Items tagged with Radeon
AMD's dual-core Opteron processors reviewed at TR: "We've had a pair of dual-core Opteron processors on the test bench for some time now, and we're pleased to report some rather impressive results. AMD's dual-core design is something more than just a pair of CPUs glued together on a single piece of silicon, and...
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Good evening all! We invite you to feast your eyes on a couple of beastly new graphics cards from HIS - The HIS X850 XT IceQ II Turbo and HIS X800 XL IceQ II Turbo. We cover these cards top to bottom, from the standard gaming benchmarks to a brand new Doom 3 engine based title and of course a bit of...
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In January we took a look at the HIS X700 Pro IceQ Turbo because it piqued our interest with its somewhat unique cooling solution. HIS took a page from the book of "OTES", which stands for Outside Thermal Exhaust System, a thermal management approach pioneered by Abit Computer, that has been out on the market in various...
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Hey folks, how's the weekend treating you? Anyone hear of the upcoming game called F.E.A.R.? How would you like to beta test it? Vivendi is having a sweepstakes with 20 slots open for beta testers, so click here, enter your info, and pray your going to win :) Anyway, here's the news, enjoy! Cooler Master Aquagate Mini...
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Hello HotHardware Fans! And Happy St. Patrick's day! Just in case you've jumped right to the news and missed the fresh link at the top of the main page, I'm here to let you know that we've just posted a new review of Sapphire's Toxic Radeon X700 Pro 128. This is a PCI Express based Radeon X700 Pro with an interesting bundle, and an oversized,...
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When shopping for a new video card, naturally, we all want the fastest card available performance wise. However, many simply can't justify the price that some high-end cards currently command. With many premium models now selling for more than $500, gamers on a budget often need to focus their efforts on finding a good,...
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Good evening ladies and gents, need some night reading material? After a long day of fighting the Windows ME Operating System, my head is just about fried. I'm sure the blue screen of death will haunt my dreams tonight. For those of who you have never had the pleasure of working with the mentioned OS, you may be...
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Good Morning Peeps, how goes the battle? Things are clicking along nicely here in the HH Labs this weekend. Yet another white-out with snow going on in the area, adding another 8-10" of the stuff before the day is through. It's all good though because there are many of us here on the HH Team in the Northeast and it only forces...
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Good evening HotHardware fans! Just in case you missed the fresh link at the top of the page, I'm here to let you know that we've just posted a new review of Sapphire's Hybrid Radeon X800 XL. This card has the same base specifications as a 'Built by ATI' Radeon X800 XL, but it's built upon a blue PCB and is equipped with a much more compact...
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It has been a little over two months since we first got to play with ATI's Radeon X800 XL, and we have now begun to receive retail products based on this eagerly anticipated GPU in the HotHardware labs. For those unfamiliar with the Radeon X800 XL, it is a .11 micron GPU, with 16 pixel pipelines, 6 hardware vertex shaders and all of...
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Hey folks, I'm checking in to let you know what's going on. ATi has sent us an announcement today, they're announcing the "Industry's First DirectX 9 Chipset for AMD Processor-based Notebook PCs" so check it out along with our other items. Enjoy! ATI Delivers Industry's First DirectX 9 Chipset for AMD...
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Good morning all. Time for your morning news to start your day off right. The Mushkin 1GB PC2-4200 looks like a sweet set of RAM and if you're a Wi-Fi user, the Tech Zone has some useful security tips. Let's get things rolling! Wi-Fi Hotspot Security Tips @ The Tech Zone: "You've set up your Boingo account, you're hanging...
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Hey folks, I'm here to start off the new week with more news. GamePC Labs has sent us their review of the Radeon X850 XT PE, so if your interested, make sure to check out Marco's article on the same product. Read on and enjoy! Abit AG8 915P Motherboard Review @ PC Perspective "Overclocking aside, the ABIT AG8 is a top performer. It is slightly...
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Happy Friday everyone, the weekend is about to get started. This morning we have a good lineup of reading for you from great looking Albatron mobo to a thoughtful editorial on Blue-Ray technology. You better get started, there's some good reading here. Albatron PX925X Pro @ Viper Lair: "Throughout all...
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Good evening folks :) After attacking a large pizza, I'm about ready to burst so I'm here to unload the news while I digest the pounds of Italian perfection that's sitting in my stomach. In addition to the news articles, I'd also like bring your attention this story, which makes notice of new spyware that attacks...
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Good Evening HotHardware fans! It's your friendly neighborhood Italian here to let you know that we have just posted a new review of ATI's recently announced Mobility Radeon X700. We were able to test this new 8-pipe mobile GPU using one of the very first notebooks powered by the MR X700, Acer's TravelMate 8100. Click here to check it out......
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Mobile Graphics technology is advancing at a fevered pace. In a little over a year, the once dominant Mobility Radeon 9600 was eclipsed by the Mobility Radeon 9700. Then, the MR 9700 was surpassed by the Mobility Radeon 9800, which itself was recently eclipsed by the Mobility Radeon X800. ATI's mobile GPUs went from 4, to 8, to 12 pixel...
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Hello and good evening folks :) Looks like we got a decent storm today, everything has a coating of ice on it. Will it last? Probably not, I hear it's supposed to warm up early next week. I love these freak winters... and I also love tech news, and so don't you, so let's get to it. Coolermaster CoolDrive 5 Hard Drive Cooler @ ExtremeMHz "The...
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Good morning HotHardware fans! We've got two new articles posted up for you today. In the first we take a look at ATI's brand new Radeon X800 XL. This card will appeal to anyone in the market for a high-end PCI Express graphics card, as its got all of the features of an X800 XT, but it's MSRP is actually less than $300! Click...
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Back on December 1, 2004 ATI officially announced their latest flagship GPU, the Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition. The GPU powering the Radeon X850, previously code named R480, is an evolutionary product designed to improve yields and hit higher clock speeds than the older R423 GPU used on PCI Express variants of the Radeon X800. ...
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Good morning HotHardware fans! BW here to let you all know that ATi is taking the wraps off of whole new line of graphics cards with their new X850 Series today, and they've made some additions to the X800 Series of cards as well. In all ATi is announcing five new Radeons, at price points randing from $250 to $540. We've got information on...
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NVIDIA's SLI technology (Scalable Link Interface), which allows two PCI Express GeForce 6800s or 6600s to work in tandem to increase performance, has been getting a ton of press these past few months. So much press that it has some PC enthusiasts wondering what ATi has been up to and what the Canadian-based graphics giant would do to...
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