Apple drops NVIDIA from most default systems, brings on ATI
Subject: Graphics Cards | July 27, 2010 - 10:24 AM | Ryan Shrout
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Today should have been a good day for NVIDIA - StarCraft II was released and only their cards support anti-aliasing out of the gate AND the new Fermi-based Quadro graphics offer a significant jump in performance over previous generation parts and AMD's FirePro options. Apple apparently had other plans though and has updated its entire line of iMac and Mac Pro computers with a collection of new hardware that apparently leaves NVIDIA out in the cold.
The New Quadro Lineup
The new NVIDIA Quadro 5000 professional graphics card finally brings the Fermi GPU to the world it was originally designed for: content creators. Even though a whole new line of parts is being introduced it is really the 5000 model that will see the brunt of attention with a modest (!!) $2250 price tag. Performance might lag in gaming (clocks and specs are under a GTX 465) but in the world of CAD, design, animation and more the NVIDIA card has the edge over AMD's FirePro line.
AMD on StarCraft II: Anti-aliasing will come when performance is better
Subject: Graphics Cards | July 27, 2010 - 01:32 AM | Ryan Shrout
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If you haven't checked out my wicked-awesome StarCraft II Performance Review, you definitely should, and where the hell have you been? The game is out now so you might already have it in your system, but now you should be even more interested in my results and the news we have for you tonight.
Going for graphical overkill - Quad Crossfire or Triple SLI
Subject: Graphics Cards | July 26, 2010 - 02:40 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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X-bit Labs took a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 Super-Mainboard and attached two different sets of GPUs for testing, four Radeon HD 5870s in one case and three GTX 480s in the second. This board sports a pair of Nvidia NF200-SLI chips so there are plenty of PCIe lanes to go around and with the addition of a Xigmatek 1500W PSU to the installed Zalman 1000W PSU there is 2.5 kilowatts of power available for the system. While the results in and of themselves are inc
AMD's Gaming Evolved Program Pushes Dev Tools, Marketing
Subject: Graphics Cards | July 23, 2010 - 05:34 PM | Ryan Shrout
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AMD's Gaming Evolved program is finally launching during the Comic-con event in San Diego. PC Perspective first saw the fruits of this developer and consumer campaign during GDC where AMD detailed its targets for innovation, industry standards and development support for gaming. The triple-headed goal for the program is summed up nicely with this Venn diagram:
Not super but certainly overclocked; Gigabyte's new HD 5770
Subject: Graphics Cards | July 20, 2010 - 12:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Gigabyte HD 5770 Super Overclockhas two rather hefty claims that it needs to match, the first is the claim that this card is 13% better than a stock HD 5770 and the second is that it is 4.3% better than a GTX 260. It's GPU is clocked 50MHz higher than the reference card at 900MHz but the memory remains unchanged at 4.8GHz effective, so on paper it does not look terribly impressive. [H]ard|OCP did manage a better overclock with som
More on the eminently overclockable GTX 460
Subject: Graphics Cards | July 15, 2010 - 05:51 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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What you saw in Ryan's review of the GTX 460, the ease of overclocking the GPU and memory by an percentage not seen in a long time is not just a fluke.
ASUS ENGTX460 Graphic Cards Deliver Innovative Design, Value, and Outstanding 3D Performance
Subject: Graphics Cards | July 13, 2010 - 04:11 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Fremont, CA (July 13, 2010) - ASUS is excited to launch their ENGTX460 series of graphics cards featuring NVIDIA’s latest GeForce 400 Series GPU design that delivers impressive DX11 graphics plus support for exciting technologies like NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround, PhysX and CUDA and enhanced tessellation performance. The ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP lineup goes further than reference solutions with a focus on quality, reliability and performance.
ASUS Redefines the Graphics Card Market with ARES, the World’s Fastest Single Graphics Card
Subject: Graphics Cards | July 13, 2010 - 02:28 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Fremont, CA (July 13, 2010) - ASUS is proud to launch the new standard in flagship graphics performance, The Republic of Gamers ARES graphics card. Continuing the innovative and performance oriented tradition of all ROG products the ARES raises the bar for performance, cooling capabilities, design leadership and engineering expertise in a video card. The ARES graphics card lives up to its tagline of limited edition, unlimited power.
A quick lineup comparison
After publishing our look at the new GeForce GTX 460 we had several requests for an article that quickly compared the relevant NVIDIA and AMD options from top to bottom for the enthusiast PC gamer.
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