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Thursday, July 2, 2009
- 10:17 pm | AMD Will Not Support Nvidia's CUDA Technology. AMD Not Interested in Supporting Nvidia's CUDA
Monday, June 29, 2009
- 11:50 pm | Nvidia to Update Desktop Graphics Lineup in October – Rumours. Nvidia’s DirectX 10.1 Graphics Chips for Desktops Due in October
- 11:19 pm | Nvidia Wants to Make CUDA Industry Standard. Nvidia’s Chief Scientist: C with CUDA Extensions to Work on a Broader Range of Platforms
Friday, June 26, 2009
- 12:52 pm | Apple Increases Stake in Imagination Technologies. Apple Follows Intel with Stake Increase into Graphics Tech Firm
Thursday, June 18, 2009
- 4:05 pm | ATI Vows to Find Solution for Latest Product’s Supply Problems. ATI Admits Supply Problems with Radeon HD 4770 Supply, Vows Solution
- 1:48 pm | Intel Becomes Second Largest Shareholder in Graphics Tech Designer Imagination. Intel Further Increases Stake in Imagination Technologies
- 12:27 pm | GPUs Will Have 20 Teraflops of Performance by 2015 – Nvidia Chief Scientist. William Dally Expects Graphics Chips to Evolve Quickly
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As we have already pointed out in our first review of a GeForce GTX 275 based solution, the only problem with this successful new product is the amount of onboard video memory. EVGA decided to fix that. Find out how from our new review!
We do not review new versions of Nvidia GeForce graphics card drivers as often as we do ATI Catalyst, however, once version 186.18 came out we decided to pay special attention to it by performing a comparative performance test session.
Looks like we have just recently tested Catalyst 9.5 driver version, but time has already come for the new, Catalyst 9.6. The new graphics card driver from ATI promises certain performance improvements that is why we couldn’t leave it unnoticed.
The amount of onboard video memory on contemporary graphics accelerators keeps getting larger and 1024MB has already become a standard today. Does it mean time has come for the next increase? Let’s find out!
We are going to talk about six new graphics accelerators, their features and performance, and how their speed corresponds to their price. As a bonus feature for our readers we are going to offer a gaming performance comparison between Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.
Our today’s article continues a series of reviews devoted to performance of inexpensive multi-GPU systems. This time we are going to talk about a CrossFireX tandem of two ATI Radeon HD 4770 solutions.
Contemporary multi-GPU technologies allow combining more than two graphics processors into a single graphics configuration. Many gamers are curious about the performance of systems like that that is why we are going to talk about these unique, rare and pretty expensive solutions in our today’s article.
AMD graphics division continues to release new catalyst driver versions as scheduled. Just a few days ago they updated their latest driver with version 9.5 that promises certain performance changes compared with version 9.4. As usual, we decided to check how true these promises were.
You may think that the launch of RV790 diminished the significance of the former AMD flagship product – Radeon HD 4870 X2. However, Palit Microsystems thinks otherwise. Today we are going to find out how successful they were with an ambitious project to design the fastest dual-processor graphics adapter based on two ATI RV770 cores.
On April 2, 2009 Nvidia announced a new solution that was destined to compete successfully with ATI Radeon HD 4890 in performance, as well as price. Today we are going to see how good GeForce GTX 275 actually is.
Noise has long become a serious problem of contemporary high-performance computers. Both - users and component makers have united their efforts in battling this factor. Today we are going to check out Gigabyte’s contribution in the form of their new silent solution.
Everyone remembers the revolution made by Radeon HD 4850 that has set a new performance bar for mainstream graphics accelerators. Today AMD officially launches a new revolutionary, this time from the Budget segment.
Despite the economic crisis the performance of powerful graphics solutions is still of extreme interest to dedicated gaming fans. Today we are going to witness another duel between multi-GPU systems built on the fastest ATI and Nvidia graphics cards.
The idea of combining two GeForce GTS 250 into an SLI configuration is especially appealing because of the not very high total price of two graphics cards like that. Our today’ review will investigate the performance of this platform.
The launch of ATI Radeon HD 4890 should fill in the gap in the model line-up between Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon HD 4870 X2. The new graphics adapter promises to become a new overclocker dream. We are going to find out if it is really so and how good RV790 is in our new review!
In the times of economic meltdown solutions that provide acceptable performance at a relatively low price are extremely demanded. We decided to check out one of solutions like that: ATI Radeon HD 4670 CrossFireX tandem.
March is here and the graphics division of Advanced Micro Devices released a new version of ATI Catalyst drivers. As usual, we performed a quick blitz-test aimed at revealing the performance improvement delivered by the new driver version.
Just a little while back Nvidia refreshed their GeForce 200 lineup with a new affordable model. But is this newcomer really new? Let’s try answering this question today!
Our today’s article is devoted to the performance of contemporary graphics cards in the next part of the science fiction F.E.A.R. sequel that will replace one of the outdated games in our benchmarking set from now on. Read our review for details!
Today we are going to test GeForce GTX 285 and GeForce GTX 295 from XFX on Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 and Intel Core i7 920 platforms. Read our review for results!





