Graphics

Today we are going to look at Arctic's top-of-the-range GPU air cooler, the Accelero Xtreme IV.  We recently took a look at Arctic's take on all-in-one graphics card cooling, the Accelero Hybrid II, which performed well, despite being let down by a complicated installation process.  We are excited to see …

The buzz around 4K gaming has been growing fast this year, with many enthusiasts adopting new monitors as they come down in price but until now, there hadn't been an Ultra HD benchmarking tool available. Futuremark has officially released Fire Strike Ultra, the world's first 4K benchmark, which is now …

Market analysts responded positively to the appointment of Lisa Su to the position of AMD’s chief executive officer. The observers believe that it was wise for the board of the company’s directors to choose someone with a chip design experience, however, many analysts question the timing when the decision was made …

Today we are going to take a look at a the Arctic Accelero Hybrid II-120 GPU Cooler, an aftermarket graphics cooling solution which is designed to improve the cooling performance of your graphics card, allowing more overclocking headroom while reducing the noise level. We tested the original Arctic Accelero Hybrid graphics cooler back …

Although Nvidia Corp. was expected to release its GeForce GTX 960 graphics solution in October, 2014, a new market rumour suggests that the company will only launch its new performance-mainstream graphics card in 2015. Nvidia is now expected to release its GeForce GTX 960 graphics cards in the first quarter …

Advanced Micro Devices has cut down the official recommended prices of its Radeon R9 graphics cards to better compete against Nvidia Corp.’s recently introduced GeForce GTX 970 and 980 graphics cards. Starting from now on, the Radeon R9 290X will cost $399 (down from $549), whereas the Radeon R9 290 …

Nvidia's Maxwell architecture is going mobile as the company has officially announced the launch of its GTX 980M and GTX 970M laptop graphics chips. According to Nvidia, these mobile GPU variants will be around 75 per cent as powerful as their desktop counterparts, delivering enough performance to game at resolutions …

Today we are going to take a look at the NZXT Kraken G10 GPU Water Cooling Bracket. While a ‘bracket’ may not sound particularly exciting, the G10 is an interesting proposition. Essentially, it is a mounting kit which lets you use an existing all-in-one CPU water cooling unit to cool …

Nvidia Corp.’s recently unveiled GM204 graphics processing unit and GeForce GTX 980 graphics card have proven to be excellent performers and also great overclockers. This week an enthusiast from Sweden managed to boost clock-rate of the GeForce GTX 980 graphics processing unit to whopping 2.20GHz, a new world’s record. Elmor, …

EVGA this week quietly introduced what could be the world’s highest-performing graphics card based on Nvidia Corp.’s GeForce GTX 980 graphics processing unit. The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Classified ACX 2.0 graphics board utilizes custom printed-circuit board (PCB) that is designed with overclocking in mind. The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 …

Advanced Micro Devices yet has to unveil its Radeon R9 285X graphics card known as the code-named “Tonga XT”, but certain unofficial sources indicate that the new graphics solution could offer much higher performance than originally thought. The code-named Tonga graphics processing unit from Advanced Micro Devices seemed to be …

Nvidia have been selling GTX970 and GTX980 cards by the truckload since the very successful launch earlier this month. We have already reviewed a handful of GTX970 partner cards and today we supplement our findings by analysing the latest Asus GTX980 Strix OC. This card features a hefty cooling system …

Nvidia Corp. on Friday told KitGuru that it will focus solely on its proprietary G-Sync technology and not on a potentially competing Adaptive-Sync, which will become available sometimes in 2015. According to Nvidia, G-Sync-enabled graphics cards and monitors are available today, which is why it is natural to concentrate on …

If you are building a new Mini ITX system then the graphics choices can be limited. Two of the leading solutions on the market right now are the MSI GTX760 Gaming Mini ITX and the Sapphire R9 285 ITX Compact. Both of these diminutive cards ship in a moderately overclocked …

FOLLOW UP: Nvidia: We will focus on G-Sync, not Adaptive-Sync Although Nvidia Corp. is trying to promote its own proprietary G-Sync technology, it will also eventually support the industry-standard Adaptive-Sync tech, the company said recently behind closed doors. Nvidia introduced its G-Sync technology that enables the display to dynamically match a …

Although it was expected that Advanced Micro Devices would launch its new single-GPU flagship graphics solution already this year, a new market rumour suggests that the forthcoming Radeon R9 390X graphics card is only due in 2015. In summer it transpired that AMD had taped out (the point at which …

Nvidia launched their new GTX970 and GTX980 solutions last week, and there is no doubt that they have pushed the ‘performance to watt' ratio to a new level. We have already reviewed the reference GTX980, the ASUS StriX GTX970 and the MSI GTX970 Gaming 4G. Today we look at the …

Chief executive officer of ARM Holdings on Monday defended the company’s Mali graphics technology in connection to a patent suit by Nvidia Corp against Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm. The executive of the technology developer said his company will assist Samsung in its legal fight with Nvidia. Samsung uses ARM’s Mali …

Advanced Micro Devices and Synopsys, a company that helps to implement complex semiconductor devices like APUs, CPUs and GPUs, this week signed a multi-year agreement that gives AMD access to a range of Synopsys DesignWare intellectual property on advanced 16nm/14nm and 10nm FinFET process technologies. In exchange, AMD transfers certain …

Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday said that has partnered with leading suppliers of display-scalers – MStar, Novatek and Realtek – in order to ensure industry-wide support of DisplayPort’s Adaptive-Sync as well as AMD’s FreeSync technologies. The collaborations will allow makers of displays to build monitors supporting both technologies next year. …

The Maxwell architecture has been a remarkable advancement for Nvidia. Partner GTX750Ti solutions have earned many awards at KitGuru due to a combination of minimal power drain, modest heat output and excellent frame rate performance at 1080p resolutions. Today is an important one for the company as they expand their …

In the second of our GTX970 launch articles today, we look at the new ASUS version of the card – the GTX970 STRIX OC. As the name would suggest it ships in an overclocked state with a proprietary cooling system and a hybrid fan system to drop noise levels to …

This week Nvidia launch their new GTX970 and GTX980 GPU's – based on the exceptionally efficient Maxwell architecture. In this review we look at a modified, overclocked solution from partner MSI – the GTX970 Gaming 4G. Not only does this card ship with a tasty overclock, but it is one …

A media report has revealed recommended prices of Nvidia Corp’s forthcoming GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 980 graphics cards. As expected, the large size of the code-named GM204 graphics processing unit that powers both products does not allow to make them affordable. The GeForce GTX 980 graphics board with …

Nvidia Corp.’s new high-end graphics cards – GeForce GTX 980 – are expected to be introduced in several days from now, but a media report has already revealed what is claimed to be the final specifications of the new graphics boards. The specifications of the new Maxwell architecture-based flagship graphics …

It turns out that Samsung is building its own GPU, presumably for use with its own mobile devices in order to compete with the likes of Nvidia and its Tegra mobile graphics chips, this will also help the Korean company avoid licensing costs, allowing it to become more profitable in mobile sales. Samsung …

A picture of an unknown hybrid cooling system for an unknown Radeon graphics card has been published. The cooler is allegedly designed by Asetek and is expected to be used on AMD’s forthcoming flagship single-chip graphics adapter, which might be called Radeon R9 390X. The cooling system, which resembles that …

Kitguru rates the GTX750ti very highly – we have reviewed a handful of partner cards since Nvidia launched the model earlier this year. For the modest asking price it delivers solid frame rates at 1080p – but it is the Maxwell architecture that deserves special praise. These cards run exceptionally …

Two web-sites have published images of graphics cards they claim to be based on Nvidia Corp’s upcoming GeForce GTX 970 graphics processor. The graphics boards feature custom designs and cooling systems. The Galaxy GeForce GTX 970 4GB graphics adapter, which photo was published by VideoCardz on Thursday, is clearly designed …

The next generation of Nvidia graphics cards are swiftly approaching and MSI is looking to build up the hype. Earlier this month, the company gave us a sneak peak at its new Twin Frozr V GPU cooler, and now we've finally got a good look at the whole thing. This …