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Seasonic Platinum-1000 1 Kilowatt Power Supply Review
By Paul Johnson November 01, 2011Seasonic breaks the Platinum efficiency barrier with its new 1 kilowatt computer power supply. We generally know if it has Seasonic branding, it is a good PSU. But we all want to know if it is a great PSU. We all know that Seasonic means "quiet" as well and believe it or not this PSU can be dead silent.
Creative X-FI HD USB Sound Card Review
By Earl Keim September 20, 2011Creative's latest sound card is an external model that sports a USB interface and boasts high quality digital, analog, and dedicated headphone connectivity options. We tell you if this may be the audio upgrade that laptop users and those of you with no free expansion slots in your desktop PC have been looking for.
Enermax Platimax 1200W Power Supply Review
By Paul Johnson September 06, 2011Enermax is one of our long time favorite brands when it comes to PSUs. Enermax has proved over and over again that it is one of the world's premier PSU builders. Today it steps into a realm that is tough to compete in and in fact has not ever been seen by any other PSU builders as of yet. 1200 watts that is 80 Plus Platinum certified.
ASUS ROG MATRIX GTX580 Platinum Video Card Review
By Brent Justice August 17, 2011ASUS has launched the new ROG MATRIX GTX580 Platinum video card that can be described as the pinnacle enthusiast GeForce GTX 580 GPU. Will all of this customization and new features mean you get fast video card? If this overclock doesn't impress you we suggest trading in your computer and finding a new hobby.
E3 Rumors on Next Generation Console Hardware
By Kyle Bennett July 07, 2011Guys talk, you hear things. And at this year's E3 HardOCP picked up a lot of information about the upcoming hardware in the next generation consoles. It will be interesting to see if our rumor mill churns up truth or fiction. We wanted to get this out the week after E3, but we had some I's to dot and some T's to cross.
Crysis 2 DX11 Tessellation & High-Res Texture Pack
By Steve Lynch June 29, 2011Attempting to install the new Crysis 2 1.9 update and added DX11 Tessellation & High-Res Texture Pack felt like anything but a "gift." We give you our first hand experience and a treasure trove of screen shots for good measure. Crysis 2 is a little closer to what it should have been at launch, but certainly the gameplay is still meh.
ASUS P6X58-E WS Workstation Motherboard Review
By Morry Teitelman June 09, 2011ASUS' X58 member of its Workstation line of motherboards, the P6X58-E WS motherboard, looks to offer an appealing mix of features and functions. With its use of both the Intel X58 and NVIDIA NF200 chipsets, the board offers the potential for unparalleled gaming performance.
ATI CrossFireX vs. NVIDIA SLI New Games Performance
By Brent Justice October 08, 2010We want to know how three brand new games perform with SLI and CFX. We take F1 2010, Civilization V and Dead Rising 2 through our apples-to-apples testing using GTX 480 SLI, HD 5870 CFX and GTX 460 SLI. This is a must read, as it reveals some rather unforgiving truths about new game releases and multi-GPU technology.
NV GTX 460 1GB SLI vs. ATI HD 5870 CFX Redux
By Brent Justice September 16, 2010We re-visit GeForce GTX 460 1GB SLI vs. Radeon HD 5870 CrossFireX performance using new Catalyst drivers and new CrossFireX Application Profile 10.8a. We also have a new BETA ForceWare driver in play and we will now see how these video card configurations compete with updated software.
NV GTX 460 1GB SLI vs. ATI HD 5850 CFX Redux
By Brent Justice September 13, 2010We re-visit GeForce GTX 460 1GB SLI versus Radeon HD 5850 CrossFireX performance using new Catalyst drivers and new CrossFireX Application Profile 10.8a. We also have a new BETA ForceWare driver in play and we will once and for all see how these video card configurations really compete when software is updated.
ATI CrossFireX Application Profile 10.8a Performance
By Brent Justice August 26, 2010CrossFireX gets a performance boost in two games thanks to a new CrossFireX Application Profile update. Performance in Aliens vs. Predators and Battlefield Bad Company 2 has been greatly improved, finally. CFX users will want to make sure to check this out. We will have the new CAP file hosted here locally for our readers.
ASUS ROG Matrix 5870 Platinum Install
By Kyle Bennett July 28, 2010Looking to replace my Radeon HD 5970 and decided to go with ASUS' ROG Matrix 5870 Platinum that we recently reviewed. It is loaded with features rarely seen on video cards and I thought it would find a good home in my personal rig. And yes, we have a purpose behind our upgrade too.
AMD ATI Catalyst Driver Performance Comparison
By Brent Justice July 01, 2010Ever wonder just how much performance has improved with drivers since launch date with AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5800 series? We did after NVIDIA's recent driver launch, so we aimed to find out just how much AMD's drivers have improved. We compare the launch driver, the first WHQL driver, and the current WHQL driver.
ASUS ROG Matrix 5870 Platinum Video Card Review
By Brent Justice May 20, 2010ASUS is launching its new Radeon HD 5870 GPU based video card, the ASUS ROG Matrix 5870 Platinum Edition. ASUS has completely re-designed its 5870 to appeal to hardware enthusiasts and gamers alike, providing an incredible feature set with unprecedented control and customization.
Creative World of Warcraft Wireless Headset Review
By Earl Keim April 16, 2010While we at HardOCP have been focused on how games look for a decade, we have never talked about how those games can sound. Today we break that trend with a look at Creative's WoW Wireless Headset. While being marketed specifically to World of Warcraft gamers, we find out that they are good for just about everyone.
ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Performance Review
By Brent Justice April 12, 2010While the ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition supports up to 6 displays, we are going to be performance testing in the more popular 3x1 configuration. We are going to get a the heart of the video card and see if the 2GB of memory on Eyefinity 6 is really beneficial in Eyefinity resolutions with single GPU as well as CrossFireX.
ATI Radeon 5870 2GB 3X2 Eyefinity Gaming Experience
By Kyle Bennett March 23, 2010AMD has given us the 5870 2GB Eyefinity 6 video card to play around with. We run 6 displays set up for gaming off a single GPU 5870 2GB video card and show you what it delivers. The full review is coming, this is only a look at what kind of gaming experience a 3X2 Eyefinity display configuration will deliver.
AMD's ATI Catalyst 10.3a Driver Performance
By Brent Justice March 18, 2010AMD’s new "performance" driver is out in the form of the non-WHQL Catalyst 10.3a. This driver provides performance improvements compared to 10.2 WHQL. We run apples-to-apples test in the latest games to see just how much faster it is in real-world gaming environments.
AMD's ATI 10.3a Catalyst Driver Update
By Kyle Bennett March 15, 2010AMD is putting out a new "performance" driver that sports some very aggressive frame rate increases according to AMD. The new "10.3a" driver will soon be released to the enthusiast with a WHQL driver coming in shortly behind that. Interestingly enough, the non-WHQL will have a couple more tweaks than the WHQL version. Let's give you the details.
First Time Gaming Experience with ATI Eyefinity
By Kyle Bennett March 14, 2010There has been a lot of talk about getting Eyefinity working with the latest games. We wanted to cover this with the latest and greatest games out in the last couple of weeks. We run Bad Company 2, Supreme Commander 2, and Aliens vs. Predator for the first time and show you what it takes to configure the games for a 3x1 Eyefinity Landscape configuration at 5760x1200.
AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5830 Review
By Brent Justice February 25, 2010This is the video card gamers have been waiting for, an answer to the gap that exists between the Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 5850 has been delivered. The Radeon HD 5830 launches today, and it offers price and performance right in-between these two video cards. If you are looking for a great value, this is it.
AMD ATI Radeon Dongle and GSOD Issues Addressed
By Kyle Bennett February 23, 2010While most ATI Radeon 5800 series video card owners are having great experiences, there are some people out there that have issues with the technology. This article will hopefully let you know a little more about the issues and what is being done to address DP to DVI dongle problems and GSODs.
AMD's ATI Catalyst 10.2 and 10.3 Preview
By Brent Justice February 17, 2010AMD’s ATI Catalyst 10.2 and Catalyst 10.3 are receiving many improvements that directly benefit the gameplay experience. CrossFireX profiling system has been completely re-worked, Bezel Compensation is in play, and several other features have been added. If you are an ATI Eyefinity gamer, Bezel Compensation will take the experience one step further.
AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5570 Video Card Review
By Brent Justice February 09, 2010Today, AMD is launching the Radeon HD 5570. At $75-85 MSRP, the Radeon HD 5570 sits in-between the Radeon HD 5450 and Radeon HD 5670. The question on the table is, what is its value when the Radeon HD 5670 sits close in price? We’ll bring this question to bare, and show you our gameplay experiences, and provide our opinions on the value of this video card.
AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5450 Video Card Review
By Brent Justice February 04, 2010AMD's lowest-end discrete GPU to support DX11 is being launched today at $49-$59 MSRP, the ATI Radeon HD 5450. We will give you all the official information on this new video card, plus some power and temperature testing and a simple apples-to-apples DX11 game test using DiRT 2.