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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Monday, 12 March 2012 15:57

AFOX Shows Off Single Slot Radeon HD 7850

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AFOX Shows Off Single Slot Radeon HD 7850

AFOX is not a very big name in the world of graphics card but back at this year’s CeBIT, the company managed to grab some attention as they unveiled their single slot Radeon HD 7850 graphics card.

Friday, 09 March 2012 02:53

Sapphire Showcased its Toxic Radeon HD 7970 6GB Graphics Card

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Sapphire Showcased its Toxic Radeon HD 7970 6GB Graphics Card

Back at CeBit, Sapphire took the chance to showcase its Toxic Radeon HD 7970. Unlike other custom Radeon HD 7970 out there, this model is particularly special as it holds 6GB of GDDR5 memory, doubling that of the 3GB found on the reference card and almost every other model from AMD’s AIB partners.

Wednesday, 07 March 2012 02:12

MSI Showcases Custom Cooled Radeon HD 7000 Graphics Card Lineup

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MSI Showcases Custom Cooled Radeon HD 7000 Graphics Card Lineup

At this year’s CeBIT, MSI displayed a complete lineup of its GCN-based HD 7000 graphics cards that belong to the Lightning, Twin Frzr and Hawk series and all incorporate the company’s custom coolers.

Tuesday, 06 March 2012 15:38

The Radeon HD 7800 AIB Model Roundup

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The Radeon HD 7800 AIB Model Roundup

AMD’s Radeon HD 7800-series graphics cards based on the Pitcairn GPU have been officially launched and the company’s AIB partners have now all showcased their own offerings with some of them sticking to the reference design while the others come customized in terms of PCB design, choice of cooler and clock settings. We now look at the available models that have been launched by the various AIB partners of AMD.

Tuesday, 06 March 2012 14:37

AMD Radeon ‘Tahiti’ GPU to be Succeeded by ‘Tenerife’

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AMD Radeon ‘Tahiti’ GPU to be Succeeded by ‘Tenerife’

A slide presentation that is claiming to be of AMD’s was published by OBR-Hardware. The slide focuses on one product and that is a GPU codenamed ‘Tenerife’ which features an enhanced GCN (Graphics Core Next) GPU architecture and will most probably succeed the current ‘Tahiti’ GPU powering the Radeon 7900-series graphics cards from AMD.

Monday, 05 March 2012 15:47

AMD Officially Launches the Radeon HD 7800 Graphics Cards

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AMD Officially Launches the Radeon HD 7800 Graphics Cards

AMD has officially launched the Radeon HD 7800 series of graphics cards that are based on the Pitcairn GPU made from the 28nm fab process of TSMC and features AMD’s GCN (Graphics Core Next) GPU architecture.

Monday, 05 March 2012 04:25

AMD Radeon HD 7800 Detailed Specifications Surface

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AMD Radeon HD 7800 Detailed Specifications Surface

Japanese website Hermitage Akihabara has published a slide detailing AMD’s Radeon HD 7800 graphics cards based on the Pitcairn GPU. The slide contains detailed information about the Radeon HD 7870 and HD 7850 that are both expected to launch this month of March.

Wednesday, 29 February 2012 13:27

Sapphire Announces the Passively Cooled HD 7750 ULTIMATE Graphics Card

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Sapphire Announces the Passively Cooled HD 7750 ULTIMATE Graphics Card

Sapphire has introduced the first passively cooled Radeon HD 7000 series graphics card, the HD 7750 ULTIMATE. The card features stock reference settings with the core running at 800MHz while the memory is at 1125MHz (4500MHz effective).

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 01:57

Yeston Prepares its R6870 Game Master Graphics Card

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Yeston Prepares its R6870 Game Master Graphics Card

Chinese company Yeston still believes that there’s still room for a custo Radeon HD 6870 graphics card in the market. Proof of this is the company’s recently pictures R6870 Game Master graphics card that comes with a custom PCB design, custom cooling solution and reference design settings, leaving users to dictate their own OC settings for the card which has been given a good overclocking headroom.

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 14:53

PowerColor Liquid Cooled Radeon HD 7970 Up for Pre-Order

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PowerColor Liquid Cooled Radeon HD 7970 Up for Pre-Order

PowerColor’s Radeon HD 7970 LCS (Liquid Cooling System) has now been spotted over at Overclockers UK site as a pre-order item. The card is a factory overclocked Radeon HD 7970 fitted with an EK Nickel Acetal Waterblock. The core clock is set to 1050MHz while the memory is set to 1425MHz (5700MHz effective).

Monday, 20 February 2012 14:01

AMD Pitcairn GPUs Detailed

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AMD Pitcairn GPUs Detailed

With AMD’s Radeon HD 7900 “Tahiti” and HD 7700 “Cape Verde” cards out on the market, it won’t be long from now until the company finally completes its Southern Island GPU lineup. The only missing piece now are the Pitcairn GPUs which will be the basis for the Radeon HD 7800 graphics cards that are expected to launch some time in March.

Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:11

Detailed Technical Specifications of AMD Trinity APUs Revealed

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Detailed Technical Specifications of AMD Trinity APUs Revealed

AMD’s Trinity APUs that are scheduled to arrive in the second quarter are expected to bring significant performance increase compared to the previous generation Llano APUs. We already know that they will be based on AMD’s Piledriver CPU architecture and will be manufactured using the 32nm fab process. What we don’t know are their technical specifications but luckily, reliable sources were able to share with Turkish website DonanimHaber those missing bits of information.

Thursday, 16 February 2012 02:34

AMD Radeon HD 7700 Graphics Cards Officially Launched

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AMD Radeon HD 7700 Graphics Cards Officially Launched

AMD’s Radeon HD 7700 graphics cards are now official. The series is based on the Cape Verde GPU that is made using the 28nm fab process and uses the Graphics CoreNext GPU architecture. Fully enabled, it features 10 GCN compute units resulting to a total of 640 stream processors accompanied by 40 TMUs, 16 ROPs, and a 128-bit wide GGDR5 memory interface.

Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:09

PowerColor Launches Radeon HD 7970 with Custom Dual Fan Cooler

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PowerColor Launches Radeon HD 7970 with Custom Dual Fan Cooler

PowerColor announced the launch of its Radeon HD 7970 graphics solution equipped with a custom cooler that features two 92mm fans and unique SSU-shape heat pipe design. The cooler can lower the card’s temperature by 10% and reduce operating noise by up to 15% compared to AMD’s reference cooler design.

Sunday, 12 February 2012 23:51

VTX3D launches its Radeon HD 7900 X Edition Graphics Cards

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VTX3D launches its Radeon HD 7900 X Edition Graphics Cards

VTX3D has launched its custom-cooled and factory overclocked Radeon HD 7970 and HD 7950 graphics cards. The cards feature two 92mm fans and SSU-shape heat pipes that provide better cooling performance compared to the reference design cooler while maintaining silent operation.

Friday, 10 February 2012 11:32

Radeon HD 7770 and 7750 Final Specifications Revealed

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Radeon HD 7770 and 7750 Final Specifications Revealed

The Radeon HD 7770 and HD 7750 graphic cards are scheduled to debut next week, on February 15 based on the leaked MSI slide that showed AMD’s roadmap for its remaining Southern Island GPUs. And just like how any product gets more detailed closer to official launch, the Cape Verde based cards; the Radeon HD 7970 and HD 7950 have now been given their full specifications list.

Monday, 06 February 2012 02:29

Alienware M18X R2 to Pack Serious GPU Power

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Alienware M18X R2 to Pack Serious GPU Power

Earlier, information about Dells’ Alienware 2012 lineup has been revealed by a source close to Dell. The information included details about the M14X R2, M17X R4 and M18X R2. Unfortunately, only the color options were revealed for the M18X R2 but now the same source comes back with fresh info about the gaming notebook.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012 02:11

Launch Dates of Radeon HD 7700 and HD 7800 Revealed by MSI

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Launch Dates of Radeon HD 7700 and HD 7800 Revealed by MSI

The upper range of AMD’s Southern Islands GPUs based graphics cards is now complete. The next thing to look forward to is the Pitcairn and Cape Verde GPUs that will be the basis of the HD 7800 and HD 7700 graphics cards. Luckily, we don’t have to wait that long as info on the roadmap slide released by MSI shows that the cards are just around the corner.

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 12:05

Radeon HD 7950 Officially Launched: The AIB Model Roundup

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Radeon HD 7950 Officially Launched: The AIB Model Roundup

AMD has now officially launched the Radeon HD 7950 that is based on the company’s new Graphics Core Next (GCN) GPU architecture and the same 28nm Tahiti GPU used on the HD 7970. The only difference is that the Radeon HD 7950 has four of its 32 GCN compute units disabled making it more of a tweaked down version of its bigger brother.

Friday, 27 January 2012 01:57

Radeon HD 7950 Reference Design Pictured, Models Listed for Retail

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Radeon HD 7950 Reference Design Pictured, Models Listed for Retail

Nearing the January 31 official launch date of AMD’s Radeon HD 7950, pictures of its reference design card have now surfaced and closely examining them has now revealed that the card will have a different design that the Radeon HD 7970 in terms of both its PCB and cooler.

Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:58

Nvidia Expected More From AMD’s Southern Island GPUs

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Nvidia Expected More From AMD’s Southern Island GPUs

AMD’s Radeon HD 7900 series graphics cards sure are the kings of the performance segment right now but the question that has been going around a lot lately is how well will they really stack up when the competitions from Nvidia finally arrive?

Thursday, 26 January 2012 00:47

Radeon HD 7950 Overclocked and Benchmarked, Listed for Retail

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Radeon HD 7950 Overclocked and Benchmarked, Listed for Retail

Turkish website DonanimHaber has happily provided its readers a glimpse on the Radeon HD 7950’s performance. The card is based on the Tahiti Pro GPU and comes with references stock speeds of 800MHz for the core and 1250MHz (5000MHz effective) for the memory and packs 3GB of GDDR5 memory attached to a 384-bit memory interface.

Tuesday, 24 January 2012 01:58

GPU-Z Screenshot Confirms Radeon HD 7950 Specs

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GPU-Z Screenshot Confirms Radeon HD 7950 Specs

A GPU-Z screenshot published at Turkish site DonanimHaber has showed first concrete details about AMD’s Radeon HD 7950 graphics card based on the Tahiti Pro GPU.

Friday, 20 January 2012 10:20

Picture of Sapphire HD 7950 Leaked

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Picture of Sapphire HD 7950 Leaked

Guru3D forum member asder00 has leaked pictures and details of Sapphire’s Radeon HD 7950. The card is based on the Tahiti Pro GPU that comes next in line to the Tahiti XT chip used on the faster Radeon HD 7970.