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Zalman Will Also Build Nvidia Graphics Cards

Two weeks ago we learned that Zalman planned to enter the graphics card market with a series of new solutions based on AMD’s Radeon designs, but recently it has come to our attention that the company will also develop video cards based on Nvidia’s GeForce GPUs.This was unveiled when Overclockers.ua entere...

20 December 2011
05:16 GMT

French Website Publishes HDD, SSD and Motherboard RMA Statistics

A French website has just published the results of a recent RMA (return merchandise authorization) study which covers some of the most important computer hardware components on the market, including hard drives, SSDs, motherboards, graphics cards and PSUs, to determine their reliability. The study includes product...

22 April 2011
16:31 GMT

GeForce GTX 590 Limited Edition by Gainward Also Revealed

As we pretty much expected, we're faced with a flood of announcements related to NVIDIA's latest addition to the GTX 500 Series, the latest we've come across belonging to Gainward, although this traditional NVIDIA partner refrained from releasing a “Golden Sample” just yet.So, although we&#...

24 March 2011
09:29 GMT

Dual-GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Card Officially Unleashed

Everyone's been talking about a dual-GPU Fermi graphics card from NVIDIA ever since the architecture made its first appearance, but now, it seems that the company has finally decided to give enthusiasts their “fix” and went official with this graphics “monster”. Coming hot on the heels...

24 March 2011
09:01 GMT

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

AMD Radeon HD 6990 Warranty Voided If OC BIOS 2 Mode is Activated

AMDs' Radeon HD 6990, the Antilles dual-GPU and “world's fastest” graphics card, has just been revealed, and it seems that a couple of problems related to it have already emerged, possibly threatening future sales of this card.So, according to a report by Kitguru, it would seem that the AMD prod...

9 March 2011
05:49 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

Club 3D Radeon HD 6990 Also Joins the Launch Fray

We were quite sure that Club 3D was going to push their own Radeon HD 6990 card onto the market, given their extensive experience in the field, and sure enough, that was exactly the case, with the company officially announcing their own take on the Antilles-based graphics card.Unfortunately, much as in the case of th...

8 March 2011
08:26 GMT

XFX Radeon HD 6990 Also Sticks to the Basics

Given the fact that the whole world's been waiting for quite a long time now in order to see yet another “world's fastest graphics card” being released onto the market, we're going to see plenty of Radeon HD 6990 implementations being unveiled, including one for traditional AMD partner XFX....

8 March 2011
04:07 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 6990 Gets Sapphire Version

Since Sapphire is one of the best-known AMD partners out there, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that they were among the first to reveal their own HD 6990 version, that, however, is not exactly very far from the reference model, at least at a first sight. So, at a first sight, the Sapphire HD 6990 (appa...

8 March 2011
03:17 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

Watercooled and Overclocked GTX 580 ‘Beast 2’ Launched by POV/TGT

NVIDIA partner Point of View and the overclocking team from TGT seem to be keen on offering extreme users only the best and fastest graphics cards, and for this reason, they've decided to push the watercooled GTX 580 “Beast” to its limits, releasing the “Beast 2” model. Over the past f...

1 March 2011
02:30 GMT

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 Super Overclock Graphics Card Set for CeBIT 2011 Launch

Since CeBIT 2011 is almost here, we're set to see plenty of new hardware components being introduced on this occasion, starting with a brand-new overclocked GTX 580 graphics card from Gigabyte. So, as TechPowerUp reports, during the show, Gigabyte plans to reveal their latest addition to their series of Super...

28 February 2011
01:59 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

AMD Unleashes FirePro 2270 and FirePro V5800 DVI Professional Graphics Cards

Although it's focused mostly on its Fusion APUs and consumer-grade Radeon HD graphics cards lately, AMD seems to be quite keen on not leaving its FirePro series of professional GPUs lag behind, and for this reason, it has just unveiled the AMD FirePro 2270 and ATI FirePro V5800 DVI models.The first FirePro model...

31 January 2011
03:23 GMT

Dual-GPU NVIDIA GTX 590 Heading to February Release, Rumors Imply

Without a doubt, Q1, 2011 is already shaping up to be quite a hot period for the world's two best-known graphics cards manufacturers, NVIDIA and AMD, each trying to outpace each other by coming up with new and innovative products available at lower price points. And while NVIDIA has most of its bases covered,...

28 January 2011
02:03 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

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

AMD Launches Radeon HD 6770 and HD 6750, Just Rebranded HD 5700 Series GPUs [UPDATE]

After releasing the HD 6800 and HD 6900 graphics card series, AMD is now moving into the mainstream with the recently announced HD 6700 series of graphics cards, but, unfortunately, these seem to be nothing more than a rebrand of the old HD 5700 product family as most of their specifications look extremely familiar. ...

20 January 2011
15:01 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

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

Custom GeForce GTX 570 Phantom Being Prepped by Gainward

Although Gainward has already outed two GeForce GTX 570 graphics cards, one of which is an overclocked “Golden Sample” model, it seems that the video cards manufacturer is working on yet another non-reference GTX 570 card, rumored to be called the GeForce GTX 570 Phantom.So, as VR-Zone reports, it seems t...

19 December 2010
09:01 GMT

Yeston Readies a 15-Phase Radeon HD 6970 Graphics Card

After what can only be described as a long and agonizing wait, the Radeon HD 6900 graphics card series has finally made it out into the open, so manufacturers near and far are racing to get the very first custom designs out, Yeston being one of the companies that want to deliver such a solution with its in-house desi...

16 December 2010
08:05 GMT

Radeon HD 6970/6950 GPUs By Vertex3D Also Make Appearance

Vertex3D is not exactly a well-known graphics card manufacturer, but that hasn't stopped it from joining the AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series launch frenzy with its own two add-in cards, both of which, however, are pretty much as close to the reference design as possible.Before moving to the actual features the new car...

15 December 2010
06:48 GMT

PowerColor Also Outs Radeon HD 6900 Graphics Cards

Although the Radeon HD 6900 graphics card series has just been made official, nobody expected PowerColor to miss from the launch party as the Taiwanese company is one of AMD's closest partners, building exclusively Radeon powered GPUs. As is the case with most other HD 6900 graphics cards launched today, Powe...

15 December 2010
03:33 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

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

More Details About Radeon HD 6900 GPUs Emerge

It seems that news regarding AMD's Radeon HD 6900 series graphics cards abound lately, the very last bits of information about the Cayman core making their way onto the Web detailing the GPU's typical power usage as well as its die size and transistor count. While details about the Cayman architecture ha...

10 December 2010
08:48 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 6970 Deemed Only 10-20 Percent Faster Than GTX 480, Rumors Say [UPDATE]

Since the GTX 570 from NVIDIA has already made its official debut, everyone's eyes have now turned to AMD, whose Radeon HD 6900 series is expected to hit on December the 15'th, but which, according to initial rumors, will have somewhat of a tough time competing against the 500 series GPUs from NVIDIA.So, a...

8 December 2010
06:21 GMT

Overclocked NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 Cards Outed by Point of View

Since we haven't really been able to contain the entire flood of announcements regarding the GeForce GTX 570 that followed NVIDIA's official unveiling of the second 500 series card, we continue our coverage today, starting with Point of View, who's released no less than three GTX 570 models onto the ma...

8 December 2010
02:27 GMT

Factory-Overclocked GeForce GTX 570 'Golden Sample' Released by Gainward

Following its long tradition of also releasing factory-overclocked “Golden Sample” graphics cards beside the models adhering more strictly to the reference design, Gainward has just released the GeForce GTX 570 “Golden Sample”-Goes Like Hell (GS-GLH) model, featuring certain major enhancements...

7 December 2010
10:09 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 Plans to Release GF119 Core at CES Along with 8 Mobile Rebrands

Just when you though that Nvidia has grown tired of rebranding their video cards and calling them the next big thing in computer graphics there comes a news that lets us know Nvidia is up to their old tricks again, the graphics chip maker preparing to launch the GF119 core at CES along with no less than eight new mob...

7 December 2010
03:16 GMT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 from PNY Goes on Sale in the US

While we're still waiting for the official announcement from NVIDIA regarding the official launch of their latest Fermi monster, the GTX 570 (at least at the time this article was published), we're starting to see the card already going on sale in various parts of the world, the latest model we've come...

7 December 2010
01:14 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 5870 Price Cuts Starting Before HD 6900 Release

Typically, whenever a GPU manufacturer is getting ready to out a brand-new generation of graphics cards, the previous generation models receive a price cut (more or less hefty, depending on the specific partner), and that's exactly what seems to be happening right now, since we're already seeing the Radeon ...

6 December 2010
06:51 GMT

AMD Cuts Radeon HD 6950 AIB Allocations, Delays Shipments

After AMD delayed the launch of the HD 6900 series graphics cards it seems like the company is still having some troubles with the upcoming Cayman based boards, rumors suggesting the company has just cut AIB allocations for the HD 6950, although, this time, the news aren't entirely bad as the HD 6970 allocations...

6 December 2010
03:31 GMT

Nvidia GTX 460, GTS 450 and GT 430 Get 2GB Video Memory Thanks to Inno3D

When it comes down to squeezing a bit of extra performance form graphics cards, one of the simplest tricks that manufacturers resort to is to add some extra memory, Inno3D being the latest to resort to this solution for some of their GeForce 400 series video cards.As a result, three new video cards are born, namely t...

1 December 2010
10:41 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

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

Download NVIDIA GeForce/ION Release 263.09 WHQL Drivers for GTX 580/GTX 460 SE Cards

The launch of the GeForce GTX 580, as well as the GTX 460 SE (a lot more low-key), have been NVIDIA's most important achievements in early November, and, as we all expected, they've also brought with them a new driver release, namely the GeForce/ION 263.09 WHQL version, which brings about a few useful impro...

23 November 2010
08:12 GMT


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