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Jeremy Hellstrom | Source: Guru of 3D | Subject: Graphics Card
What could possibly be better than an HD5970? An HD 5970 overclocked from 725 MHz to 935 MHz on the core and from 4000MHz to 5240 MHz
on the GDDR5, that's what! Since AMD has taken down their overvolting tool it is up to MSI's Afterburner to bump the default 1.05V GPU core to 1.1625V, as you need more power to manage this overclock. The Guru of 3D walks you through the perils and benefits of such a hefty overclock along with showing you all the steps you need in their article.
"When the Radeon HD 5970 launched, the product was extremely well received by the hardware enthusiast community. As we stated in our article -- the product is clocked a little conservative though. We boosted the Radeon HD 5970 Core from 725 MHz towards 935 MHz and the 4000 MHz memory is running and purring steady at 5240 MHz --- and that's a baffling result on just the reference air-cooler. Wanna learn how we do it ?" Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
Ryan Shrout | Source: PC Perspective | Subject: Graphics Card
So the first full day of supposed Radeon HD 5970 graphics card availability has come and gone - what do we have thus far?
Well that's no good - as of this writing (it's late and I am awake after a midnight run) Newegg.com has five HD 5970s listed from five different vendors - none of which are in stock. Prices on them "ranged" from $599 to $624 which is actually a bit better than I expected. Of course, it means squat until you find them available to bring home. Amazon doesn't have anything in stock either. TigerDirect.com either.
We are willing to give them a few days grace period, but after that, time to get some answers! The Radeon HD 5000-series of cards has seen too many varying delays and stock issues to just overlook at this point.
Ryan Shrout | Source: PC Perspective | Subject: Graphics Card
In case you haven't read through my entire article on the Radeon HD 5970 graphics beast from AMD (shame!), you might be interested in seeing a video that was embedded in our section on Eyefinity. Curious to see that new PC gaming title (that only sold 4 point something million copies across all platforms in one day) on a set of THREE 30-in monitors?
Sorry for the bit of fuzziness...
Jeremy Hellstrom | Source: NVIDIA | Subject: Graphics Card
PORTLAND, Ore.— SC09—Nov. 16, 2009—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today unveiled the Tesla 20-series of parallel processors for the high performance computing (HPC) market, based on its new generation CUDA processor architecture, codenamed “Fermi”. Designed from the ground-up for parallel computing, the NVIDIA Tesla 20-series GPUs slash the cost of computing by delivering the same performance of a traditional CPU-based cluster at one-tenth the cost and one-twentieth the power. The Tesla 20-series introduces features that enable many new applications to perform dramatically faster using GPU Computing. These include ray tracing, 3D cloud computing, video encoding, database search, data analytics, computer-aided engineering and virus scanning. “NVIDIA has deployed a highly attractive architecture in Fermi, with a feature set that opens the technology up to the entire computing industry,” said Jack Dongarra, director of the Innovative Computing Laboratory at the University of Tennessee and co-author of LINPACK and LAPACK. The Tesla 20-series GPUs combine parallel computing features that have never been offered on a single device before. These include:
At their core, Tesla GPUs are based on the massively parallel CUDA computing architecture that offers developers a parallel computing model that is easier to understand and program than any of the alternatives developed over the last 50 years. "There can be no doubt that the future of computing is parallel processing, and it is vital that computer science students get a solid grounding in how to program new parallel architectures," said Dr. Wen-mei Hwu, Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "GPUs and the CUDA programming model enable students to quickly understand parallel programming concepts and immediately get transformative speed increases." The family of Tesla 20-series GPUs includes:
The Tesla C2050 and C2070 products will retail for $2,499 and $3,999 and the Tesla S2050 and S2070 will retail for $12,995 and $18,995. Products will be available in Q2 2010. For more information about the new Tesla 20-series products, visit the Tesla product pages. Editors’ note: As previously announced, the first Fermi-based consumer (GeForce) products are expected to be available first quarter 2010. 
Jeremy Hellstrom | Source: AMD | Subject: Graphics Card
Catalyst 9.11 is here!
New Features GPU Acceleration of H.264 video content using Adobe Flash Player 10.1
Beta
High Quality downscaling for video transcoding MSE
Highlights of the Linux ATI Catalyst(tm) 9.11 release include: New Features Support for new Linux operating systems
For more information on ATI Catalyst(tm) 9.11 (for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux versions), including all of the resolved issues in this release, please see the ATI Catalyst 9.11 release notes.
Jeremy Hellstrom | Source: MSI | Subject: Graphics Card
[City of Industry, CA] World renowned graphics card and mainboard manufacturer, MSI, formally releases the world's first graphics card to support over-voltage functionality with the N240GT series. Including the N240GT-MD512-OC/D5 and N240GT-MD1G, this series allows the user to adjust both the voltage and the overclocking configurations via the Afterburner overclocking software to increase GPU clock up to 30%! Additionally, this series utilizes an advanced 40nm GPU, supports the DirectX 10.1 gaming standard, and offers a native HDMI output for awesome 3D support and high-definition entertainment. The N240GT-MD512-OC/D5 uses extremely fast 512 MB GDDR5 graphic memory and implements military class components to offer an incredible cost-performance value to customers. Use Afterburner to adjust voltage and overclock the MSI N240GT graphics card
The all-new 40nm GPU
Support for the DirectX 10.1 graphical standard
Military class components, stable and quiet
Jeremy Hellstrom | Source: GIGABYTE Technology | Subject: Graphics Card
GIGABYTE Technology Co. LTD., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today presents the latest GeForceTM GT240 Series graphics cards - “GV-N240D5-512I & GV-N240D3-1GI”. Thanks to advanced 40nm process, GV-N240D5-512I and GV-N240D3-1GI provide better performance while using less power. Even during hardcore overclocking the graphics cards can still run in low operating temperatures. Using GDDR5 memory, GV-N240D5-512I promises high speed gaming experience. Both GV-N240D5-512I and GV-N240D3-1GI are supported by GIGABYTE specially-designed large fan sinks which allow cool air to flow freely to and guarantee quick heat dissipation. HDMIFantastic Graphics and Video Experience
GV-N240D3-1GI implements GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 2 boards that guarantee outstanding cooling, lowest power loss, and longer product life. Lower RDS (on) MOSFETs have lower power consumption during the switching process, resulting in less heat generated by the GPU. Ferrite Core chokes hold energy much longer than common iron-core chokes and lower ESR Solid Capacitor are more stable and reliable than other cards on the market.
Jeremy Hellstrom | Source: Guru of 3D | Subject: Graphics Card
Although it is very nice to see nVIDIA finally putting GDDR5 on their cards, they managed to tarnish the launch of the GT 240 by pulling a mean trick on buyers of low end cards. There are two versions of nVIDIA's enw low end card, a DDR3 version which runs at 2000 MHz and offers 32.0 GB/s of bandwidth and a GDDR5 version which runs at 3400MHz with 54.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth. To add to the confusion there will be both 512MB versions and 1GB versions. Confused yet?
At least you can see how it measures up to the two current low end cards from nVIDIA and AMD at the Guru of 3D; they've got the GDDR5 version. "GeForce GT240 is designed for a the lower segment of the mainstream market and comes with support for DX10.1 GeForce GT240 comes packed with 96 shader cores and features GDDR3 memory, however if you throw in an extra tenner -- you can get a 128-bit gDDR5 memory version as well -- giving the card some more breathing space in terms of memory bandwidth and in the end overall performance. Wanna find out what the card is all about?" Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
Jeremy Hellstrom | Source: ECS | Subject: Graphics Card
Taipei, Taiwan, November 17th, 2009 Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), the world's leading motherboard, graphics card, barebone system, and notebook manufacturer is pleased to announce latest GT240 series graphics card with GDDR5 solution. Catering to users who want their graphics card capable of delivering astounding graphical performances, ECS GeForce GT240 series graphics card are built with an NVIDIA GeForce GT240 graphics processing units (GPU) come with 96 processor cores, 128-bit GDDR5 512MB/1024MB at 1700MHz memory clock to deliver outstanding visual experience. With an unified architecture to provide fully unified shader core, dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering better gaming performance of prior generation GPUs. ECS GeForce GT240 series graphics card are embedded with HDMI connector which can transfer video & audio signals via a single cable making top performance and power efficiency. It uses NVIDIA CUDA technology to unlock the power of the GPUs processor cores to accelerate the most demanding system tasks - such as video transcoding in order to deliver incredible performance improvements over traditional GPUs. ECS GeForce GT240 series contain NVIDIA PhysX technology enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce. It supports Microsoft DirectX 10.1 & Shader Model 4.1 to meet users requirement of those latest gaming titles. If you want to save your money and enjoy mainstream gaming experience, ECS GeForce GT240 series graphics card is the best choice. All-Solid-Capacitor Design
Innovative Arctic Cooling's Fan Solution
HDMI Embedded Connector
Last but not least, ECS GeForce GT240 series graphics card support next generation Windows 7 to mark a dramatic improvement in the way the OS takes advantage of the graphics processing unit to provide a more compelling user experience. ECS GeForce GT240 series graphics card with SDDR3 and GDDR5 solutions are the most affordable and the best choice for mainstream gaming experience. 
Jeremy Hellstrom | Source: Guru of 3D | Subject: Graphics Card
The ASUS Radeon HD 5770 Voltage Tweak
Edition allows you more headroom on opening up the GPU and memory to its fast possible settings, though it still can't help with the fact that there is less memory bandwidth available than either the 4870 or the 5870. Finding out the limits of the card is not as dangerous as you might think, ASUS will still provide RMA for any card that fails under their SmartDoctor overclocking/overvolting tool for the entirety of the card's three-year warranty.
In Guru3D's testing they went from a GPU of 850MHz all the way to 1000MHz and took the memory from 4800MHz to 5620MHz, significantly faster than even the HD5870. Drop by and see if the extra speed could overcome the lack of bandwidth in their full review.
"More and more vendors these days allow the end user to play around with GPU voltages in order to achieve higher stable overclocks. Our sample for example ships at reference (standard) 850MHz core clock frequency and 4,800MHz on the memory much like as any other Radeon HD 5770 1,024MB, but with the help of Voltage Tweaking we achieved 1,000MHz on the core clock and 5,620MHz on the memory fairly quickly. So in this review a little recap on the Radeon HD 5770 1024MB and then of course coverage of the overclock throughout our benchmark session with the help of some extra juice." Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
Ryan Shrout | Source: PC Perspective | Subject: Graphics Card
AMD has some cool things coming down the pipeline for their graphics card lineup this month (really, even MORE than you've seen in the last 2 months) but some news was worth posting right away. As you know, the AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of GPUs is the only one that supports DirectX 11 and because of that AMD is hoping DX11 titles become a big selling point before NVIDIA's upcoming Fermi GPU can gain any ground on that feature.
Well good news for AMD, another major title has been announced with DX11 support due in early 2010 - Battlefield: Bad Company 2. 
Bad Company 2 easily becomes the biggest name to announce DX11 support and hopefully there will be some tangible benefits from the new API's implementation. DiRT 2 and Stalker: Call of Pripyat are also going to be big sellers on the PC but Bad Company 2 just looks AWESOME.
Depending on WHEN in Q1 2010 this title is actually released, NVIDIA could have Fermi products on the shelves of course and that could possibly negate some of the advantage AMD currently holds.
Jeremy Hellstrom | Source: Legion Hardware | Subject: Graphics Card
While none of these cards will be shattering 3dMark records, every one is capable of at playing modern games and video at a reasonable rate and all of the cards are $80 or less. While the more expensive cards dominate the enthusiast level, these inexpensive cards are going to show up in a lot of prebuilt systems. Why not take advantage and slip one of these four cards into the next 'cheap as you can make it' PC you are asked to build. Legion Hardware's four way lowest of the low shootout is right here.
"The GeForce GT 220 has done very little to mix things up in the low-end market segment, as it fails to offer anything new at its price point of $70 US. Yes, it is an affordable 40nm graphics card, but that bandwagon will only get Nvidia so far. The GeForce GT 220 was superior to the 14 month old Radeon HD 4670 in terms of power consumption and operating temperature when under load." Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
Jeremy Hellstrom | Source: Matrox | Subject: Graphics Card
Montreal, Canada, November 10, 2009/PRNewswire/—Matrox Graphics, the leading manufacturer of specialized graphics solutions, today announced the launch of the Matrox M9188 PCIe x16 Octal graphics card, capable of supporting eight DisplayPort or DVI Single-Link outputs from a single workstation. The Matrox M9188 PCIe x16 offers 2GB of memory, resolutions up to 2560x1600 per output, and advanced desktop management features—such as independent or stretched desktop modes—to drive energy, transportation, process control, financial trading, and other mission-critical environments with exceptional performance. "The M9188 is designed specifically for professional monitoring environments that require visualization of large amounts of data at once to enhance mission-critical decision making," says Ron Berty, Business Development Manager, Matrox Graphics. "The expansive multi-monitor configuration allows system operators to accurately manage energy grids or train dispatch applications, while ensuring maximum performance across all displays." The Matrox M9188 offers robust support for Microsoft® Windows® XP, as well as for Linux, which is critical for energy and transportation applications that commonly use display configurations of more than eight monitors. Matrox also announced a second addition to the M-Series product line with the Matrox M9128 LP PCIe x16, DualHead DisplayPort graphics card. This dual-monitor add-in board is the economical choice to drive business, industrial, and government applications across two displays at resolutions up to 2560x1600. Matrox M9128 and M9188 Key Features
Matrox M9128 and M9188 Availability and Pricing The Matrox M9128 and M9188 graphics cards will be available in Q4/2009 * Matrox M9128 LP PCIe x 16 Part number: M9128-E1024LAF $259.00 USD * Matrox M9188 PCIe x16 Part number: M9188-E2048F $1995.00 USD
Ryan Shrout | Source: Tech Spot | Subject: Graphics Card
Last week Maingear, one of the most impressive system builders for enthusiasts today, released a new computer called "The SHIFT." Despite having cliched lines like it being a "personal everyday supercomputer" the system looks to be damn impressive. The chassis is obviously based on the Silverstone Raven case (you can see the similarities in our recent review) that includes a component structure that is rotated 90 degrees.
The hardware options in the Maingear SHIFT are equally appealing as the system can be built on an P55 or X58 motherboard and Core i7 processor from Intel. Memory ranges from 3GB to 12GB, it can hold up to 8 SSDs and liquid cooling can also be added as factory-built overclocking is available. Pretty nice, eh? But here is what I found interesting: 
Notice the two graphics cards in this Maingear photo? Notice that they are dual-GPU cards, of the type we haven't seen before? Looks like Maingear will be offering those oft-rumored Hemlock-based graphics cards, the Radeon HD 5970. If nothing else, at least we know that the new card from AMD is getting closer and closer... NVIDIA be warned!
More information and sales options for the Maingear SHIFT system can be found on Maingear's site.
Jeremy Hellstrom | Source: Bjorn3D | Subject: Graphics Card
Switching to 40nm doesn't seem like the best of ideas right now, the supply problems are well known but it is a very important step for nVIDIA as they need to continue to evolve. Their new release takes a page from AMD's recent launch behaviour, they are leading with the low end first. The GeForce GT220 has a 720MHz GPU, 1GB of 1600MHz DDR3 and a 128bit memory bus and will set you back all of $80. The performance is perhaps a little less than what you would expect, the HD4670 tends to beat it at most tasks. There is a pair of nice features to the board, though Bjorn3D didn't make use of it in their review, this card can handle PhysX processing and it puts off very little heat so it makes sense to slip it in a system as a second (or third) GPU.
"If you happen to be one of the many people affected by the US economy, then you really don't have money to throw around. You may be looking to upgrade from your current onboard graphics, or want to upgrade your card. Either way the GT220 may be a great option for you. This card has the power to play all of the latest games, but does not include the high price tag of higher end cards. Granted this card will not perform as well as a higher end card, but playing the game is enough for some. The GT220 is certainly a great option for anyone who fits into one of those categories. Today we have the Gigabyte version of the card. Gigabyte has long been known as a quality vender. They have even chosen to include an aftermarket cooler on their GT220. This not only allows the card to run cooler, but it also allows the card to overclock more. This can lead to higher frame rates. These higher frame rates are all free to you, so why not overclock some? Lets take a closer look at this card." Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
Jeremy Hellstrom | Source: PC Perspective | Subject: Graphics Card
Ryan finally got his hands on the Left 4 Dead 2 demo and fired it up on a variety of cards, 4 AMD (plus one XFire setup) and 5 nVIDIA cards. His testing at 2560x1600
with 4xMSAA and 16xAF shows that even the HD5850 can supply enough power to make this game playable on a 30" monitor. He has yet to try out EyeFinity but the results here give great hope to those who don't wish to invest in a graphics card running in the neighbourhood of $400. It looks like you might be well off spending money on a midrange HD4xxx and picking up another monitor or two!
"If you are like most people and have a monitor that runs at 1920x1200 or 1920x1080 then obviously you are going to be able to play L4D2 without any issue using the lowest end cards tested here that will start at about $130. If you are one of the lucky few that owns a 30" monitor and can play at 2560x1600 then you'll need to step a little for the best experience but you should not HAVE to pay more than $250 or so for the privilege." Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
Josh Walrath | Source: EVGA | Subject: Graphics Card
When it is PhysX!
EVGA and NVIDIA have teamed up to release what looks to be a pretty unique product to the marketplace. The asymmetrical EVGA GTX 275 Co-op PhysX card features a GTX 275 paired with a GTS 250 GPU on one board. This allows the GTX 275 chip to render all graphics, while the GTS 250 handles all of the PhysX calculations. The board features a total of 1280 MB of memory between the two GPUs, and a total bandwidth of 179.8 GB/sec. 
Yes, the G92 chip lives again. This product was released in 65 nm variants in late 2007, was respun at 55 nm a year later, and has been gracing products from the 8800 GT to 9800 GT to 9800 GTS to the latest GTS 250 product from NVIDIA and their partners. While the rendering performance of the G92 chip is far overshadowed by what both NVIDIA and AMD offer at the $100+ price points, it is still able to churn out some decent numbers when it comes to more general compute performance. This is why it is getting another chance at life in this particular product. We have heard through the grapevine that the overall PhysX performance of a G92 is slightly better than the dedicated PPU that we saw from Asus and BFG some years back. We have no idea what this chip is clocked at, but we can assume that it is probably lower than a standard GTS 250 due to it being paired with a pretty power hungry GTX 275 chip. The card itself features the 8 x 6 pin power connections. Games which feature dedicated PhysX PPU support show a 20% to 40% increase in performance vs. just CPU physics computation. The game that NV and its partners are really pushing for this technology is Batman: Arkham Asylum. NVIDIA is continuing to work with more developers to get better PhysX support in gaming, and the GTX 275 has enough power to handle NVIDIA's 3D glasses technology as well. 
NVIDIA and AMD have been pushing to soak up as much processing power as possible these days, as most games are developed to be cross platform dependent... so high end gaming machines have no problems rendering at even the highest resolutions and AA/AF levels. Eyefinity and 3D/PhysX are designed to soak up the power that current and upcoming GPUs are offering. The GTX 275 Co-op looks to be a one-off product from EVGA, and I am not at all certain if other manufacturers will pick up this option. So if a user does require a new video card to run their latest games on, and PhysX is a big attraction to them, then this will definitely fit into a niche. The price for this is going to be a bit higher than many were hoping, as it will retail above $300. To help offset the sticker shock, it does appear as though EVGA is throwing the Batman title in as a bundle.
Ryan Shrout | Source: General | Subject: Graphics Card
Website Alienbabeltech.com got a hold of some photos and information on the upcoming Radeon HD 5970 graphics card - a dual Evergreen GPU part.
The reference card shown here is a big and power hungry as you can see from the 8-pin and 6-pin power connectors located above the fan.
On the back you can see the two GPU locations on the PCB - this should be an incredibly fast graphics card.
What might be a bit concerning is the length of the card - this design was 13.5-in long and had issues fitting into this full size Antec 1200 chassis.
AMD already got a hold of the guys who posted this so the performance numbers that were along side the photos were taken down before we got to see them. Also, AMD told them that the HD 5970 card seen was an early engineering sample leaving hope that the final retail card will be a bit shorter. Either way, I think we will learn more about this upcoming GPU before you know it. Stay tuned!
Jeremy Hellstrom | Source: [H]ard|OCP | Subject: Graphics Card
As if the HD5870 wasn't impressive enough, the ASUS model that [H]ard|OCP tested came with SmartDoctor which allows you to adjust the Vcore. This ended up netting them an additional 60MHz on top of the 100MHz overclock they managed with the Catalyst Control Center alone. It also sucked up about 80W more, topping out the systems load at 426W. Check out this impressive Gold Award winning card in their full review.
"Today we look at ASUS’s brand new, voltage tweakable and highly overclockable EAH5870 based on AMD’s new ATI Radeon HD 5870. With the ability to increase the core voltage we cannot wait to see how high it will go, but first we must see how it compares to its rivals in some of the latest and most demanding games." Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
Jeremy Hellstrom | Source: Motherboards.org | Subject: Graphics Card
With all of these new AMD GPUs and the incredible scaling we are seeing, it is going to take some work to determine just how to spend your money. The HD 5770 is usually found at the $160 mark, the HD 5750 at $130; compared to the $260 HD 5850 and the $390 HD 5870, the price differences are large enough that buying a pair of cheaper cards will still end up costing roughly the same. Motherboards.org decided to find out if getting a pair of cards, or one with the plan of picking up a second in the future is viable, or if you are better off with a single more expensive GPU.
"Two HD 5770 cards perform better than a single HD5850 card and two HD 5850 cards perform much better than a single HD 5770 card. Considering the price of the two HD 5770s is nearly the same as a HD 5870 card I would suggest buying a single HD 5870 or HD 5850 depending on which price range. On the other hand, if you only have $160 a HD 5770 added to the system later will improve performance immensely in most applications. Two HD 5750s in Crossfire mode make for an attractive upgrade as well if you only have $130 to spend on a video card today." Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
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