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GPU / Video Cards Reviews
XFX R7970 Black Edition Video Card Review
By Mark Warner January 24, 2012We have the new XFX R7970 Black Edition video card to evaluate, which is XFX's current flagship Radeon HD 7970 based video card. With a custom PCB, custom hardware components and custom cooling fan, will it take us to new heights in overclocking, or leave us wishing we had just purchased a "reference" card?
AMD CrossFireX Drivers - Opportunity Lost
By Brent Justice January 17, 2012AMD likes to tell us that it is "Gaming Evolved." The fact of the matter is that when it comes to driver support for its high end GPU configurations in CrossFireX, AMD has been doing anything but evolving. In fact, we think AMD has been regressing in the last year. AMD still has an opportunity to shine in 2012. Will it step up?
Star Trek Online DX11 Performance Review
By Brent Justice January 17, 2012Star Trek Online has recently added DX11 Beta support, and we wanted to know how AMD's latest Radeon HD 7970 compared to NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 580 in the game and if DX11 provided any kind of performance difference over DX9. Our results were not what we expected.
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AMD Radeon HD 7970 Overclocking Performance Review
By Brent Justice January 09, 2012We overclock the Radeon HD 7970 in Overdrive and show you what 1.125GHz of performance looks like. Then, we go to the edge and overclock the voltage and take this GPU past 1.2GHz for stellar overclocked gaming performance. We compare this to an overclocked GeForce GTX 580 and see how performance stacks up.
GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7970 OC Exclusive First Look
By Brent Justice January 09, 2012An early first look at a custom built Radeon HD 7970 based video card. The GIGABYT E GV-R7970C-3GD sports a custom design, custom heatsink, and a custom fan all with an out-of-box 1GHz GPU frequency. The future of Radeon HD 7970 based video cards is looking good.
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Galaxy MDT GeForce GTX 580 Video Card Review
By Brent Justice January 02, 2012Galaxy has developed a video card that is based on the GeForce GTX 580 GPU and will allow you to run triple-display gaming with a single video card. This unique video card allows gamers more display options than ever on a GeForce GTX 580 GPU. We will look at configuration options, gameplay experience on triple-display, as well as overclocking.
AMD Radeon HD 7970 Video Card Review
By Brent Justice December 22, 2011The new Radeon HD 7970 marks the launch of AMD's next generation video cards. The Radeon HD 7970 represents the fastest single-GPU video card from AMD with a new architecture. We will evaluate gameplay performance and compare it to the previous generation, as well as the competition, in single-display and Eyefinity resolutions.
Serious Sam 3: BFE Performance and IQ Review
By Grady McKinney December 21, 2011Croteam's latest installment in the Serious Sam series takes us back to a time when first person shooters were designed around fragging endless waves of zombified enemies, cover did not exist, and rocket launchers were semi-automatic weapons. This DX9 game comes packed with graphics options that push the current generation of graphics cards to the limit.
AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview Profiles and Performance
By Mark Warner December 19, 2011AMD recently released a preview of Catalyst 12.1. This new driver allows CrossFireX profile creation for games that are not currently supported in Catalyst or Catalyst Application Profiles software. We will explain the new features, how to use them, and test performance of the various modes supported.
Batman: Arkham City DirectX 11 Performance and IQ Review
By Mark Warner December 13, 2011Days after our Batman: Arkham City Gameplay Performance and IQ review was published, the game was patched. The patch was ostensibly reported to fix DirectX 11 performance problems plaguing the game, but does it really do the trick? Where do our DX11 video cards stand now?
Batman: Arkham City Gameplay Performance and IQ Review
By Mark Warner December 05, 2011The Caped Crusader has returned to crack more skulls on the streets of Arkham City. Rocksteady has enhanced the venerable UE3 engine with DirectX 11 and PhysX support, but can this aging graphics engine really handle such large, richly detailed outdoor areas? You might be surprised.
Skyrim AMD CrossFireX Performance and IQ Review
By Brent Justice November 28, 2011AMD has provided a new Catalyst 11.11b Performance driver that supports CrossFireX in Skyrim for Radeon HD 6000 series owners. We will evaluate CrossFireX performance, scaling, and see how it compares to the competition. We will also look at FXAA and Transparency AA image quality comparisons.