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HIS Radeon HD 6850 IceQ X Turbo 1 GB
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 HIS has designed a new cooler called IceQ X. It comes with a light blue transparent plastic shell that conveys an "ice block" feeling. In our testing we saw low idle and load temperatures, evidence that the cooler does a good job. The card also comes with increased clock speeds out of the box to gain some extra advantage over the reference design.
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Sapphire Radeon HD 6990 4GB Video Card in AUSUM Mode
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"You might've heard us mention this new "AUSUM" mode a bit in our recent Sapphire HD 6990 4GB. If you missed out reading our Sapphire HD 6990 Technical Preview, I'd highly recommend you check it out to see exactly what it does, even if you just jump to page 3 which covers "AUSUM" mode and the Dual BIOS switch. Due to the fact we've already covered the Sapphire HD 6990 in quite a lot of detail, we'll just be getting straight into the specifications of the card when we flick that Dual BIOS switch to AUSUM mode.
If you can't be bothered reading the Technical Preview and you don't know exactly what AUSUM mode does, we'll quickly just cover how you switch it on and the clocks it carries when on along with any other features it brings. So with that all said and done, let's check out the GPU-Z information and exactly what we're dealing with."
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News: AMDs Radeon HD 6790 graphics card
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The GeForce GTX 550 Ti finally has a direct rival from the AMD camp. Does the Radeon HD 6790 set a new performance and value milestone at $149 or are you still better off buying a slightly pricier and faster card?"
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Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev
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Covering 451 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.
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AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB Video Card in CrossFire
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I'm a huge fan of the HD 6950 1GB; it brings the power of the HD 6950 to the table without the price tag that is associated with the 2GB version of the card that launched originally. Already impressed with the 1GB version from Sapphire we looked at a bit back, we'll today be having a look at the reference AMD one.
Instead of just doing the boring ol' thing and sliding it into our testbed by itself and seeing it inevitably performing near identical to the previous Sapphire we looked at, we instead paired it with the said Sapphire version and looked at CrossFire performance."
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Nvidia to launch GeForce GTX 590
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Nvidia will release its GeForce GTX 590 graphics chip on March 22 to take on AMD's recently released AMD Radeon HD 6990, according to industry sources. The AMD Radeon HD 6990 is priced at US$699.
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ASUS HD 6970
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"Overclocking the ASUS HD 6970 wasn't the easiest thing in the world to do, but it wasn't all that hard either. I first started out using ASUS Smart Doctor, however, whenever I tried to push the core clock past 940MHz, Smart Doctor would automatically reset it. After I encountered this problem I decided to switch over to MSI's Afterburner. After increasing the overclocking range in Afterburner's config file, I was able to continue overclocking the ASUS HD 6970's core past 940Mhz. That being said, I encountered another problem. MSI's Afterburner would not allow me to adjust the card's voltage. I eventually decided to use Afterburner anyway and ended up with a core clock of 986Mhz. This was about 100Mhz above the factory clock speed, so I was OK with it. I got a lot nicer overclock out of the memory, which ended up clocking in at 1502Mhz."
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ASUS Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU V2
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We have seen many retailers’ sites featuring this line of cards and we have the opportunity to look at one today. The ASUS Radeon EAH6850 boasts this DirectCU cooling technology, as well as a 790MHz overclocked Barts GPU up from the default 775MHz. Based on AMD’s latest TSMC 40nm processing, the HD6850 tops out at a mere 127 watts for power consumption. Meaning a good 500W power supply should be good enough to power one of these beauties.
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AMD's upcoming Radeon HD 6790 cards Leaked
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Details of AMD's upcoming Radeon HD 6790 cards have been leaking all week and now VR-Zone can offer you the first pictures of MSI's upcoming card based on the new GPU. We don't have too many details on hand, but what we do know is that MSI has gone for a different rear port layout that the Sapphire card of which pictures appeared earlier this week.
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Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 FleX Review
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Building an Eyefinity setup is easier than ever, thanks in part to the powerful GPUs we have the choice of, and also the easier-to-stomach pricing of 20~24" displays. Sapphire, with its FleX, makes things even easier by giving us a card that negates the requirement for a DisplayPort monitor. That 3x1 setup is looking good, isn't it?
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ASUS Radeon HD 6950 2GB DirectCU II Overclocked Video Card Review
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"It's been so long since I've looked at an ASUS video card, so long that I honestly couldn't remember the last time I saw one. I can tell you, though, it was in the day where the TOP series reigned supreme. So what's happening these days with ASUS in the video card market? Well, we haven't paid too much attention to be honest, but it's time to see what this DirectCU II series offers us.
What we'll do firstly is check out the package of the card to see what's going on. Once that's done we'll check out the card and the specifications. Carrying only a mild overclock, we decided to just crank up the speed through overdrive and we'll talk about that more in the specifications. Once all that's done, it's time to get into the fun stuff, the performance. First, though, let's check out the package."
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Inno3D GeForce GTX 560 Ti OC
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As is so often the case with Inno3D products the availability of the GeForce GTX 560 Ti OC is poor, which is a shame because this is a very good graphics card. Although we often only saw a performance increase of 2-3fps, the upgraded cooler generated very little noise while managing to keep the GTX 560 Ti OC well within acceptable temperate ranges when under load.
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HIS Radeon HD 6990 Crossfire review
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In this article we'll be looking at an actual retail sample flown in with the speed of light by HIS technology. The card itself is 100% reference with a HIS sticker on it, as such many segments of this review will be similar to the reference review.
With one distinct difference, since we have two cards .. we can also look into CrossfireX performance, that's right .. four GPUs dominating your games. Will it be worth it ? Check out the full review right here.
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ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU TOP video card
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The ASUS GTX 550 Ti DirectCU TOP has moved away from the NVIDIA
reference design chosen by some manufacturers. The first change was the
mini-HDMI connector, replaced by a full-sized HDMI, and the addition of
a VGA connection, replacing the second DVI connector seen in reference
design cards. As with the GTS 450 and GTX 460 it features bitstreaming
support for both Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio, handy for home
theatre PC use.
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PowerColor Radeon HD 6990 CrossFire
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AMD's new Radeon HD 6990 is the fastest graphics card in the world. We take TWO of those cards for a spin and check if this combination is worth $1,400 of your hard earned Dollars or if it only serves as a hot air blowing e-penis extension.
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