GPUs
As GPU families enter the later part of their lifecycles, we often see chip manufacturers start to offload stockpiles of salvaged chips that, for one reason or another, didn't make the grade for the tier of cards they normally are used in. These recovered chips are fairly unremarkable overall, but they are unsold silicon that still works and has economic value, leading to them being used in lower-tier cards so that they can be sold. And, judging by the appearance of a new video card design from MSI, it looks like NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace generation of chips has reached that stage, as the Taiwanese video card maker has put out a new GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super card based on a salvaged AD102 GPU. Typically...
Fall 2003 Video Card Roundup, Part 4: Budget Shootout
The final segment of the market to cover in our fall roundup series, we tackle the cheapest video cards offered currently by ATI and NVIDIA, and see how they...
22 by Derek Wilson on 12/15/2003Image Quality Analysis Fall 2003: A Glance Through the Looking Glass
Nearing the end of the first generation of DX9 graphics cards, we take a long look at what's happening under the hood and how it pertains to how our...
35 by Derek Wilson on 12/10/2003The Last Bout of ‘03 – NVIDIA’s GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
We take another look at the midrange cards with the new GeForce FX 5700 Ultra in the mix. It's time to find out who scores the final round Knock Out.
114 by Derek Wilson on 10/23/2003ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro: Multimedia Refresh
ATI’s All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro continues the legacy of the All-in-Wonder line with features that we haven’t seen before. While we already know the desktop scenario, find out more about...
38 by Andrew Ku on 10/16/2003Fall 2003 Video Card Roundup - Part 3: ATI's Radeon 9600 XT
We applied our new benchmarking suite to the midrange graphics cards from ATI and NVIDIA, including the new 9600 XT. Find out who comes ahead out of the...
70 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 10/15/2003ATI's Catalyst 3.8 Drivers: ATI Sanctioned Overclocking
Less than 24 hours after we published Part 2 of our Fall '03 Video Card comparison ATI released their Catalyst 3.8 drivers. Although performance isn't really improved, the...
62 by Derek Wilson on 10/8/2003Fall 2003 Video Card Roundup - Part 2: High End Shootout
The long awaited sequel to our first Fall '03 roundup is here. To put it plainly, we went nuts. Read, just read...
117 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 10/7/2003Fall 2003 Video Card Roundup Part I - ATI's Radeon 9800 XT
After spending countless hours of benchmarking we're finally able to bring you results from our new suite of 15 game tests on ATI's Radeon 9800 XT as well as...
263 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 10/1/2003Half-Life 2 Performance Benchmark Preview
We compared 8 GPUs in 3 levels under the first truly stressing DX9 game: Half-Life 2. ATI is an early king of the hill. Learn about the...
112 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/12/2003Breaking News: Halflife 2 Performance Revealed
ATI owners rejoice, HL2 rocks on their hardware...
169 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/10/2003NVIDIA's Back with NV35 - GeForceFX 5900 Ultra
No one, not even a NVIDIA employee, was fooled into thinking the NV30 was a first-class product. But the NV35 is another story; find out how well NVIDIA's latest...
22 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/12/2003ATI's Radeon 9600 Pro - Another Win for ATI
With the Radeon 9600 Pro ATI has won yet another round in the Radeon vs. FX battle, but what's most peculiar about this battle is that the true winner...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/16/2003NVIDIA's GeForce FX 5600/5200 Ultra Performance Review
Have less than $200 in your upgrade budget? You will soon be able to buy DirectX 9 cards from NVIDIA for just that. Find out if the...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/10/2003ATI's Radeon 9800, 9600 & 9200: Still Fighting Strong
Were you left disappointed by the GeForce FX? ATI comes to the rescue with a true competitor to the Radeon 9700 Pro - the Radeon 9800 Pro...
2 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/6/2003NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra: It's Here, but is it Good?
Almost a year after we first heard about NV30 we're finally able to review the GeForce FX 5800. Find out how well it stacks up to ATI's Radeon...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/27/2003ATI's Radeon 9500 Pro - Now Shipping & Faster
ATI has started shipping their Radeon 9500 Pro for arrival in retail in the coming weeks. The final card looks different, uses new memory and when coupled with...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/27/2002NVIDIA Introduces GeForce FX (NV30)
After months of waiting we're able to bring you the official specs and technology behind NVIDIA's NV30...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/18/2002ATI All-in-Wonder 9700 Pro
Today we embark on the second part of our All-in-Wonder 9700 Pro adventure. You followed us through the preview, now it's time for a hands-on look at the video...
27 by Matthew Witheiler on 11/4/2002ATI's Radeon 9500 Pro
Rumors of a lower cost, lower performing ATI Radeon 9700 Pro have been floating around for almost as long as rumors of the Radeon 9700 Pro first emerged. Today...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/24/2002ATI All-in-Wonder 9700 Pro Preview
Today ATI announces their latest generation of All-in-Wonder products, the All-in-Wonder Radeon 9700 Pro. Check out our extensive hardware preview to see why the All-in-Wonder 9700 Pro is much...
1 by Matthew Witheiler on 9/30/2002
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