Do you have what it takes to play with the Strogg?
Subject: Graphics Cards | October 20, 2005 - 12:03 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Hardware Zone got their hands on Quake 4, and a bunch of high end video cards. See what you need to be able to enjoy your assault on the Strogg's!
"The latest installment of the legendary Quake series has arrived and we put it through our lab
tests to find out how it fares with various graphics hardware. Though based on the Doom 3 game
engine, we've found that Quake 4 needs much more juice.
Discount X850XT appears, the X800GTO
Subject: Graphics Cards | October 19, 2005 - 01:35 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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With the release of the expensive X850XT, ATI has found it's self with extra R480 cores. The solution they came up with was to use the same core in their X800GTO, a card that costs roughly half as much. TweakTown can give you the whole story on what this card can do.
"With all the hype surrounding the new generation ATI graphics cards, there are people who don't
have that kind of money to spend.
Crossfire and SLI got you down? Try SDGE!
Subject: Graphics Cards | October 18, 2005 - 05:33 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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CoolTechZone looks at ECS's SDGE, their answer to ATI and nVidia. It is incredibly adaptable, running
mixes like PCIe x16 + PCIe x4, PCIe x8 + PCIe x8, PCIe x16 + PCIe x16. Also, in the future more combos may be included, like PCIe x16 + AGP Express, AGP 8x + PCIe Express, Integrated Graphics + AGP Express and Integr
7800GT vs x1800xl Review
Subject: Graphics Cards | October 18, 2005 - 03:49 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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AMD Review has a head to head contest up ... it pits ATI's current flagship card against nVidia's. Check it out to see which gives you more bang for your buck.
"Today we got our hands on both an ATI X1800XL and NVIDIA 7800GT, so we decided to benchmark each of these cards with the same configuration to see what happens and how much bang you get for your buck."
Watercooled 7800 GT
Subject: Graphics Cards | October 18, 2005 - 12:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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[H]ard|OCP got their hands on a BFGTech GeForce 7800 GT OC H2O! It's watercooled right out of the box, although you do need to have an existing watercooled PC to add it to. See just how far they can push this beast!
"BFGTech is well known for taking video cards and bringing a guaranteed and warranty approved factory overclock right out of the box for you to enjoy more performance. As we all know, there is only so much you can do with a heat sink and fan unit using air-cooling.
NVIDIA Secures Exclusive Bundling Right to Call of Duty 2
Subject: Graphics Cards | October 17, 2005 - 03:32 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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NVIDIA GeForce graphic processing units (GPUs) have been selected by Activision as the preferred platform for Call of Duty 2, the highly anticipated sequel to Call of Duty which is the winner of over 80 'Game of the Year' awards.
6800GT Shootout, who will reign supreme?
Subject: Graphics Cards | October 14, 2005 - 06:58 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Wondering which 6800GT is right for you? Tech-hounds has a shootout between 3 major players in the graphics card biz. Even if the FRAPS ratings are the same, make sure to compare heat and the bundle of goodies they come with.
"Out of the the high end graphics card from NVIDIA, the GeForce 6800GT has the best bang for the buck. Now selling around US$ 250 to 350, it's the most affordable SM 3.0 graphics card that won't slow to a crawl under high details with AA and AF on.
New ATI driver ... worth installing?
Subject: Graphics Cards | October 13, 2005 - 02:31 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Tweaktown has posted a comparison of ATI's newest 5.10 against the previous 5.9. Read the review to see if you should do the driver installation.
Plus, Ryan has a full review of the Asus N7800GT DUAL 7800.
"It's that time again! The folks over at the ATI HQ in Canada have just released a new set of Catalyst drivers for users of Radeon graphics cards.
Introduction and Specifications
Asus has just released the worlds fastest video card! Don't believe me? How about dual 7800 GTs in a single PCI Express slot? Oh, and it comes with an external power supply too...
Processing Physics - Pentium 4 = 12 GFLOPS; x1800XT = 83 GFLOPS
Subject: Graphics Cards | October 11, 2005 - 04:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Tech Report has an article about a different use for ATI's x1000 series GPUs. Not only can they provide incredible graphical performance, but they are also much quicker at processing phsyics than your main CPU. Read the full article if you want to know how texture memory can be used for general storage, and what pixel shaders can really do.
"One of the more surprising aspects of ATI's Radeon X1000 series launch is something we didn't get a chance to talk about in our initial review of the graphics cards: ATI's eagerness to talk about using its GPUs for no
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