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Nvidia GeForce GTX 295

ATI has given Nvidia some staunch competition on the 3D card front the past six months or so, but with the dual-chip GeForce GTX 295, Nvidia has raced back to the top of the performance pile. At $500 for a boxed version (from Nvidia's board partners), the GTX 295 is...

Tags: Semiconductors, Video cards, NVidia Corp., Nvidia GeForce, GeForce GTX, card, GeForce GTX 295, ATI Technologies Inc., Radeon, Radeon HD 4870 X2

Product reviews 2009-01-16

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$99 - The new "high end" for GPUs

$99 - The new "high end" for GPUsReally oddFor twelve years now I've heard that available graphic cards are way too powerfull for imaginable needs. For twelve years I have thought the comment was stupid far I alone let alone a world full of software developper could imagine...

Tags: Games, LOW PRICES, game, GPU, card, hardware, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

AMD Radeon HD 4770: Great graphics for $99

AMD has made the eagerly-anticipated Radeon HD 4770 GPU official. Although it is based on some of the most advanced technology--it's the first GPU manufactured using a 40nm process and has nearly as many transistors as the flagship Radeon HD 4890--it is neither the company's fastest nor most costly GPU....

Tags: ATI Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Radeon, GPU, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-04-28

ATI to replace Radeon HD 4830 with HD 4770

ATI to replace Radeon HD 4830 with HD 4770What's the hardwareThe reason for the 48XX series is for the additional streaming processors and Memory Interface. the memory interface only has 128. So I wouldn't recommend this card as a replacement for the 4830.Also, the 4800 series has 800...

Tags: ATI Technologies Inc., HD 4770, Radeon HD 4830, Radeon HD, card, Radeon

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Maingear X-Cube (AMD Phenom II X4 940)

Rather than simply reissue the same case with updated specs, Maingear has redesigned its small form factor X-Cube gaming desktop wholesale. The result is a new, larger case that maintains the compact nature of PCs in this niche, but also lends this system a surprising degree of internal space. Our...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Phenom, Maingear X-Cube, small form factor, FragBox 2

Product reviews 2009-02-26

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 (PCI-e 2.0, 2GB, GDDR3)

AMD bestowed its ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 graphics chips exclusively on board partner Sapphire to bring to retail. It started at $399 when it launched back in November, but prices have come down as low as $299 for the 2GB version reviewed here. At that price especially, we find...

Tags: PCI, Video cards, PCI Express, Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2, SAPPHIRE, Sapphire Radeon, Radeon HD, Radeon HD 4850, Radeon, card

Product reviews 2009-02-06

Graphics market shrank last quarter, but AMD-Nvidia battle continues

As the PC market goes, so goes graphics cards. After "defying gravity" in the third quarter of 2008, the market for graphics processing units GPUs came crashing down to earth in the fourth quarter, according to Jon Peddie Research. The industry shipped a total of 72.4 million...

Tags: Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, GPU, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-01-29

Maingear Ephex (Intel Core i7 965)

Even though lots of vendors offer the capability, we've resisted reviewing a three-way SLI PC until now. Our hesitation had to do with a desire to keep the high-end PCs we reviewed at or around the $6,000 mark, hard to do with $1,800 worth of graphics cards alone. But last...

Tags: Maingear Ephex, Maingear, Intel Core Microarchitecture

Product reviews 2009-01-27

Monster NVIDIA GTX 295 caught on camera

Monster NVIDIA GTX 295 caught on cameraAMD/ATI already have-Don't you follow the hardware news?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121294I would like to know...If this card has an effective 1792MB of memory(1792 for each GPU) or is it just cloned (892 for each GPU)? Also any other specs would be welcome.RE: Monster NVIDIA GTX 295 caught...

Tags: GPU, Monster NVIDIA GTX 295, cross-fire, Monster, camera

Discussion threads 2008-12-11

Alienware Area-51 X58

Alienware pitched us this $6,473 Area-51 X58 desktop as one of the first PCs it has shipped that truly takes advantage of the buying muscle afforded by its parent company, Dell. Given that the features you get for the dollar noticeably surpass the $8,000 Falcon Northwest Mach V we tested...

Tags: Network technology, Games, DVD, NETWORKING, Alienware, hard drive

Product reviews 2008-11-24

First Core i7 desktops from Dell, Alienware and Gateway

Now that Intel has officially released its Core i7 processor, fresh desktops are arriving daily. Dell has released four systems with Core i7 processors, including one mainstream Studio XPS desktop and three gaming rigs. Gateway also announced two FX-series gaming systems. Notably absent is HP, which has yet to announce...

Tags: Desktop, Alienware, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Gateway Inc., Memory, Core, Gateway FX6800-01, Games, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Flash Memory, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Velocity Micro Edge Z-55 (Intel Core i7-920)

Velocity Micro's Edge Z55 is the second PC we've seen with Intel's new Core i7 processor. This $2,499 gaming desktop is not quite as ambitious as the $8,000 or so Falcon Northwest Mach V, but thanks to the new chip and a smart configuration, the Edge Z55 holds its own...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Intel Core Microarchitecture, Velocity, Velocity Micro, Edge Z55

Product reviews 2008-11-12

Falcon Northwest Mach V (Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition)

As it often does, Falcon Northwest has provided with an ultra-high-end PC as a showcase for Intel's latest high-end desktop CPU. This $8,028 Mach V comes with the latest and greatest of everything and provides a useful benchmark of the performance we can expect to see from boutique gaming PCs...

Tags: Desktops, Games, Intel Core Microarchitecture, Falcon Northwest, PC, Intel Corp., hard drive, Mach V, game

Product reviews 2008-11-06

Falcon Northwest FragBox 2 (Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650)

With Intel's new processors just a few short weeks away, it's hard to get that excited about spending $4,000 or so on a high-end gaming PC now. That doesn't mean that we can't appreciate what Falcon Northwest has done with its highest-end FragBox 2. Thanks to a pair of Radeon...

Tags: Video cards, Processors, Falcon Northwest, FragBox 2, graphics, Intel Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo

Product reviews 2008-10-14

(The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)

(The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)$2000 build-it-yourself PCGreat article would do it if I didn't already have a pretty good PC. How about a build-it-yourself gaming laptop?RE: (The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)I have a similar system with only 4Gb of cheaper ram , 2 Tb...

Tags: Corporate communications, Games, Desktops, PC, video, game

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Get the best graphics card upgrade

Get the best graphics card upgradePerformance CheckThe low-end part was right, but then again upgrading to just about any card >$100 from a low-end is common sense. Moving on, say you do have a 8800GT or a HD3870, the HD4850 happens to be a rather large upgrade to either card...

Tags: Processors, Games, graphics, video card, ATI Technologies Inc., NVidia Corp., HD4850

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

News to know: SAP; Microsoft patches; Nvidia; iPhone

Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: SAP: Oracle price-gouges customers even more than we do Michael Krigsman: Business Objects Influencer Summit: Strategy to execution Larry Dignan: Microsoft plugs IE, Office in big patch haul Roland Piquepaille: No more need for...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, NVidia Corp., Patch Management, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, 3G, E-books, Web Browsers, Linux, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-08-13

Next-generation Radeon GPUs to feature GDDR5 memory

AMD has conformed that its next-generation Radeon HD 4800 GPU series will feature Graphics Double Data Rate version 5 (GDDR5) memory. Here's what Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Graphics Product Group at AMD, had to say: "The days of monolithic mega-chips are gone....

Tags: Memory, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Radeon, GPU, GDDR5, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-21