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Video Card: A common term for "display adapter," which is a printed circuit board that generates the images for the computer's screen. See display adapter.; Full Video Card Definition >>

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Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Aug/Sep 08: OK, it's time once again for The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Aug/Sep 08. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available, with some decent budget parts listed too, along with a few honorable mentions. So if you're thinking of buying, building...; Tags: ASUS, Card, Video Card, Performance, Board, Motherboard, Price, CPU, List, RAM, Graphics, Intel Corp., Radeon, LGA775, Q9300, DDR3, XFX GeForce GTX 280, PSU, Western Digital Raptor/RaptorX, Galaxy EGX1000EWL, Corporate Governance, Video Cards, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Jun/Jul 08: OK, it's time once again for ... drum roll please ... The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Jun/Jul 08. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available, with some decent budget parts listed too, along with a few honorable mentions. ...; Tags: Card, Video Card, Performance, Board, Motherboard, Price, CPU, RAM, Graphics, Intel Corp., Q9300, LGA775, AM2, DDR3, Logitech Z-5500 Speaker System, PSU, Galaxy EGX1000EWL, Samsung T220, Corporate Governance, Performance Management, Chipsets, Video Cards, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-28
Don't go buying high-end graphics cards to power the next-gen Photoshop: Don't go buying high-end graphics cards to power the next-gen PhotoshopOK ...... what budget would you be looking at?CS3 and high end graphics cardsI'd just like to know what use CS3 and Elements make of upgraded graphics cards. I was thinking about the new 8800GT for Mac Pro to...; Tags: Video cards, Games, Adobe PhotoShop, high-end graphics card, video card, PS CS3, graphics, game, RAM; Discussion threads 2008-05-27
Don't go buying high-end graphics cards to power the next-gen Photoshop: Last week the web was a-buzzing with rumors that the next incarnation of Photoshop (Photoshop CS4 as many are calling it ... but I'll call it CS.next even though Adobe has publicly called the next version CS4) would leverage graphics processing units in order to make the app faster. However,...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Video Card, Graphics, Fish Story, Video Cards, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-27
Effects of XP SP3 update on gaming: Does XP SP3 boost gaming performance? Let's find out! The tests The tests will be carried out on the AMD Spider platform that I have set up in the lab (Phenom 9700, Radeon 3850 graphics card, 2GB of RAM …). I've used this system...; Tags: Video Card, Graphics, Games, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Video Cards, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-04-28

ConfigInspector (exe): ConfigInspector is a free utility for system information analysis. ConfigInspector displays the most important information about you system. The application possesses the same features as Windows XP task manager and much more. Key features: displays list of working applications; displays list of working processes; monitors the memory status; monitors CPU...; Tags: Video Card, Network, Audio Card, Softvoile, ConfigInspector, Microsoft Windows, Video Cards, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-04-18
New 3D workstation graphics card from AMD: ATI FireGL V7700: Today AMD has announced a new 3D workstation graphics card for the FireGL line. The ATI FireGL V7700 is the first commercially available 3D workstation graphics card to support DisplayPort specification here. The FireGL V7700 supersedes the FireGL V7100 and adds a number of key features and improvements: ...; Tags: 3D, Video Card, Workstation, ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, ATI FireGL V7700, FireGL V7700, MSRP, CAD, Video Cards, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-03-31
Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Apr 08/May 08: OK, it's time once again for ... drum roll please ... The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Apr 08/May 08. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available, with some decent budget parts listed too, along with a few honorable mentions. These components are on...; Tags: ASUS, Card, Video Card, Performance, Board, Motherboard, CPU, List, Intel Core 2 Duo, RAM, Graphics, Intel Corp., LGA775, AM2, ASUS Maximus Extreme, Maximus Extreme, DDR3, PSU, Corporate Governance, Performance Management, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-03-28
AMD releases Quad and Triple core Phenom processors: AMD releases Quad and Triple core Phenom processorsHow about a 1 GHz or less model that uses 20 watts. That would be all Ineed. Still using a 1.2 GHz Pentium M single processor laptop that is still a lot faster than I need.And, AMD, we would love to support you,...; Tags: Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Phenom, processor; Discussion threads 2008-03-26
Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Feb 08/Mar 08: OK, here it is folks - The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Feb 08/Mar 08. Here I've tried to compile a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available. These components are on this list because I firmly believe them to be the best either in terms...; Tags: Video Card, Performance, Board, Motherboard, CPU, Intel Core 2 Duo, RAM, Graphics, Intel Corp., LGA775, AM2, ASUS Maximus Extreme, Maximus Extreme, DDR3, PSU, Corporate Governance, Performance Management, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-02-12
nVIDIA+to+acquire+AGEIA+Technologies: nVIDIA+to+acquire+AGEIA+TechnologiesI don't think you quite get itGood article about "what happens to AMD, NVidia, etc if this acquisition..." but, seriously, questioning the direction of physics and dependency on Microsoft to make it happen? This tells me you don;t quite the significance of physics in gaming.I'll boil...; Tags: Games, Video cards, DirectX 10, DirectX, game, card, video card, NVidia Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-02-05
Mac Pro is now the cheapest high-end workstation: Earlier this month I wrote "Build a Mac Pro equivalent workstation for 1/3 the cost" and the pricing didn't look good for the Mac. Now that the new Mac Pro with updated specifications and a much lower price has come out, I figured it's time to do an updated comparison. ...; Tags: Hard Drive, Video Card, Apple Macintosh, Memory, Apple Inc., Bottom Line, Mac Pro, Desktops, Workstations, Hardware, George Ou; Blog posts 2008-01-28
Deliantra (exe): CDeliantra is a client for Deliantra game servers. It was written to offer more immersive overall gameplay, features easier usage especially for new players and has accessible documentation. Single EXE client: no installation is required for playing. A GNU/Linux version available from the Deliantra site. Version 0.9962 fixes minor bugs...; Tags: Video Card, Graphics, CDeliantra, Video Cards, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2008-01-24
AMD/ATi launch three new budget graphics cards: AMD/ATi launch three new budget graphics cardsnVidia has been the better cardAs of late, I have yet to see a card that has pulled the performance crown from the 8800GTs.Some one care to refute this?former ATI customerafter 10 years of nothing but ATI cards, I have dropped ATI. Until they...; Tags: Games, video card, graphics, Radeon HD 3870, card, game, ATI Technologies Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2008-01-23
AMD/ATi launch three new budget graphics cards: AMD's ATi graphics division is hoping that budget-conscious gamers will smash open their piggy banks and spend money upgrading their graphics cards to one of the latest Radeon cards.The three new cards - the Radeon HD 3650, Radeon HD 3450 and the Radeon HD 3470 - undercut the existing Radeon...; Tags: Card, Video Card, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Radeon, HD 3650, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-01-23
Building a sub $1,000 gaming PC: The other day I was challenged to put together a gaming PC for less than $1,000. As it turns out, not only is it quite easy to hit this figure, but you also get a lot of hardware for your money. Whenever I approach building a system...; Tags: Video Card, PC, Board, Intel Core 2 Duo, RAM, Graphics, EVGA 8800GT 512MB, Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB, Nothing, Games, Corporate Governance, Video Cards, Processors, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-01-15
PowerStrip (exe): PowerStrip provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of graphics cards - from the venerable Matrox Millennium I to the latest ATI X850 and NVidia SLI solutions. It is in fact the only program of its type to support multiple graphics cards from multiple chipset vendors, simultaneously,...; Tags: Video Card, Adjustment, PowerStrip, Microsoft Windows, Video Cards, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2007-12-27
Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08: Overall, I get more email asking me for kit and component recommendations that pretty much anything else, and that volume increases dramatically as the Holiday season comes into full swing. Also, over the Christmas period many people will have received new peripherals, tech toys and games and this will force...; Tags: ASUS, Video Card, Motherboard, CPU, Intel Core 2 Duo, RAM, Digital Equipment Corp., Graphics, Intel Corp., PSU, Video Cards, Chipsets, Processors, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-12-20
GDDR 5 to come to graphics cards next year: GDDR 5 to come to graphics cards next yearThis is wonderful news for the publicThe price of GDDR 2 and 3 graphics cards are already next-to-nothing now, not to mention GDDR 4. Maybe they will start giving them away now.The more unsold merchandise that piles up on shelves, the lower...; Tags: Video cards, Wiki, GDDR 5, video card, graphics; Discussion threads 2007-12-03
GDDR 5 to come to graphics cards next year: Samsung has announced plans to mass produce GDDR 5 memory for graphics cards, which will be faster and more energy efficient that current memory. GDDR 5 Graphics Double Data Rate will run on 1.5V and according to Samsung will be able to transfer data at speeds up to 6Gbps (bits...; Tags: Video Card, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Graphics, Video Cards, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-12-03