HD 6790 Emerge

Pictures of the Radeon HD 6790 graphics card seem to be pouring in lately, as after Sapphire's board has made it out to light, it's now time to take a look at one of MSI's mainstream solutions built on top of the Barts LE core. Just as Sapphire, MSI also decided to reuse one of the cooling solutions...

1 April 2011
08:33 GMT

PowerColor Also Offers Warranty Support for the Radeon HD 6990 OC Mode

Soon after AMD said that the Radeon HD 6990 warranty wouldn't cover the cards that were damaged when the special OC switch was activated, XFX has announced that it will offer its customers full support no matter what mode the cards were run in. Now, just two days after this news was made public, PowerColor has i...

17 March 2011
06:30 GMT

AMD Fusion APUs and Radeon GPUs Accelerate Microsoft's IE9 Browser

AMD has just announced that its Radeon graphics cards, as well as Fusion APUs, offer hardware-based graphics acceleration in Microsoft's IE9 browser, enabling the company to deliver a rich multimedia experience without having to give up on battery life or increase the power demand of the system. Compared to o...

17 March 2011
04:24 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 6990 Dual-GPU Graphics Card Goes Official

Right on cue (as the rumors hitting the web over the past few indicated), AMD has gone official with its long-awaited (and heralded) dual-GPU Radeon HD 6990 graphics card, that not boldly targets the world's fastest GPU title. To be perfectly honest, AMD's announcement doesn't really come as much of...

8 March 2011
01:49 GMT

AMD's 32nm Llano Wafer Gets Pictured

In the short time that passed since their introduction Onario and Zacate proved to be a huge success for AMD, but the Sunnyvale-based company won't stop here with its Fusion strategy and it now gets ready for the launch of the Llano APU, a picture depicting a wafer full of such CPU dies just making its way onto ...

18 January 2011
11:04 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

MSI Launches Core i5 Gaming Notebook with DirectX 11

NVIDIA has not yet managed to launch its Fermi-based GeForce GTX 470 and 480 cards with DirectX 11 support, not to mention mobile versions meant for laptops. AMD, on the other hand, already has a rather complete desktop HD 5000 series and even notebook solutions. One of these is now being used in MSI's latest ga...

12 March 2010
05:23 GMT

ASUS Unveils ROG EAH4870/EAH4850 MATRIX Graphics Cards

ASUS has recently unveiled its latest additions to the company's MATRIX graphics cards series, based on AMD's Radeon HD 4870 and 4850 GPUs, the ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) EAH4870 MATRIX/HTDI/512MD5 and EAH4850 MATRIX/HTDI/512M boards. According to the manufacturer, these are intelligent cards equipped wi...

24 November 2008
04:06 GMT

AMD's HD 4800 Series Hits Top Selling Point

Last week, Advanced Micro Devices' graphics unit ATI launched another card from its Radeon HD 4800 series, the HD 4830. The entire series seems to be selling quite well, and it also looks very good both on paper and in benchmarks. The list of the top 10 selling graphics cards in the U.S. retail market is still ...

29 October 2008
04:31 GMT

Running Crysis WarHead on 14 Graphics Cards

The world of high demanding games widens every day. While the level of realism of games rises at a constant rate, graphics card manufacturers have to keep up with providing the powerful hardware support which can enable users to fully enjoy the game play. Both game developers and graphics solution makers have difficu...

26 September 2008
04:49 GMT

GT200 55nm Nears Launch, Nvidia Marks a Bad Q3

After successfully launching the GT200 65nm, branded as GTX 280 / 260, Nvidia is moving on to the next target, which would be the launch of the 55nm version of the GT200 chip. The Santa Clara company should rush the new chip to the market to provide a powerful competitor to AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2. The R700 crea...

19 July 2008
05:07 GMT

Hot Peek Inside Radeon HD 4870 X2

Advanced Micro Devices decided it was high time to give us a glimpse at its upcoming ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, due to an official launch in approximately a month. What we see when looking at R700 is basically a board made of maximum two RV770s connected through a PCI Express switch. The card features the same core speed...

14 July 2008
07:06 GMT


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