It was only a matter of time before this happened before launch, but it appears a chinese source on the ChipHell forums has leaked confidential slides from AMD, which were apparently given to an OEM. The Barts graphics cards will be released in the mid range sectors and will replace …
Read More »nVidia planning dual chip GTS450 card for November?
Over the past few months, we've seen several strange things that, alone, probably don't mean anything but, together, might suggest that a very interesting part is about to hit the market. Will nVidia attack the more powerful Radeon cards with a dual chip GTS450 solution? KitGuru dons night vision specs …
Read More »Handy Job for Pepper Pot (More Llano Exposure)
KitGuru's earlier shot of the full blooded, desktop Fusion processor got a lot of folks salivating and a few of them spitting bile. For your delight and delictation, we flip it over and shoot it next to something hard and spicy. Phwoah. Life is busy already. With the launch of …
Read More »18W Fusion ‘Zacate’ APU battles Core i5 : KitGuru @ IDF
Kitguru have been making an appearance at IDF and today we spent some time with AMD at their ‘hotel location'. They were really keen to focus on their new CPU architecture with integrated graphics. The new ‘APU' chip is code-named ‘Zacate' and it is based on dual Bobcat CPU cores …
Read More »XFX Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition Limited 4GB in CrossFire X Review
Imagine for a moment that you were a multi millionaire and had no limits when it came to budgeting for your gaming rig. Well, today we hope to take you on a trip down fantasy lane as we look at not one, but two of the XFX Radeon HD 5970 …
Read More »KitGuru begs nVidia “Don’t surrender the UK retail space”
Customers can only buy what stores offer to sell, so here's a question: How can nVidia eat into AMD's DX11 lead if the biggest technology store in the UK only seems to offer graphics cards from yesteryear? KitGuru sneaks in a camera and goes prowling the component shelves within PC …
Read More »GTX460 price cut kicks in to hurt GTS450 – AMD forced to react
As KitGuru reported a week ago, nVidia has pointed the business end of a $2 Million marketing budget at price protecting the channel. This will allow nVidia to drop the price of the GTX460 by up to $30. It's a powerful statement and a very strong move in a bid …
Read More »MSI N450GTS Cyclone 1GB Review
With the launch of the GTS450, those with around £100 ($150) to spend on a new graphics card are in for a treat. Not only is the new nVidia product exciting on paper but we are also seeing some price movement from AMD that's going to make the whole market …
Read More »Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME Plus Review (tested with O/C 5870)
If you share our mindset, then no matter what cooling you have, it will never be enough. With graphics cards getting faster and hotter all the time, manufacturers are releasing third party coolers on a regular basis … these offer lower running temperatures and reduced noise levels. If you are …
Read More »Radeon 5770 prices plummet to welcome GTS450
With the GTS450 ready to launch on Monday, AMD's price boffins have pulled out the graph paper and slide rules (we're thinking of you Matt) to determine what needs to be done in order to maintain its share of the DX11 pie. KitGuru gets splattered as the new prices get …
Read More »Exclusive ‘Llano’ AMD Fusion processor picture
For years, AMD's been telling us that the future is Fusion. At Computex 2010 it finally ran a full speed demo live on stage in front of the world's press. On 26th July, AMD briefed the press again, with Fusion marketing guru John Taylor taking the lead. Now the threat …
Read More »nVidia’s $2 Million Crysis
In a recent article on DX11 market size, KitGuru explored the powerful benefits to being first to market with a new version of DirectX hardware. However, that hardware is tied into the operating system. No new Windows means no new DX. In moments like these, graphics manufacturers turn to the …
Read More »eVGA GTX 460 1GB Superclocked SLI review
The GTX 460 has been nVidia's finest card series in the current generation and the popularity is proving to help generate a good amount of revenue for the guys in green. Compared to other Fermi cards the GTX 460 uses less power, runs cooler and overclocks extremely well, even with …
Read More »GTS450 retail pricing exposed – KitGuru Exclusive
Here at KitGuru headquarters, it's raining harder than an English summer. Information, that it. Just as we posted on the $30 price drop for the GTX460, we started to receive anonymous tip-offs on the street price for the GTS450. If you like to see that kind of thing exposed, read …
Read More »GTX460 drops another $10 – nVidia prepares to lose millions
If the stories flowing out of the Far East were not so juicy, we'd have given up on covering nVidia price moves a LONG time ago. But the juice is there, it makes KitGuru all excited and then we start typing. Damn the addiction, when you just can't get enough. …
Read More »nVidia drops the price of GTX460 another $20
If KitGuru had known that nVidia would be announcing weekly price cuts, we would have hired an intern to write these stories. The GTX460 is easily the most popular of the Fermi cards released so far, so why another price cut? KitGuru empties the bins around nVidia's HQ in Theale, …
Read More »PC Partner prepares to float on stock exchange?
Floating a company onto the stock exchange is a great way to evolve. Not only does it bring in a huge amount of investment, it also ensures that the original founders finally get paid for all their initial work. China is full of massive companies that are privately owned. One …
Read More »When fast just ain’t fast enough – XFX HD5970 Black Edition LE
4800MHZ GDDR5, 3200 cores and GPU's running at 850mhz, its every gamers wet dream. KitGuru has had the XFX HD5970 Black Edition card in our labs for some time now and we should have a review up in the not too distant future. We heard from the guys at XFX …
Read More »MSI N460GTX Hawk – triple overvoltage support for 1GHZ+
MSI have been releasing some brilliant products in 2010 and KitGuru was first to review many of them. Today they have announced the new N460GTX Hawk which comes with Triple Overvoltage function which supports adjustments for core voltage, memory voltage and PLL voltage – which allows overclockers to exceed 1GHZ …
Read More »New nVidia GPU info released in Driver
Graphics card drivers are always a good place to check when looking for upcoming product names and with the recent information posted in AMD's latest Catalyst drivers last week, nVidia have listed some interesting information in their latest 295.47 WHQL certified drivers. The new driver lists the GTS450 as well …
Read More »First ATI HD6870 benchmark – author of GPUz says card ‘not fake’
GPU Design have posted information from a chinese website which shows a GPU Z screenshot and a 3DMark Vantage Extreme benchmark of the upcoming Radeon HD6870 graphics card – expected to retail before the end of the year. – GPU ID: “6718″ according to codenames shown in Catalyst 10.8 driver …
Read More »Coolink GFXChilla Cooler (with Zotac GT 240) Review
Here at KitGuru we understand that many of our readers won't be running the latest and greatest tech in their system yet will still be interested in squeezing every ounce of performance out of their components. So we shall be looking at how we can improve a low-end graphics card …
Read More »Catalyst 10.8 driver details new ATI product names
Last night we published news on the release of Catalyst 10.8, which features many performance fixes. After looking at the atiicdxx.da_ file this morning we have seen a 35 new cards listed for support. It seems that Fudzilla also have a story up discussing this today. Going on the information …
Read More »ATI Catalyst 10.8 released – 2-10% performance boost
AMD have just released Catalyst 10.8 with promises of some very nice performance increases. Performance highlights: Far Cry 2: Performance increases 2-6% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and ATI CrossFireX™ configurations. Performance increases 2-4% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series single and ATI CrossFireX™ configurations. ·Performance increases 3-8% …
Read More »Dabs give FREE Battlefield 2 BC2 with XFX HD5770 Crossfire bundle!
KitGuru was impressed with the new single slot XFX HD5770 Crossfire bundle which we reviewed last week. This bundle is exclusive to highly regarded UK retailer DABS and word has just hit the KitGuru newsdesk that they are offering a free copy of Battlefield 2 Bad Company 2 for the …
Read More »Mafia 2 to help sell Fermi hardware – full physX support
Mafia was one of the greatest games ever made, when it was released gamers across the globe embraced its combination of rich story line with Grand Theft Auto style game elements. With the successor to be released in a few days, many predict that this game alone will help push …
Read More »XFX HD5770 1GB Single Slot in CrossfireX Review
KitGuru has reviewed many HD5770 graphics cards since we opened and we still believe it is one of the best value cards on the market, combining very reasonable pricing with decent DX11 gaming performance. There have already been a massive selection of third party cards in recent months with faster …
Read More »nVidia and XFX burned bridges for good?
XFX are without doubt one of the finest graphics card manufacturers on the planet and whenever they announced they were going to sell ATI graphics card, many analysts and journo's wondered how it would work. After all nVidia are well known to be rather tempremental and difficult to work with …
Read More »Zotac GTX460 AMP! to retail in UK for £209.99
KitGuru reviewed the stonking new Zotac GTX460 AMP! earlier this week and while pricing wasn't confirmed at the time, we have just heard from Zotac that the retail cost will be £209.99 inc vat. Considering the standard clocked GTX460 is around £199 right now, it seems well worth the extra …
Read More »Powercolor launch new low profile HD5750
TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphics cards, today announced improved gaming performance for HTPC gamers. The PowerColor HD5750 Low Profile Edition is specifically designed for those with HTPC systems or limited space chassis’ who desire the upgraded graphics performance without having to compromise their system size. The PowerColor …
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