Guru3D has published another review, this time it was all about the HIS X800 Pro IceQ II VIVO LE. HIS is short for Hightech Information System, a Hong Kong company that has been growing rapidly in Europe. They offer products with a reputation, products that set themselves aside from the competition.
Opti filed a suit against graphics giant nVidia, alleging it had infringed several of its patents. The patents cover so-called "Predictive Snooping of Cache Memory for Master Initiated Accesses".
From FiringSquad we get a
review of the Sapphire Hybrid Radeon X700 Pro, ATI's answer to the nVidia 6600 series. With the arrival of
Fall, you'd probably expect things to cool down a bit, but actually the opposite
has happened as both ATI and nVidia have introduced new
mainstream graphics cards: from ATI comes the Radeon X700 family, while nVidia counters with their
GeForce 6600 series. Both of these cards incorporate technology from their
flagship $500 graphics cards, only they cost significantly less, about $200 in
the case of the mainstream cards we've looked at so far.
The Inquirer saw a document that states that NVIDIA's NV41 chip will be called the GeForce 6700. This chip will be clocked at 400MHz while the memory on cards will work at 1000MHz. You will be able to buy 128MB and 256MB versions. NV41 is derived from NV40 and will have full support for Pixel Shader 3.0 and at this time it's PCI Express only. Those cards are set for production in November. They should be cheaper and considered as GeForce 6800 standard cards that are just a more inexpensive flavour for NVIDIA to produce.
But not leaked! OSNN.net have managed to get their hands on some new NVIDIA drivers that will eventually become what is known as Rel70 and while they will not be releasing these drivers OSNN.net have decided to take some screenshots of how things are different since the Rel60 and Rel65 releases.
Adrian's Rojak Pot has sent word about their BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC Graphics Card review. nVidia has been through a bit of a fix for the past two years. The high-end graphics card market was dominated by ATI, starting with the Radeon 9700 Pro card. which was succeded by the Radeon 9800Pro/XT cards. With ATI continuously cranking up the competition, nVidia always seemed lag behind. Even worse, nVidia embroiled themselves with the 3DMark affair and allegations of programmed cheats in their drivers, earning scorn and criticism from hardware enthusiasts.
Chip firm VIA has started
sampling the PT894 Pro, a Pentium 4 chipset that supports DDR2-667 dual channel
memory, and which includes DualGFX Express - a twin PCIe
implementation.
OC-Zone has reviewed a XFX GeForce 6800 GT. With the launch of GPU's as Radeon X800
XT PE and GeForce 6800 Ultra Extreme, we see immediately that the only cards
available on the market are the Radeon X800 Pro and GeForce 6800 GT. A great
problem that started to be well apparent is the low availability of 6800 Ultra
and X800 XT PE chips, and this exactly 6 months after the respective official
launch. In costs/performance terms this GeForce 6800 GT is a very appealing card
against the GeForce 6800 Ultra. Keeping the same characteristics as the top
GeForce 6800 Ultra but with a fast descending of the clock speed, the card has a
performance close to the GeForce 6800 Ultra.
Anandtech has put up an article on the new nVidia nForce4 chipset. The nVidia Athlon 64 chipset gets PCI Express, Dual video cards, and a slew of refinements. How does nForce4 compare?
Tom's Hardware Guide has put up a new article on "Where Are Those Speedy Cards?". If we review cards and recommend them, we want to be sure that those cards are in fact available to be purchased in reasonable numbers in the market. After a few dozen readers wrote to us indicating the non-existence of nVidia's GeForce 6800 Ultra and ATI's X800 XT, we decided it was time to go shopping.
GamePC has compared seven PCI Express graphics cards. The transition to PCI Express has indeed been a painful one for the computing industry, causing confusion and frustration for both system builders and consumers. While changing computer connection standards is never easy, the pain of moving to PCI Express graphics cards from the well known AGP 8x standard has been made heightened by simultaneous releases of new graphics processors from both ATI and nVidia. Some of these new chips are for PCI Express, some are for AGP, some can be run on either connection type. If you don't follow this stuff on a daily basis, the situation can get really confusing, really fast.
It seems also ATI-News has published a review, the have taken a look at the Sapphire Radeon X800 XT PCIe. Since XGInVidia and ATI are now releasing their high-end PCI Express graphic cards based on the 6800 and X800 respectively.
Also K-Hardware has published their Leadtek WinFast A400 LE TDH Review. After nVidia presented its long-waited GeForce 6800-Series in April, short hand later also rumors emerged after a further, fourth variant in the net.
OC-Serwis has published a review on the ATI Radeon 9550XT. This card also features a Mars red laminate and a huge cooling system. Here however, the whole radiator is made of aluminium instead of copper.
3DChip has send word about their review on the Leadtek WinFast A400 LE TDH (GeForce 6800LE). This card is going to be an OEM only part, simply for the fact that Nvidia has introduced the 6600 series in the same price segment. It's a good card if you can get your hands on one, though.
As we told you before - aren't you listening? - nForce 4 SLI comes later but the date for the nForce 4 and nForce 4 Ultra chips has oddly changed again - this time to October 21st, claim sources.
On HardwareLab.Ru the new ForSage Drivers where released. The current release is the ForSage v4.10, based on the ATI Catalyst 4.10 Drivers. This is an Alternative Driver for videocard using the ATI Radeon Graphic Chip ATI Radeon.
Anandtech has put up an article on Doom 3 in relation to Linux and Windows perfromance. Doom 3 was a turning point for a lot of us as it marked an important milestone in next generation game engines. We have been
keeping a very close eye on id's Linux adventure.
The Modfathers have send word about their review of the Sparkle GeForce 6800 GT 256MB AGP graphics card. The groundbreaking new NVIDIA GeForce 6800 graphics processing units (GPU's) and their revolutionary technologies power worlds where reality and fantasy meet; worlds in which new standards are set for visual realism and quality, performance, and video functionality. When I went to see the launch of the GeForce 6800 range I was impressed. As a gamer, it really had my name stamped all over it. I reviewed the Ultra and on the spot decided that this was the card for me. Then I saw the price and changed my mind, as it was simply out of my range. So when I got a GeForce 6800 and was told that I could keep it I was more than happy.
TechConnect has compared the latest ForceWare Drivers that are being spread throughout the internet. We all know that almost every week new ForceWare drivers get leaked or released, but is it really necessary to update your Windows with the latest driver? Most of us push the maximum out of the graphics card to get the highest framerates possible, most of the time new drivers will improve the gameplay and/or fixing any other issue.
Phonorix has reviewed the XGI Tech Volari V3XT. With the emergence of the latest graphics processors from both ATI and nVidia, enthusiasts are mainly focused on the Radeon and GeForce cards. However, there are other manufacturers other than these two giants.
X-Bit Labs has send word
about their Gainward PowerPack! Ultra/2400 Golden Sample review. The
Taiwan-headquartered Gainward is known for its desire to produce non-standard
graphics cards. You may recall the famous CoolFX card series on nVidia's chips with a
water-cooling system, as an example. Right now this series is represented by
models on the whole spectrum of graphics processors, from GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
to GeForce 6800 Ultra. Quite naturally all these devices feature high
overclockability, but they are rather costly, too. Only a well-to-do overclocker
can afford a top-end water-cooled graphics card from Gainward.
ATI's Catalyst drivers have
been updated to version 4.10, the company said. The features of the new driver
include enhanced support for rotated desktops and fully-featured support for
HDTV displays at 720p and 1080i.
Unika 8800GTS PCIe 512MB - Rev 01
