GPUs
Now that JEDEC has published specification of GDDR7 memory, memory manufacturers are beginning to announce their initial products. The first out of the gate for this generation is Samsung, which has has quietly added its GDDR7 products to its official product catalog. For now, Samsung lists two GDDR7 devices on its website: 16 Gbit chips rated for an up to 28 GT/s data transfer rate and a faster version running at up to 32 GT/s data transfer rate (which is in line with initial parts that Samsung announced in mid-2023). The chips feature a 512M x32 organization and come in a 266-pin FBGA packaging. The chips are already sampling, so Samsung's customers – GPU vendors, AI inference vendors, network product vendors, and the like &ndash...
Vendor Cards: EVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX
First, in a series of vendor 7800 GTX reviews, we bring you the EVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX. With a default overclock, does this card have what it takes to...
26 by Derek Wilson & Josh Venning on 7/16/2005Battlefield 2 GPU Performance Analysis
UPDATED... With the release of another current generation graphics engine, we investigate graphics performance over multiple classes of cards.
78 by Derek Wilson on 7/7/2005Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PS3 - A Hardware Discussion
We look at both of the recently announced consoles and do our best to separate fact from fiction.
93 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 6/24/2005NVIDIA's GeForce 7800 GTX Hits The Ground Running
Today marks the release of NVIDIA's latest graphics solution. Is it simply a rework, or is there some real power under the hood?
127 by Derek Wilson on 6/22/2005NVIDIA Announces 16x AA For SLI
In response to ATI's CrossFire, NVIDIA is introducing 16xAA for SLI in a driver soon to be released.
18 by Derek Wilson on 6/9/2005ATI's Next Three Months Of Catalyst
ATI is revealing information about the upcoming features and performance of their next 3 driver releases. Catalyst 5.6, 5.7 and 5.8 look to polish up ATI's software offering.
30 by Derek Wilson on 6/9/2005ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT: More Pipes in Notebooks
ATI is introducing a 16 pipe version of its M28 graphics processor. This part should be just as powerful as ATI's high end desktop parts. We take a look...
41 by Derek Wilson on 6/6/2005ATI's Multi-GPU Solution: CrossFire
ATI antes up with its own flavor of multi-card gaming. Competing with NVIDIA's SLI technology, CrossFire brings a couple of new ideas to the table.
57 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 5/30/2005Integrated Graphics: Xpress 200 vs. GMA 950
Having already looked at budget discrete solutions, we break out our integrated solutions to see how the latest on-board technology holds up.
30 by Derek Wilson on 5/26/2005Budget Graphics Strike Back: Revenge of the RAM
We spend some time testing budget graphics cards with slower RAM in order to verify their predicted behavior on cheaper systems.
21 by Derek Wilson on 5/19/2005ATI demos R520 GPU at E3
ATI was demonstrating Remedy's upcoming title Alan Wake on R520 silicon...
32 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/18/2005Bringing Gaming Mainstream - The Xbox 360 debuts on MTV
We take a quick look at the official unveiling of Microsoft's Xbox 360.
57 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/12/2005Budget Battle: HyperMemory vs. TurboCache
We have our hands on a HyperMemory board and some shipping TurboCache parts. Now, it's time to see which solution delivers on its promise of acceptable performance at extreme...
33 by Derek Wilson on 5/12/2005ATI's Radeon X800 XL 512MB - A toe in the 512MB pool
In a surprise to us, ATI decided to release their first 512MB as a member of the X800 XL family. With a $449 price tag, we investigate whether...
70 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/4/2005MCE TV Tuner Roundup: Featuring ATI's Theater 550 & NVIDIA's NVTV
We rounded up 6 MCE-compliant TV tuners and compared them to find out which one, if any, works its magic the best with a SD cable signal.
61 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/12/2005Wildcat Realizm 800: 3Dlabs MultiGPU First Look
Creative has unleashed the latest 3Dlabs creation on the world: the two GPU Wildcat Realizm 800. We take a look at the architecture and SPEC numbers in this review.
27 by Derek Wilson on 3/25/2005World of Warcraft Performance Guide
If you're addicted to WoW, then this guide will give you the info on how best to feed your addiction...from a performance standpoint.
59 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/23/2005Mobility Radeon X700: The Graphics of the Travelmate 8100
ATI's mid-range mobile offering finds its way into the latest Travelmate from Acer. The MRX700 offers decent performance in a notebook that remains mobile.
14 by Derek Wilson on 3/1/2005GeForce Go 6800 Ultra: Powering the Dell Inspirion XPS Gen 2
NVIDIA is introducing a new, faster, version of its high end mobile graphics solutions today in the newest DTR from Dell: the Inspirion XPS Gen 2
48 by Derek Wilson on 2/24/2005ATI FireGL V5000: Well-Rounded Mid-Range
ATI is launching a midrange workstation solution today that brings features previously only found on its highest end AGP and PCI Express cards. While less powerful overall, ATI has...
9 by Derek Wilson on 1/31/2005