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Seven Friends of a Gamer: GPUs vs. Games Spring 2007

[ 03/30/07 | by Alexey Stepin]

Winter and early spring are considered to be far not the best time for outdoor activities. On these cold days, when it gets dark really early, a high-quality computer gamer may be exactly what you need to have some fun. This article continues our tradition of reviewing contemporary games and analyzing the performance of all graphics cards available in the market at a given period of time.

Ready to HD: Performance of Contemporary Graphics Accelerators during Video Playback

[ 02/26/07 | by Alexey Stepin]

Besides gaming, video content playback is another major application field for contemporary graphics accelerators. As the HD-formats are getting more and more popular, we decided to perform an investigation and find out what graphics cards suit this purpose best of all.

GeForce 7950 GT: 256MB or 512MB? Foxconn and Gigabyte Graphics Cards Review

[ 02/08/07 | by Alexey Stepin]

What is the most optimal size of onboard graphics memory? It is one of the most frequently asked questions among gaming fans. Today when the memory has hit 728MB already and will eventually approach 1GB, this question regains its acuteness. We will try to find out if 512MB of memory is really needed for today’s graphics cards or the slightly higher working frequencies of the solution with only 256MB onboard will be a better choice.

Elder Brother, Younger Brother: ASUS EN7950GT and ASUS EN7900GS Top Graphics Cards Review

[ 02/05/07 | by Alexey Stepin]

We review a lot of ASUS products in our lab and almost all the time they deserve our best feedback for successful design, rich accessories bundle or original cooling system. Today we are going to talk about two solutions from ASUS based on Nvidia G71 graphics processor – EN7950GT and EN7900GS Top.

ATI Radeon X1650 XT Graphics Card Review

[ 01/19/07 | by Alexey Stepin]

After a while ATI Technologies, now a part of Advanced Micro Devices, is trying to restore its superiority over the competitor in the mainstream graphics card market. Let’s see if they succeeded in attaining this goal in $149 price range.