Tom’s Hardware reports that AMD’s HD 7000 cards may present worse image quality than their predecessors to increase overall performance. Tom’s Hardware posted very interesting article. They noticed some blurry textures while performing tests with HD 7800s cards. So they continued with their investigation to find evidence. As they say, previous HD 6000 generation cards [...]

Chinese company Yeston is preparing custom Radeon HD 6870 with factory overclocked settings. Card features custom PCB and 8+1+1 phase power system. Even though we have new Radeon HD 7000 series currently being released, Yeston deciced to refresh a year old card which was quite popular for gamers. Yeston R6870 Game Master Edition has innovative [...]

MSI has just released two new models of its R6570 graphics cards. The R6570-MD2GD3 is equipped with 2GB Vram for a larger frame buffer, especially for high resolution monitors. It also has Military Class II Concept Components, including SFC and solid capacitors, which offer higher reliability and longer lifespan, even if it is processing a [...]

The HD 7970 may be the graphics card everyone is talking about but it only just became available in somewhat limited quantities and pricing is far beyond the reach of most consumers. But while the Southern Islands-based cards will take over AMD’s flagship range, lower end cards still provide great performance at a fraction of [...]

2011 has been a big year for gaming with the releases of Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3 and Skyrim to name but a few and getting good quality graphics comes with a price and you can always go one better in the hope of getting the best possible graphics. AMD and their [...]

Unbeknownst to many, AMD launched the Radeon HD 6930 in some markets. The company apparently doesn’t want this launch to disturb reviewers from key high-volume markets, who have their hands full with Radeon HD 7970, and so the HD 6930 got a limited launch. For one, the HD 6930 is most certainly launched in China, [...]

Rumored but still not officially launched by AMD, the Cayman-powered Radeon HD 6930 has now been outed by Hong Kong-based add-in board maker HIS (Hightech Information System). Known as the Radeon HD 6930 IceQ X, HIS’ card comes equipped with a dual-slot IceQ X cooler (boasting a 92mm fan and four heatpipes), and features a [...]

Today we shall review as many as five low and mid-end graphics cards: four based on NVIDIA GPUs and one on an AMD Radeon GPU. All five have custom design and coolers, so let’s see if this provides any benefits. All five cards differ from the reference counterparts. Although GeForce GTS 450 and GeForce GTX [...]

A weird little card this with its 2GB framebuffer, but Hightech Information System (HIS) has released a Radeon HD 6450 card which is equipped with 2 GB of DDR3 memory and makes use of a PCIe x1 interface. Suited for compact systems, HIS’ new card features a low-profile design, a blue PCB, a passive cooler, [...]

MSI has put a serious amount of effort into increasing their exposure within the gaming community. Their Z68 motherboards were among the first to include support for PCI-E 3.0, the GTX 580 Lightning and follow up Lightning Extreme Edition were two of the most impressive cards we reviewed all year and their notebooks continue to [...]

SAPPHIRE Technology has just introduced a new mainstream model to its FleX family of graphics cards that can support three standard DVI monitors in AMD Eyefinity mode, out of the box, without the need for costly DisplayPort monitors or active adapters. The SAPPHIRE HD 6450 FleX incorporates this SAPPHIRE exclusive feature into a mainstream graphics [...]

AMD launched a new suite of HD 7000 SKUs today aimed at the midrange and value mobile markets, but these aren’t the 28nm, Southern Islands GPUs that consumers have been watching for. These new HD 7400M, 7500M, and 7600M parts are rebranded 40nm hardware. The “new” chips are all based on AMD’s HD 6000 “Northern [...]

Select AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series Graphics Products Achieve DisplayPort 1.2 Certification with Fast HBR2 Data Transfer Rate NEWARK, Calif., Dec 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA(R)) today announced that select AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6000 series graphics products, including the AMD Radeon HD 6990, the world’s fastest graphics card, are [...]

It’s that TPU reported it otherwise I would not have know it, apparantly Zalman has entered the graphics card market with a Radeon HD 6870, Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon HD 6770. Pretty tame cards though, with no custom coolers or other exclusive features. The company is now an AMD Radeon add-in board (AIB) partner, [...]

According to a report over at Chinese site Mydrivers.com (via Hardwareluxx) it looks like AMD is preparing to launch a new HD 6930 graphics card that should put a bit more pressure on Nvidia’s GTX 560 non-Ti graphics card. Instead of moving with a price cut, it seems AMD will release what appears to be [...]

So it’s time; you’ve decided to take the plunge and purchase an Eyefinity setup. You’ve seen the videos, you’ve read the testimonials, and you’re ready to strip the horse blinders off of your virtual alter ego. One major question remains though: how much of a beast are you going to need to drive this rig? [...]

Meeting the increasing demands of the latest games and applications, world leading graphics card supplier, SAPPHIRE Technology has just introduced a new model of the SAPPHIRE HD 6850 with an enhanced frame buffer memory of 2GB. The SAPPHIRE HD 6850 2GB has the same internal architecture as the standard model, based on the second generation [...]

It’s hard to believe it but the 6670, despite being a great option for a compact system or HTPC, has never had a low profile, single slot model available to buy. Cards based on this GPU have all been full height with thicker heatsinks. That said, some of these larger models have been rather impressive [...]

Chinese company Yeston released a new Radeon HD 6790 graphics card for gamers on a tight budget. It makes use of cost-effective cooler and PCB designs to make itself available at a price-point of 799 RMB (about $125). The familiar-looking cooler borrows its design from the likes of MSI Cyclone. It consists of a copper-plate [...]

AMD Eyefinity allows users to essentially span three separate monitors into one large, singular desktop. The lure of this to gamers is a massive field of vision across three screens. But Eyefinity has always had one very big asterisk: one monitor must have a native DisplayPort connection, or else purchase an active adapter that runs [...]