New Catalysts for the New Year
Subject: Graphics Cards | January 19, 2006 - 06:10 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Neoseeker checks out the new 6.1 Catalyst release, and they even find some nice surprises.
"Since the RELEASE NOTES didn't mention any performance improvements, we got curious and have
worked up a quick run of benchmarks for ATI's Catalyst 6.1 release compared to the 5.13.
CrossFire vs. SLI
Subject: Graphics Cards | January 18, 2006 - 06:16 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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ATI's second go at Crossfire, with X1800's has seen a better reception than the first run. Now that the drivers and hardware have improved, and it is actually possible to find a Master card to use in a Crossfire setup, it is time for a rematch against nVidia's SLI. Head to Legit Reviews to see how they stack up.
Don't forget to look at Ryan's sneek peek of the 7300 GS, either.
"While ATI's first generation Crossfire platform proved ATI could offer a dual video c
Futuremark Overhauls the Gamer's Benchmark in 3DMark06
Subject: Graphics Cards | January 18, 2006 - 09:40 AM | Ryan Shrout
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The official PR just hit the wire, and Futuremark has announced availability of the new 3DMark06. You can check out my preview of the new benchmark by clicking here.
The Futuremark download page has a list of sources to get the large (580 MB+) file, but of course our favorite is
NVIDIA Announces Budget 7300 GS GPU
Subject: Graphics Cards | January 18, 2006 - 09:23 AM | Ryan Shrout
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Besides today's release of the 3DMark06 benchmark, NVIDIA is announcing a new budget level GPU called the 7300 GS. Since I didn't get any samples on it, I'll just quickly go over the specs here.
GeForce 7300 GS
4 pixel pipes
3 vertex pipes
550 MHz core clock
400
Introduction and Changes
Futuremark is set to reveal the new 3DMark06 benchmark today and we have information on the new tests they have included that take advantage of SM2.0, HDR and SM3.0 graphics card features. We have also have scores from a slew of recent GPUs for a comparison using the new benchmark.
Dual GPU's with low heat and power consumption
Subject: Graphics Cards | January 17, 2006 - 03:16 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Hardware Zone reviews an interesting product from MSI, the Geminium-Go, dual 6600 MXM's power this card, that produces far less heat and needs less power than you would expect. While it still isn't going to work in a laptop, it can bring serious power to an HTPC or SFF system.
Plus, if you haven't read Ryan's review of the XFX GeForce 6800 GS review, shame on you!
"Though SLI for notebooks hasn't arrived yet, MSI has tak
Introduction and Specifications
NVIDIA launched the 6800 GS GPU late last year and XFX has a model to display today that might make those readers looking for a mid-range video card sit and pay attention.
Pushing your x1800 to the limit
Subject: Graphics Cards | January 13, 2006 - 05:55 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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NGOHQ has discovered that ATI's X1800 is extremely overclocking friendly. Take a look and see how far they pushed it, and how easy it was to do.
""ATi has finally made the leap and given overclockers a reason to celebrate. In their new RADEON
X1800 series they have given us the ability to modify the GPU/DDR voltages without using a voltage
mod.
ATI's X1800 MasterCard
Subject: Graphics Cards | January 11, 2006 - 02:47 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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[H]ard|OCP has their hands on a matched set of x1800's, master and slave, and they see just how this new generation of videocard reposonds in a CrossFire setup. If you have been holding off on the upgrade because of the poor availabilty of the Mastercards, this review will give you a good idea just what you are waiting for.
"The very nature of ATI's CrossFire platform is that you have a MasterCard that can be installed
with a slave card.
Out of the mouths of Booth Babes
Subject: Graphics Cards | January 9, 2006 - 03:56 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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