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ASUS Unveils Radeon HD 7970 DirectCU II Top

VideoCardz.com — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:17:47 +0000

The Asus Radeon HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP is a factory overclocked graphics card being pitched as the coolest and quietest 7970 money can buy. It’s also the biggest. To keep thermals and noise in check, Asus slapped an ultra-wide cooling solution that, along with the PCB, takes up three three — yes, THREE — [...]

NVIDIA’s Kepler GPU Is Smaller Than AMD’s Tahiti

VideoCardz.com — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:01:36 +0000

According to SemiAccurate Kepler GK-104 die size is measured at 340 square milimeters, which is smaller in comparison to AMD’s Tahiti core (362mm2). SemiAccurate crew was able to measure A2 silicon of GK-104 Kepler gpu. Short story, our favourite ruffled valley mole (Indianfoodus betterthaninminneapolus) didn’t have any callipers handy, so we had to eyeball it [...]

AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series Codenamed Sea Islands

VideoCardz.com — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:09:54 +0000

In late December, a rumor floated around the web saying that next series of Radeon GPUs would be called Sea Islands. Few days after that, SemiAccurate have denied that Sea Islands is the codename of Radeons 8000, saying that it is actually Canary Islands. According to the newest slide by AMD, SemiAccurate were wrong, because [...]

AMD Preparing Radeon HD 7950 Eyefinity 6 Edition

VideoCardz.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:01:31 +0000

Chinese website PCPOP has released the pictures of custom PCB for Radeon HD 7950. It offers 6 mini-DisplayPorts outputs to handle 6 monitors through Eyefinity 2.0 technology. So far there was only one card which supported 6 monitors at the same time – Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6. It featured support for 6 monitors running [...]

GeForce 600 Series Optimized for Physics with On-Board PhysX Block

VideoCardz.com — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:38:28 +0000

A very interesting article was written by Charlie Demerjian (SemiAccurate). He focues on upcoming NVIDIA’s Kepler gpus and how are they being optimized for physics performance. If you require detailed information please check the link in the bottom of this post. This is an overview of newest leaks pointed by SemiAccurate. According to S|K sources [...]

Matrox Releases Epica TC20+ and TC48 Graphics Cards for Wyse Thin Client

VideoCardz.com — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:39:38 +0000

Validated with the Wyse Z90DEts partnership with Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, and the Wyse validation of its Matrox Epica Series graphics cards for the new Wyse Z90DE7 thin client. The Matrox Epica TC20+ dual-monitor and Matrox Epica TC48 quad-monitor add-in boards bring enhanced functionality across a wider range of multi-display [...]

Best Graphics Cards for Money: February 2012 (Buyer’s Guide)

VideoCardz.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:58:57 +0000

Buyer’s guide for February 2012. Updated with newest AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce cards. Which is the best graphics cards for money this month? We have included the newest AMD card – Radeon HD 7970 and 7950, which have taken GeForce GTX 580 and ASUS MARS II position. $110 €80 Radeon HD 6770 1GB GDDR5 [...]

Gigabyte Intros Radeon HD 7950 WindForce 3

VideoCardz.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:07:55 +0000

Gigabyte flagged off its Radeon HD 7950 lineup with a custom-design graphics card. Carrying the model number GV-R795WF3-3GD, the card makes use of Gigabyte’s custom-design WindForce 3 cooling solution strapped on to a more familiar-looking AMD reference design PCB that’s colored blue. The WindForce 3 cooler consists of a complex aluminum fin array that draws [...]

MSI Launches Radeon HD 7950 Twin Frozr 3GD5/OC

VideoCardz.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:04:40 +0000

MSI officially announces the R7950 Twin Frozr 3GD5/OC graphics card built on the latest AMD 28nm Radeon HD7950 GPU with PCI Express Gen 3 support. MSI’s exclusive Twin Frozr III thermal design features dual 8cm Propeller Blade fans to achieve up to 10Ž lower GPU temperatures and 13.7dB less noise under full load! MSI’s exclusive [...]

Club 3D Announces Radeon HD 7950 Graphics Card

VideoCardz.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:25:22 +0000

Tens of thousands people across the world are currently celebrating the Chinese new year as they welcome in the “Year of the Dragon” and Club 3D adds another bang with the introduction of the all brand new Club 3D Radeon HD 7950, followed by the earlier introduction of the Award Winning Radeon HD 7970, the [...]

Launch dates of AMD Radeon HD 7770, HD 7750, HD 7870 and HD 7850 Revealed

VideoCardz.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:37:33 +0000

MSI has released the roadmap of AMD’s Radeon HD 7000 Series cards. According to this slide, we can expect Radeon HD 7770 and 7750 on 15th February and HD 7870/7850 in March. Everyone who is expecting to grab one of the newest graphics cards is probably waiting for cards from performance market segment. These cards [...]

XFX Releases Radeon HD 7950

VideoCardz.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:06:26 +0000

XFX out performs the competition with the release of their AMD Radeon HD 7950s – the second in XFX’s all new Radeon HD 7000 Series line-up. Available in four tantalising versions for you to choose from- Core Edition, the multi-award winning Double Dissipation, Black Edition Single Fan and Black Edition Double Dissipation – All featuring [...]

HIS Announces its Radeon HD 7950 Graphics Card

VideoCardz.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:51:10 +0000

Hightech Information System (HIS) today announced the launch of HIS 7950 3GB. The card provides a budget choice for keen gamers who wish to experience the latest 7900 series. With a clock rate of 800 MHz, memory clock of 5.0 Gbps as well as a 384-bit memory interface, the HIS 7950 3GB offers top-class performances [...]

Sapphire Launches its Radeon HD 7950

VideoCardz.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:49:02 +0000

Sapphire today launched its Radeon HD 7950 lineup, consisting of two models, the base-model single-fan, and a dual-fan OC model. The base-model sticks to AMD reference clock speeds of 800 MHz core with 1250 MHz (5.00 GHz GDDR5 effective) memory, while the OC model features clock speeds of 900 MHz core and 1250 MHz (5.00 [...]

XFX R7950 Black Edition Double Dissipation Review @ Hexus

VideoCardz.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:47:43 +0000

AMD pushed back the Radeon HD 7950 3GB GPU launch a few weeks to enable partners to have plentiful stock in the channel. The slight lull between ‘Tahiti’ cards also provides an opportunity for add-in board (AIB) companies to release custom designs, complete with bountiful overclocking, if our reference card results are anything to go [...]

PowerColor HD7950 PCS+ Review @ Overclockers

VideoCardz.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:46:43 +0000

Oh, what a glorious day it is here in Tahiti…no, you didn’t just jump in to my vacation blog. We are here today to review the PowerColor HD 7950 PCS+. If this card is anything like its big brother, the HD 7970, this card should be another monster. Let’s see how it compares against that [...]

XFX HD 7950 Black Edition Double Dissipation Review @ HardwareCanucks

VideoCardz.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:45:12 +0000

With AMD’s 28nm Southern Islands architecture finally upon us, gamers are finally getting a taste of high performance without the high power consumption associated with previous generations’ flagship offerings. The HD 7970 was first released and for the most part it pulled far ahead of NVIDIA’s GTX 580 and now we’re being introduced to AMD’s [...]

Sapphire HD 7950 Dual Fan OC Review @ HardwareCanucks

VideoCardz.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:44:30 +0000

Usually when a new graphics card is launched it takes a while for the board partners to hightail it out of their usual “reference card funk” and move onto bigger and better things like better cooling solutions and higher clock speeds. The HD 7970’s release showed us that AMD’s supporters are moving along quicker than [...]

XFX Radeon HD 7950 Black Edition 3GB Review @ TweakTown

VideoCardz.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:43:33 +0000

Over the coming months we’re going to see more and more video cards launch from both AMD and NVIDIA. A bit like the HD 6000 series, AMD again find themselves coming to the market earlier than NVIDIA and today we see the second model with in the new HD 7000 series launch. We are already [...]

Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 Overclock Edition Review @ TechRadar

VideoCardz.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:42:10 +0000

Sapphire has waded in first with its take on AMD’s latest HD 7000 series card, the Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OverClock edition. Unlike the AMD Radeon HD 7970 there are unlikely to be very many strictly reference models of the Radeon HD 7950. Instead we’re more likely to see card manufacturers taking the opportunity to [...]