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...
ATI Radeon LE 32MB DDR
With its mysterious nature and its OEM only availability, the ATI Radeon LE video card has been off limit to cautious consumers. Today we lift the cloud of mystery...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 5/23/2001NVIDIA GeForce3 Investigation: What NVIDIA didn't tell us
As the GeForce3 is finally hitting store shelves, our resident graphics expert took a deeper look into the GeForce3 architecture to uncover quite a bit about NVIDIA's latest creation.
0 by Kert Chian on 5/15/2001Reader Interview: ATI's President & COO Dave Orton
Earlier this year we surveyed our Forum Readers and collected a list of questions that you wanted to ask ATI's President & COO Dave Orton. Well, the responses are...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/26/2001A Torrid Affair with Graphics: April 2001 3D Market Update
A $399 GeForce3, NVIDIA's Spring Line, the NVIDIA/Kyro II marketing fiasco, ATI's Radeon2, and a farewell to the Matrox G800 all and more in this editorial.
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/23/2001NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 64MB
As NVIDIA attempts to regain some market share it is losing to both ATI and Matrox, NVIDIA has decided to split up the popular GeForce2 MX product into two...
8 by Matthew Witheiler on 4/12/2001NVIDIA GeForce3
We have already told you about the technology behind NVIDIA's new GeForce3, now it's time for the moment we all have been waiting for: benchmarks.
9 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/22/2001S3 SuperSavage MX/IX Mobile 3D Accelerator
With the GeForce2 Go here, the Radeon Mobility on the way, it's time to see S3's next-generation mobile graphics platform. Enter the SuperSavage and all of its low-power...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/14/2001STMicroelectronics Kyro II 64MB
A new contender is out on the video card market. Attempting to take some glory away from the aged immediate mode rendering platforms that prevail today, STMicroelectronics has paired...
4 by Matthew Witheiler on 3/13/2001NVIDIA's GeForce3: "NV20" Revealed
The wait is over. If you thought things were getting a bit stale in the high end video card market, NVIDIA is here to add a bit of fresh...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/27/2001Dual Display Comparison - February 2001
The recent release of the Radeon VE from ATI proves that more and more manufacturers are taking dual display solutions seriously. With three consumer level solutions out there now...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 2/21/2001ATI vs NVIDIA: Driver performance under Win98 & Win2K
Are you concerned about 3D performance under Windows 2000? Interestingly enough, the drivers that you may be using aren't as perfect as was once thought. Find out...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/20/2001ATI Radeon VE 32MB
ATI is at it again, livening things up in the recently quiet video card market. Today we take a look at ATI's latest offering, the Radeon VE. The first...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 2/19/2001ATI Mobility Radeon Preview
After NVIDIA's GeForce2 Go product announcement 2 months ago, ATI could not leave the attack on their market share unanswered. Instead, they regrouped and today are presenting us with...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 2/5/2001Looking Back at 2000 Part 2: The Graphics Industry
Buckle up as AnandTech takes you through the roller coaster ride that was Y2K.
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/4/20013dfx Driver Build 1.04.01: Increased Performance and Hidden Surface Removal (HSR) for the Voodoo4 and Voodoo5
Rising a full 3 driver builds since the Voodoo5 5500's initial release and 1 driver build since the release of the Voodoo4 4500, 3dfx set out to make driver...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 12/14/2000NVIDIA GeForce2 Pro
It's faster than a GTS, but cheaper than an Ultra. What is NVIDIA's best kept secret? Read on to find out about the GeForce2 Pro.
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 12/5/2000Budget Video Card Comparison - November 2000
With some video card prices going through the roof, it is good that manufacturers finally realized that there are some of us out there on a limited budget. 3dfx...
2 by Matthew Witheiler on 11/27/2000Chaintech Desperado RI-91 GeForce2 GTS 64MB
Chaintech is best known for their motherboards, but their video cards are just as good and priced equally low. With the Desperado RI-91, we find out what happens...
0 by Vlad Trishkin on 11/25/2000Video Cards in 2001: Preview
The graphics chipset industry is about to journey into a period of intense competition. Find out what 3dfx, ATI, Matrox and NVIDIA all have planned for 2001. ...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/22/2000ASUS V7700 Deluxe 32MB GeForce2 GTS
The GeForce2 GTS based successor to the V6800 Deluxe is here. Did ASUS' feature filled design receive any upgrades outside of the new GTS core?
0 by Vlad Trishkin on 11/3/2000