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HIS Radeon HD 7870 IceQ Turbo Overclocked Video Card Review
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 The latest card to get the IceQ treatment from the team over at HIS comes in the form of the HD 7870 IceQ Turbo. When it comes to HIS cards, this is a model that carries our two favorite words. IceQ that lets us know we`re dealing with a new cooler and Turbo which lets us know we`re dealing with a pre-overclocked card. While we`ll get into more details on the overclock soon, because the Turbo clock on offer from the HIS card was similar to that of the PowerColor PCS+ HD 7870 we`ve just looked at, we figured we`d fire up some overclocking software and see how the new HD 7870 goes in the overclocking department; an area we haven`t looked in yet."
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HIS Radeon HD 7770 iCooler GHz Edition 1GB Video Card Review
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Firing up 3DMark 11 we ended up with a score of P3580 which is exactly what we`d expect from the HD 7770. It`s not a bad score, but our issue has always been compared to the HD 6870 which sits at a similar price point at the moment, the HD 7770 comes off looking quite overpriced. What was really nice though was the cooler which let the GPU sit at 35c when idle and still quite a cool 51c at load. More surprising, though, was the cooler which came in at 54.4dB at idle and 55.1dB at load. These are good numbers which see this as the second coolest running card and quietest active cooled card we`ve tested recently."
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Gigabyte HD 7770 OC with CrossFire @ Bjorn3D
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Gigabyte`s HD 7770 OC is the cheapest factory overclocked HD 7770 available. It strikes a good balance of price and performance. We put the card to the test and also pair it up with XFX HD 7770 to assess its CrossFire performance."
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MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning review
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We review the MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning. What a product to look at, the R7970 lightning has a very rare design, comes with only the best components, has voltage monitoring headers, comes pre-overclocked (extensively at 1070 MHz) and allows to be voltage tweaked at many levels. To pursue Eyefinity they have made the card Eyefinity6 compatible, by use of four DisplayPort connectors and two single link DVI connectors you can get six monitors running. Though realistically nobody does that as you have that ugly bezel from left to right smack down in the middle of you field of view. There`s another feature though, to give the product a little more `niche` MSI implemented a small add-on board that is called a GPU-reactor which functions as a power supply module which, when installed on the back of the GPU. Read the article here"
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HIS Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card Review
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Today we`re looking at the HIS HD 7750 which comes in at $109.99 putting it in that lower mid-range sector. As time has gone on, though, we`ve seen these cheaper cards offer us quite strong performance. We felt a little disappointed with how AMD launched the new series, though, and the HD 7770 on a whole due to the price point. We wonder if the cheaper HD 7750 can stand as it hits this lower price point. Before we find out what kind of performance we`re able to get out of the new model, the first thing we need to do is take a look at the package. From there we`ll move into checking out the card and then we`ll take a closer look at the specifications and see how the model compares to its big brother, the HD 7770."
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GeForce GTX 680 3-way SLI review
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We review the GeForce GTX 680 in 3-way SLI. The boards used come from Point of View. Over the next few pages we`ll tell you a bit about multi-GPU gaming, the challenges, the requirements and of course a nice tasty benchmark session. We`ll have a peek at temperatures and power consumption of the GeForce GTX 680 cards in 3x SLI mode to monitor it`s generated performance and look at its handicaps. Read the review right here"
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ASUS HD7970 DirectCU II Top @ ocaholic
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Usually ASUS releases its GPUs in three steps. First of all there are the boring reference cards with an ASUS badge. Secondly there are the funnier DirectCUII cards whereas one of which is sitting in our test system today. Last but not least there are the crazy Matrix cards. Although, this time already the DirectCUII card has got some of the Matrix madness, which we will explain later. Never the less standard for the DCII models is the gigantic triple slot cooler. So, this thing sounds quite interesting."
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[Tech ARP] NVIDIA GPU Boost Technology Report
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After a rather long hiatus, NVIDIA has finally launched their Kepler microarchitecture and its flagship graphics card, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680. Amongst Kepler`s many new features and improvements is the NVIDIA GPU Boost Technology. We had earlier posted an overview of the new NVIDIA GPU Boost Technology in our tech report of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, but thought we should go into the details of the NVIDIA GPU Boost as there is this perception that it`s the same thing as Intel`s Turbo Boost Technology. Well, it`s not, as you will see in a moment. Let`s get right down to it."
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[Tech ARP] Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 24.3
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Covering 484 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 24.3 : - Added the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 graphics card. - Converted the Texture Fill Rate of the NVIDIA graphics cards from MT/ s to GT/s. - Converted the Pixel Fill Rate of the NVIDIA graphics cards from MP/s to GP/s."
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XFX R7850 Black Edition Double Dissipation Graphics Card and AMD Anti-Aliasing Analysis Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
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XFX R7850 Black Edition Double Dissipation Graphics Card and AMD Anti-Aliasing Analysis Review @ HardwareHeaven.com Based on a custom design the XFX Radeon R7850 Black Edition Double Dissipation is factory overclocked and has a familiar look to the more expensive 7900 series XFX cards. Today we will take a look at it in a selection of the latest games to find out what it offers over a standard design. Additionally we will be taking a look at the various anti-aliasing modes available on the XFX card and how they affect performance and image quality."
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GeForce GTX 680
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Nvidia rings in spring in a big way with the GeForce GTX 680, its
latest bad boy which has AMD's high-end Radeon HD 7970 in its sights.
The GTX 680 also delivers Nvidia's first all-new GPU architecture
since 2010 in the form of Kepler. The GTX 680 aims to be not only
faster than the HD 7970, but cheaper, more power efficient and quieter
as well. Hit our launch review to see if it can make this perfect
storm happen.
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Nvidia's 28nm GPU strategy
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No doubt many of you just finished reading or writing a review of Nvidia's
Kepler. Rather than add another review to your inbox, our article on Kepler
focuses purely on analysis - on understanding the nature of Kepler and the
implications for the future.
Our look at Kepler focuses on architectural changes to the shader core that
emphasize graphics performance and the enhanced power management. Based on
our analysis of Nvidia's 28nm GPU strategy, we project a new shader core for
throughput computing products and discuss the expected features.
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Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 OC
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As for Gigabyte, they have taken the new Radeon HD 7870 and made it even better with their upgraded WindForce 3X cooler and redesigned PCB, both of which appear to provide much greater overclocking headroom. For roughly just $10 more than the MSRP, we feel gamers are getting a real bargain with the GeForce Radeon HD 7870 OC.
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XFX R7850 Black Edition OC @ LanOC Reviews
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Yesterday we took a look at the XFX R7870 Black Edition OC and really liked it. It seemed to fall into a nice sweet spot between price and performance. Today we are going to take a look at what looks to be the same card but bring the R7850 not the R7870, there are a few key differences. There are major differences in both power usage and compute performance between the two cards. I am really curious how this will translate to the performance and ultimately the price/performance that make the R7870 an idea card to pick up. Will the R7850 be an even better deal or a card to pass on?
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