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Catalyst 8.6 drivers released: Time for ATI Radeon owners to grab themselves a new set of drivers - Catalyst 8.6 is out. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: OpenGL, Cisco Catalyst, Performance, ATI Radeon, Product, ATI Technologies Inc., Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-06-19
ATI Catalyst 8.5 brings improvements and performance boost for some games: AMD/ATI release new Catalyst drivers on pretty much a monthly schedule. The updates range from tiny tweaks to major improvements. Yesterday's release of Catalyst 8.5 brings with it some significant improvements. Here's a list of new features: Catalyst Control Center Component Video ATI...; Tags: Game, Cisco Catalyst, Performance, ATI Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc., Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-22
Dell XPS 730 reviews: A Ferrari stuck in traffic: Dell has released a new version of its top-of-the-line gaming desktop, and it is a major update. The XPS 730 series is the company's first gaming rig to come--in some configurations--factory over-clocked, and Dell says it is capable of playing Crysis, a notoriously demanding first-person shooter, at a resolution of...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., ATI Radeon, Memory, Ferrari, Hardware, XPS 730, XPS 730 Series, H2C, Games, Personal Technology, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Apple bumps top iMac to 3.06GHz: Apple usually announces things on Tuesdays, but instead today announced new speed-bumped iMacs. The new all-in-one Macs feature up to 3.06GHz processors, more RAM, larger hard drives and more powerful graphics processors. The top-of-the-line 24-inch model gets a 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM...; Tags: Hard Drive, ATI Radeon, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo, GPU, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-28
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2: AMD's new ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics card delivers on its promise of best-in-class 3D performance at a similar price to the comparable card from Nvidia. If we were buying a new 3D card or a new gaming desktop, the $450 Radeon HD 3870 X2 is the card we'd...; Tags: Games, Semiconductors, Video cards, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., Radeon, Radeon HD 3870, ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2, Radeon HD 3870 X2, ATI Radeon HD 3870, ATI Radeon HD, chip, NVidia Corp., card, ATI Radeon; Product reviews 2008-01-30

ATI Radeon Display Driver with Catalyst Control Center (Windows XP Professional x64 Edition) (exe): The Catalyst 7.12 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition provides full driver support for platforms using either the AMD (Opteron, Athlon64) or the Intel EM64T architecture. The Catalyst 7.12 software suite for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition contains the following: Radeon Display Driver 8.442, Catalyst Control Center 7.12.Version 7.12 includes...; Tags: Cisco Catalyst, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, ATI Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2007-12-25
ATI Radeon Display Driver (Windows XP/MCE) (exe): This release for all Radeon family products updates the AMD Display Driver to version 8.391. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and the Catalyst Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. Catalyst 7.12 introduces...; Tags: ATI Radeon, Microsoft Windows, ATI Technologies Inc., Catalyst 7.12; Software downloads 2007-12-25
ATI Radeon Display Driver with Catalyst Control Center (Windows XP/MCE) (exe): The release for all Radeon family products updates the AMD Display Driver to version 8.442. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver and the Catalyst Control Center. The unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability.Catalyst 7.12 introduces an...; Tags: Cisco Catalyst, Driver, ATI Radeon, Microsoft Windows, ATI Technologies Inc.; Software downloads 2007-12-25
Apple iMac Graphics Firmware (dmg): This update is for 20-inch and 24-inch aluminum iMac computers with the ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro graphics running Mac OS X 10.4.10 with iMac Software Update 1.2.1 or Leopard with iMac Software Update 1.3. It updates the graphics firmware on the ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro to improve system...; Tags: ATI Radeon, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Firmware, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-12-13
First look at the ATI Radeon HD 3870: First look at the ATI Radeon HD 3870Would of been nice to know this beforehand...Since I just recently upgraded my 9800 Pro AIW AGP to an SLI motherboard cause I couldn't find any acceptable Crossfire alternatives to the SLI versions.Oh well, I ain't gonna return my motherboard, cause now I'm...; Tags: Home entertainment, Consumer electronics, GTS 640, card, ATI Technologies Inc., ATi, ATI Radeon HD 3870, home theater, ATI Radeon; Discussion threads 2007-12-05
First look at the ATI Radeon HD 3870: Yesterday I received a nice surprise in the mail - a box from ATI containing a Radeon HD 3870. Unfortunately, I was in the grips of a nasty bout of stomach flu and not even the prospect of better frames per second couldn't convince me that it was a good...; Tags: Card, ATI Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc., GPU, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-12-05
ATI Radeon HD 3850: Finally, a midrange graphics card worth its silicon. ATI's new 256MB Radeon HD 3850 graphics card is the best-performing 3D card in its price class. For $179, it will let you play most current 3D games at reasonable resolutions and detail settings, bowling over Nvidia's GeForce 8600 GTS cards on...; Tags: Games, PCI, ATI Radeon, Radeon, Radeon HD 3850, card, DirectX, ATI Technologies Inc., game; Product reviews 2007-11-21
DirectX 10.1: Enabling Breakthrough Graphics on the ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series: Microsoft DirectX 10.1 is the latest application programming interface from Microsoft that unlocks the state of the art in GPU technology, represented by the ATI Radeon HD 3800 series. Key features of DirectX 10.1 include an updated shader model, improved anti-aliasing support, more flexible data access, and tighter specifications for...; Tags: ATI Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc., Graphics, DirectX, DirectX 10.1, Microsoft DirectX 10.1; White papers 2007-11-01
The redesigned iMac desktop range emerges: Apple wants to be ready for the back-to-school and holiday spending spree and in preparation has unveiled a new, thinner iMac line.I'll have more specifics later, but what I do know is that the new iMacs will have a thinner aluminum casing and sport 20 to 24 inch displays (the...; Tags: Desktop, ATI Radeon, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-08-07
Apple's summer 2007 announcements (updated): Apple CEO Steve Jobs just wrapped up his live Product Presentation for the media at the company's Cupertino campus. The company announced new, thinner aluminum and glass iMacs with zippy Core 2 processors and a completely new low-profile aluminum keyboard. Apple also used the presentation to announce revamped versions of...; Tags: ATI Radeon, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., Apple iWork, Jason D. O'Grady; Blog posts 2007-08-07
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT: At $150, ATI's new Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card comes $25 to $50 under Nvidia's competing Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS cards. But before we give out any good deal awards, we need to note that we find the 3D performance of both new cards disappointing, even considering their mainstream...; Tags: Games, ATI Radeon, card, Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc., NVidia Corp., Radeon HD 2600 XT, Nvidia GeForce; Product reviews 2007-08-02
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT: More than six months after Nvidia released its Windows Vista-oriented 3D graphics cards, we finally get to see what the competition looks like. AMD's new 512MB ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT is a $399 3D card designed to compete with Nvidia's 640MB GeForce 8800 GTS, an Editors' Choice-winning product from...; Tags: Games, ATI Radeon, card, Radeon, NVidia Corp., Radeon HD 2900 XT, ATI Technologies Inc.; Product reviews 2007-05-16
Velocity Micro Raptor DCX (ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT): We've given Velocity Micro plenty of good reviews in the past, but this might be the best PC we've ever seen from the midsize vendor. True to its specialty of building powerful, smartly configured gaming desktops, this Raptor DCX comes in at $3,995, but it feels like you're getting a...; Tags: Games, ATI Radeon, Velocity, Velocity Micro, Raptor, DCX, card, PC, game, ATI Technologies Inc., NVidia Corp.; Product reviews 2007-05-14
Gateway, the quad-core pioneer: Earlier this week, I asked, “Where are the quads?” I’ve been wondering when Intel’s Core 2 Quad, released in January, would show up in a brand-name consumer desktop PC. I expected to see the chip first from a company like Alienware. But the first Core 2 Quad system that I...; Tags: Uncategorized; Blog posts 2007-02-15
ATI Radeon X1950 Pro: ATI's Radeon X1950 Pro is supposed to accomplish three things if you're shopping for a graphics card. It's supposed to be a $199 3D card, it's supposed to compare well with Nvidia's recently released GeForce 7900 GS card, and if you're of the mind to add two cards to one...; Tags: ATI Radeon X1950 Pro, ATI Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc., Radeon, Radeon X1950 Pro, Radeon X1950, card; Product reviews 2006-10-19