Right before Christmas, AMD has revealed its new “Tahiti” Radeon HD 7970 graphics card for desktop computers. It’s based on a 28-nanometer manufacturing process and according to AMD, the fastest GPU ever. It will serve as a flagship video card for AMD and is also the first card to support Direct3D 11.1. Specifications include a read more
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AMD announces HD 5570
February 8, 2010 – 5:00 pm
The sub £50 DirectX 11 sector was filled recently with the launch of AMD’s passively cooled HD 5450 aimed at HTPC and small case users. Just days after, AMD have detailed yet another card, the HD 5570 which should fill in between the HD 5450 and HD 5670 cards.
AMD Launches ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series DirectX 11 Compliant Graphics Cards
September 23, 2009 – 4:52 pm
AMD today launched the most powerful processor ever created1, found in its next-generation graphics cards, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series graphics cards, and the world’s first and only to fully support Microsoft DirectX® 112, the new gaming and compute standard shipping shortly with Microsoft Windows® 7 operating system.
New AMD Server Platform Promotes Performance and Power Efficiency
September 21, 2009 – 5:30 pm
AMD today announced another milestone in delivering world-class platforms that integrate leading-edge processor, chipset and GPU technology. With the introduction of the Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processor with AMD Chipset platform, AMD is taking a step forward in its strategy to provide customers with server platforms – processor, chipset, and GPU – that specifically address the needs of today’s data center workloads. This new server platform, along with the AMD platform specification code-named “Kroner”, enables advanced performance, the benefits of unified processor and chipset technology, and furthers AMD’s commitment to energy efficiency.
AMD Introduces Sub $100 Quad Core Athlon II X4 620 CPU
September 16, 2009 – 7:00 pm
Designed as the optimal balance of CPU performance and graphics excellence, this AMD platform is designed to take advantage of new Windows 7 enhancements
ATI 5870×2 has huge TDP of 376W
September 15, 2009 – 5:15 pm
The most expensive card in the new 5 series DirectX 11 ATI graphics cards, the 5870×2, appears to produce a massive amount of heat proving to make it very hard to cool effectively. The TDP is set at a massive 376W and although ATI are working on resolving the heat issues, a drop in speed for the GPUs seem inevitable to drop the heat levels down.
AMD Unveil Radeon HD 5850, 5870 and 5870×2 Graphics Cards
September 10, 2009 – 8:55 am
AMD have released the specifications on their new 5 series graphics cards. Using the RV870, it’s not surprising that the middle card has been named the Radeon HD 5870. The chip works at 825MHz with 1600 shaders double that of the RV770 and perhaps indicating a speed of double the older chip.
Pricing Discovered for AMD Radeon 58XX Graphics Series
September 7, 2009 – 8:42 am
The new Radeon 5 series of graphics cards set to support Windows 7 D11 graphics and supposedly AMD’s ace up their sleeve has lost its secrecy in the pricing department with the price tag now all over the web.
AMD To Drop TDP of Phenom II X4 965 3.4GHz
September 7, 2009 – 8:29 am
The arrival of the Phenom II X4 965 was heralded as a great success making it the fastest process on the market in terms of core speed coming in a 3.4GHz and replacing the 955 BE at 3.2GHz. However, with a Thermal Design Power of 140W, many users were less than pleased as cooling the CPU becomes that much harder; even the high performing core i7 range of CPUs have a lower TDP of 130W.
Noctua NH-U9B Review
August 18, 2009 – 10:14 pm
In the thermal solutions market, the name Noctua is a highly respected one that is synonymous with a very high build quality and great performance. Their product base is fairly limited though with a total of three different heatsinks but when you can produce products such as the NH-U12P and NH-C12P, you don’t exactly need a huge selection.
Noctua’s flagship model, the NH-U12P is known throughout the industry and with the addition of an LGA1366 mounting kit; it’s moved onto the i7 scene. Perhaps the one downfall of this product is its size and this is where, the third heatsink comes into its own. The NH-U9B, effectively the baby brother of the larger NH-U12P, features the same 4 dual heatpipes but is a much smaller heatsink utilised the 92mm NF-B9 fan. But, how much cooling potential will the heatsink lose in its slimmed down version, let’s take a look…