The frequency of graphics card releases now compared to two years ago is just jaw dropping. There used to be three models, a low-end, mid-range and high-end model. And while we still have that base structure today, there are so many models that fit into each category. These days we have high mid-range cards and low high-end boards amongst the main three categories. The reason for this is because of the amount of power these cards offer. The latest board to hit the market is the Radeon HD 4770 which expands upon the Radeon HD 4700 series from ATI. The weird thing is that it's a series that we haven't heard about a whole lot leading up to its release, especially in the new model market. - TweakTown
It's been a bit few and far between seeing cards from TwinTech, but today we've got a new one that sits in with their XT series of overclocked cards. The particular model we're looking at today is the GeForce GTS 250 XT 1GB OverClock edition. Since the GeForce GTS 250 is nothing more than a rebranded GeForce 9800 GTX+, so companies have been able to attack the new model quickly and swiftly with modifications in regards to its cooling and clock speeds. TwinTech in true XT fashion has chosen to mix it up in both the clock speed department and also the cooling one. The TwinTech board really does have a bit of competition as we've seen a few companies already ramping up the clocks speeds. - TweakTown
The NVIDIA based video cards have gone through some revisions as of late. The most basic changes come in the form of a smaller, though more efficient series of graphics processing units using a 55nm fabrication process. This GPU can be found in NVIDIA's second revision of GeForce GTX 200 series graphics boards. Fabricating such smaller GPU die typically improves all around performance and lowers power consumption which equates to lower heat produced by the video card. Ideally, this should result in keeping the price of video cards down or at least offer a more affordable product for the price. And a good example of the new improvements reside in the GeForce GTX 275 graphics accelerator. - Futurelooks
For the last five years we have worked intensively to bring you the ultimate BIOS tweaker when it comes to NVIDIA based graphics cards, and up to now this has just been a free ride for everyone. Yes for everyone except for us who having spend a lot of effort and hours to always bring you all frequently updates and adding support for whichever card we came across that was not yet catered for. Many are using it, few have recently shown their appreciation.
We got the chance to check MSI's GeForce GTX 285 SuperPipe graphics card, and MSI claims that this board should be super quiet. The box has dual fan and OC version written on it, and while that's not quite what you'd call impressive, we were quite intrigued with the SuperPipe technology and what's it about. In fact this card has only just been announced some days ago and we were surprised it was already reaching us to check it out and see what it has to offer over their default version. Although this SuperPipe does already give it a nice ring, it does still have to proof what MSI is claiming and that is a more silent cooling solution than the reference design with cooler running as a whole. - FudZilla
Well it's good to see that not long after the launch of a new high-end product a company has come out and mixed it up a bit. While it's not uncommon for us to see higher end ATI boards make this transition quickly, so it seems that NVIDIA partners tend to take longer or sometimes not even bother at all. Of course, it doesn't help with the obscure PCB design on some of the cards like the GeForce GTX 295, fingers crossed that the rumors of a new single PCB dual GPU card is true. What we have with us is a GeForce GTX 285 which in the looks department manages to stand out from the pack. If that wasn't enough, Galaxy thought they would also take the time to strap on 2GB of memory at once. - TweakTown
The latest NVIDIA graphics card on the graphics market right now is the GeForce GTX 275. Like all other GeForce GTX 200 series cards it is based on the 55nm based GT200 chipset. While it doesn't bring anything new technology wise. It still has interesting specs, it is basically half a GeForce GTX 295 video board running at 633MHz speeds. Cause that is really what it is when you are simply looking at the GPU specs and the board details. Though you can see it as a GeForce GTX 285 edition with a 448-bit memory interface, or in fact you could also see it as a GeForce GTX 260 with 240 shaders and higher clocks. And really you can see it as a special version in between which was the whole idea. - techPowerUp
It hasn't taken long for NVIDIA partners to start spicing up the GeForce GTX 275. And come launch day we already saw that Gainward had opted for aftermarket cooling. Galaxy has kicked up a notch, though this not only by including a pretty mean cooling setup on the board, but also taking the time to increase the core and memory clock. While the card was designed to compete directly against the Radeon HD 4890, what we are seeing is that the GeForce GTX 275 is slightly more expensive. While this might be a bad thing considering the fact that the GeForce GTX 275 is designed to compete head to head, it isn't really, since that little bit of extra cost carries with it that bit of extra performance. - TweakTown
We have come a long way from the major change of high-end graphics memory size that took place near the end of the GeForce 7 series life spans. This change is happening again, only this time it is 512MB to 1GB. One gigabyte boards are quickly becoming the norm for high-end cards. Even some of the lower end cards are getting this 1GB treatment. And it's one thing for a company to slap an extra 512MB of memory on a board and call it a new card, it's another for the card to actually perform significantly better than their 512MB version. And that is exactly what it is all about these days with the new games. While the higher memory size certainly helps in higher resolutions, by how much does it help? - Bjorn3D
Well NVIDIA continues to use well known system of price drops and remarking of old graphics card models which resulted in some new products that are better positioned on the market. This praxis had created situations where certain cards, like the GeForce 8800 GTS with G92 chip, have achieved very long shelf life. The model that was presented at the end of 2007 isn't too much different compared to their new mid-class model, the GeForce GTS 250. Beside the fact that this new GeForce GTS 250 uses the same chip as the almost two year old GeForce 8800 GTS, NVIDIA decided to ditch the cooling used on the GeForce 9800 GTX cards and instead used a cheaper and smaller cooling solution. - InsideHW
Last week, we covered the launch of the Radeon HD 4890 in-depth but due to the quick turnaround time that is often associated with releases, we didn't have an opportunity to really push the overclocking aspect of the board. Today, we aim to remedy this oversight, as we have in our grubby little hands, the latest Radeon HD 4890 from XFX. It's not just any Radeon HD 4890 either, this is the top-end XXX edition which comes in with clocks at 900MHz on the core and 3900MHz for the memory, making it one of the fastest available on the market today. So what does the extra clock speed tell us? Is it just another Radeon HD 4890 who has had the last drop squeezed out? Or is there something special? - ClubOC
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