NVIDIA Unveils GeForce GTX 690: Dual GK104 Flagship Launching May 3rd
As we mentioned back on Monday, NVIDIA was going to be making some kind of GeForce announcement this evening at the NVIDA Gaming Festival 2012 in Shanghai, China. NVIDIA’s...
109 by on 4/28/2012Capsule Review: Sapphire's Radeon HD 7870 Overclock Edition
As AMD’s 28nm allocation has improved so has the selection of cards available on the market. We’re still in the first phase of the Radeon HD 7000 series rollout...
37 by on 4/28/2012NVIDIA Updates GeForce 600 OEM Desktop Lineup, Adds GT 645, GT 640, GT 630
While NVIDIA doesn’t publically announce most of their OEM desktop graphics cards, they do update their website with the specifications of these cards, which is how we usually find...
29 by on 4/25/2012Of Crowbars and Countdowns
It’s not often that we cover marketing teasers, but then it’s not often that we get crowbars in the mail either… Earlier this afternoon the following crowbar unexpectedly showed up...
32 by on 4/24/2012AMD Radeon HD 2000, HD 3000, & HD 4000 Video Cards Being Moved To Legacy Status In May
Late last week word began circulating that AMD would be dropping driver support for their DX10 generation GPUS – HD 2000, HD 3000, and HD 4000 – based on...
38 by on 4/23/2012The Intel Ivy Bridge (Core i7 3770K) Review
The times, they are changing. In fact, the times have already changed, we're just waiting for the results. I remember the first time Intel brought me into a hotel...
173 by on 4/23/2012AMD Q1’12 Earnings Report: $1.59B Revenue, $590M Net Loss
It’s the middle of April and that means it’s once again earnings season for the prior quarter. Late yesterday AMD released their earnings report for Q1 2012, and it turned...
27 by on 4/20/2012Radeon HD 7000 Series Price Cuts & Promos Announced
For those of you in the market for a new video card, some price relief is on its way. Earlier today AMD sent out an announcement that they’ll be...
53 by on 4/16/2012AMD Partners With PTC for Creo Parametric 2.0
A few months ago during the Radeon HD 7970 launch we discussed how AMD would be revising their Independent Software Vendor (ISV) relations. While their efforts with ISVs in...
9 by on 4/13/2012NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Review: Retaking The Performance Crown
“How do you follow up on Fermi?” That’s the question we had going into NVIDIA’s press briefing for the GeForce GTX 680 and the Kepler architecture earlier this month...
404 by on 3/22/2012The Retail Radeon HD 7870 Review: HIS 7870 IceQ Turbo & PowerColor PCS+ HD7870
Two weeks ago AMD officially unveiled the Radeon HD 7800 series. Composed of the Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition and Radeon HD 7850, AMD broke from their earlier protocol...
57 by on 3/19/2012This Just In: PowerColor PCS+ HD7870
Though AMD announced the Radeon HD 7800 series nearly two weeks ago, it won’t be until Monday that the cards officially go on sale. While we’re still at work...
27 by on 3/18/2012In-Depth with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Windows has changed a lot since Windows 95 ushered in the modern era of the desktop operating system almost two decades ago—the underlying technology that makes Windows what it...
286 by on 3/9/2012Western Digital To Sell Hitachi's 3.5” Hard Drive Business To Toshiba, Complete Hitachi Buyout
Almost exactly a year ago, Western Digital announced that they would be buying Hitachi’s hard drive division from Hitachi for $4.3 billion. Since then, the two companies have been...
9 by on 3/6/2012AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition & Radeon HD 7850 Review: Rounding Out Southern Islands
In 2009-2010, AMD launched the entire 4 chip Evergreen series in 6 months. By previous standards this was a quick pace for a new design, especially since AMD had...
173 by on 3/5/2012AMD Releases Video Driver for Windows 8 Consumer Preview
In conjunction with today’s release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, AMD has released a new set of drivers specifically for Windows 8. Dubbed the AMD Catalyst driver for...
18 by on 2/29/2012The Portland Group Announces OpenCL Compiler for ST-Ericsson ARM-Based NovaThor SoCs
Amidst all the major hardware announcements at MWC2012 there are also some announcements coming out of the software side. The Portland Group (PGI) sent word this afternoon that their...
2 by on 2/28/2012AMD Releases FX-6200 and FX-4170 Processors; FX-8120 Gets a Price Cut
AMD sent word this morning that they’re doing some shuffling of their Bulldozer based FX processor lineup. Altogether in the near future AMD will be releasing a new CPU...
23 by on 2/27/2012AMD Radeon HD 7750 & Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition Review: Evading The Price/Performance Curve
With the launch of Tahiti behind them, AMD is now firing on all cylinders to get the rest of their Southern Islands lineup out the door. Typically we’d see...
155 by on 2/15/2012Rambus And NVIDIA Bury The Hatchet, Sign 5 Year Agreement
While Rambus has settled in one form or another with most of the major players in the computing industry, one of the remaining holdouts has been NVIDIA. NVIDIA has...
20 by on 2/9/2012