It is our pleasure today to welcome Sapphire's Radeon HD 4890 Atomic edition graphics board which runs at no less than 1GHz, while at the same time being really quieter compared to the reference design. The Radeon HD 4890's reference clocks are 850MHz core and 3600MHz effectively for the GDDR5 memory chips. Sapphire overclocked the memory on its Atomic edition to 4200MHz effective speed. We like the fact that Sapphire used its Atomic cooling on the first 1GHz card and the company definitely made our day as this card won't make you turn up the music to kill the fan noise and anyone who's ever heard the Radeon HD 4890's fan at maximum speed surely knows what we're talking about. - FudZilla
First we must admit that this isn't the most exciting graphics board around, but that was not our intention either. So our main idea was to look at what a simple video card could bring on top of the integrated solutions, and keeping in mind the budget aspect. This particular video card is meant mostly to enhance the 3D and high definition TV capabilities of the media center PC's or office computers. This graphics card is in the low performance section, and so we can't expect high 3D performance, but we will compare it with the Intel 945GC integrated video chipset to see how it performs and if it is worth to upgrade to such a video card. And this simply since you are seeking for just that little extra performance. - ShopTalk
Computex Taipei 2009, largest show in Asia and world's leading ICT event from 2 till 6 June 2009, Compro Technology a leading manufacturer of PCTV and digital audio/video products, is extending its product lines to about three different areas, covering PCTV, HD player and IP camera. And all this based on the main theme of the intelligent technologies in HD home, they will stun you with the hottest products. These products will all be shown in all their glory during the upcoming show at Tapei, which is known as Computex. And this is simply the biggest show of the year with the introduction of many new products and technologies, but also various upcoming sneak previews. - Compro Technology
ASUS are one of the most popular companies among all enthusiast circles and are well known for their premium component offerings. Building on their success with gamers over the years ASUS also have a number of their products under the republic of gamers banner, a label they attach to their products with the finest hardware engineering, the fastest performance and the most innovative features. Today we're going to be looking at the ASUS Extreme GTX 260 Matrix graphics card. This card is complete with a custom cooler and a comprehensive software application which allows for overvolting and overclocking of the graphics card and available for about $225, though maybe even less with some luck. - DriverHeaven
The funny thing about the GeForce GTX 275 is that it does kill a bit of the value for the GeForce GTX 285, which ultimately means that it's not the best model for NVIDIA. For the user however, it is a different story. What you are able to get is performance similar to the GeForce GTX 285 without having to spend the money. Today we're going to be looking at a GTX 275 from Inno3D which has that lovely overclocked word printed on the front of the box. What we'll do before we have a closer look at the card and its performance is see what Inno3D have done with the package and bundle. Considering we have seen a few it's going to be a tough fight, but hopefully there's something that helps the card stand out. - TweakTown
The single PCB based GeForce GTX 295, just like the one we have showed you before, is officially launching in late May. NVIDIA's control freak machine could not keep these cards under wraps until the launch date, but there is little to be excited about this card. The performance is the same, the clocks are the same but thermal design power should be a tad different. The GeForce GTX 295 single PCB version should hold the performance crown until the GT300 launches later this year, as we don't expect any high-end updates from NVIDIA before the forth quarter of this year. It also looks like ATI's performance DirectX 11 card won't be launching sooner, so NVIDIA should not have much to worry about. - FudZilla
We have liked the GeForce GTS 250 from the word go. While we understand that it's nothing more than a GeForce 9800 GTX+ edition, it's got all the features that we want out of a graphics card. So for starters, we know that the performance is there, their GeForce 9800 GTX+ was no slouch which means the GeForce GTS 250 isn't going to be either. Then there's the price. The rebranding of the model and the time it's been around makes the price of the product quite aggressive which is always a good thing. What you end up with is a good valued graphics card that packs quite a punch. Like we have mentioned a few times, one of the coolest features of the model the is its overclocking potential. - TweakTown
The graphics card market is as competitive as the CPU market and AMD have recently released their latest weapon, the Radeon HD 4890. We take a look at it in the form of ASUS' Extreme AH4890 to find out what's so curious about AMD's newest GPU chipsets. From a pure specifications point of view, it is more of an overclocked version of their Radeon HD 4870. But that was to be expected as soon as we heard that this card would not be a 40nm nor having an increase in shaders, though has been improved to be able to attain higher clock speeds. And that is exactly what they have done, though at the same time renamed their chip which is now known as the RV790 chipset still on 55nm process. - t-break
The GeForce GTS 250 is a video card based on the G92 core, found on many of NVIDIA's cards including the GeForce 8800 series but also the GeForce 9800 series for that matter. The only difference between the GeForce 9800 GTX+ and the GeForce GTS 250 is a somewhat different PCB, but since both cards use the same core, the GeForce GTS 250 is nothing but a glorified GeForce 9800 GTX+ version. The core is built in 55nm and packs 754 million transistors. And lately Gainward has been releasing several Limited edition cards which come with an extra amount of frame buffer to set them apart from the competition. Which is surely nice to see, also due to their custom cooling solution. - FudZilla
If frame rate performance was equal, which solution would make more sense buying one expensive high-end video card, or combine two budget priced middle market video cards for less than the high priced unit? For most consumers, when all things are equal, it comes down to cost. That's the message in this article, don't pay more unless you're getting more. Because the truth is that two Radeon HD 4770 video cards can be combined into a CrossFireX set and perform better than more expensive alternatives at less than half the price. We will compare two Radeon HD 4770's assembled into a CrossFireX set against a large collection of high performance GPU's to check the actual performance. - Benchmark Reviews
We talk to many people every day about computers and how to fix them and we find that most people are still mystified by a computer and feel that messing with it in any way will break it instantly. Many of those people have not even moved their computer really since the day it was set up for them. So this is why, when something goes wrong, large retailers tend to charge ridiculous amounts to fix even some simple problems. And we do not like to see people get taken to the cleaners for something that was a five minute fix and cost them a fraction of the price that they paid for the computer. Or even just to upgrade components to get more mileage out, instead of upgrading to a whole new computer. - HiTechLegion
GLY GTX275 (OC) PCIe 0896MB - Rev 01
