Expert Reviews

  • …used in these cards. This memory volume will soon become a standard even for such cards, which performance is sufficient in modern games only in low resolutions. That will be the minimum size. Cards with…
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  • …highlights, particularly in the area of the on/off button. Above all the power button’s LED performance is a bit too strident for our taste and also confusing because the visualization of the various…
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  • …required.
    ASUS’ Glaciator cooler makes another appearance here and having known its quiet and cool performance, it was no surprise that it was superior to the reference design The catch as usual is that this…
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  • …consumers, MSI has also doubled the memory to 1GB and done the usual overclocking to boost its performance. We’ll see how that works out shortly but before that, here’s a glimpse of the card and the…
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News Articles

  • … though, relied on ATi Radeon and Nvidia 3870 and 8000-series graphics – or … This so-called mid-range card dispatched our low and medium benchmarks in …
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  • Potentially a great gaming system thanks to room for four graphics cards, but doesn't offer … A single, rather chunky ATi Radeon HD3870 is fitted for now, …
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  • Potentially a great gaming system thanks to room for four graphics cards, but doesn't offer … A single, rather chunky ATi Radeon HD3870 is fitted for now, …
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  • And Shuttle says that the unit can easily accommodate the ATI Radeon HD3870 graphics card (see our review). More manufacturers are making it easier than …
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  • … instantly its rival ATI is hitting back with a new Radeon HD 4000 series of cards. … But for a mid-range card, the 4850's performance is outstanding. …
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Blog Articles

  • Most ppl onl ycare about the 1000 ~ 1999 yuan mid range video cards. And nvidia doesnt have alot to offer in that category. Ati on the other hand,has Radeon HD3850. To make up for its weakness in the mid range card market, nvidia send out 8800GT 256MB … Only in NFS pro street where 9600 and HD3850 came close,other times 9600 is just plain better than HD3850, all thanks to the 512MB of memory. Alot of people worry about the 9600’s compatibility with the upcoming DX10.1. …
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  • What’s up guys. What’s the most inexpensive yet solid card for 1440×900 resolution. ATI or NVIDIA, however Nvidia is a + for folding. … My Radeon 4870 does pretty well at 1440×900, I can play every game I own on max at that res. Only thing that kills it is Crysis maxed, and then only in very busy parts and during the big finale. A 5770 or GeForce GTX260 has similar performance. A 4890 would be more powerful and could max everything without framerates dipping below 60 in …
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  • As a consequence, the flagship of the new series was slower than the ATI Radeon X1950 Pro in real applications. With such performance, the new chip’s DirectX 10 support sounded like a joke even then, and we know today how hungry DirectX 10 … The new card features a specially developed mainstream core codenamed G94. The GeForce 9600 GT was officially announced on February 21, 2008. The same day we offered you preliminary data about the performance of this new product …
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  • Graphics: 512 MB Video Card (GeForce GTX 260/ ATI Radeon 4870). Controller Support: Support for Logitech G15 and G19 keyboard LCDs in multiplayer. Problem #1: How to change FOV (Field of View) when playing Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC ….. If i am spectating i get no lag or if i stand still, but if i hold down the walk button it freezes so i have to pulse the buttons, also if i move my mouse i get crazy lag, ive tried everything i dont get it, i can run crysis farcry 2, …
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  • Can your ‘Beast’ defeat the competition from other users? Processor, Memory, Sound and Graphics Card – Combined can they play the top games out. … Audio Adapter ATI Radeon HDMI @ ATI Radeon HD 38xx – High Definition Audio Controller Audio Adapter SigmaTel STAC9227X @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 – High Definition Audio Controller. Storage: IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller …
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  • The 256-bit memory bus and 512MB frame memory certainly helps raise the bar on what constitutes mainstream and while ATI’s Radeon HD 3800 series is capable of matching the newcomer on performance, prices have to be adjusted to stay …. The competitive market, with ATI’s own recent price cut, has made this a good time to buy. A mainstream price of around US$150 now also entices consumers to finally upgrade their graphics cards, especially as the mediocre GeForce 8600 …
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  • HD 5450, code-named Cedar Pro, will be the most affordable graphics card belonging to the HD 5000 series. This is also the first on AMD’s latest wave of graphics products to do away with GDDR5 memory, replacing it with older GDDR3. … But before we start comparing performance let’s take a closer look at ATI’s latest budget GPU offering. TI Radeon HD 5450 in Detail. The Radeon HD 5450 is the first graphics card in the HD 5000 series that can be cooled passively, …
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  • Windows Vista 32-Bit. Built the PC about 3 years ago and upgraded the graphics card last year. Still holding out remarkably well for its age and I’m able to max out pretty much any game out there except Crysis DX10. March 3, 2010 3:54 pm …. Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 running at 2.7GHz. RAM Kingston KHX-FAN to cool down. Kingston HyperX PC2-9600 – 4.0GB dual channel DDR2 @ 600MHz 5-8-8-28. Motherboard Gigabyte X38 – DQ6. Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5800 series. Monitor Acer G24 …
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  • I’m guessing the higher numbered 3K series may even be better than these things, kinda like the RADEON 9600 PRO was way better than the 9800Pro IMO. Hope that helps. Report. Name. Email. Reason. SUBMIT. Cancel. -. Reply %ChildReplyHTML% ….. It can accel video/etc desktop stuff, but probably Pipes screen saver is only what the card is capable 3D-wise. 3870 performance-wise is between 4670 and 4850. It should be “good enough” gaming video for about one more year. …
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