AMD Pushes R600 Back To May By Darren E. Polkowski published 22 February 07 If you were waiting for Direct3D 10 compliant hardware from AMD (formerly ATI) you will have to wait even longer. AMD pushed the launch of R600 yet once more.
The AMD Squeeze: Nvidia Intros GeForce 8800 for $300 By Darren E. Polkowski published 12 February 07 With nothing coming out of the newly merged AMD and ATI, Nvidia pushes out another product to take the sweet spot in the discrete graphics market.
Gameplay Stinks with RTM Vista and Current Drivers By Darren E. Polkowski published 17 January 07 From a graphics perspective, Darren Polkowski offers a snapshot of the RTM Vista build and a critique of the drivers supporting it.
How $200 Goes a Lot Further By Darren E. Polkowski published 15 January 07 The Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro Ultimate and the Nvidia 7950GT are two premium graphics cards that not only play your games well but also play nicely with your wallet.
iBuypower Dream 2006 CrossFire Gaming System By Darren E. Polkowski published 22 December 06 When Comparing GeForce Quad SLI and Radeon X1900 in CrossFire, Radeon is the DX9 King: Part 2
GeForce 8800 Needs The Fastest CPU By Darren E. Polkowski published 29 November 06 We've shown you how fast Nvidia's newest ponies can gallop, but what happens when you upgrade to the fastest platform available? Do you really need the fastest CPU for the fastest GPU?
iBuypower's 2006 Dream Quad-SLI Gaming System By Darren E. Polkowski published 21 November 06 Comparing GeForce Quad SLI and Radeon X1900 in CrossFire.iBuypower sent us two systems with identical specs to see how the two compare in terms of gaming performance.
GeForce 8800: Here Comes the DX10 Boom By Darren E. Polkowski published 8 November 06 Nvidia has been working with DX10 for as long as Microsoft has been developing the standard. Today, what we get is G80, otherwise known as GeForce 8800GTX. Unified DX10 shaders never looked better!
What Direct3D 10 Is All About By Darren E. Polkowski published 8 November 06 Today's launch of the Nvidia GeForce 8 series marks the advent of next-generation graphics. What can we expect from graphics makers with respect to DirectX 10 hardware?
Game On With the Ultimate X9 from ABS Computers By Darren E. Polkowski published 17 October 06 Loaded with an overclocked Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor and ATI's Radeon X1900 in CrossFire dual-graphics mode, the ABS Ultimate X9 delivers nothing less than tremendous performance.
VGA Charts Update October 2006 By Darren E. Polkowski published 9 October 06 The interactive VGA Performance Charts now include 10 more graphics solutions. from ATI and Nvidia.
Nvidia Tightens Up Midrange Performance With The $300 GeForce 7950GT By Darren E. Polkowski published 4 October 06 There has certainly been a lot of activity in the past two months, as both major graphics makers keep their products fresh while awaiting the arrival of DX10 parts.
Low Profile Multi-Display Graphics on the Cheap By Darren E. Polkowski published 29 September 06 Diamond Multimedia offers MultiView graphics cards for low-profile systems with BizView BV200 for PCI and BV300 for PCIe.
Radeon X1900XTX à la Diamond Multimedia and Viking By Darren E. Polkowski published 21 September 06 Diamond Multimedia and Viking are back in graphics. We secured Radeon X1900XTX graphics cards from both vendors to see how they stack up.
The GeForce 7900GS is Nvidia's New Mid-Range By Darren E. Polkowski published 14 September 06 Nvidia's GeForce 7900GS was launched as a reaction to ATI's recent product releases, and comes to the public priced at under $250.
Can SLI in a Notebook Beat Desktop Graphics? By Darren E. Polkowski published 7 September 06 Manufacturers are taking advantage of lower CPU power consumption to beef up laptop graphics. The iBuyPower Battalion SC-650 SLI takes the power of two GeForce Go 7800GTX' to nomadic gamers.
ATI's Radeon X1950XTX: You Say You Want A RAM Revolution By Darren E. Polkowski published 23 August 06
CyberPower and Falcon Northwest Go Quad SLI By Darren E. Polkowski published 15 August 06 Two high-end PC makers put dual-core CPUs and four graphics processors into their latest systems. Who wins the Quad SLI challenge?
Nvidia's Response to Early DIY Quad-SLI By Darren E. Polkowski published 11 August 06 We tested the latest available beta driver that also allows Quad-SLI to be enabled. Nvidia has some comments and explanations on our results for those do-it-yourselfers that want to go quad.
A Tale of Two GTs: Radeon X1900GT by Sapphire and Powercolor By Darren E. Polkowski published 9 August 06 ATI's Radeon X1900GT is a new upper mid-range product that packs a punch.