Hardware aficionados know there is more to performance computing than just buying the most expensive parts available and throwing them altogether in the same system. There’s overclocking, case modding, cooling, and performance tuning to consider, among many other thigs. Of course, everyone has their opinions on these aspects of the hobby, with some folks taking [...]

We re-visit GeForce GTX 460 1GB SLI vs. Radeon HD 5870 CrossFireX performance using new Catalyst drivers and new CrossFireX Application Profile 10.8a. We also have a new BETA ForceWare driver in play and we will now see how these video card configurations compete with updated software. In our second follow-up, following the comparison of [...]

Although we were positive that we’d already seen every possible version of Radeon HD 5870, ASUS has surprised us with a new “premium” model. EAX5870 V2 is an improved version that should appear in sufficient quantities on the market, unlike the limited edition Matrix version that we’ve spoken about in the news back in April. [...]

ASUS is back making another play for your hard-earned upgrade money. This time, ASUS have brought out the EAH5870 V2 STALKER Edition, a Radeon HD 5870 with an improved cooling device. Does a bundled game and improved cooling device make up for its $100 price premium? ASUS is a Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer, best known [...]

Last week we showed you that GTX 460 1GB SLI was a better performer than the much more expensive Radeon HD 5870 CrossFireX at 2560×1200 resolution. This week we look at 5760×1200, a super widescreen gaming resolution using both company’s multi-display technologies; NV Surround and ATI Eyefinity. We’ve been seeing NVIDIA’s new mainstream champion, the [...]

In the spring, we outlined how manufacturers were reinventing the ATI Radeon 5870 GPU. MIAHALLEN gave us an in-depth look at Gigabyte’s offering, the 5870 Super Overclock (SOC). We’re back with another such unit today, in the form of the ASUS Matrix 5870 Platinum. The Matrix Platinum is no ordinary 5870. First, the core clock [...]

Although the NVIDIA GeForce 400 series has been out for about 2 months now, it’d seem the jury is still out on whether or not the series is a success. Some will tell you the GeForce GTX 480 is a power-hungry expensive GPU that failed to deliver, while others claim it lived up to the [...]

ASUS is out to dominate gaming performance with the new ASUS ARES dual-5870 GPU video card with 4GB of GDDR5 on board. Is this $1200 video card up to the task of providing a better gameplay experience over the Radeon HD 5970 and how will it compare to GTX 480 SLI considering that is a [...]

PowerColor has been providing for the water-cooling crowd with its LCS graphics cards for some time now. The range is about to get a little bigger, though, with the release of the handsomely-overclocked LCS HD5870 V2. The company already offers a Radeon HD 5870 with a water-block, but this new revision increases the clock speed [...]

It is not an everyday occurrence that FedEx drops off box that was overnight mailed containing a $1200 video card, but that is what happened when we got the ASUS ARES video card yesterday! ASUS called it ARES after the Greek God of War and that was the right name to pick as this card [...]

The HIS HD 5870 iCooler V Turbo X offers us a new cooling solution and higher frequencies, but is that enough to outdo the tried and true reference Radeon HD 5870 and a GeForce GTX 480? We put it to the test in Splinter Cell Conviction, Metro 2033, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Aliens vs. Predators, [...]

When the 5000 series was first released, there was absolutely no competition. ATI had single handedly blown the green team away with crazy benchmark results and DX11 support. Now that the long awaited Fermi cards from nVidia have been released, sporting similar results, the deeply entrenched 5000 series lines have been deploying variations beyond stock [...]

Recently we revisited the battle between the high-end NVIDIA GeForce GTX 400 and ATI Radeon HD 5000 graphics cards series using updated drivers and a new testing method that saw us abolish all time demos. The results were a little unexpected, as the GeForce GTX 480 delivered results that were closer to the Radeon HD [...]

The market for Radeon HD 5870 video cards has matured since the launch of this top-tier GPU in September of 2009. In that time, the graphics card world has not stood still, and now that Fermi has finally launched, the title of fastest GPU belongs to the GTX480. Development has continued on both the hardware [...]

Although the NVIDIA GeForce 400 series has been out for about 2 months now, it’d seem the jury is still out on whether or not the series is a success. Some will tell you the GeForce GTX 480 is a power-hungry expensive GPU that failed to deliver, while others claim it lived up to the [...]

The Computex convention in Taipei officially kicked off this morning, and that means you can expect a spate of product announcements at every turn. One of those comes from MSI, who has just announced their R5870 Lightning graphics card. Built around the same 40nm manufacturing process as other HD 5870 parts and sporting the same [...]

Asus has long been producing exciting products, and even more exciting product variants. By now the HD5870 is pretty much a known quantity, leave it to Asus to come along and change that. They have fielded the Asus EAH5870 Voltage Tweak. It’s an HD5870 with improved cooling and lets you adjust the voltage for better [...]

AMD announced the first DirectX 11 graphics card back in September 2009, and the card dubbed the HD 5870 ended up being the fastest single-GPU card up until the GTX 480 hit the shelves. Our today’s guest however, is XFX’s overclocked HD 5870 Black Edition card, the fastest card in XFX’s HD 5870 lineup. We [...]

As our games continue to become even more robust, it would seem likely that having more memory available to the GPU would prove useful, but are we soon to see 2GB cards become commonplace? After many completed tests with Sapphire’s Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X 2GB, we’re having a hard time settling on that. Introduction With [...]

ASUS is launching its new Radeon HD 5870 GPU based video card, the ASUS ROG Matrix 5870 Platinum Edition. ASUS has completely re-designed its 5870 to appeal to hardware enthusiasts and gamers alike, providing an incredible feature set with unprecedented control and customization. It is increasingly difficult for a video card Add-In-Board partner to separate [...]