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Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 Toxic Video Card Review
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 The standard AMD Radeon HD 6850 graphics card by SAPPHIRE comes clocked at 775MHz on the core and 1000MHz on the memory. For those that want to take it up to another level the Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 TOXIC Edition has the same internal architecture as the standard model, but the clock speeds are increased to 820MHz for the core and 1100MHz for the memory giving gamers a noticeable boost in performance. Read on to see how it performs and how much more we can overclock it!
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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 550 Ti
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Our friends at Gigabyte released their first version along with all the other launch partners. Gigabyte did not release their based on the reference model. This card sports an overclock directly from Gigabyte and a custom cooling system. With all this card has going for itself, it just be your next card if you are working with a tighter budget.
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AMD Radeon HD 6950 1 GB
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The recently announced Radeon HD 6950 with 1 GB main memory appeared in the market. As well AMD promised to rectify issues with the filter quality of the new graphics cards. A first step is the release of the Catalyst Hotfix 11.1a.
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HIS HD6870 IceQ X Turbo X
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We recently reviewed the HIS HD6850 IceQ X Turbo X and found it to be an excellent overclocker with an impressive cooler. Today we are looking at a similar card, this time using the HD6870 GPU. HIS markets the HIS HD6870 IceQ X Turbo as 'The World's Fastest HD6870', a claim we need to test.
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ASUS EAH6870 1GB Video Card
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"The Radeon HD 6870, contrary to its somewhat confusing name, is not the successor to the Radeon 5870. Instead, it acts as an almost direct replacement for the Radeon 5850, both in terms of performance and in price. Today we are looking at the Asus variant which has some exclusive features including the Voltage Tweak functionality we have come to particularly enjoy when overclocking."
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[Tech ARP] Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 23.4
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Covering 468 desktop graphics cards, this comprehensive comparison allows you to easily compare 22 different specifications for each and every card. If you need to find out about the specification of any card, just come over and check out our Desktop Graphics Comparison Guide. We hope it will prove to be a useful reference. We will keep this guide updated regularly so do check back for the latest updates. Here are the latest updates in Revision 23.4 : - Added the AMD Radeon HD 7870 graphics card. - Added the AMD Radeon HD 7850 graphics card. - Added the AMD Radeon HD 7670 graphics card. - Added the AMD Radeon HD 7570 graphics card. - Updated the specifications of the AMD Radeon HD 6370D IGP."
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GIGABYTE HD6970 2GB Review
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"Back in December, AMD released their much awaited Cayman based HD69XX
series of cards. It represented a transition to a revised architecture that
was more catered towards compute performance with new features such as
Morphological Anti-Aliasing and enhanced tessellation performance to meet
the requirements of newer DX10/11 titles. For the most part, the HD6970 was
a success despite its specifications appearing subtly different to the
highly popular but ageing HD5870. Employing the VLIW4 architecture, AMD had
managed to maintain improved performance over their previous generation of
card without compromising on die size. We found the HD6970 to be an 18%
improvement over the HD5870 on average despite sporting 1536 stream
processors rather than the 1600 available on the Cypress HD5870 GPU. On the
other hand, we were disappointed to see that for a next generation flagship
graphics card (until we see the HD6990), the performance increase was still
not enough to outcompete Nvidia's simultaneously released refreshed
line-up..."
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MSI Radeon HD 6970 2GB Lightning Overclocked Video Card Review
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I always seem to start these reviews by stating that the series of the card we're looking at is one of my favorite. It's not just some generic introduction and I really am a large fan of series' like the IceQ from HIS, Vapor-X from Sapphire, SOC from GIGABYTE and most of all, the MSI series including the Cyclone, HAWK and Lightning which we're looking at today.
While most companies have a good stand-out series, MSI have an arsenal of them. The Cyclone is great for these lower end mid-range cards; the cooler is quiet and performs very well. You can kick it up a notch and start looking at the Twin Frozr series which tends to be reserved for the higher end cards. It's also quiet, performs well and is essentially a higher end version of the Cyclone series."
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MSI N550GTX-Ti Cyclone II OC Video Card Review
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"The MSI N550GTX-Ti Cyclone II OC graphics card sports a black and silver color scheme and has a very aggressive look to the card. It almost looks like the GPU cooler could be used as a weapon, but this is the look that MSI was going for with this cooler design. The MSI N550GTX-Ti Cyclone OC peaked at 59C according to Furmark and that is amazing to say the least. The only other GeForce GTX 550 Ti video card that we reviewed has been the ASUS Ultimate GeForce GTX550 Ti and this card was significantly cooler than that. The ASUS Ultimate GTX550 Ti 1GB peaked at 76C, which means that the MSI card is 22% or 17C cooler at load..."
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AMD Radeon HD 6790 Launch Review
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"AMD releases the Radeon HD 6790, a $150 gamer card designed for Full-HD gaming performance. Featuring the Barts chip in 'LE' configuration, we test it against some serious competition in the form of EVGA's GeForce GTX 460 1GB SC, as well as the Radeon HD 6850 and 5830, in 1080p and Eyefinity 3."
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Overclockers Dream: MSI N580 GTX Lightning
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The department at MSI designing enthusiast graphics cards had some impressive success in the past, creating powerful, but silent models. Their latest development is the MSI N580 GTX Lightening. HT4U.net checks, if it can follow the tradition.
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Axle GeForce GT 430 1GB Classic Edition Review
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The Axle GeForce GT 430 1GB Classic Edition is a mainstream, budget friendly, Fermi-based graphics card that comes ready with a custom cooling solution and a wide range of features including support for DirectX 11, CUDA and PhysX.
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PowerColor HD6950 1 GB: Alternative Arithmetic
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Radeon HD 6950 was initially released only in one modification with 2 GB of video memory. However, in the competition against GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMD decided to roll out a more affordable model with 1 GB of memory onboard. Today we are going to review a graphics card like that from PowerColor.
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 Review: Dual-GPU Wars
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With AMD's Radeon HD 6990 stealing the performance crown only two short weeks ago, we knew it wouldn't be long before Nvidia answered the challenge. The company's GeForce GTX 590 was a poorly guarded secret, with specifications leaking as far back as last fall. Today marks the flagship's official launch and needless to say, we're excited to see how it stacks up to AMD's dual-GPU offering.
The GeForce GTX 590 packs two GF110 graphics processors -- the same chip that powers the GTX 580, currently the fastest single-GPU graphics card available. Although the GTX 590's processors have the same core configuration as the GTX 580's, Nvidia had to reduce the graphics and memory clock frequencies to keep the card's thermal envelope within reasonable levels.
Realizing that, we can already assume the GTX 590 isn't going to be as fast as two GTX 580s in SLI. However, two GTX 580s would cost at least $1,000, and since the GTX 590 needs to be relatively competitive with the Radeon HD 6990 in terms of pricing, we bet Nvidia doesn't want the GTX 590 to be as quick as SLIed GTX 580s anyway. Okay, that's enough speculation. Let's get this party started!
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Diamond USB PC to TV HDMI Adapter
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"One of the main features being advertised with the Diamond USB PC to TV HDMI Adapter is giving your Netbook or Macbook the ability to connect to your Flat Screen TV via an HDMI cable. Well, the Netbook that I had is an ASUS Eee PC 1000HA which only comes with an analog display output for an external monitor. That is all fine and dandy if you are not planning on hooking it up to your TV, however if you wanted a quick and simple way to watch a video that is streaming over the internet, such as YouTube or Hulu, you are not going to be able to do that from the ASUS Eee PC 1000HA. That is where the Diamond adapter comes in. I will install the software on my Netbook and see how well it is able to connect to my setup in my living room. This did work perfectly, as I was able to install the software on the Eee PC and connect it to my Philips 42" Plasma TV in my living room and was able to watch a YouTube video from the Overclockersclub.com"
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PowerColor HD 6950 PCS++ Review
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“Despite its name, the PowerColor HD 6950 PCS++ is not an average reference card. This GPU is built on a custom PCB and includes a different cooling solution. Out of the box, this card is unlocked from 1408 to 1536 shaders, like the HD 6970. Plus, it comes standard with a beefy 80 MHz overclock. Let’s see how it stacks up against the competition."
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