ASUS has long been considered one of the top manufacturers of all kinds of PC components, and it comes as no surprise that they have decided to make their own cooler for the brand new ATI Radeon HD 4770. They have called this board the Formula edition. ASUS being the big company they are, have paid a lot of attention to detail on the heatsink design. With this larger heatsink comes lower temperatures. Surely ASUS geared this board for the mid-range graphics card buyer who is looking to gain some performance by overclocking. Just one look at the Radeon HD 4770 specs is enough to say the card is the perfect card to play all the latest games at decent settings without breaking the bank. - Bjorn3D
Well as an ATI user ourselves, we can not dismiss the fact that one of the most versatile computer components that is out today, is these NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT based video card. Reason for us saying this, first it is cheap enough for just about anyone on any budget for light to moderate gaming, it can be used in a home theater PC for Blu-ray play back, and finally can be used as a dedicated PhysX card for those who wanting or needing that extra little bit in those PhysX based games. So as such this particular version does have multiple purposes that could fit with various needs depending on the usage. But in the end each could easily think of a solution where it would just fit perfectly. - Bjorn3D
ATI's Radeon HD 4800 series cards have been out for quite some time now, and for this reason the question is posed by users who want to just upgrade their computers, should we purchase a video card now or wait until ATI's new cards come out? It is almost impossible to give an answer, because it varies depending upon the buyer. Sometimes they'll wait a few months, and other times, well let's just say that it's like putting a kid in a candy store and telling them they've got to wait a week before they can make a purchase. So in order to assist you with this puzzle of whether or not a current GPU is enough for you, we will just be looking at another graphics accelerator card from Sapphire. - NeoSeeker
When looking at the current segment of mid-range graphics cards you just can't look beyond the GeForce GTS 250 accelerator which is in essence a reworked GeForce 9800 GTX version but optimized towards reducing cost and increasing performance. And that is really what NVIDIA has done, with taking a look at the PCB and redesign it for optimal usage in support of the G92b graphics core and bundling it with some high performance memory. Of course for most it can just be seen as a simple rebranding, but it is more. The GeForce GTS 250 chipset is a replacement for these older GeForce 9600 GT and ECS has equipped its card with 1GB of memory and support for 3-way SLI mode. How does it fare? - t-break
Back a few days ago we had the chance to present you with the most powerful single GPU card on the market, namely the 2GB variant of the GeForce GTX 285 manufactured by Gainward that also features a custom cooling solution. Though needless to say there are other companies that also manufacture a 2GB variant. Still since the GeForce GTX 285 models currently cost more than $325 we have decided to give you a view of a board which offers similar performance but with a lower price tag, word of course is about the GeForce GTX 275 edition. In fact, the GeForce GTX 275 version is the first product in quite a long time that manages to combine very high performance and a medium price tag. - RWLabs
So there has been this saying for a long time, you can never get enough. Well to us this means plain and simple, that you can never have enough computing power and that you will always be looking at new technology and new ways to accomplish the same tasks, but much faster and extremely more efficiently. We can remember ten years ago when we were building systems, the main concern was your CPU and your graphics card. Everything centered on getting the single best card you can and marry it with a great processor. Well, like the saying goes you can never get enough, and along came SLI and CrossFire to enable us to get even more by running two graphics cards at the same time. - HiTechLegion
Today when we speak about high-end video cards the dual GPU solutions such as these Radeon HD 4870 X2 and GeForce GTX 295 are really at the forefront of each line-up, however, single GPU offerings can bring about advantages in other areas such as heat output and often provide a more elegant solution. Today we are looking at two boards, the XFX Radeon HD 4890 Black edition and Zotac's GeForce GTX 285 Infinity. Both are each respective manufacturers fastest single core offerings and bring several improved features to the table. The Black edition contains a 1GHz core while the Infinity is supplied with increased clock speeds and a preinstalled waterblock for unmatched thermal performance. - DriverHeaven
Sapphire are certainly a name you will have seen over the years and have earned their place as one of the top ATI manufacturers in the business. They always go the extra mile with their models and often offer overclocked cards with custom cooling solutions. Recently we tested the Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X which offers a slight improvement over the reference model with an rather modest overclock and a custom cooling solution. Today however we will be taking a look at the real powerhouse that Sapphire have on offer, their Radeon HD 4890 Atomic graphics card. This Atomic edition's core is clocked at a mind numbing 1000MHz, a whole 150MHz increase over the reference model and Vapor-X cooler. - DriverHeaven
The amount of onboard memory on discrete graphics accelerators keeps getting larger and 1GB has already become a standard today. Does it mean time has come for the next increase? It is no secret that the question about the amount of onboard memory a graphics adapter needs is one of the eternal questions in the consumer 3D graphics industry that keeps surfacing over and over again as the games evolve. As a result, the minimal amount of onboard memory for a relatively high performance graphics accelerator has gradually increased to 512MB. Today the latter number little by little becomes the necessary minimum, while almost all higher-end solutions come with even 1GB of video memory. - X-Bit Labs
What makes one graphics card manufacturer different from the others? Is it the software bundling that comes with that board we are looking at? Yeah granted, getting games and/or software with our purchases does help somehow, but with the selection of games that come with a graphics card, and chances are we've already purchased those. Next up, is it because that graphics version is factory overclocked? This again makes a difference in our choices, as some people are still completely afraid of using software like RivaTuner to overclock their boards. We look at what that manufacturer uses for a heatsink on their video card. MSI has been one of the top manufacturers that uses an aftermarket cooler. - Bjorn3D
Welcome to the first article about the GeForce GTX 295 single PCB version. And well, NVIDIA sometimes works in mysterious ways. We've all been hearing about this product for a long time now though yet at the threshold of its actual release, everything remains quiet on the side of team green. There are of course reasons behind that choice and allow us to explain. Now the new updated version of the GeForce GTX 295 based on a single PCB is exactly that, just an update. Nothing just new is to be found on the product when it comes to clocks, thermals, power consumption and so on. So why is this product replacing the dual PCB version of the GeForce GTX 295 series then you ask? Simply cost control. - Guru3D
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