February 16, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
The latest card to get the ‘special' treatment from XFX is the HD6950 XXX Edition which is not only supplied with higher than reference clocks, but a dual fan, customised cooler design. Is this one of the best HD6950's that money can buy? Today we will find out. When compared …
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February 14, 2011
Announcements, Graphics
Last week we reviewed one of the finest graphics cards we have had in our labs, the Asus GTX580 Direct CU II. This modified card design overclocked to levels we thought impossible and operated at temperatures which other manufacturers have struggled to achieve. It isn't only the nVidia high end …
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February 13, 2011
Announcements, Graphics
KitGuru has reviewed many of the custom, overclocked cards from AMD's partners in the last month, and today we are taking a look at the much awaited HD6970 Black Edition from XFX. XFX have earned quite a reputation for creating some of the finest graphics cards for the enthusiast market, …
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February 12, 2011
CPU, Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics, PC
AMD's Fusion platform was released in January and a few weeks ago KitGuru spent some time with a ‘yet to be released' MSI Fusion System Prototype – we were actually the first in the world to review it. For the last week we have been spending some time with the …
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February 9, 2011
Announcements, Graphics
AMD's new HD6970 range has impressed KitGuru, delivering stunning gaming performance at a very respectable price point. While nVidia certainly have the performance advantage right now with their GTX580, we really do love to game across three screens without having to purchase another graphics card. Today we are looking at …
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February 8, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
The high end sector only drives a small portion of income for nVidia and AMD, however it is important to be seen as dominant in this sector as public perception and confidence can drive sales further down the range. The Asus GTX580 Direct CU II is a highly modified play …
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February 8, 2011
Featured Announcement, Graphics
Today we are looking at a rather special card from MSI, the R6870 HAWK Edition with the new Twin Frozr III Cooler. With a 8+2 Phase PWM design and a dual fan speed profile switch connected to a new propeller blade design we have high hopes that this will be …
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February 4, 2011
Announcements, Graphics
When KitGuru reviewed Sapphire's HD5770 Flex Edition last year, it walked away with our top award. It was not only an amazing productivity board, but in a CrossfireX configuration it was capable of reasonable frame rates across three screens. Today we are looking at the new Sapphire HD6870 Flex Edition, …
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February 3, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
AMD's HD6970 has been a strong seller since it was released on December 15th 2010. The combination of class leading performance and competitive price point has served AMD's partners well. Today we are looking at the new PowerColor HD6970 PCS+ which receives a high level of TLC, with enhanced clock …
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February 1, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
Sapphire have a well earned reputation as one of AMD's finest partners. Their Vapor X and Toxic Edition cards command a small price premium while offering significant advantages in all key areas. Today we are looking at the as yet unreleased HD6870 Toxic Edition with custom Vapor-X cooler and ‘out …
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January 31, 2011
Featured Announcement, Graphics
Today we are going to be looking at a hybrid graphics/network card, featuring an amalgamation of technology from AMD and Bigfoot Networks. This card from VisionTek combines a 1GB HD5770 with a KillerNic 2100 to offer lower ping times with decent mainstream gaming performance. Focusing on high end graphics solutions …
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January 21, 2011
Featured Announcement, Graphics
The HD6850 has been a strong seller for AMD since it was released last year, combining great gaming performance at a very competitive price point. Today we are looking at the new HIS HD 6850 which is supplied in a pre overclocked state and features a high performance ‘Ice Q …
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January 19, 2011
Announcements, Graphics
The AMD HD5450 has proven to be a popular card with the enthusiast HTPC audience, due to the low pricing and media acceleration capabilities. This particular series has also been adopted by the business audience who value a low cost strategy with support for multiple monitors. The HIS HD5450 Silence …
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December 21, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
Without question, 2010 has been a great year for gamers. Both AMD and nVidia have released fantastic graphics cards at all price points and there really has never been a better time to upgrade your system. If you had £300 burning a hole in your wallet and wanted to improve …
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December 20, 2010
Announcements, Graphics
Last week AMD launched their new HD6970 and HD6950 graphics cards. Kitguru has reviewed several partner boards and found them to be high performing, great value for money products. Due to adverse weather conditions in the United Kingdom our review of the Sapphire cards has been a little delayed but …
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December 17, 2010
Announcements, Graphics
Last month nVidia rocked the graphics world with the release of their phenomenal GTX580. This is the fastest single chip card on the market today – although AMD's HD5970 is still the most powerful graphics card on the planet. Today we are looking at the more affordable GTX570, which targets …
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December 15, 2010
Announcements, Graphics
HIS are famous for performance products and today, as AMD releases the Radeon HD 6900 series they were quick to release their new range of products. To see what this second generation graphics processor is really capable of, we tested a pair of the Radeon HD 6970 cards in CrossFireX …
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December 15, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
Long known for its value products, Powercolor has been one of AMD's longest serving and most loyal partners. Over the past 12 months, they have also invested heavily in product design – especially coolers. Today we continue our coverage of AMD's Radeon HD 6900 series launch, looking next at the …
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December 15, 2010
Featured Announcement, Graphics
Ready for eye popping frame rates? This review today might just be the answer to your pre-Christmas hangover. We put AMD's latest and greatest through their paces in a variety of multiple card configurations. While AMD's 6800 series included solid products, the re-naming strategy confused many enthusiast users. AMD effectively …
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December 9, 2010
Featured Announcement, Graphics
While sales in the high end market are only a small portion of revenue streams, both nVidia and AMD are keen to be seen to dominate. With the imminent release of AMD's 6900 Cayman cards we thought it was a good time to have a look at the performance of …
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November 30, 2010
Announcements, Graphics
The AMD HD6850 was released just over a month ago and has been warmly received by critics and the public. We have already looked at boards from Sapphire, XFX, Powercolor and HIS and today the Asus EAH6850 Direct CU Overclock Edition is next in line for a thorough workout. Like …
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November 23, 2010
Announcements, Graphics
Well it was a long time coming, but finally we have a HD6870 with a custom cooling solution. Powercolor have just released the HD6870 PCS+ graphics card which is not only supplied with a rather sexy heatpipe cooler, but substantial overclocks. Both HD6850 and HD6870 were received warmly by the …
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November 15, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
Over the past few months KitGuru has looked at several different GTX 460 models leaving very little room for surprises; but today thanks to NewEgg.ca we have the Galaxy GTX 460 768MB card on our bench and ready to rock. This card has at least one unique feature, a removable …
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November 15, 2010
Announcements, Graphics
AMD's HD6850 series was released to a warm public reception, combining great performance, low power drain and very competitive pricing. KitGuru recently reviewed the XFX HD6850 Black Edition and today we are looking at Sapphire's overclocked competitor- the HD6850 Toxic Edition. Core clock : 820MHz Memory clock : 4.4GHz Stream …
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November 12, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
Buying a new HD5970 or GTX580 is sure to clean out your bank account, and for the majority of people it is totally pointless. If you are in the market for a new high quality graphics card for a media center or 720p gaming system then the product we have …
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November 12, 2010
Featured Announcement, Graphics
KitGuru has already reviewed many AMD HD6800 series cards and we have been impressed with the competitive pricing and mid range performance. The GTX460 dominated the market for many weeks but AMD finally stepped up to the plate. Today we are going to look at the new HIS HD6870 Turbo …
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October 26, 2010
Featured Announcement, Graphics
Last friday AMD released the HD6870 and HD6850 series to a warm reception. Many journalists (including myself) admired the competitive price points with class leading performance … finally AMD had the performance edge to compete directly with the GTX 460's. Today we have one of the first pre-overclocked HD6850's – …
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October 22, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics
When nVidia released the GTX460, everyone was literally blown away – this was a mid range card that utterly dominated the market and delivered staggering levels of performance, particularly when overclocked. AMD had left a big hole in its range, from the 5770 to the 5850 – with only the …
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October 22, 2010
Announcements, Graphics
KitGuru is old in the tooth and likes naming conventions which don't change. With the launch of the Radeon HD 6000 series, AMD has altered its naming strategy. The high end cards will now be the 6900 series (due November) and the 6800 cards that we're looking at today, will …
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October 22, 2010
Featured Announcement, Graphics
AMD have been in charge of the DX11 battlefield since their HD5000 series cards were released last year. It took nVidia many more months to come to market with competitive solutions and while their GTX480 and GTX470 received a half hearted welcome, the GTX460 has literally taken the mid market …
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