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Nvidia's GeForce GTX 480: Before And After A Year Of Driver UpdatesApr 6, 2011 - in Reviews
Are you dutiful about keeping your drivers up-to-date? Nvidia does a pretty good job of maintaining a regular release schedule. Today we look at how much performance you can expect from an old card in new games using four driver packages.
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3 GB Review: Firing Back With 1024 CUDA CoresMar 24, 2011 - in Reviews
AMD shot for—and successfully achieved—the coveted “fastest graphics card in the world” title with its Radeon HD 6990. Now, Nvidia is gunning for that freshly-claimed honor with a dual-GF110-powered board that speaks softly and carries a big stick.
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Crysis 2 Performance Previewed And AnalyzedMar 17, 2011 - in Reviews
Crysis 2 is released on March 22nd, and sets a new bar for visual fidelity in PC gaming. Is your rig up to the task, or will you need a graphics card upgrade to enjoy it? Our benchmarks tell the story, and we think you might find the results surprising.
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti Review: Bridging The Budget GapMar 15, 2011 - in Reviews
Nvidia has a sizable gap in its product line between the GeForce GTS 450 and the GeForce GTX 460 768 MB. The company is filling that gap with an all-new card called the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. Is this product a worthy competitor for AMD's Radeon HD 5770?
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Triple-GPU Scaling: AMD CrossFire Vs. Nvidia SLIMar 14, 2011 - in Reviews
Two GPUs are great, but are three that much better? When it comes to multi-card scaling, can AMD finally beat Nvidia? Who really needs this much performance? We loaded a super-fast system in single-, dual-, and triple-GPU configurations to find out.
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Best Graphics Cards For the Money: March 2011Mar 6, 2011 - in Reviews
Without any new products to introduce in February, we look toward the future, with rumors of an upcoming GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GTX 590, and Radeon HD 6990. Of course, we also provide our usual analysis of shifting prices and outstanding products!
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What Do High-End Graphics Cards Cost In Terms Of Electricity?Feb 15, 2011 - in Reviews
Many reviews analyze the minimum and maximum power consumption of a given graphics card. But just how much power does a high-end graphics card really need during the course of standard operation? This long-term test sheds some light on that question.
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MALIBAL's Lotus P150HM: GeForce GTX 485M Gets Its Game OnFeb 14, 2011 - in Reviews
Using the latest advances from Intel and Nvidia, MALIBAL attempts to prove that portability and performance are no longer mutually exclusive. Can a fully-loaded Lotus P150HM meet the needs of performance enthusiasts and gamers at a more reasonable price?
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: February 2011Feb 10, 2011 - in Reviews
This month's graphics card update features Nvidia's GeForce GTX 560 Ti and AMD's response, the Radeon HD 6950 1 GB. We also cover the software-based modification that potentially turns your Radeon HD 6950 2 GB into a fully-equipped Radeon HD 6970 2 GB.
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Video Transcoding Examined: AMD, Intel, And Nvidia In-DepthFeb 6, 2011 - in Reviews
Are you ready for the modern-day compendium on the state of hardware-accelerated transcoding performance and video quality? We decided to take an in-depth look after a few bad experiences, and you'll be surprised at how deep the rabbit hole really goes.
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Video Quality Tested: GeForce Vs. Radeon In HQV 2.0Feb 1, 2011 - in Reviews
How do you set your graphics driver to get the highest-quality video playback? We scrutinize a wide variety of Radeon and GeForce cards to find the settings that deliver the highest HQV 2.0 results, and then break down the entire metric, test by test.
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti Review: GF114 Rises, GF100 Rides OffJan 25, 2011 - in Reviews
GF100, your services are no longer required. Nvidia’s GF114 GPU displaces the last card based on the company’s 3 billion-transistor chip using fewer than two billion transistors. It’s amazing what a little optimization can do. Welcome, GeForce GTX 560 Ti.
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: January 2011Jan 6, 2011 - in Reviews
A new year is upon us, complete with all of the price drops and availability shifts that accompany a holiday laced with frantic launches by AMD and Nvidia. With new high-end GPUs from both companies settling into place, the discrete market is exciting.
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: December 2010Dec 20, 2010 - in Reviews
The beginning of December brings some notable price and availability fluctuations, along with the new GeForce GTX 580, the GeForce GTX 570, and AMD's Cayman-based Radeon HD 6970 and 6950. A crowded mid-to-high-end market means great deals for gamers!
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GeForce GTX 570 Review: Hitting $349 With Nvidia's GF110Dec 7, 2010 - in Reviews
A month ago, Nvidia launched its GeForce GTX 580, and it was everything we wanted back in March. Now the company is introducing the GeForce GTX 570, also based on its GF110. Is it fast enough to make us forget the GF100-based 400-series ever existed?
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World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm--Tom's Performance GuideDec 5, 2010 - in Reviews
Ready for the launch of Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Cataclysm expansion tomorrow? Is your PC? We test 24 different graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia, CPUs from AMD and Intel, and compare DirectX 9 to DirectX 11, showing you which settings to use.
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GeForce GTX 460M SLI: Mobile Gaming Value From AVADirect?Nov 30, 2010 - in Reviews
Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 480M may hold the mobile performance crown, but GF100 is certainly not the most practical solution when it comes to power and heat. Today we see how its newer, smaller sibling stands up to the same tasks, aided by SLI support.
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Analysis: PhysX On Systems With AMD Graphics CardsNov 17, 2010 - in Reviews
Rarely does an issue divide the gaming community like PhysX has. We go deep into explaining CPU- and GPU-based PhysX processing, run PhysX with a Radeon card from AMD, and put some of today's most misleading headlines about PhysX under our microscope.
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AMD FirePro V9800 4 GB: Eyefinity Meets Professional GraphicsNov 16, 2010 - in Reviews
What's red, black, sports 4 GB of GDDR5, and has DisplayPort outputs all over? AMD's FirePro V9800, the company's ultra-high-end workstation card. We run it through a battery of SPECapc and real-world performance tests, then compare it to Quadro 5000.
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GeForce GTX 580 And GF110: The Way Nvidia Meant It To Be PlayedNov 9, 2010 - in Reviews
After an arguably disappointing GeForce GTX 480 launch back in March, we knew the company had to be working hard on a successor. Meet its flagship GeForce GTX 580, based on the GF110 GPU. This time around, Nvidia proves the idiom "better late than never."
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: November 2010Nov 3, 2010 - in Reviews
In October, AMD introduced its Radeon HD 6870 and 6850 series, while Nvidia adjusted its prices to offer good competition for these new products. This month we discuss the new 6800s, upcoming 6900s, and a much more attractive mid-range graphics market.
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AMD CrossFire Vs. Nvidia SLI Scaling AnalysisOct 18, 2010 - in Reviews
We’ve seen impressive performance from Nvidia's GeForce GTX 460 when it's matched up with a second card in SLI mode. But how does the entire high-end GeForce GTX 400 line compare to Radeon HD 5000-series cards? We test them all in several popular games.
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Gaming Across Three Screens: GTX 460, GTX 480, And Quad-SLIOct 11, 2010 - in Reviews
Display spanning is quickly becoming the high-mark for serious gaming machines of all budgets, with more powerful cards allowing higher resolutions. Yet, as panel resolutions higher than 1080p become harder to find, do we really need more than two cards?
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GeForce GT 430: The HTPC Crowd Gets Fermi On A DietOct 11, 2010 - in Reviews
After addressing mainstream gamers with the GF106-based GeForce GTS 450, Nvidia is nudging a new GPU into the desktop space, built onto a card seemingly tailor-made for HTPCs. Does the new $79 GeForce GT 430 taste great, or is it just less filling?
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: October 2010Oct 4, 2010 - in Reviews
If there's not a price war going on, then there sure are a lot of bullets flying around. In this month's update, we marvel at the falling prices on high-performance hardware, and speculate a little as to the arrival of AMD's next-generation Radeon line.
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Mobility Radeon Vs. GeForce M: The CrossFire AdvantageSep 22, 2010 - in Reviews
Nvidia sells the fastest mobile graphics processor you can buy, but notebook manufactures can fit two of AMD’s top modules in in the same space. Eurocom’s X8100 Leopard answers the question: can two Mobility Radeon HD 5870 modules beat a single GTX 480M?
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: September 2010Sep 20, 2010 - in Reviews
The big news for August is the announcement that AMD is terminating its ATI graphics card brand, and Nvidia's GeForce GTS 450. We're also talking about a potential price war. After all, both GPU vendors finally have mainstream and high-end DX11 cards.
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StarCraft II Revisited: How Much Gaming PC Do You Need?Sep 17, 2010 - in Reviews
With the full game released, Gigabyte provides a huge stable of graphics cards for benchmarking StarCraft II, and we get the chance to re-test the game using a vastly improved method. Check the results to see just how brutal this title can be on your PC!
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Nvidia GeForce GTS 450: Hello GF106, Farewell G92Sep 12, 2010 - in Reviews
After dutifully serving the mainstream gaming community for three years, Nvidia's G92 is finally being played out. Meet GF106, the little engine behind GeForce GTS 450. Is this 192-core part still potent, or did Nvidia cut too much from G92's replacement?
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Talking Heads: VGA Manager Edition, September 2010Sep 3, 2010 - in Reviews
How are Intel, AMD, and Nvidia shaping up for Q4'10 and 2011? Fourteen R&D insiders talk to us about future of discrete graphics. If you’re curious about the business side of things, we have their thoughts on Sandy Bridge, Llano, and the upcoming Fermis.
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