XFX GTX 280 XXX Video Card Review

Topic:

Today the XFX GTX 280 XXX video card is up for review. This is the factory-overclocked version of the GTX 280 we looked at a few months back. The card shares the same features in common with the factory clocked GTX 280.

Support for NVIDIA PhysX, CUDA, and HDCP are standard. Of all the versions of the GTX 280 offered by XFX, the XXX has the highest clock speeds. Read more

Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:58:14 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Lower Your Radeon Video Card Temps without spending a Penny

Topic:

ThinkComputers explains how you lower Your Radeon Video Card Temps without spending a Penny.
Quote: "While researching HD 4850 card prices at NewEgg for a review, a line on a user review caught my eye: "after I did the fan speed mod in CCC.". Huh? Fan speed mod? "The" fan speed mod? Hmmm..someone knows something that I don't. Read more

Posted on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ATI Radeon HD 4600 Video Cards unveiled

Topic:

AMD today announced the ATI Radeon HD 4600 video cards for mainstream gaming and HD multimedia performance while consuming less power than a standard light bulb.
Comprising the ATI Radeon HD 4670 and the ATI Radeon HD 4650 graphics cards, the ATI Radeon HD 4600 series leverages the technology found in the ATI Radeon HD 4800 series, including support for the latest DirectX 10.1 games.
The ATI Radeon HD 4670 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 graphics cards feature AMD’s TeraScale graphics engine, with 320 stream processing cores, and are based on AMD’s advanced second generation 55nm process. Read more

Posted on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:40:15 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MSI N280GTX OC HydroGen and Super OC Video Cards unveiled

Topic:

MSI announces the MSI N280GTX OC HydroGen video card with the highest clock setting on the market and micro channel water cooling solution.
MSI also tunes up the clock settings of the original fan cooling N280GTX series and makes MSI N280GTX-T2D1G Super OC the highest clocked GeForce GTX 200 series in the world.

The MSI N280GTX OC HydroGen series runs the world highest core clock setting at 700MHz, but has 10 Celsius lower temperature level than normal fan cooling GeForce GTX 200 series even at full workload. Read more

Posted on Wed, 3 Sep 2008 01:41:41 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

BFG GTX 280 OCX 1GB Video Card Review

Topic:

Hardware Canucks published a review of the BFG GTX 280 OCX 1GB Video Card.
Quote from the review: "Through the last few years, BFG has always been at the forefront of the pre-overclocked craze and with their OCX cards, they take things to the next level. Read more

Posted on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Foxconn NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT G96 Video Card Review

Topic:

Benchmark Reviews published a review of the Foxconn GeForce 9500 GT G96 Video Card.
Quote from the review: "Not everyone can afford the bleeding edge of graphics hardware, and not everyone needs it. NVIDIA has already made headlines with their high-end GeForce GTX 280 video card, which offers high performance at a premium price. Most enthusiasts have seen so much coverage for the high-level graphic products that it might feel like nothing exists for the lower consumer segment. Read more

Posted on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ASUS EAH4870X2 TOP Video Cards announced

Topic:

Asus announces new ATI HD 4870 X2 based graphics cards with the ASUS EAH4870X2/HTDI/2G and the ASUS EAH4870X2 TOP.
The ASUS EAH4870X2 TOP/HTDI/2G and EAH4870X2/HTDI/2G are slated to be upgraded soon with a specially designed fansink for efficient heat dissipation.
Read more

Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:56:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

BFG GTX 260 896MB Video Card Review

Topic:

Hardware Canucks published a review of the BFG GTX 260 896MB video card.

Quote from the review: "Both the GTX 260 and the GTX 280 were launched a little over a month ago and while the higher end 280 was available immediately at launch, the less expensive 260 was greeted with a paper launch. Since that time, Nvidia seemed to have been surprised by ATI's launch of the HD4800-series of cards which turned out to be extremely successful and performed above what many expected them to. Read more

Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

XFX GeForce GTX260 XXX Edition Video Card Review

Topic:

Motherboards published a review of the XFX GeForce GTX260 XXX Edition Video Card.

Quote from the review: "The GTX260 from XFX is an interesting beast in that it is highly overclocked from the standard reference GTX260 that many companies are selling. In some cases the card comes close in performance to the GTX280 in CPU limited situations like COD4 but offering high performance in every other situation. Read more

Posted on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New ASUS EN9800GTX+ TOP Video Card

Topic:

Asus has announced the ASUS EN9800GTX+ with 512MB video card that utilizes the latest generation of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ GPUs.

The world’s first overclocking version of the 9800GTX+ GPU will be the Asus EN9800GTX+ TOP, which will also be released soon.

The Asus EN9800GTX+ series cards come with GamerOSD for real-time overclocking, benchmarking and video capturing during PC gaming, SmartDoctor for shader clock overclocking and intelligent hardware protection, and Splendid Video Intelligence Technology. Read more

Posted on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Unofficial, but sexy NVIDIA Video Card Spokesmodel Katarina Van Derham

Topic:

The I4U Gadget Model of July is as promised a photo model spread for the NVIDIA video card fans. Meet the very sexy Katarina Van Derham and her EVGA e-Geforce 9800 GX2.

You might have seen Katarina Van Derham already as the face of several advertising campaigns such as Coors Light, Nike, AT&T, Bacardi, and RockStar Energy Drink.

See the Photos Now in our exclusive I4U Gadget Model Gallery.
Read more

Posted on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

HIS HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Video Card Review

Topic:

3dGameMan published a video review of the HIS HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Video Card.

Quote from the review: "The Radeon HD 4800 series video cards are currently available in three flavors; the 4850, 4870 and 4870 X2. The single GPU HIS HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Video Card is based on the RV770 core which is built on the 55 nanometer manufacturing process and has 956 million transistors. The core speed on this product is 750MHz and the 512MB of GDDR5 256 bit memory is 3.6GHz DDR. It comes with 800 stream processing units for vertex, pixel and geometry data, 40 texture units and 16 raster operators. The pixel fill rate is 27 GPixels/sec and the memory bandwidth is 115.2GB/s. Read more

Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

PNY GTX 260 Video Card Review

Topic:

Today we are checking out the PNY GTX 260 video card. The GTX 260 is the lower performing of the pair of GTX 200 series GPUs recently announced. The GTX 260 is about $100 cheaper than its GTX 280 brother.

The PNY GTX 260 we are looking at today is stock clocked and performs well. Gamers looking for a single card solution that can play the most popular games around at high detail settings will want to give the PNY GTX 260 a look. Read more

Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:30:32 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Asus ROG EN9600GT MATRIX/HTDI/512M Video Card unveiled

Topic:

Asus has introduced what the company calls the world's most intelligent graphics card with the Asus ROG (Republic of Gamers) EN9600GT MATRIX/HTDI/512M.

The Asus Republic of Gamers EN9600GT features the Super Hybrid Engine for automatic detection and adjustments of voltage, clock setting, and fan speeds to achieve the ultimate in performance and maximum energy saving. Read more

Posted on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:38:53 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asetek Announces Liquid Cooling for New HD 4870 Video Card

Topic:

Asetek announced that it is first to market with a liquid cooling system for the new Radeon HD 4870 video card from ATI. The cooling solution is a single slot design and allows OEMs to provide liquid cooling to highly overclocked video cards.

Asetek says that its liquid cooling solution can lower the temperature of the GPU by as much as 26 degrees. The cooling system is good for 50,000 hours of operation and no maintenance is required for the system. Read more

Posted on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

BFG 9600 GT OCX Video Card Review

Topic:

Today we are checking out the BFG 9600 GT OCX. This is one of the best performing and highest overclocked 9600 GT video cards we have tested to date.

BFG uses a unique ThermoIntelligence cooling solution for the card to keep it cool despite the high clock speeds. The one drawback is that the card isn’t bundled with a game or other software. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:24:16 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hot ATI Video Card Babe Raquel is I4U Gadget Model of the Month

Topic:

Raquel of Playboy fame is our June I4U Gadget Model.
Raquel is posing as ATI Video Card Babe for all ATI hardware fans out there.

In Japan you might call Raquel in this shoot an ATI Idol. Suits may call her unofficial ATI spokesmodel and colleague guys will call Raquel the ATI Babe.
No matter what you call our I4U hot Gadget model of the month - enjoy the photos. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 Video Card

Topic:

Benchmark Reviews published a report about the new NVIDIA GTX 200.

Quote: "Hot on the heels of a rapid-succession GeForce 9800 GX2 and GeForce 9800 GTX launch only two short months ago, NVIDIA now officially unveils the GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 video cards. Using the fastest and most-powerful graphics processor NVIDIA has ever developed, both new GeForce products are constructed from a freshly-minted GT200 graphics processor. Both the GTX 280 and GTX 260 products position themselves at the very highest segment of the GeForce product line. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

XFX GTX 280 Video Card Review

Topic:

Today we are looking at the brand new XFX GTX 280 video card. This is now the top end video card from XFX pushing the 9800 GX2 down a notch in the NVIDIA line.

The GTX 280 will be available to purchase tomorrow for $649 and it performs very well. XFX bundles Assassin’s Creed with the card and you need both a six pin and a 8 pin power adapter to use the card. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:59:06 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

ASUS GTX 280 Video Card Announced

Topic:

Today marks the launch of a pair of new video cards from NVIDIA. The first announcement to grace my inbox this morning was for the ASUS ENGTX280 carrying a MSRP of $649. The GTX 280 becomes the new NVIDIA flagship card sitting above the 9800 GX2 in performance.

The ASUS GTX 280 has 1GB of GDDR3 memory and will be available to purchase starting tomorrow. The card also ships with the ASUS GamerOSD for overclocking during game play allowing users to get more performance from the card when it is needed the most. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:33:35 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

BFG 8800 GT OCX w/ ThermoIntelligence Video Card Review

Topic:

Today we are testing out the BFG 8800 GT OCX with ThermoIntelligence video card. This 8800 GT retails for a bit over $200 and offers the best performance you will find in a 8800 GT video card.

The only thing lacking from the BFG 8800 GT OCX is a nice video game bundle. If you are shopping for a mid-range video card the BFG 8800 GT OCX is well worth your consideration. Read more

Posted on Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:21:31 CDT | by Shane McGlaun