Search results matching tag 'radeon'

RE: AMD Releases Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver, Patches Steam Issues

mhenriday — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:08:00 GMT

Thanks for the heads-up, Ray ! Perhaps I'm no longer limited to NVidia cards and can now consider replacing my ancient GeForce 7900 GTX with a Radeon model ! As noted in Ray's article, this new driver is said to work with Ubuntu 12.10 - anybody here know if it also works with 12.04 LTS ?...

Henri

RE: AMD Unveils Preliminary Radeon HD 8000M Series Details

mhenriday — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:09:12 GMT

Thanks for transmitting this AMD info, Marco ! Can't wait to see the testing results - hope you will also test for »stuttering» !...

Henri

RE: AMD Navigates Tough Second Quarter, Emerges In The Black

mhenriday — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:53:33 GMT

AMD did just that - i e, cutting prices on FXs and APUs - as well, back in April (http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2012/2012042701_AMD_cuts_prices_on_A-Series_APUs_and_FX_CPUs.html), but they still seem to have problems moving the products due to disappointing CPU performance. My suggestion is that they're being proactive on the Radeons, but as you say, we'll have to wait until the Q3 statistics roll in before knowing how well the strategy worked. Hoping for the best for AMD - after all, what kind of CPUs would Intel now be offering users if AMD hadn't rocked them out of their compalcency ? - but I find it hard to be optimistic....

Henri

RE: AMD Slashes Prices on Radeon 7000 Series Graphics Cards

mhenriday — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:33:42 GMT

Cf Joel Hruska's report on AMDs second quarter here : http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/p/62246/431975.aspx#431975....

Henri

RE: AMD Navigates Tough Second Quarter, Emerges In The Black

mhenriday — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:29:04 GMT

Now the background to AMD's recent decision to cut prices for high-end GPUs, as reported earlier on HH (http://hothardware.com/News/AMD-Slashes-Prices-on-Radeon-7000-Series-Graphics-Cards/), becomes clearer....

Henri

RE: HotHardware Two and A Half Geeks - 6/29/12: Transformer Pad Infinity, Samsung Galaxy S III, Surface and More

mhenriday — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 18:45:38 GMT

As an outsider looking in, I'd go for the hardware/components suggestions. And if HH could be prevailed upon to let even those of us who don't reside in the US or Canada join the competition, my cup would runneth over....

Nice webcast, by the way ; valuable comments by all participants....

Henri

RE: AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Review

mhenriday — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:34:17 GMT

Thanks, Marco, for your reply ! The two Sweclockers testers, Jonas Thörnqvist and Emil Björklund, state the following in an explanatory video that they felt compelled to add to the summary section of their detailed, multi-page review (2:59 - 3:17 into the video) : «... the drivers report a clock frequency of 1050MHz, GPU-Z reports a clock frequency of 1050MHz (this could, per se, be due to the software's lack of support for the Turbo fuction), but the point is that, no matter how much one looks at the card, it always runs at 1050MHz ...»

In any event, thanks for an excellent review !...

Henri

RE: AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Review

mhenriday — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 11:45:35 GMT

Marco, when this card was tested by the Sweclockers team (http://www.sweclockers.com/recension/15564-amd-radeon-hd-7970-gigahertz-edition - in Swedish), the conclusions reached were much the same as those you list in your summary above. However, a couple of additional things were noted - the so-called «PowerTune Technology» didn't really work as expected ; instead of the card being tested (much the same line up as in your HH test) running at the basic 1000 MHz speed and being «dynamically» boosted to 1050MHz when required, throughout the whole test the card ran consistently at 1050 MHz, save for a dip to around 1020MHz for perhaps a tenth of a second on a single occasion. Moreover, available software does not permit card voltage to be increased over the standard 1.2V (which itself is a minor increase over the standard 1.175V of the standard 7970), which, of course, limits the card's overclocking potential. Thus, according to the Sweclockers reviewers, the HD 7970 GHz amounts to a factory overclocked HD 7970, in which the engine clock has been boosted to 1050MHz from 925MHz, the memory clock to 6GHz from 5.5GHz, and voltage, as noted above, to 1.2V from 1.175V. An owner of a HD 7970 card should therefore be able to attain the same performance levels as the HD 7970 GHz card by means of a relative modest overclocking of his or her card. In other words, the HD 7970 GHz card, while it does take the speed crown from the GeForce GTX 680 (on most applications), doesn't represent anything new....

Love to hear your comments on the above !...

Henri

ARCTIC COOLING Accelero XTREME Plus II

jtheater — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:41:55 GMT

This really isn't a review but more like advice.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186048

I recently purchased this GPU cooler because I couldn't stand the noise coming from my 6970. It was just unbearable. I decided on picking this up to help alleviate the C130 taking off in my case. It worked flawlessly, except the installation process. I just want to let you all know what I did.

1. I bought these for my larger RAM heatsinks cause the crap they give you (aka thermal glue) is literally poo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835708009 These copper heatsinks stick and stay and you feel more secure since you know they won't fall off.

2. I used these for your smaller heatsinks: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835708011 These are a little taller than the ones listed above but filing them down or Dremmel time works well. Like I said, stick and stay, sense of security.

3. The preapplied thermal paste didn't line up with the GPU chip. I found out the hard way by seeing the temps rise on my card. Hence, my system shut down. Scrape that stuff off and apply your favorite (Artic Silver 5) thermal paste directly on the chip to avoid what I did.

All in all, I am happy and had some lessons learned accomplishing this task. My load temps dropped from 80-90 to 50-55. Literally silent to say the least. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I may not know the exact lingo for all PC parts, but i will try and steer you in the right direction.

RE: How Can Eyefinity Change Your Life? Presented by ASUS, HH, and AMD

AKwyn — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:12:26 GMT

Word to the wise, make sure you have the appropriate power ("CPU", "Memory") before entering. I have a system that is at least decent enough to run this with good framerates.

Okay, fourth entry/story.

There once was a man, a gamer if you will. His system was the bomb, he knew where everything was; he could hear everything there was, he could even sense the knifer who was coming at him from the side. The only problem was, he couldn't keep his focus; whereever there was a fly he'd get disctracted, whereever there was a random object passing him, he'd get distracted, he just couldn't stay focused on the screen in front of him, the parts of his eyes missing the sights they need. Then came a beacon of hope, something that appeared basically out of nowhere as if he just wished for it. His hands sweaty, he opens the box ever so delicately and what does he find inside?, a good will present from the folks at AMD and ASUS. He also found a note in there and he picked it up and read it. It read "Sir, I hear you're having problems focusing on the game, we hope this will help. Sincerily, -Your folks at AMD and ASUS" and he thought to himself, "Could this be the thing I need to immerse myself in focus?" and he picked up the card, ever so holy and walked to the computer.

He opened the case of his computer and took out his old graphics card (which was pretty mighty at the time) a nd he placed the new graphics card and he seated it firmly in his slot. He took out his old monitor and he installed the 3 in a way which satisfied the human eyes. He then turned it on, he thought to himself, "Okay... Nothing special." but then the system booted and he was amazed at all of the screen real-estate he now had, he could place the icons he could never place on there before, he could sort the screens like he never could do before but most of all, he could game like he never gamed before. So he popped in Battlefield Bad Company 2, he set the resolution and he joined a server. He waited for the loading bar to load, oh sweet long loading bar. When it loaded, he was amazed. He saw things that he could never see before, he became a lot more focused then he had with one screen but something unexpected happened, he became immersed in the game. He did what he always did before he had Eyefinity; game. Only this time, he was much more determined then before. While he was moving with his team he spoted an enemy in the balcony and another in an allyway to the left. Thinking quickly on his feat, he tells the squad about the enemy on the balcony while he aims his gun at the enemy to the left and he kills him; he then continues on as there is no time to rest when enemies are roaming around. Much later they comes accross something real special, a control point; He and his squad take a look at the surrounds and they discover that it's heavily fortified.

But he had hope as the Eyefinity gave him more to see, his teammates anxiously await his orders. Thinking quickly, he tells the squad to flank from the left and right and he'll go for the center. The squad agrees to this plan and they split up, leaving the guy all alone; he jumps down into a crowded corridor where is field of view is cut off, but then he notices something on the right, an enemy; thinking quickly, he knifes the guy and moves on. Later on, he regroups with his squad, of which they survived the onslaught. In the distance is the control point but there are snipers up there on the roofs, willing to pick off anyone who even comes close to the flag. Using his eyes, he spotted at least 4 snipers guarding the perimiter, one on each building. Thinking quickly, he becomes a sniper and orders his squad to go out there as decoys. The plan works as the snipers become focused on the decoys and the guy aims his sniper rifle at his head; holding his breath, he aims for the head and fires the trigger and in a stroke of luck, the bullet hit his head directly and killed him. The snipers took note at the sniper who was just killed but they were more worried about the soldiers on the ground so they kept on aiming and shooting. The guy then took out the second sniper with a bit of luck and the remaining two took notice and decided to stop focusing on the squad and started focusing on trying to find the sniper who's taking them out. Meanwhile the squad who were out there decided to enter the buildings the snipers were in while they were distracted and they do so.

They split into two teams and entered the two buildings, they made sure to sneak to prevent the snipers from getting their attention. When they reached the top, they were still looking for the guy who sniped two of their snipers unknowningly. The two teams each pick a member to sneak up behind them and kill them with a knife. Knowing the risks, they both accept and they sneak as quietly as they can. A loud floorboard almost gave away their position but the snipers were too focused on finding that guy. When the two soliders approached their respective snipers, they take out their knives and they stick it in their kneck killing them. Back on the ground, the guy was busy trying to find a good spot to snipe from when his radio went on. He picked it up and held it to his ear, it transmitted. "Sir, we've taken out the remaining two snipers, we're coming to the control point." and he turned off the radio and headed to the control point and he was reunited with his squad. He watched as the enemy flag went down and an ally flag right up. Just before it reached the top however, he noticed something to the left, it was a guy and his squad aiming to take back the control point. Without hesitating, he throws a grenade to where the guys are and he manages to kill some of them, he then goes over and finishes off whoever is alive. When he is done doing that, he recieves a reminder that the control point has been captured and everybody is happy, especially the guy with Eyefinity. He turned off the game and he had a sight of happiness in his mouth, he lay down on the bed and pulled the covers on himself. He went to sleep knowing that his life has truely been changed.

The End.

I may do a fourth entry but it's going to be an image.