GPUs

As sales of GPU-based AI accelerators remain as strong as ever, the immense demand for these cards has led to some server builders going off the beaten path in order to get the hardware they want at a lower price. While both NVIDIA and AMD offer official card configurations for servers, the correspondingly high price of these cards makes them a significant financial outlay that some customers either can't afford, or don't want to pay. Instead, these groups have been turning to buying up consumer graphics cards, which although they come with additional limitations, are also a fraction of the cost of a "proper" server card. And this week, ASRock has removed another one of those limitations for would-be AMD Radeon users, with the introduction...

ATI's Multimedia Center 8.8 - The Home Multimedia Server

ATI tries its hand at providing a software solution for the growing home multimedia server market with their newest creation: EazyShare. We put in over 150 hours of testing...

6 by Andrew Ku on 12/16/2003

Fall 2003 Video Card Roundup, Part 4: Budget Shootout

The final segment of the market to cover in our fall roundup series, we tackle the cheapest video cards offered currently by ATI and NVIDIA, and see how they...

22 by Derek Wilson on 12/15/2003

Image Quality Analysis Fall 2003: A Glance Through the Looking Glass

Nearing the end of the first generation of DX9 graphics cards, we take a long look at what's happening under the hood and how it pertains to how our...

35 by Derek Wilson on 12/10/2003

The Last Bout of ‘03 – NVIDIA’s GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

We take another look at the midrange cards with the new GeForce FX 5700 Ultra in the mix. It's time to find out who scores the final round Knock Out.

114 by Derek Wilson on 10/23/2003

ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro: Multimedia Refresh

ATI’s All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro continues the legacy of the All-in-Wonder line with features that we haven’t seen before. While we already know the desktop scenario, find out more about...

38 by Andrew Ku on 10/16/2003

Fall 2003 Video Card Roundup - Part 3: ATI's Radeon 9600 XT

We applied our new benchmarking suite to the midrange graphics cards from ATI and NVIDIA, including the new 9600 XT. Find out who comes ahead out of the...

70 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 10/15/2003

ATI's Catalyst 3.8 Drivers: ATI Sanctioned Overclocking

Less than 24 hours after we published Part 2 of our Fall '03 Video Card comparison ATI released their Catalyst 3.8 drivers. Although performance isn't really improved, the...

62 by Derek Wilson on 10/8/2003

Fall 2003 Video Card Roundup - Part 2: High End Shootout

The long awaited sequel to our first Fall '03 roundup is here. To put it plainly, we went nuts. Read, just read...

117 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 10/7/2003

Fall 2003 Video Card Roundup Part I - ATI's Radeon 9800 XT

After spending countless hours of benchmarking we're finally able to bring you results from our new suite of 15 game tests on ATI's Radeon 9800 XT as well as...

263 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 10/1/2003

Half-Life 2 Performance Benchmark Preview

We compared 8 GPUs in 3 levels under the first truly stressing DX9 game: Half-Life 2. ATI is an early king of the hill. Learn about the...

112 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/12/2003

Breaking News: Halflife 2 Performance Revealed

ATI owners rejoice, HL2 rocks on their hardware...

169 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/10/2003

NVIDIA's Back with NV35 - GeForceFX 5900 Ultra

No one, not even a NVIDIA employee, was fooled into thinking the NV30 was a first-class product. But the NV35 is another story; find out how well NVIDIA's latest...

22 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/12/2003

ATI's Radeon 9600 Pro - Another Win for ATI

With the Radeon 9600 Pro ATI has won yet another round in the Radeon vs. FX battle, but what's most peculiar about this battle is that the true winner...

0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/16/2003

NVIDIA's GeForce FX 5600/5200 Ultra Performance Review

Have less than $200 in your upgrade budget? You will soon be able to buy DirectX 9 cards from NVIDIA for just that. Find out if the...

4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/10/2003

ATI's Radeon 9800, 9600 & 9200: Still Fighting Strong

Were you left disappointed by the GeForce FX? ATI comes to the rescue with a true competitor to the Radeon 9700 Pro - the Radeon 9800 Pro...

2 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/6/2003

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra: It's Here, but is it Good?

Almost a year after we first heard about NV30 we're finally able to review the GeForce FX 5800. Find out how well it stacks up to ATI's Radeon...

0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/27/2003

ATI's Radeon 9500 Pro - Now Shipping & Faster

ATI has started shipping their Radeon 9500 Pro for arrival in retail in the coming weeks. The final card looks different, uses new memory and when coupled with...

0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/27/2002

NVIDIA Introduces GeForce FX (NV30)

After months of waiting we're able to bring you the official specs and technology behind NVIDIA's NV30...

1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/18/2002

ATI All-in-Wonder 9700 Pro

Today we embark on the second part of our All-in-Wonder 9700 Pro adventure. You followed us through the preview, now it's time for a hands-on look at the video...

27 by Matthew Witheiler on 11/4/2002

ATI's Radeon 9500 Pro

Rumors of a lower cost, lower performing ATI Radeon 9700 Pro have been floating around for almost as long as rumors of the Radeon 9700 Pro first emerged. Today...

0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/24/2002

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