Wednesday, 04 April 2012 15:16

Sapphire’s 6GB Radeon HD 7970 Toxic Graphics Card Detailed

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Sapphire’s 6GB Radeon HD 7970 Toxic Graphics Card Detailed

Revealed earlier, Sapphire’s upcoming Radeon HD 7970 Toxic graphics card that sport 6GB of GDDR5 memory has now been detailed. The card will apparently not only come with a large memory upgrade but also with well picked specifications potentially making it a very good performer and overclocker.

Tuesday, 03 April 2012 16:27

Zotac Extreme Edition GeForce GTX 680 Clocked at 1.2GHz

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Zotac Extreme Edition GeForce GTX 680 Clocked at 1.2GHz

Zotac’s Extreme Edition GeForce GTX 680 who has been seen smiling for the camera recently has now been detailed. The information includes a screenshot of GPU-Z which details the card’s specs, putting its out-of-the box core speed at 1.2GHz while its memory is retained at 1.5GHz (6GHz effective.)

Tuesday, 03 April 2012 04:46

AMD Dual GPU Radeon HD 7990 Pictured, Specs Allegedly Confirmed Via GPU-Z

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AMD Dual GPU Radeon HD 7990 Pictured, Specs Allegedly Confirmed Via GPU-Z

This might not be the best time to be posting rumors circulating around the web as many are using the opportunity to make jokes for the sake of the April fools idea but still, this latest bit of information about AMD’s upcoming dual GPU solution, the Radeon HD 7990 codenamed ‘New Zealand’ might just be worth posting.

Monday, 02 April 2012 05:39

EVGA Makes the GeForce GTX 680 Hydro Copper Official

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EVGA Makes the GeForce GTX 680 Hydro Copper Official

EVGA has announced the immediate availability of the GeForce GTX 680 Hydro Copper which utilizes a preinstalled Hydro Copper Waterblock that reduces temperatures by up to 50%. The card also comes factory overclocked with its base clock set to 1150MHz, its boost clock set to 1215MHz and its memory set 6300MHz effective.

Monday, 02 April 2012 03:05

Palit Announces the GTX 680 JetStream Graphics Card

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Palit Announces the GTX 680 JetStream Graphics Card

Palit has made official its GTX 680 JetStream graphics card which makes use of the company’s custom design cooler inspired by the design of jet engines. Utilizing a custom PCB and three cooling fans, the GTX 680 JetStream graphics card is able to perform 8°C cooler and 9dB quieter compared to the reference design.

Monday, 02 April 2012 02:40

More Nvidia Kepler Graphics Cards Coming in April

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More Nvidia Kepler Graphics Cards Coming in April

Nvidia’s first Kepler GPU, the GTX 680 graphics card is now out and has really proven itself worth the wait but the green camp’s offering does not stop there as the company is now planning to release the second wave of its Kepler 600 series graphics card on May.

Friday, 30 March 2012 03:31

Gainward Officially Launches the GeForce GTX 680 Phantom

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Gainward Officially Launches the GeForce GTX 680 Phantom

Gainward has officially launched its custom designed GTX 680, the GeForce GTX 680 Phantom graphics card. The card comes factory overclocked with its core set to 1084MHz base, 1150MHz boost and the memory to 1575MHz (6300MHz effective).

Thursday, 29 March 2012 03:02

Arctic Announces the Accelero Xtreme III VGA Cooler

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Arctic Announces the Accelero Xtreme III VGA Cooler

Acrtic has announced that they are preparing to release a new Accelero graphics card cooler in late May that will be dubbed as the Accelero Xtreme III VGA Cooler. The new cooler sports three 92mm fluid bearing fans that operate at 900 to 2000 RPM and will have a cooling capacity of up to 300W. In addition, it will support the latest graphics cards including those from AMD’s HD 7000 series and Nvidia’s GeForce 600 series.

Wednesday, 28 March 2012 04:31

Galaxy Preparing Single Slot GTX 680 Graphics Card

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Galaxy Preparing Single Slot GTX 680 Graphics Card

If you think AMD’s Radeon HD 7850 is the only graphics card with a single slot design being prepared, then you’re mistaken as Galaxy has now been seen doing the same thing with Nvidia’s recently launched GTX 680 graphics card.

Wednesday, 28 March 2012 02:43

Nvidia’s Kepler Tech Demo is Called ‘New Dawn”

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Nvidia’s Kepler Tech Demo is Called ‘New Dawn”

Almost a decade ago, Nvidia had a tech demo for its GeForce FX series of graphics cards called ‘Dawn’. It was a fairy who had a pair of wings, two antlers and was wearing a revealing dress. The scene was set in an enchanted forest were ‘Dawn’ showcased Nvidia’s graphics card technology then by exhibiting lifelike animation and features. Now, Nvidia is planning to use Dawn again to demonstrate the capabilities of their recently released GeForce GTX 680 graphics card.

Tuesday, 27 March 2012 04:59

Galaxy GeForce GTX 680 4GB and Hall of Fame Graphics Cards Pictured

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Galaxy GeForce GTX 680 4GB and Hall of Fame Graphics Cards Pictured

Galaxy, in a press event in China has unveiled two of its upcoming custom designed GeForce GTX 680 graphics cards. One card will be branded as the GTX 680 Hall of Fame (HOF) Edition, a brand which Galaxy uses to designate all of its highest-end graphics card offering while the second one is the GeForce GTX 680 4GB edition which sports double the memory amount of the reference design.

Monday, 26 March 2012 04:19

Zotac Preparing GeForce GTX 680 With 2GHz Core Clock Speed

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Zotac Preparing GeForce GTX 680 With 2GHz Core Clock Speed

Zotac General Manager Mr. Kwai has explicitly told the press in a conference for Nvidia’s AIC partners that his company is now working on a GeForce GTX 680 graphics card that has its core clock set to 2GHz.

Monday, 26 March 2012 02:20

Nvidia Also Launches Four Kepler Mobile GPUs for Notebooks

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Nvidia Also Launches Four Kepler Mobile GPUs for Notebooks

In addition to its first desktop Kepler GPU, Nvidia late last week has also officially announced four of its mobile Kepler offerings. The four mobile GPUs that consumers can expect are the GTX660M, GT 650M, GT 640M and GT640M LE.

Friday, 23 March 2012 10:46

Aqua Computer Also Launches a Water Block for the GTX 680

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Aqua Computer Also Launches a Water Block for the GTX 680

Aqua computer has also launched a water block for Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 680 graphics card. Dubbed as the AquaGraFX GTX 680, this model is a full cover water block that uses copper as its primary material.

Friday, 23 March 2012 07:18

EK Showcases its Full Cover Water Block for GeForce GTX 680

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EK Showcases its Full Cover Water Block for GeForce GTX 680

Slovenia-based EK Water Blocks has unveiled its EK-FC680 GTX series water block for Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 680 graphics card. This water block is a full model that covers the GPU, RAM and VRMs on the GTX 680 and the upcoming GTX 670 graphics card.

Friday, 23 March 2012 04:34

EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Gets its Core Overclocked to 1842MHz

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EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Gets its Core Overclocked to 1842MHz

It seems it’s not only MSI’s R7970 Lightning graphics card that can reach 1800MHz for its core as EVGA’s recently launched GeForce GTX 680 has managed to do something similar with it reaching 1842MHz for the GPU core clock while keeping the memory offset at its default value.

Friday, 23 March 2012 04:09

EVGA Debuts its Precision X Overclocking Software- The Ultimate GeForce Controller

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EVGA Debuts its Precision X Overclocking Software- The Ultimate GeForce Controller

Along with the announcement of its GeForce GTX 680 lineup, EVGA has now also made available for download its new overclocking software, the EVGA Precision X. This new overclocking tool now supports the latest GPU technologies particularly those found on Nvidia’s Kepler GPUs.

Friday, 23 March 2012 03:21

The GeForce GTX 680 AIC Model Roundup

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The GeForce GTX 680 AIC Model Roundup

With Nvidia officially launching its GeForce GTX 680 graphics card, AIC (Add in Card) partners have now all come rushing in to the scene to introduce their own version of the graphics card. Some stick to the reference design while some come with custom coolers and factory overclocked settings.

Friday, 23 March 2012 01:53

Nvidia Officially Launches its First Kepler Graphics Card, the GeForce GTX 680

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Nvidia Officially Launches its First Kepler Graphics Card, the GeForce GTX 680

Nvidia has officially launched its GeForce GTX 680 graphics card which at the moment is deemed as the fastest single GPU graphics card even when compared to AMD’s Radeon HD 7970. The GeForce GTX 680 is based on the 28nm GK104 GPU that uses Nvidia’s new ‘Kepler’ architecture that brings to the table new GPU technologies that enable it to perform faster than any single GPU solution without consuming large amounts of power.

Wednesday, 21 March 2012 02:30

MSI R7970 Lightning Graphics Card Overclocked to 1800MHz Core and 7.7GHz Memory

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MSI R7970 Lightning Graphics Card Overclocked to 1800MHz Core and 7.7GHz Memory

The MSI R7970 Lightning graphics card that officially debuted late last week has now proven its might as it gets overclocked way beyond any HD 7970 graphics card has been. This was made possible by the card’s custom PCB design and of course the GPU reactor module that many did not pay that much attention to previously.

Tuesday, 20 March 2012 09:08

AMD Radeon HD 7990 Clock Speeds Revealed

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AMD Radeon HD 7990 Clock Speeds Revealed

AMD seems to be planning on keeping its monthly graphics card release scheduled in check as the company’s dual-GPU solution, the HD 7990 is now expected to be launched in April. In addition to this, it seems the monster card will make use of two Tahiti XT GPUs fully enabled with slightly decreased clock speeds.

Monday, 19 March 2012 11:50

Three New technologies That Will Define Nvidia Kepler Graphics Cards

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Three New technologies That Will Define Nvidia Kepler Graphics Cards

It seems it’s not only in performance that Nvidia will win over gamers and alike but also in terms of the quality of graphics that the new Kepler GPUs can provide thanks to three new technologies – TXAA, Adaptive V-Sync and the new and improved 3D Vision Surround.

Monday, 19 March 2012 11:26

New Benchmarks for the GeForce GTX 680 Surface, Includes SLI

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New Benchmarks for the GeForce GTX 680 Surface, Includes SLI

Nvidia’s first Kepler GPU is just around the corner and because of that lots of information are starting to surface. The latest comes from a third party contributor who was one of the lucky ones to have his hands on a sample of the card and another from VR-Zone’s Chinese website who is even more luckier as it had two cards to test on SLI setup.

Monday, 19 March 2012 03:59

HIS Officially Launches its HD 7970 IceQ X² and HD 7950 IceQ Graphics Cards

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HIS Officially Launches its HD 7970 IceQ X² and HD 7950 IceQ Graphics Cards

HIS has officially announced its custom cooled Radeon HD 7900 series graphics cards. The company’s HD 7970 graphics cards use the latest IceQ X² custom cooler which features three 6 mm and two 8 mm nickel-plated copper heat pipes that feed heat to the aluminum fin array cooled by two high airflow silent fans.

Friday, 16 March 2012 15:57

MSI Officially Releases the R7970 Lightning Graphics Card

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MSI Officially Releases the R7970 Lightning Graphics Card

MSI has now officially launched its top of the line R7970 Lightning graphics card that features an Unlocked BIOS, Digital PWM Controller, and Enhanced Power Design and the company’s proprietary "GPU Reactor" power supply module which enhances the quality of current flowing to the GPU for better overclocking potential.

Friday, 16 March 2012 03:23

Powercolor Includes the PCS+ HD 7770 GHz Edition to its Lineup

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Powercolor Includes the PCS+ HD 7770 GHz Edition to its Lineup

Powercolor has added to its lineup of Cape Verde GPU based graphics cards the PCS+ HD 7770 GHz edition graphics card that makes use of the company’s Professional Cooling System plus comes with factory overclocked settings.

Thursday, 15 March 2012 16:42

Sapphire Intros the Sexy Looking HD 7970 Dual-X OC Edition

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Sapphire Intros the Sexy Looking HD 7970 Dual-X OC Edition

Sapphire has made official its HD 7970 Dual-X OC edition graphics card based on AMD’s Tahiti XT GPU. The card features Sapphire’s Dual X cooler technology which features highly efficient dual fans and multiple copper heat pipes.

Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:43

AMD Dual-GPU Radeon HD 7990 Coming in April

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AMD Dual-GPU Radeon HD 7990 Coming in April

AMD’s monster dual-GPU graphics card, the Radeon HD 7990 has been reported to be slated for an April release. Originally thought as an axed product, this graphics card will most likely pack two Tahiti XT GPUs that are linked together via CrossFireX.

Thursday, 15 March 2012 03:55

GeForce GT 640M Kepler GPU for Notebooks Benchmarked

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GeForce GT 640M Kepler GPU for Notebooks Benchmarked

While GeForce GTX 680 is taking the spotlight in the desktop high-end segment, Nvidia’s own Kepler offering for the mobile segment, the GT 640M mobile Kepler GPU is also starting to make its appearance as the first benchmarks of the card have already started rolling in.

Wednesday, 14 March 2012 15:40

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 Beats Radeon HD 7970 in All Game Benchmarks

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 Beats Radeon HD 7970 in All Game Benchmarks

For those of you who have been eagerly waiting for Nvidia’s first Kepler based graphics card, the GeForce GTX 680, a slide detailing the card’s performance has now surfaced. In the slide that is courtesy of the NGF Community, Nvidia’s upcoming Kepler graphics card found itself against AMD’s Radeon HD 7970 and HD 7950 and the result was nothing short of impressive.