The lucrative high-end video card market is one that is hotly contested between the graphics juggernauts at AMD and NVIDIA. Both companies have continually outperformed one another at different times, and the constant struggle has lead to different philosophies in graphics chip manufacturing and even graphics card design. While NVIDIA has focused on making larger, and more powerful single graphics processors, AMD has taken the approach of adding two GPU's onto a single graphics card. Of course NVIDIA has done that in the past as well with a certain success. We will be looking at one of these dual GPU cards today which is made by ASUS, the Radeon HD 3870 X2 TOP version. - PCStats

ASUS Extreme AH3870 X2 TOP Board Edition Review

Being king of the hill is such a fleeting thing most of the time. The battle to get there is often arduous, and the taste of victory is sweet, but it is usually short lived, succumbing to the one behind you in their quest to reach the top. And so it goes, and the cycle extends to graphics cards to be sure, ATI and NVIDIA forever battling like two Titans. And titans they are since a while now with great and powerful products. Today we'll be looking at the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card. It has been out for a while now, but it still certainly appears to be a card worthy to sit atop the mountain. Indeed, it features two GPU's on one card, and is gigantic, in more ways than one. - PureOC

Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 Graphics Board Review

Just like any other industry, computer hardware has its trends and fashions, and at the moment it well and truly seems that black is the new black. Ever since AMD launched their multiplier unlocked Black edition Phenom CPU's, there seem to be more companies looking to get in on that particular trend. The latest company to make use of this Black edition moniker is XFX, and today we'll be taking a look at a board boasting just such a name. The subject of our article is the GeForce 9800 GTX+ Black edition, which makes use of the latest, die shrunk version of NVIDIA's now well entrenched G92 chipset, throws in some factory overclocks and ships with a bundled copy of Far Cry 2 game. - Elite Bastards

XFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB Black Edition Review

The Rampage 700 is surely Gainward's rather unorthodox version of the Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card. The main thing that sets it apart from the reference card is its cooler. The reference design relies on a large dual slot cooler which covers the entire length of the card. It manages to keep GPU temperatures under 90°C, and although it's not too loud, it's not something we'd characterize as quiet either. Its biggest drawback is relatively low overclocking potential which results from the rather high core temperatures. Gainward's Rampage 700 on the other hand, manages to stay cooler although it's overclocked. There's a price to pay for better cooling performance and it's obvious at first glance, it's an immense card which takes up three slots on your motherboard. - FudZilla

Gainward Rampage 700 Goes Like Hell Style Preview

Indeed today we are looking at the Radeon HD 4850 512MB graphics card from Sapphire. Odds are that when you think ATI you think Sapphire as they are the number one maker of graphics cards for ATI. The Radeon HD 4850 is based upon the same RV770 chipset as also used on the faster Radeon HD 4870, but comes at lower clock settings. Sapphire is ver well known and actually the best partner of ATI to bring their graphics solution on the market. With the Radeon HD 4800 series they are ready to take on NVIDIA and this with a price tag that is really going to make some difference. And this is actually the new policy at ATI, great products with good gaming performance at nice pricing. - XtremeComputing

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Reference Cooling Review

The past year or so has been quite an exciting one in the graphics card industry. Exactly one year ago, NVIDIA released the G92 graphic processing unit, a die shrink of their flagship processor, G80. This one had held the performance crown for well over a year, but with ATI getting back on track they needed something cheaper to compete in the middle end segment. The GeForce 8800 GT admirably accomplished this role back then. Fast forward to the end of this past summer, the green team ended up, once again in the same situation. Now they needed something to counter the surprisingly affordable Radeon HD 4850 as well as the new Radeon HD 4830 and it had to be rolled out quickly. - Overclockers Club

XFX GeForce 9800 GT 512MB Graphics Board Review

Only days ago we heard of an announcement by Palit that they will soon release their own Radeon HD 4870 X2 version. Today we bring you the full view. The Palit Revolution 700 Deluxe as it is called is the first graphics card to feature a triple slot cooling solution, at least as far as we know. Now Palit has also increased the clock speed on the memory to offset their new product even further from the competition's offerings. And another exclusive feature is the output configuration, which has a quite unique setup which can please each and every end-user. This is a very nice innovation which we certainly can appreciate. It is surely something to have a closer look at, and find out the difference. - techPowerUp

Palit Revolution 700 Deluxe Dual-GPU Design Review

Sapphire is a familiar face throughout the PC industry. Just last month we had the opportunity to look at their Radeon HD 4850 Toxic edition, and while the top end ATI cards have received a good bit of attention, some of the entry cards bring a lot to the table as well. Today we have the opportunity to check out one of these entry level cards, the Radeon HD 4550. While not as powerful as its older siblings, the Radeon HD 4550 carries a much smaller price tag at around $60. While it obviously won't be a record breaker, it has all of the makings of a great value for those home theatre PC's. And that is exactly where this graphics card will play a great role and show its strength. - Overclockers Online

Sapphire Radeon HD 4550 512MB Vista Board Review

The release of the new generation of AMD cards in the form of Radeon HD 4800 series and the GT200 for NVIDIA was rather interesting event, since the both companies were preparing new cores for their cards, cores promising ultra high performance and even better price to performance ratios. The competing models were released almost simultaneously, thus raising many eyebrows with the obvious question behind this act. How do they compare to each other? Since they are interesting to the end users even by themselves alone, they are also destined to determine how much would the price of the older, very successful models so far drop as well as the performance difference. - ModReactor

MSI GeForce GTX 280 Super OC Version Card Review

Galaxy is a familiar brand to many gamers, but it is certainly not one of the best known. Galaxy also operates in America under the name of video card vendor KFA². This is somehow done for the reason that Galaxy is already known in their region, though the name doesn't sound good enough for the US market. To get a better grip on the market they have reinvented themselves and will hit hard to their rightful place. Though for us Galaxy isn't really a stranger at all and have already a good reputation which they can present us. The GeForce GTX 260+ Overclock edition adds a nice entry to Galaxy's modest product lineup, but does it add value to an already crowded performance video card market? - HardOCP

Galaxy GeForce GTX 260+ Overclock Version Review

We have all had our pockets first picked by rising gas prices, then have received a swift kick in the balls by gutted investments and finally getting a slap to the face by the rising prices of damn near everything. This beatdown has led nearly every industry to the realization that the average consumer either can't or just doesn't want to afford the best of the best anymore. We see this playing out quite well in the computer component industry with falling prices and more value oriented products. Gone are the days of the $800 GPU, they have been replaced by efficient, lower cost products which appeal to a broader market while still achieving performance numbers to be proud of. - Hardware Canucks

EVGA e-GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB Graphics Review

The bionic frog is back again, only this time with a few tricks up his metallic sleeve. This new version of our frobot commando features dual BIOS, which enables the smart switch to shift between stock and turbo speeds. Also onboard are dual DVI heads, HDMI and a DisplayPort. This video card is actually based upon the reference Radeon HD 4870 reference design though features a different cooling solution. We take not one, but two of these bad boys out for a spin in a CrossFireX setup and tell you whether or not the smart switch is worth your time. Find out with us whether or not this card has just what it takes to leap forward to crush the competition, or will just run at a cooler pace. - Techware Labs

Palit Radeon 4870 Sonic Dual CrossFire Card Review

AMD recently unleashed the new mid-range video cards of the Radeon HD 4600 series of the Radeon family. Unlike NVIDIA, who started their GeForce 9 series at the mid-range level, AMD is following the success of the higher-end Radeon HD 4800 cards with several mainstream cards, including the Radeon HD 4650 and HD 4550 versions. The folks at Sapphire were recently kind enough to send us an overclocked sample of one of these mid-range cards, the Radeon HD 4650. It will be interesting to see what difference it can make on game play. We will look at how this video card fairs against its older brothers, as well as NVIDIA's mainstream offerings from the GeForce 9 family. - BIOSLevel

Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 OC Graphics Style Review

We have checked out ATI's Radeon HD 4550 low-end graphics card already and found it to be a nice solution for Linux users on a budget, but how does NVIDIA's competitor contend? Well in this article we are looking at the NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT from Sparkle. This graphics card has 1GB of DDR2 memory along with DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort connectors. This is a low-end card that comes with good features to replace those on-board graphics cards, providing some extra performance at a very nice price tag. It should be able to play games but don't expect too much, though it will be silent and good for multimedia applications and as such very useful for making a home theatre box. - Phonorix

Sparkle GeForce 9500 GT 1GB Graphics Style Review

Today we get to play with something interesting, its ECS's new SLI water cooled setup, the ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra version. And this is a package that contains two GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics cards that are water cooled with an easy radiator setup is all set to blow you away. This means that this Hydra pack, is actually an SLI solution, that gives you two cards with the appropriate cooling to enjoy greater performance at low temps and noise. This is a special pack, since you are not just buying one card alone, but two which means you need to have an SLI capable mainboard to enjoy its power. So just keep that in mind, if else you will be investing in something useless. - t-break

ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra Water Cooled Review

Sapphire is back again with another specialty graphics card based on a high-end ATI Radeon GPU version. The newly released Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB graphics card incorporates a pair of Radeon HD 4850 graphics processors and 2GB of GDDR3 memory on a custom PCB to create one serious looking piece of equipment. The core and memory clock speeds are both set to the reference Radeon HD 4850 settings, but the most obviously appeal is that you have the horsepower of two cards on a single PCB. Each graphics processor has 1GB of memory to work with, and the theoretical bandwidth is double what you would get with just one graphics card, which is a damn nice feature. - BigBruin

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 Graphics Board Review

When the Radeon HD 4870 launched a few months back, it did come as a bit of a surprise that we couldn't see any 1GB models on offer. Really, in this day and age it does seem weird to have such a high-end video card carry only 512MB of memory. Jump forward a few months and we finally see 1GB models coming from companies. The first one we're going to be looking at comes from Palit and carries with it a bit more than the reference cooler and clocks. Coming under the Sonic naming scheme, we see Palit has gone for an aftermarket cooling solution and of course an overclock on the core and memory. Fortunately, they've taken the whole card a step further from there. How exactly - TweakTown

Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic 1GB Video Board Review

If you are like most hardware enthusiasts, while keeping pace with the latest technology can be a real chore, not to mention a serious money pit. The fact is that most of us simply can't afford to shell out hundreds of dollars every few months for the newest processor, motherboard or video card. Fortunately for us, there is always that diamond in the rough, that value priced piece of hardware that truly offers exceptional performance without breaking the bank. Today we will be taking a look at Palit's Radeon HD 4870 Sonic Dual edition graphics card, a higher-end card with several perks over the reference design that is sure to grab the attention of consumers around the globe. - OverClock Agency

Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic Dual Style Board Review

The XFX GeForce 260 Black edition came out just in time for Halloween. This Black edition has come back from the near death with a new, more robust pixel pushing ability, and a kick ass bundled game as Far Cry 2. What's the difference between the old GeForce GTX 260 and this newest version? This new crop of GeForce GTX 260 cards have got 216 shader processors, as compared to the previous card's 192 shaders. Unfortunately, often at times it is hard to distuigish which GeForce GTX 260 has 216 shaders, and which has got only 192 shaders. NVIDIA seems to have given free reign to its partners this time around, and which means several pre-overclocked versions are available. - NeoSeeker

XFX GeForce GTX 260 Black Edition Cool Card Review

The Radeon HD 4850 X2 is one of those really weird releases. The original word was that the card would launch alongside the Radeon HD 4870 X2, and clearly it didn't. Word came through that the card was delayed for a week or two, but after that time was up the talk of the card faded. Move forward to November and we finally have the release of the card. What's interesting about the Radeon HD 4850 X2 is that the decision to build the card is completely up to the partner who has to make it themselves. For that reason, the only company to currently have a Radeon HD 4850 X2 floating around on the world wide interweb is from Sapphire. So with that said, let's have a look at the package from Sapphire. - TweakTown

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB CrossFireX Review

It seems that the days of paying $600 for a video card is over for the time being. With ATI battling NVIDIA for supremacy in performance it has caused the pricing of both card manufacturers to hit a long time low. We know many of you will remember just a few years back when in order to get a GeForce 8800 Ultra you had to fork out $800. Not that is just plain ridiculous. Now ATI's top card will cost you about $525 for the Radeon HD 4870 X2 and on the NVIDIA side you have the GeForce GTX 280 which can be had for roughly $425. Even with the drops we are seeing in video cards these top of the line models can be out of reach for many like myself. So, we must opt for a much cheaper alternative. - Pro-Clockers

Palit GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB Video Board Review

When AMD released the Radeon HD 4870 X2, the company talked about another dual GPU product designed to compete directly with NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 280. That product was the Radeon HD 4850 X2, but at the time AMD didn't put any kind of timeframe on the release. And in fact, when we spoke to AMD about the Radeon HD 4850 X2 about a month ago following its non-existence, we were told that it would be a partner only card and that there wouldn't be a reference design. That's fair enough we guess because it is, after all, the partners that are selling graphics cards to consumers. Now Sapphire is the first company to announce a Radeon HD 4850 X2 and it says that it is exclusive to Sapphire. - Bit-Tech

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB Style Card Preview

NVIDIA's current flagship GPU is the GT200. It is used on the GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce GTX 280. Only recently NVIDIA has added a third card design to that lineup. The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 still uses the GeForce GTX 260 naming, but comes with an increased shader count of 216 shaders. Leadtek has decided to call their product the GeForce GTX 260 Extreme Plus. The Extreme probably stands for the 216 shaders, while the Plus stands for an overclock out of the box. As we mentioned in our first GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 article, we find NVIDIA's naming scheme a bit confusing. Something like GeForce GTX 270 would have made more sense to facilitate the buying process. - techPowerUp

Leadtek GeForce GTX 260 Extreme Plus Card Review

Over the past few years, NVIDIA have become used to holding the performance crown firmly on their brow. With the recent introduction of ATI as the queen bee of the GPU world with their Radeon HD 4800 series of cards, especially with the Radeon HD 4870 X2 card taking the top performance award, NVIDIA have been playing catchup. With that said, the green camp have released a wide range of mid-range cards with very low price points, in an attempt to draw in the mid to budget range crowd. Today we have the GeForce 9400 GT card from Zotac, a company that's reputation has grown steadily over these last few years. Will this card stand up to our scrutiny? We will check it out. - XSReviews

Zotac GeForce 9400 GT 512MB ZONE Version Review

Now we don't have any additional details, but sometime in December we should finally see NVIDIA's refresh of the GT200 series and this time it will be a 55nm chip. The introduction might even take place in November, but the real McCoy will come in December. Naturally, it should end up cooler and faster, probably clocked a bit higher than the current GT200, and it could be paired up in a dual card, the rumoured dual GT200 55nm card that is. NVIDIA hopes to narrow the gap between ATI cards and their own or if all goes well to get the performance crown back. If you recall, the original plan was to have them out for the Nehalem launch, an ambitious goal considering the timing on the last respin. - FudZilla

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