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MSI unveils new AMD R7950 video cards

Shane McGlaun, Feb 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

MSI has unveiled three new video cards that all use the AMD R7950 GPU inside. One of the three new cards also use the special MSI Twin Frozr cooling solution to help the GPU run up to 10°C cooler while producing 13.7 dB less noise than traditional cooling systems. Improved cooling allows for more overclocking potential. Read The Full Story

Targus outs HD dual-head USB 3.0 video card

Shane McGlaun, Jan 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

If you have a notebook or desktop computer that has a USB 3.0 port, and you need something to fill that port and would like an extra display or two check out this new product from Targus. The device is called the Targus USB 3.0 Dual Video Card and it has both an HDMI output and a DVI output for connecting to more monitors with a single USB 3.0 port. Read The Full Story

MSI shows off R7970 video card

Shane McGlaun, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

MSI is showing off a new video card that it says is the first to get the new AMD 28nm Radeon HD 7900 GPU called the R7970-2PMD3G5. The card uses the PCI Express Gen 3 standard. The series will pack 3GB of GDDR5 RAM inside and will use the MSI exclusive Afterburner overclocking utility. That utility has the ability to increase the core voltage for overclocking. Read The Full Story

AMD Radeon HD 7970: world’s first 28nm GPU

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [7]

AMD has revealed its newest video card at CES 2012, the AMD Radeon HD 7970, using the the world's first 28nm GPU and Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture. Packing 3GB of DDR5 video memory, two DVI outputs, two Mini-DisplayPorts and a single HDMI, the Radeon HD 7970 can be combined in up to quad-card CrossFireX setups for frankly ridiculous gaming performance. Read The Full Story

Zotac GeForce GTX 560 Ti packing 448 cores leaks

Chris Davies, Nov 25th 2011 Discuss [1]

A souped-up GeForce graphics card, the Zotac GeForce GTX 560 Ti, packing a total of 448 cores rather than the usual 384, has been pictured ahead of its official release. The image, leaked to Fudzilla, shows box-art for the NVIDIA-based performance video card, as well as the hardware itself, clad in a brightly colored cooling system. Read The Full Story

AMD unveils new FirePro V4900 professional graphics card

Shane McGlaun, Nov 1st 2011 Discuss [0]

AMD has pulled the wraps off the new V4900 professional graphics card today. The new video card is designed to give the user unequalled digital content creation capability. The V4900 is also designed to work well for pros that use CAD software heavily. The performance the V4900 delivers is offered at the entry level price of $189 making it a bargain in the pro graphics realm. Read The Full Story

DisplayLink debuts first USB 3.0 graphics adapter at IDF 2011

Shane McGlaun, Sep 14th 2011 Discuss [1]

DisplayLink has announced the first USB 3.0 graphics adapter this week at IDF 2011. DisplayLink has been offering USB graphics adapters making it easy to add more screens to your computer for a while now. The new adapter that has been announced is the first to take advantage of the faster USB 3.0 port. The adapter using USB 3.0 that has been unveiled is by a company called Winstars and is dubbed the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 to HDMI adapter. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA admits Kepler GPU only in production come 2012

Chris Davies, Aug 5th 2011 Discuss [1]

NVIDIA has confirmed reports that its next-gen Kepler GPUs will only enter production in 2012, despite implying at the chipsets' initial reveal that they would ship in late 2011. "Although we will have early silicon this year, Kepler-based products are actually scheduled to go into production in 2012," NVIDIA spokesperson Ken Brown told X-bit Labs. "We wanted to clarify this so people wouldn’t expect product to be available this year." Read The Full Story

PNY unveils new NVIDIA GTX 580 liquid cooled graphics card with CPU cooling

Shane McGlaun, Jun 8th 2011 Discuss [1]

PNY has been selling NVIDA branded video cards for a long time now. The company started out years ago and has offered a video card with each new GPU that NVIDIA has launched. Generally, the video cards are not the high-end overclocked offerings if they have the PNY name on them. They tend to be stock cards. PNY has announced a new video card that has a really cool feature. Read The Full Story

MSI debuts N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition video card, claims world’s fastest title

Shane McGlaun, May 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

Companies that make video cards like to lay claim to the title of world's fastest when they can. AMD and NVIDIA like to do the same thing trading the title back and forth. MSI has unveiled a new video card at Computex 2011 called the N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition. This isn’t the first video card from MSI packing in the NVIDIA 580GTX GPU. The N580GTX Twin Frozr II surfaced form MSI back in January. The latest card gets a new fan and sensor design. Read The Full Story

ASUS ROG range gets dual-GTX 580 MARS II video card, motherboards, more

Chris Davies, May 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

ASUS' glasses-free 3D gaming notebook will likely get most of the attention, but the Republic of Gamers team has also brought along plenty of kit for the DIY enthusiast. In addition to the ROG Crosshair V Formula series motherboard shown yesterday there are the ROG Maximus IV Extreme-Z and ROG Maximus IV GENE-Z motherboards, plus the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 based ROG MATRIX GTX 580 and ROG MARS II graphics cards. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 debuts at $199, plus beta R275 uber-drivers

Chris Davies, May 17th 2011 Discuss [1]

NVIDIA has outed its latest video card, the GeForce GTX 560, slotting into the competitive $199 price segment and offering 336 CUDA cores, an 810-950MHz graphics clock and 1620-1900MHz processor clock, along with 1GB of GDDR5 memory with a 256-bit interface. Meanwhile, NVIDIA has also released its new beta GeForce R275 drivers, promising boosted performance across various games and new 3D Vision support for more than 525 new titles. Read The Full Story