Pre-overclocked graphics cards are nothing new but overclocked and water cooled cards are something of a rarity. MSI have seen a niche in the market they wish to explore with the OC HydroGen model based on the GeForce GTX 280. Despite MSI overclocking the GeForce GTX 280 to 700MHz, a 10°C temperature drop is claimed over the stock clocked 602MHz strong GeForce GTX 280. This makes the OC HydroGen the fastest pre-overclocked GeForce GTX 280 available and perhaps more importantly, faster than the recently checked out GeForce GTX 285. This is achieved by using a full cover water block which cools all the main components while remaining just single PCI thickness. - Overclock3D
What, is it time to upgrade again? Do you feel that your system needs a boost in performance? Is it within your budget to even think about it? Let's face it, if you like to game on your computer, the stress of constantly pushing your GPU to its limits will eventually cause a decrease in performance. How many average users constantly check their temperatures or even clean the dust off the heatsink fans on a regular basis just to make sure their video card is not being overheated by something that could be easily taken care of? Not many, and overheating is one of the major causes of video card failure when it happens on a regular basis. This Diamond graphics card is a solution that may fit your needs. - HiTechLegion
According to our well informed sources, NVIDIA's next generation 40nm chip has been taped out and is getting ready for its launch. There will be at least two new 40nm units and NVIDIA is aiming for a launch in early second quarter of the year. Some sources indicate that NVIDIA might even make it to March, which is the last month of this quarter but this will be a tough thing to achieve. ATI has also taped out its 40nm based RV740 mainstream chip and it looks that NVIDIA plans to launch entry level and mainstream products first before it goes to 40nm with high-end. Currently it looks it won't be until at least summer time, roughly early third quarter, before we see new high-end cards, at least from ATI. - FudZilla
We had a brief look at Sapphire's Radeon HD 4850 X2 in November when this board launched, but at the time there was no official driver support from AMD since the company simply provided us with a pre-release hotfix driver that wasn't available for download. This driver had just some issues where performance dived through the floor on games and then we learned that official AMD support wasn't forthcoming until at least Catalyst 9.1. With Sapphire eager to get ahead of the game though, it has recently released a version of the Catalyst 8.12 driver with a modified file that enables support for the Radeon HD 4850 X2 card. The driver is certified and available for download, but isn't quite official from AMD. - Bit-Tech
With the explosion of GPU chipsets, manufacturers are hard at work to bring out their secret weapon that will sweep buyers off their feet and buy their video cards instead of a competitor's card. One company that has been releasing computer components and more for some time, has taken its current graphics cards and designed them to appeal to these gamers on a more personal level. Most gamers are not happy with stock components and tend to push their hardware to the limits. One GPU in particular has been very overclocking friendly. ASUS, building off on its famous republic of gamers brand, has released a Radeon HD 4850 card aimed at those of us with that itch to push our hardware. - Overclockers Club
Are you in for some tweaking and want to get some more out of your newly purchased GeForce 295 graphics card? Well we have good news for you as NiBiTor is ready to support your tweaking adventure when you want. Yes, it is entirely up to you. The answer is plain and simple, you donate on our ChipIn initiative and as soon as we get the confirmation you will get exclusively the next version that supports the GeForce GTX 295 with voltage tweaks.
BFG has been a favorite among computer enthusiasts for quite a while now. Known for their high quality cutting edge NVIDIA based GPU's and high efficiency power supplies, many an enthusiast has browsed the BFG site longing for that massive GPU that would complete their gaming shrine. Since the introduction of the GeForce GTX 200 series things have been really exciting in the GPU world. We have been seeing GPU power steadily increase to the point where even seasoned veterans are excited to the point of lunacy. So each new GPU grants increased graphics and parallel computing power like we have never seen. Then along comes the GeForce GTX 295, putting SLI onto a single card. - Bjorn3D
Eager to improve on the GeForce GTX 280 design, NVIDIA did the obvious thing and sent the GT200 for a die shrink. The result is the GeForce GTX 285, which is essentially a higher clocked GeForce GTX 280 board. The GeForce GTX 285 we are using in this article is ASUS' TOP model, which uses the reference heatsink but is factory overclocked. Now for the purposes of this article however we will be downclocking the graphics card to reference clock speeds and treating it as a reference GeForce GTX 285. That means this TOP version will just perform as the default design and which means you get a view of the standard performance. Of course being pre-overclocked it will boost greater gaming results. - VR-Zone
When we got approached with an ATI Radeon HD 4870 video board to check out, we immediately groaned and mumbled yet not another Radeon HD 4870. So after we got told which specific graphics card and a few seconds spent googling, we immediately perked up considerably. ASUS' republic of gamers line has released some of my favorite components like the 965P Commando and the X48 Rampage Extreme. This is the first republic of gamers branded graphics card we've laid my hands on, so we were quite jittery with excitement. This card continues with the color trends established with a black PCB, the dark shroud and their republic of gamers emblem prominent, it does really make it special. - Legit Reviews
The current graphics market leaves consumers with quite a lot to think about. There seems to be no end of cards placed in the $150-$250 price bracket, which seems to be where all the action is. All this makes it incredibly difficult to know which card to buy, and today we will be looking at the upper end of this scale, hoping to resolve a few things. The updated version was needed to actually clear up the performance different with the Radeon HD 4870, and as such also keep their upper GeForce GTX 280 card going strong. And in that aspect NVIDIA has actually unlock extra shaders of their crippled GT200 core used on their older GeForce GTX 260 to increase the gaming performance. - Overclock3D
Today we've got an article about the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB product, which we will take a closer look at. Just a couple weeks ago we looked at the Smooth Creations LanShark gaming system, and it had this card in it, and we were asked to check this card separately. So that is exactly what we are doing todat, but it's also a comparison of just what differences, if any between having 512MB or 1GB of memory on your video card. We are comparing the Sapphire version to the Diamond Radeon HD 4870 with 1GB of frame buffer to figure out if it's worthwhile or not. Both video cards run the same 750MHz core and 3600MHz memory clock, and both have the 256-bit memory interface. - TestFreaks
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