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If you subscribe the motto that air is for breathing, not for cooling, then MSI’s new N580GTX HydroGen is exactly the type of videocard that should float your water cooling boat. MSI ditched the reference air cooling solution and replaced it with it…
Let’s start with what a stock GeForce GTX 580 videocard should be running at. According to Nvidia, the GPU in the GTX 580 is rated to run 772MHz. Nvidia pegs the shader clock at 1544MHz, and the 1536MB of GDDR5 is supposed to run at 2004MHz (effective)…
If you’re wondering what the frak “Super Alloy Technology” is, don’t worry, we had the same puzzled look when heard about Asus’ new GT 440 graphics card. Here’s how Asus explains it:
“The Asus GT 440 includes Super Alloy Power technology, featuring a s…
Wait a minute, didn’t AMD take the ATI brand behind the shed and give it the Old Yeller treatment? Sort of. Barring a special edition throwback or a mulligan of sorts, you won’t ever see a new graphics card in the home desktop market carrying an ATI la…
It was a disappointing fourth quarter for graphics chip makers as overall shipments failed to meet expectations, according to Jon Peddie Research. Year-on-year growth was “an unimpressive 4.3 percent,” which JPR pegged as a major bummer considering the…
AMD’s latest Catalyst 11.1 driver suite introduces a handful of big performance gains, including up to 17 percent in Left 4 Dead 2 on Radeon HD 6800 series cards in both single and CrossFire configurations with AF and AA disabled, and up to 12 percent …
Excited about Nvidia’s new GeForce GTX 560 Ti videocard? You aren’t the only one. Boutique system builder iBuyPower announced it’s now offering the new GPU across its entire line of desktops, including its LAN Warrior II Paladin XLC and Level 10 lines….
AMD was forced to relinquish its single-GPU performance crown when Nvidia launched its GeForce GTX 580 videocard, but still retained bragging rights for having the fastest single videocard on the planet, the dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970. Meet the successor …