Graphics

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Video Review

The AMD Radeon HD 7970 is here. I finally got around to messing with one. This is the best single GPU card in the world. It’s also the best card I have ever seen when performance per watt is concerned. I put this card up against some dual GPU...

AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series Coming January 9th

Tom’s Hardware has reported that a “reliable” source has informed someone that a dog said that the AMD Radeon HD 7900 series will be released to the public on January 9th, 2012. This sounds totally legitimate so we are going to pretend it is true. The 7900 series is said to...

Tech Update #112 – I’m On a Boat

Logan Maks and special quest star Qain are on a boat, the baddest most awesome boat ever, the USS Hornet. The boys take a look at all the custom case mods brought in by the public like the Tron Light cycle case. Maks takes a look at some vendor...

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Review and Gameplay

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a brilliant game that satisfies all but the most obstinate of Deus Ex fans. Featuring a full, convincing, dynamic story line, Deus Ex: Human Revolution is definitely a strong contender for Game of the Year. You play as Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT Team member...

PowerColor Radeon HD 6870 x2 GPU Review and Benchmark

The new PowerColor Radeon 6870×2 landed on my desk so I did what any mad scientist would do. I tried to kill it with Furmark. I could not get this monster any hotter than 70°C. That’s really impressive. The price is a little high compared to two independent 6870...

PowerColor Radeon HD 6870×2 Unboxing Video

I’ll be benchmarking this thing in the next day or so. It looks to be a beast. I thought it was two PCB boards at first until I took it out of the box and realized it was a single PCB. Now I need to get my hands on...

POWERCOLOR LAUNCHES FIRST HD6850 SINGLE SLOT EDITION

Multi-function and performance available in 4 way CrossFireX Taipei, Taiwan –April 21, 2011 — TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphics cards, today announces the first-to-market video card: the PowerColor HD6850 single slot edition. The first available HD6850 single slot edition aims to fulfill the desire of performance...

Nvidia SLI on AMD Bulldozer FX Platforms

This is probably an April Fools joke but xbitlabs.com is claiming to have some leaked information. They report that Nvidia is licensing SLI for use on the AMD chipsets, in particular the 990FX and the 990X. They also say, “For the first time in history, Nvidia Corp. plans to...

Outdated Geforce drivers causes the GTX 590 to short

Another reason why sometimes good things can come to you in a negative way.  Swedish site SweClockers reports that outdated drivers could cause a GTX 590 to overheat and blow up when overclocking+overvolting is applied. http://www.sweclockers.com/artikel/13710-geforce-gtx-590-brinner-i-sweclockers-testlabb-drivrutin-boven-i-dramat (Can’t read? You know what to do…) I’ve seen this before and they’re...

Galaxy/KFA2 also making their own dual card- In white.

The Nvidia based GPU producer Galaxy (also known as KFA2)(not very much known I think) Are also like Evga, making their very own dual-gpu. The card is currently in a developement-state on the GF104 chip (GTX460), however they are planning to release it with the better chip, GF114, which...