4/30/06
| Quad SLI Preview - 4/30/06 @ 8:25 am - By: MUYA - Source: Browsing |
| x-bit labs has a preview of NVIDIA's GeForce 7900 GX2 card which is actually 2 cards (each with a g71 GPU). On each 7900 GX2, a G71 GPU is allocated 512 MB of on-board memory and connected through a special bridge chip with 16X PCIe lanes to the other daughter card and the system. The two GPUs on the card work in SLI mode. The core and memory are clocked lower than a single GPU card at 550 MHz and 1.2GHz (DDR). For quad SLI, NVIDIA has introduced a new mode of SLI, AFR of SFR where each card alternately renders a frame split between the two GPUs of one card after the other. Introduced also is the new 32X SLI AA which is also benched with games by x-bit labs. The GX2 cards are benched (when possible) at resolution of 2560 by 1600 with 32X SLI AA and compared to a crossfire x1900 XTX system on a variety of games. Click on the headlines to read the preview.
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| Accelero X1 - 4/26/06 @ 10:35 am - By: MikeC - Source: |
| Brian Cochran finishes up his evaluation of the Arctic Cooler Accelero X1.
Check out the review here. |
| XFX 7900GTX XXX - 4/26/06 @ 9:25 am - By: MUYA - Source: E-mail |
Guru3D review XFX's GeForce 7900 GTX XXX edition. This card is another factory overclocked card with core clocked at 700MHz and memory set at 1.8GHz (DDR).The bundle with this card is sparse to say the least with one game included. However, the performance of this card more than makes it up for that. All numbers from Guru3D are single card configuration on latest games. Click on the headline to read the review.
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| Timber Wolf Keyboard - 4/25/06 @ 2:57 pm - By: MikeC - Source: N/A |
| DaveC checks out the WolfKing Timber Wolf Gaming Keyboard, which was especially designed for the hard-core first person shooter gamer.
Check out the review here. |
| 7900 GT Review - 4/25/06 @ 6:45 am - By: MUYA - Source: Browsing |
x-bit labs reviews a reference GeForce 7900 GT. The 7900 GT is currently turning a lot of heads due to its price performance ratio only being priced at around $299.Click on the headline to read x-bit labs findings.
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| MSI 7800 GTX Review - 4/20/06 @ 8:42 am - By: MUYA - Source: Browsing |
| HardOCP have pitted three of MSI's cards including a 512 MB 7800 GTX, x1800XT, x1900XT. They test the card in single card configuration on the latest games available and report numbers on various settings in-game or otherwise. Numbers include bench runs games that run on on Dell 2405FPW LCD's native resolution of 1920x1200. Click on the headline to read the review. |
| XFX 7600GT - 4/19/06 @ 7:49 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
Get Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter FREE with the purchase of a Geforce 7600GT at select E-Tailers.
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| High End Shootout - 4/19/06 @ 7:11 am - By: MUYA - Source: Browsing |
| Extremetech reviews the performance in a 3 way shootout of the PNY Verto GeForce 7900 GTX Limited Edition clocked at 675Mhz core and 1.64 GHz (DDR), eVGA GeForce 7900 GTX Superclocked clocked at 690 MHz core and 1.76 GHz (DDR) and a ASUS x1900XTX today. All performance numbers are with a single card setup. Seems even though the PNY is clocked lower than the eVGA card, it came out on top between the two which leads ET to believe that the eVGA card maybe throttling back due to heat issues. Click on the headline to read the shootout. |
| 7900 Reviews - 4/18/06 @ 6:38 am - By: MUYA - Source: |
Extremetech has an exclusive preview at the GeForce Go 7900 GTX, the mobile version of NVIDIA's flagship G71 GPU. The Go 7900 GTX GPU is available on Dell's XPS M1710 laptop model. Very impressive numbers with the Go 7900 GTX core being clocked at 500 MHz and memory at 1.2GHZ (DDR) all for power rating at 45 W!
PC Persepective on the other hand review a BFG Tech GeForce 7900 GTX OC video card which runs 20 MHz core and 40 MHz (DDR) overclocked from NVIDIA recommended settings. They provide single card and SLI mode performance numbers at resolutions of 1600 x1200 and also 2048 x 1536 for all you lucky 30" LCD monitor owners.
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| 7900 GX2 Quad SLI - 4/17/06 @ 10:29 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
MVKTech has just published a new preview about the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2 Quad SLI.
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| 84.25 x64 drivers - 4/14/06 @ 11:33 am - By: MikeC - Source: Forums |
| NVIDIA has released the Forceware 84.25 x64 beta driver today. Discussion thread here. |
| MSI NX7800GS AGP - 4/12/06 @ 7:50 pm - By: MikeC - Source: N/A |
| Kris Baker has completed his review of the MSI NX7800GS AGP graphics card. Check it out here.
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| Tomb Raider Legends - 4/12/06 @ 6:33 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Forums |
| As forum members get their copies of Tomb Raider Legends be sure to check out player feedback from the latest episode in this popular adventure series!
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| Gigabyte 7900 GT - 4/12/06 @ 8:46 am - By: MUYA - Source: Browsing |
Gamepyre are full of praise for Gigabyte's GeForce 7900 GT based graphics card, the NX79T GeForce 7900GT. The card is bundled with Serious Sam 2 and has 2 DVI ports and 1 S-Video Out port. Their sample overclocked well over 100MHz core and memory so plenty of headroom there for improved performance over stock clocks.
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| MSI K8N Review - 4/11/06 @ 10:04 am - By: MUYA - Source: N/A |
| Steve Angelly has posted his review of the MSI K8N Diamond Plus motherboard. Check it out here.
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| G71 Clock Stabilty - 4/10/06 @ 7:44 pm - By: MUYA - Source: Various |
| PCPer reports that customers with factory overclocked cards that are unstable can exchange them. Customers are advised to contact the card's manufacturer to get them replaced for stable versions (same overclock). The root cause for instability as reported by Ryan at PCPer was due to the vertex shading units being clocked 50MHz higher than the pixel processing pipelines.
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| G71 Series Review - 4/10/06 @ 11:21 am - By: MUYA - Source: Browsing |
| Tweaktown goes to town with Gigabyte's range of the recently launched GeForce 7900 GTX, 7900 GT and 7600 GT. They are all running at stock clocks for core and memory and bundled with Serious Sam 2. Check out their extreme performance tests with 8X AA and 16X AF enabled in titles like Doom 3 and Half-Life 2. |
| Linux Display Drivers - 4/07/06 @ 2:29 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Forums |
| NVIDIA has released Linux display driver version 1.0-8756 for IA32, AMD64/EM64T, and Solaris. Discussion thread here. |
| XFX G71 Review - 4/07/06 @ 8:55 am - By: MUYA - Source: Browsing |
| GamePC reviews a pair of XFX 7900 GTX Extreme Edition cards in single and SLI mode. These extreme editions from XFX are clocked higher than stock clocks recomended by NVIDIA. They are are compared to x1900 XT cards in Crossfire mode. Both sets trade blows in GamePC's suite of benches. See the all important numbers by clicking the headline. |
| Cg 1.5 Beta 1 - 4/06/06 @ 6:05 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
NVIDIA has posted the first public beta of Cg 1.5. Cg is their high-level programming language for graphics processors. NVIDIA Cg Compiler Release 1.5 Beta 1 consists of the following components:
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| Press Releases - 4/05/06 @ 7:39 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| Here are a couple of press releases that NVIDIA put out today. New NVIDIA Dual-Analog TV Tuner Turns PCs Into Home Entertainment Centers NVIDIA Announces Broad Availability of NVIDIA Business Platform PCs |
| 7900 GT Roundup - 4/05/06 @ 6:45 am - By: MUYA - Source: Browsing |
Trusted Reviews cards based on NVIDIA's GeForce 7900 GT GPUs from, ASUS, BFG, eVGA, Leadtek and XFX. All but the ASUS variant are pre-overclocked models and all look like clones of each other except the sticker badge on the reference coolers. Trusted Reviews have single and SLI figures in comparision to a 7900 GTX based card as pricepoint issue as 2 GeForce 7900 GTs based cards cost the same or just a little more than a 7900 GTX based card. Overclocking was on the agenda at Trusted Reviews with the XFX model getting the highest overclocks at 590 MHz core and 900 MHz memory (1.8 GHz DDR). Click on the headline to read their numbers and findings.
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| Graphics Shootout - 4/04/06 @ 8:37 am - By: MUYA - Source: Various |
| Firingsquad has an Edler Scrolls 4: Oblivion shoot out of video cards 9 cards, single card mode or SLI,Crossfire mode based on NVIDIA GPUs starting with the 7900 GTX against cards based on rivals ATI's x1900 XT VPUs. All sorts of in-game environment are tested at resolutions of 1600 by 1200 with HDR, or HDR off but with AA and AF turned on. Where as x1900XT based card seems rather strong on single card mode, SLI numbers for NVIDIA G71 based cards indicate stronger performance by significant amounts. Even a SLI setup of G70 or 7800 GTX cards keep up with the crossfire x1900 XT setup. This possibly highlights the level of maturity SLI technology as compared to its rival's. Extremetech on the other hand concentrate their efforts on a range of multi budget video cards and an array of games to give you their verdict on the "most bang on the buck" purchase including factors such as resolution and AA and AF. |
| GF 7900 GT Reviews - 4/01/06 @ 1:02 am - By: MUYA - Source: Various |
Box Gods have their review of XFX GeForce 7900GT 256MB posted. This card sees no departure from NVIDIA's reference design but it still maintains the 7900 GT price performance factor we are seeing across the web. The card come bundled with Starship Troopers and XFX also offers a "Double Lifetime" warranty.HardwareZone reviews the MSI NX7900GT-T2D256E. This card is again non too changed from NVIDIA's reference version but it is bundled with Peter Jackson's King Kong. MSI's version has a D.O.T overclocking tool/facility for a modest 10% overclock under warranty but otherwise, it is pretty much the same as any other 7900 GT offerings. HWZ uses a moderate system with an AMD Athlon64 3500+ which could be a useful indicator for all of mainstream system owners.
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