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ASUS Unveils Radeon HD 7970 DirectCU II Top

ASUS Unveils Radeon HD 7970 DirectCU II Top

The Asus Radeon HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP is a factory overclocked graphics card being pitched as the coolest and quietest 7970 money can buy. It’s also the biggest. To keep thermals and noise in check, Asus slapped an ultra-wide cooling solution that, along with the PCB, takes up three three — yes, THREE — [...]

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Best Graphics Cards for Money: February 2012 (Buyer’s Guide)

Buyer’s guide for February 2012. Updated with newest AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce cards. Which is the best graphics cards for money this month? We have included the newest AMD card – Radeon HD 7970 and 7950, which have taken GeForce GTX 580 and ASUS MARS II position. $110 €80 Radeon HD 6770 1GB GDDR5 [...]

ASUS Launches Three Radeons HD 7950

ASUS Launches Three Radeons HD 7950

ASUS kicked off its Radeon HD 7950 graphics card lineup with three models, the HD7950-3GD5 which sticks to the cost-effective AMD reference design; the HD7950-DC2-3GD5, which is a DirectCu II model that sticks to AMD reference clock-speeds; and the HD7950-DC2T-3GD5, which is a DirectCu II TOP model, which features factory-overclocked speeds of 900 MHz core [...]

Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 Pictured and Tested

Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 Pictured and Tested

Another Radeon HD 7950 graphics card has surfaced. Sapphire is preparing their model with custom cooling, although clocks remained default. WCCFTech found a set of pictures on Chinese website of new Sapphire model which is to be released tomorrow. Card has a black custom cooling system with one fan. It is available for $449. Sapphire [...]

ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Review @ HardOCP

ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Review @ HardOCP

ASUS has released its baseline model of the recently released Radeon HD 7970. We will be compare the performance of the ASUS Radeon HD 7970 out-of-box against the highest overclock achieved with voltage tweaking, along with a Radeon HD 6970, and a reference clock GeForce GTX 580. ASUSTeK Computer Inc. is one of the largest [...]

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Tested in Unigine Heaven Benchmark with HD7970 BIOS

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Tested in Unigine Heaven Benchmark with HD7970 BIOS

Overclockers.co.uk have presented first Unigine Heaven benchmark results of Radeon HD 7950. Thanks to them, we now have the verified specification of reference Radeon HD 7950, which is to have core clock set to 810MHz. Retailer has put Radeon HD 7950 through few tests, then the card was overclocked and tested again. There are also [...]

ASUS Readies Radeon HD7970 DirectCU II

ASUS Readies Radeon HD7970 DirectCU II

ASUS has started working on a Custom Variant of the Radeon HD7970 GPU which would feature the DirectCU II Heatsink. Specifications have not been revealed yet however the card would certainly come Factory Overclocked with Tougher Power Phases and Electrical Components to ensure enthusiastic overclocking. The DirectCU II Heatsink would occupy 3 expansion slots which [...]

ASUS Releases Radeon HD 7970 3GB

ASUS Releases Radeon HD 7970 3GB

ASUS-branded reference design graphics cards are often looked forward to by enthusiasts because they feature minimalist AIB-branding stickers. ASUS’ Radeon HD 7970 3 GB graphics card launched today (model: HD7970-3GD5) is no exception to that, except it features a red-colored PCB. It otherwise sticks to AMD-reference PCB and cooler design, as well as AMD reference [...]

ASUS Radeon HD 7970 CrossFire Review @ techPowerUP

ASUS Radeon HD 7970 CrossFire Review @ techPowerUP

AMD’s Radeon HD 7970 was successfully launched on December 22 last year as the fastest single GPU graphics card in the world. Until today only reviews of AMD cards were allowed, so today we bring you a review of the ASUS Radeon HD 7970 in multi GPU CrossFire mode. Instead of just placing a simple [...]

MSI, HIS, Club3D, GigaByte, XFX, ASUS, Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 BOXes Pictured

MSI, HIS, Club3D, GigaByte, XFX, ASUS, Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 BOXes Pictured

OverclockersUK have (as always) released a pictures presenting a pyramid of boxes of new Radeons HD 7970 from MSI, HIS, Club3D, GigaByte, XFX, ASUS and Sapphire.

Next three Radeon HD7000 to be released by March, HD7990 Price surfaces

Next three Radeon HD7000 to be released by March, HD7990 Price surfaces

According to Fudzilla, some new information regarding release date of Radeon HD 7000 series, has surfaced. Fresh news suggest that we can expect new cards by March, first quarter of 2012 will provide up to 9 new Radeon graphics cards. Radeon HD 7970 3GB – January 9th – $549 The first graphics card released so [...]

PCI Express 3.0 Has Zero Performance Incentive for Radeon HD 7970: Tests

PCI Express 3.0 Has Zero Performance Incentive for Radeon HD 7970: Tests

Over the last few months, motherboard manufacturers have been raising a big hoopla over how it’s important to pick their products that feature PCI Express 3.0 (Gen 3.0) slots. There was even some drama between competing motherboard manufacturers over who was first to the market with this technology, even when consumers couldn’t really make use [...]

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Radeon HD 7970 3GB Listed, Available at 573 Euros

The countdown has started as we expect Radeon HD 7970 to be released on December 22th. It should be available for everyone on January 9th. Nevertheless, we have now some valid information which proves some of the basic specification details. Salland Webwinkel has listed newest Radeon on their website for 696 euros. The newest Radeon [...]

Notebooks with AMD Radeon HD 7600M Listed

Notebooks with AMD Radeon HD 7600M Listed

The first 28nm GPUs have been listed by HP and Asus, to feature in their upcoming notebooks. The listed GPUs are Radeon HD 7670 and Radeon HD 7690 – both based on the Thames XT chip. HP has also listed drivers for Radeon HD 7470 on their website, on the eve of the London media [...]

Nvidia Graphics Driver Leaks GeForce 600M-Series GPUs

Nvidia Graphics Driver Leaks GeForce 600M-Series GPUs

A new Nvidia graphics driver provided for Asus’ notebooks has leaked a series of notebook GPUs that the chip maker wants to introduce in the near future as members of the GeForce 600M product family. The driver in question is marked as version 295.18 and apart from some cryptic “N13P” and “N13E” code names also [...]

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Best Graphics Cards for Money: December 2011 (Buyer’s Guide for Christmas)

Buyer’s guide for December 2011. Updated with newest AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce cards. Which is the best graphics cards for money this month? Radeon HD 5670 512MB GDDR3, Radeon HD 6770 1GB GDDR5, Radeon HD 6790 1GB GDDR5, Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5, GeForce GTX 560 Ti (384) 1GB GDDR5, GeForce GTX 560 Ti [...]

ASUS, ZOTAC, GIGABYTE and MSI GTX 560 Ti 448 Review @ HardwareHeaven

ASUS, ZOTAC, GIGABYTE and MSI GTX 560 Ti 448 Review @ HardwareHeaven

In the graphics card industry traditionally it has been the case that having the fastest product gave a company good PR which trickled down from enthusiasts to mainstream and then budget consumers. The thought of having something which was similar to the best available was always attractive but times have changed a little. With the [...]

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 Super Overclock Review @ HardwareCanucks

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 Super Overclock Review @ HardwareCanucks

With next generation graphics architectures still a good ways off, we’ve seen a steady stream of manufacturers introducing custom versions of current GPUs. Unfortunately these cards are meant as flagship products that make a bold statement so they are usually reserved for certain well-heeled consumers. This has led MSI, ASUS, Zotac and many others to [...]

ASUS ROG MARS II GTX 580 Quad SLI Review @ HardOCP

ASUS ROG MARS II GTX 580 Quad SLI Review @ HardOCP

The ASUS ROG MARS II Limited Edition video card brings true dual-GeForce GTX 580 GPUs to the table. Take two of these and you can have a true GTX 580 Quad-SLI system. We’ll dive into performance, including Battlefield 3, and see what these can do directly compared to 4-way CrossFireX. What we are about to [...]

ASUS ENGTX570 DirectCU II Review @ LegitReviews

ASUS ENGTX570 DirectCU II Review @ LegitReviews

Asus has been around a long time and is one of the top rated motherboard and graphic card manufacturers in the world. In the graphics cards area they are well known for their innovative and attractive cooling solutions to deal with the heat generated by the latest round of GPU’s. This time around they sent [...]