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The Mass Market Warrior: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT GDDR4 Review

[ 09/28/07 | by Alexey Stepin]

We have already reviewed new Radeon HD graphics architecture before, but at that time we only took a closer look at the top Radeon HD 2900 XT model, while more mainstream solutions didn’t get covered because they were scheduled to start selling a little later. Finally, mass Radeon HD saw the light of day and today we are going to check out one of them: Radeon HD 2600 XT.

Nvidia Quadro FX 5600 and Nvidia Quadro FX 4600: New Leaders in Professional Graphics

[ 09/26/07 | by Ilya Gavrichenkov]

Today we are going to talk about those graphics solutions that are targeted not for games but for professional work. Our testlab received new Nvidia Quadro graphics solutions built on the company’s latest G80 GPU.

Unreal Battlefield: Enemy Territory Quake Wars Performance Preview

[ 09/21/07 | by Alexey Stepin]

The tactical shooter is a highly popular variety of multiplayer games and it is this genre that the famous id Software is making inroads into with their new game Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. In this review we’ll find out how this game runs on different graphics cards.

The Look of Perfect: Analysis of Graphics Accelerators Performance during Media Playback

[ 09/14/07 | by Anton Shilov]

High-definition video on PC has become very widely spread over the past couple of months: full-HD monitors are currently available for $500, Blu-Ray optical drives sell at about $250, and the leading graphics processor developers are already offering inexpensive chips that are promised to free the CPUs completely from video-data decoding. But is it all as simple as it seems? Let’s try to find out together!

Two Diamonds: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 1GB CrossFire Review

[ 09/11/07 | by Alexey Stepin]

We have last discussed the performance of multi-processor graphics solutions in the era of previous generation GPUs, such as Radeon X1000 and GeForce 7. Today we are going to return to this topic and cover it on a completely new level with the unique Diamond Multimedia graphics card: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT.

DirectX 10 Games vs. Contemporary Graphics Accelerators

[ 08/23/07 | by Anton Shilov]

Although DirectX 10 appeared quite a while ago, there are very few games today that really take advantage of its features. Nevertheless, when buying a graphics accelerator, you hardly ever question the need of the latest API support: most users prefer to have a solution with all contemporary features supported. Today we are going to see how fast the new DirectX 10 games, such as Call of Juarez, Company of Heroes and Lost Planet can run on contemporary graphics accelerators and if you should really go for the first generation DX10 GPUs.

From Dusk till Dawn: Nvidia GeForce 8 Family Performance Shootout

[ 07/10/07 | by Alexey Stepin]

Nvidia is currently shipping the complete family of DirectX 10 graphics cards: starting with the least expensive solutions and finishing with the highest-performing ones. Today we are going to take a closer look at this entire family of cards and find out how well its individuals can perform in a number of the latest gaming titles.