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ASUS unveils new Radeon HD 5000 series of graphics cards

Written by IT News on 6:58 AM

ASUS, one of the world's largest suppliers of high performance hardware components, has announced the debut of a new line of EAH5000 series graphics cards, designed to take advantage of the features and specifications of AMD's new Radeon graphics processors. The new series consists of three cards based on GeForce 5970, the HD 5770 and 5750, are designed to support overclocking, performance and effective cooling solution.

Kicking off with EAH5970/G/2DIS/2GD5 new model of the enterprise, users can cope with the latest high-end GPUs from AMD had, but with support for overclocking. The card itself is equipped with a reference clock speeds, a 725MHz engine clock, 2 GB of GDDR5 memory 2 x 256-bit interface and a clock speed of 4000MHz. Additional features include HDMI, DVI and Display Port connector and support for ATI CrossFire technology and Eyefinity.

The interesting part about the new model is that it comes with ASUS Tweak voltage technology, which essentially allows the user to their GPUs to increase the voltage from 1.05V to 1.35V, which is the core of the GPU to be tweaked from 725MHz to 950MHz while memory can go up to 5012MHz, according to Asus. These tweaks says that the end user to provide a performance increase of around 31%.

The EAH5770 and EAH5750 are equipped with the formulation of the company's cooling solution, with its own Micro finish for a cup of wastage of up to 14% improvement. In addition, the two boards equipped with the company's Xtreme Design, which GamerOSD SmartDoctor and applications, including real-time overclocking.

As numbers go, the two boards sport core speed of 850MHz and 700MHz, respectively. Both are equipped with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory works at speeds of 4800MHz and 4600MHz, respectively, while the connectivity DVI, HDMI and D-Sub contained.

No word on pricing yet, but the upper Radeon HD 5970-model will be available bundled with Colin McRae: Dirt 2, one of the most anticipated games this year applications.

Pricing and system requirements of AMD's Radeon HD 5770 and HD 5750 revealed

Written by IT News on 7:19 PM

Getting closer to the official debut of the next generation of AMD graphics cards, the highly anticipated HD-5xxx series, the Internet seems to be full of rumors about the upcoming new maps. Much has been written so far on the fast-to-be-released HD 5870 and HD 5850, but now that the focus of the rumor spreaders is shifted to a couple of other Radeon cards, the usual HD 57xx series. These cards are due in October, according to the latest information, and should provide a more affordable alternative to the company HD 58xx series.

The fellows over at VR-Zone has been fortunate to learn more about these cards, including the list of recommended system requirements. The list is intended to inform users of the necessary components needed for them to fully benefit from the technical specifications and features of these cards. The list is as follows:

PCI Express-based PC with an x16 lane graphics slot on the motherboard;

Or more 450 watt power supply with a 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connectors recommended (600 Watt and two 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX technology in dual mode);

Certified power supplies are recommended. See http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of certified products;

At least 1 GB of system memory;

Installation software requires CD-ROM drive;

DVD playback requires DVD drive;

Blu-ray playback requires Blu-ray drive;

For an ATI CrossFire system, half the ATI Radeon HD 5770/5750 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFire Bridge Interconnect cable per graphics card (included) are required.

Both cards are expected to be available with a dual-slot design and in price from an MSRP of U.S. $ 149 to U.S. $ 199th

AMD DirectX 11 cards to be called Radeon HD 5870 and HD 5850

Written by IT News on 1:24 AM

The details of AMD's next-generation desktop graphics cards continue to beat the Internet, as we approach the long-awaited moment of Sunnyvale, California-based company will officially take the shawl first DirectX 11 card. After the photos of the alleged first AMD cards with DirectX 11 support, we have no new information on the future of video card manufacturers. Codename Cypress, AMD's upcoming DirectX 11 cards will be released in Radeon HD 5800-series branding, the Center offers Cypress XT Radeon HD 5870 and the name of Cypress PRO called HD 5850th

According to a recent news article that came to VR-Zone, the new cards starting somewhere next month, with availability planned for later in October, at the time of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system that would be. There are some technical details are available on the new maps, but no details of the main speed.

The key features that will activate if the cards are coming from AMD, we highlight the following:

• 1 GB of GDDR5 memory
• ATI Eyefinity technology with support for up to three screens
• ATI-Stream Technology
• Designed for Direct Compute 5.0 and OpenCL
• Accelerated Video Transcoding (AVT)
• Compatible with DirectX 11 and older revisions
• Supports OpenGL 3.1
• ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU support for highly scalable performance
• ATI Avivo HD video and display technology
• Dynamic Power Management with ATI PowerPlay technology
• -DL-DVI-DL-DVI, DVI, HDMI
• PCI Express 2.0 support

Many of the above specifications have speculated on the Internet in the past, such as the release date for these new cards. With the anticipated launch of a couple of weeks ahead, more details will emerge, including clock speeds and the best benchmark results of the new cards.

NVIDIA adds new WHQL-certified GeForce graphics drivers

Written by IT News on 8:21 AM

After a recent beta version of the new GeForce 190.38 drivers for video cards and ION products in Santa Clara, California-based graphics chip maker is now WHQL-certified version of the above directors. As you can expect that the majority of the NVIDIA graphics drivers, the new version adds support for new applications, improves performance and provides a series of fixes for known bugs. The new version can be downloaded from this blog, which provides support for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 users.

The new GeForce / ION driver release is WHQL certified and supports all recent Nvidia GPUs ranging from the old GeForce 6-series to the newer 200-series desktop GPUs and new ION GPUs. As with the beta version, WHQL version adds support for OpenGL 3.1 API and the new CuDa 2.3, those users with better performance of the GPU Computing applications. In addition, NVIDIA also a number of new panel features and a large number of bug fixes.

The new GeForce 190.38 WHQL-certified release gives an improvement of the functions previously. These drivers provide users with support for SLI technology and PhysX System Software version 9.09.0428, and allow them to a special PhysX acceleration on GeForce graphics cards, improve performance in a single-GPU solution. The driver pack includes GeForce Power Pack Plus # 3, as a user with a number of programs that are optimized for GeForce GPUs.

For those looking for an upgrade to the new GeForce 190.38 WHQL-certified graphics drivers, we have the following links and supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the most popular Windows operating systems including XP, Vista and 7.

NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 190.38-WHQL for Windows XP 32-bit
NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 190.38-WHQL for Windows XP 64-bit
NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 190.38-WHQL for Windows Vista/7 32-bit
NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 190.38-WHQL for Windows Vista/7 64-bit

MSI unveils new Radeon Cyclone series of GPUs

Written by IT News on 4:18 PM

MSI, one of the world's leading suppliers of motherboards, video cards, laptops and other computer products, has just announced to expand its graphics cards with the introduction of another Radeon-based layout. The new models use the latest high-performance single-GPU solution from AMD, the Radeon HD 4890, which many users with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory and GPU speed as high as 1 GHz. The new series earlier this year has exhibited at the Computex computer display in Taipei, Taiwan.

The new Cyclone layout of the MSI graphics and overclocking of enthusiasts with a high-end graphics solution that is equipped with a dual-slot, single-fan cooling. According to the taiwan's supplier, the new cards have a 10cm PWM fan, which is allegedly the largest in a Radeon HD 4890 cards currently on the market. The major structure of the fan, in combination with the integration of four heat pipes (which is 60% thicker than the traditional, according to MSI), the Cyclone condenser to provide users with an efficient cooling solution for high-end GPU.

What are the technical specifications, the new cards, users with implementation of AMD's current flagship Radeon HD 4890 model. Cyclone R4890 OC Edition will be available with a 880MHz core speed, combined with 1GB of GDDR5 memory, which has a frequency of 3900MHz. Like other Radeon GPUs, this card allows users to support Microsoft DirectX 10.1, CrossFireX multi-GPU configurations, ATI Avivo HD Technology, ATI-Stream technology and PCI Express 2.0 support.

Unfortunately, there are no data on the map of prices and availability, but the new series will be time to shelves dealers worldwide.

Mushkin launches new series of GT200-based graphics cards

Written by IT News on 8:23 AM

Recent buzz on the Internet said that Mushkin is about to release memory vendor for an entirely new line of NVIDIA GeForce-based graphics cards, which ends with yet another alternative to the narrow market GeForce graphics cards. All new models will be based on the latest NVIDIA GT200 GPU architecture and will be available in both standard and custom form factors, with increased clock speeds and memory capacity.

According to a recent news article on hothardware, Mushkin has announced its entry into the graphics card market with the launch of a complete set of GT200-based graphics cards. The new line will be part of the company ultimateFX family graphics processing units, which apparently consists of GeForce-based solutions.

As part of the new series, Mushkin has debuted some new products, namely ultimateFX GeForce GTX260, GTX260 (1792MB), OC GTX260, GTX260 OC2, GTX275, GTX275 OC, GTX275 OC2, GTX285 and GTX285 (2048MB). As you can see there are a number of new models waiting to be useful in high-end desktop PC.

Although we have no specific details on the technical performance of these cards, it seems that Mushkin will try to distinguish themselves from the pack by offering their new cards in a specially designed packaging. According to the above article of the new maps are provided in special wooden boxes which the company has brands such as "WoodBox." This will certainly be a computer user a feeling of individuality and cards with an elegant package.

Unfortunately, there is no word on the pricing of one of these cards, but we expect that they are priced a bit longer than its competitors, particularly in view of their unique package. What is the availability of these solutions must be sufficiently fast.

New GeForce, Radeon graphics cards due for release on April 9th

Written by IT News on 12:36 AM

Both NVIDIA and AMD are expected to update their knowledge graphics cards with the introduction of new products, like the RV790-based Radeon HD 4890 and GT200b GTX295, respectively. According to the recent news, the cards could make a debut on the same day, let say April 9th.


Moreover, both cards appear to be targeting the same segment of the price, which should make for a tough fight for the spring of interest for two graphics card makers.

According to available data, the next graphics card Radeon HD 4890, will be based on 55nm RV790 graphics processing units, which for a long time, was said to be a factory set overclocked version of AMD RV770 graphics now available units, which has a factory-set the clock speed of 850Mhz and 800 stream processors. When issued the card comes with 1 GB of memory GDDR5 256-bit memory interface and a memory frequency of 975Mhz, which makes it possible to give a yield increase of 6% during the high-end RV770 cards.

The GeForce GTX 275, based on the 55nm GPU GT200b, boasts 240 Shader processors, 898MB of GDDR3 memory with 448-bit memory interface. When issued, the card will have a core speed of 633MHz, the Shaders 1404Mhz and 1161MHz on the memory. But the speed of the memory may be different when the card will be issued. Performance wise the card is said to be a little "better than current NVIDIA GTX 260 graphics solutions, which is placed between the GTX 280 and the tab above.

Price wise the new Radeon HD 4890 will be available at an estimated price of U.S. $ 249, while NVIDIA will be between the prices of U.S. $ 229 and U.S. $ 279. It should put the cards and as competitors in the same price.