Sapphire PURE CrossfireX 790FX Motherboard Review

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Club Overclocker published a Sapphire PURE CrossfireX 790FX Motherboard review.
Quote from the review: "I hate to admit it but I haven't been in the AMD game for a long time. The last AMD I owned was a Barton 2500. Don't get me wrong, this isn't going to be an Intel Fanboy writing an AMD motherboard review. I've been a long time fan of AMD dating back to the K5 series. But the truth is outside of some exceptional video cards, AMD hasn't given us a whole lot to get excited about lately. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 in Crossfire Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 in Crossfire.
Quote from the review: "It’s hard to turn around and say that the HD 4870 X2 is one of the most anticipated cards of recent times, due to the plain fact that there have been so many cards released over the last three months. While some had thought that the new HD 4870 would become the fastest single card solution on the market, the price AMD launched the card at gave indication that the chances were going to be pretty slim. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

VisionTek Radeon HD 4870 512MB CrossFireX Review

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Club Overclocker published a VisionTek Radeon HD 4870 512MB CrossFireX review.

Quote from the review: "I always love it when new items come into the market. Nothing is better than new CPU's or new Video cards to get people excited about computers. It's especially exciting when the two largest gaming video card manufacturers release new products within a week of each other. The last few weeks have been very exciting ones with all sorts of video card reviews popping up all over the net. Forums have been flooded with new ammunition for the long debate; which video card is better? Read more

Posted on Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 in Crossfire Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 in Crossfire.

Quote from the review: "Given the level of excitement the HD 4850 left, not only with us, but also gamers and enthusiasts all over the world, the HD 4870 quickly became extremely anticipated by people. Will it beat the GTX 260? - How much faster than the HD 4850 is it? - Can it out-perform the GTX 280? - How does Crossfire scale? Read more

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sapphire PURE Hybrid Crossfire 780G Review

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Hi-Tech Reviews tested the Sapphire PURE Hybrid Crossfire 780G motherboard.

Quote from the review: "This new motherboard from Sapphire has all the features that any person could ask for when they are building a new or replacement HTPC. Read more

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Review of AMD Radeon HD4850, HD4870 and HD4850 Crossfire

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MadBoxPC reviewed the new AMD Radeon HD4850, HD4870 and HD4850 Crossfire.

Quote from the review: "AMD wants to conquer the hearts of enthusiasts with graphics products that not only have excellent performance, but also a price achievable. Read more

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:10:40 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Four ATI Radeon HD 4850 Cards in CrossfireX tested

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Tweaktown tests four ATI Radeon HD 4850 Cards in one single system.

Quote from the review: "The guys down at IBuyPower Australia can’t get rid of me these days. I’m surprised they haven’t started asking me to pay rent. The other day the ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution board arrived, and this thing just absolutely won me over as far as looks and features went. Read more

Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Intel P45 versus X48 Crossfire Performance

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Tweaktown takes a look at the Intel P45 versus X48 Crossfire performance.

Quote: "The other day the new GIGABYTE P45-DQ6 arrived and I was instantly intrigued by how cool it looks. The thing is, what also arrived that day was the HD 4850s. With my mind going in over drive, I thought this was the perfect time to check out what’s going on in the PCI Express slot department these days. Read more

Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ATI Radeon HD 4850 In Crossfire at 4GHz

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Tweaktown tested the ATI Radeon HD 4850 in Crossfire at 4GHz.

Quote from the review: "Back to IBuyPower Australia we go. We have intentions of letting the HD 4850s really shine in the 4GHz Q9650 beast that we’re becoming quite accustomed to using. Later today we will be posting our Sapphire HD 4850 review from our own testbed. For that reason we won't be going into details on the cards here. What we will do is have a quick look the setup and get straight into these benchmarks. Read more

Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ATI Launches Catalyst 8.3 with CrossFireX Support

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AMD announced that its latest driver update, Catalyst 8.3 unlocks significant improvements for ATI graphics fans with new CrossFireX. CrossFireX allows gamers to use quad and tripe GPUs along with Hybrid graphics.

Hybrid graphics is able to take advantage of integrated GPU and a discrete GPU at the same time for improved performance. The quad GPU support is apparently referring to the ability to run the dual GPU 3870 X2 in Crossfire mode. Read more

Posted on Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:17:33 CST | by Shane McGlaun

HD 3870 in Crossfire versus HD 3870 X2

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Tweaktown takes a closer look at the HD 3870 in Crossfire versus the new HD 3870 X2.

Quote from the performance comparison: "The one downside about graphics cards which carry two cores on the singular PCB is that they’re normally slower than buying two separate cards based on the same tech. What we’re going to look at here today is the performance of the HD 3870 X2 compared to the HD 3870 in Crossfire. Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

AMD Hybrid CrossFire Sneak Peek

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Hothardware had a chance to sit down with some folks at AMD to talk about their upcoming Hybrid CrossFire technology and to get some firsthand experience with pre-production hardware.

Quote:"It looks like tomorrow’s next-gen IGPs are going to be much more interesting than today’s offerings." Read more

Posted on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:15:06 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

TechLasers Crossfire 300mW Laser Review

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Today we are looking at a high power laser from TechLasers. The Crossfire 300mW laser has a green beam with enough power to be seen in the day.

The laser can burn stuff, melt plastic and more. Stargazers will find the laser works great for pointing out things in the night sky. This is no mere laser pointer, if you are looking for a laser to have fun with, read the full review here. Read more

Posted on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:55:23 CST | by Shane McGlaun

HD 3850 Crossfire versus 8800GTS 512MB G92

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Tweaktown compares the HD 3850 Crossfire with the 8800GTS 512MB G92 graphic card.

Quote: "We’ve been given an indication of the pricing which is going to accompany the new 8800GTS; when it came to figuring out what exactly it would compete against in the red corner, we soon after came to the following conclusion. Read more

Posted on Sun, 9 Dec 2007 09:05:12 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Crossfire HD 2900 XT versus 8800 Ultra

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Tweaktown compares the Crossfire HD 2900 XT with the NVidia 8800 Ultra

Quote from the review:
" The top dog for anyone wanting to go the NVIDIA route is the 8800 Ultra, it’s a fast card but it doesn’t exactly scream performance-to-cost ratio. With pricing that starts around $600US to $700US, they’re certainly not cheap. Read more

Posted on Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

A Single NVIDIA 8800 GTX Kicks X1950 XTX CrossFire in the Cajhones

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Supposedly one single NVIDIA 8800 GTX is faster than a pair of ATI X1950 XTX’s in CrossFire mode so sayuth The Inq. Sure you have to take things you read at The Inq with a grain of salt.

That said the sometimes accurate guys at The Inquirer are claiming that in Battlefield 2142 one single 8800 GTX can muster minimum frame rates of 100 fps at 1600x1200 with all effects on. Read more

Posted on Mon, 6 Nov 2006 16:25:07 CST | by Shane McGlaun

ATI Crossfire First Impressions

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As reported, ATI announced their dual graphics card solution called Crossfire at the Computex 2005.

Hexus.net had the opportunity to spend some time with a Crossfire reference design, which was built by Sapphire, an ATi AIB and Motherboard partner.
There is actually the possibility to connect 4 screens to a Crossfire system, when not playing a game. But what to do with it?
More details and driver screen-shots on Hexus.net.

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Posted on Thu, 9 Jun 2005 00:59:52 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Computex 2005: ATI announces Crossfire

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ATI announces its dual graphics card solution dubbed Crossfire.

ATI Crossfire is the answer to Nvidia's SLI technology. A ATI CrossFire setup requires a ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Motherboard, a CrossFire Graphics card and another card with the same flavor GPU.
More details on HotHardware or The Register.

Find Deals on ATI Graphic Cards.
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Posted on Tue, 31 May 2005 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

VW Beetle and Chrysler Crossfire CD Stereo Gadget

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I somehow had to post about those kinda weird Gadgets that Sharper Image is offering.

The New Beetle CD Stereo 2.0 AM/FM Tuner and Alarm is a Beetle Car model that has a Radio, CD Player and Digital Clock built-in. The CD tray is behind the front bumper and slides out when pressing on a headlamp. The controls are under the hood. The Beetle Radio also comes with a remote control. The stereo speakers are inside the wheels (funny!) The VW Beetle Tunes is measures 16 3/4" x 7 1/4" x 7 3/4".

The Sharper Image exclusive Beetle Tunes 2.0 sells for $99.95.

Sharper Image also offers a lower end model: Beetle CD Stereo with FM Tuner that sells for $49.95

Besides the Beetle, a Chrysler Crossfire CD Stereo with AM/FM Tuner is available for $129.99.

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Posted on Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:19:31 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr