RADEON

January 25th, 2011

AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB Review

2011 is bound to be an exciting year for the graphics card market and it is already starting off in a big way with some heated competition between AMD and NVIDIA.  Today AMD is officially launching their HD 6950 1GB which is supposed to compete with the new GTX 560 Ti at a highly competitive [...]

December 14th, 2010

AMD Radeon HD 6970 and HD 6950 Review

As NVIDIA released their refreshed GTX 500-series AMD took what could only be called an observer’s position, biding their time until their own response was ready.  Today we find out exactly what they have been working on since before the HD 5800 cards were released more than a year ago.  The HD 6970 and HD [...]

November 4th, 2010

XFX Issues Fix for HD 6850 High Idle Fan Speed

XFX issues a BIOS fix after some users reported their HD 6850 cards running at 70% idle fan speed. As HD 6850 cards are flying off the store shelves, more and more users have started reporting that XFX’s version that sports a custom heatsink exhibits extremely high idle fan speeds.  This makes what should be [...]

October 28th, 2010

HD 6870 & HD 6850 vs. GTX 460 1GB: An Overclocking Study

Overclocking has long been used to get the most possible performance out of computer components.  With the release of AMD’s HD 6800-series and NVIDIA’s answering price drops on GTX 460 1GB cards, many people wondered how these competing products lined up against one another when overclocking was taken into account.  In this article we drop [...]

October 21st, 2010

AMD Radeon HD 6870 & HD 6850 Review

The HD 5800 series cards have been very popular but their time in the market is coming to an end.  Today marks the release of AMD’s new HD 6870 1GB and HD 6850 1GB GPUs.  These are products which will be the first step towards “refreshing” the entire Radeon graphics lineup from top to bottom. [...]

February 18th, 2010

Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity6 Edition Set For March Release

AMD has been wasting no time in the the graphics department. With a launch date of March the 11th we can Expect to see the HD 5870 Evefinity on store shelves soon. Based upon a Reference 5870 the Eyefinity6 edition comes equipped for the latest in connectivity and multi-monitor support.  Using the included hardware (dongles) [...]

February 12th, 2010

Sapphire Gives Radeon HD 5850 a Toxic Makeover

With the 5750, 5770 and 5870 all offered as factory overclocked Vapor-X models, the HD 5850 was likely feeling a bit left out, so Sapphire has given it, its own update. The Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic is built on a classy blue PCB, featuring an aftermarket cooling solution that does away with the typical [...]

February 4th, 2010

AMD Announces ATI Radeon HD 5450 Graphics Accelerator

AMD today announced the introduction of the ATI Radeon HD 5450 graphics card, the latest addition to the award-winning line-up of ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series graphics cards. Hardware Canucks has released our full review on the video card with a complete run down on its performance and benefits. The ATI Radeon HD 5450 graphics [...]

January 29th, 2010

Unannounced ATI Radeon HD 5450 Available in Latvia and Ebay

ATI is is taking over the market, ensuring that they have every possible price and performance point covered when it comes to video cards and their new 5000 series cards. Their latest focus is on the lower end of the market with the Cedar core featured on the rumoured HD 5450 and HD 5500 series. [...]

January 13th, 2010

AMD Rumoured to Be Working on HD 5830

AMD/ATI is reported to be soldifying their position in the graphics card market, by slotting in yet another video card to bridge the gap between the 128bit HD 5700 series and the powerful HD 5850 and up. The ATI Radeon HD 5830 is poised to come in under the $200 price range to offer a [...]