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Gallery: We are still waiting to see what it does with its top end SOC line, but the normal custom cooled Radeon 7970 and 7950 cards from Gigabyte have landed.

More custom cooled Radeon cards keep appearing, this time its GIGABYTE's Windforce lineup that has just landed in the labs.

Gallery: Not all RADEON 7950 cards are created equal, so check out just why one of these card designs disappoints us.

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XFX R7950 Black Edition DD and ASUS HD 7950 Direct CU II TOP

13:10 Jan 31, 2012 | Comment Now

Two very different approaches are clear with these two RADEON 7950 cards. Both use coolers that we have seen before, but only one does it sensibly.

ASUS HD 7950 Direct CU II vs XFX R7950 Black Edition

Reviews > Graphics Cards

ASUS HD 7950 Direct CU II vs XFX R7950 Black Edition

By Matt Wilson | 12:20 Jan 31, 2012 | Comment Now

AMD's new RADEON HD 7950 is finally official, and we pit ASUS and XFX's offerings against each other. Read on to find out which is Hot and which is not.

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HD7970 vs GTX 780: the future of graphics cards in 2012

By Alex Whitehouse | 11:13 Jan 31, 2012 | Comment Now

We explain why the 28nm process is the biggest thing since sliced PCB. In a word, size - after investigation by Atomic - sadly appears to matter.

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ASUS' 7970 Direct CU II TOP is monstrously gorgeous

By John Gillooly | 16:22 Jan 24, 2012 | Comment Now

Gallery: The first RADEON HD 7970 with a custom PCB design has arrived in the office and received a thorough photographing on the way to the labs.

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ASUS HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP

16:01 Jan 24, 2012 | Comment Now

The fastest GPU on the planet gets a custom PCB and heatsink in the form of ASUS' new overclocking beast.

XFX RADEON HD 7970 Black Edition Double Dissipation is as good as it looks

Reviews > Graphics Cards

XFX RADEON HD 7970 Black Edition Double Dissipation is as good as it looks

By John Gillooly | 10:36 Jan 10, 2012 | Comment Now

Review: The RADEON 7970 is finally hitting stores, and XFX has delivered one hell of a high end card.

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So what did we miss over the Xmas break?

By David Hollingworth | 10:47 Jan 4, 2012 | Comment Now

We're back in the saddle, and catching up on all the news we missed over the holiday break. Man, it was an interesting two weeks...

News > Graphics Cards

Confirmed: Australia misses out on new NVIDIA GPU

By John Gillooly | 15:41 Nov 30, 2011 | Comment Now

Confirmation that the GeForce GTX 560 Ti with 448 Cores will not be heading to Australian stores.

ASUS' MARS II GTX 580 SLI about as fast as it gets

Reviews > Graphics Cards

ASUS' MARS II GTX 580 SLI about as fast as it gets

By Vito Cassisi | 12:06 Nov 23, 2011 | Comment Now

Review: See Nvidia, this is how you make a GTX 590! ASUS' epic MARS II GTX 580 SLI blows us away.

Gallery > CPUs, Motherboards & RAM

AtomicCon 2011

15:19 Nov 16, 2011 | Comment Now

Gallery: All the action, highlights, tech and gaming from the first ever AtomicCon! More fun than you can poke a stick at!

News > CPUs, Motherboards & RAM

Futuremark announce 3DMark for Windows 8 PCs and Tablets

By Justin Robinson | 10:13 Nov 16, 2011 | Comment Now

Popular enthusiast benchmark to get a new iteration in 2012, causing graphics cards to weep and blubber.

Reviews > Graphics Cards

Gainward's GTX 570 Goes Like Hell Edition, fast, but costly

By Vito Cassisi | 11:02 Sep 28, 2011 | Comment Now

Review: Gainward's new Goes Like Hell card is fast, But not as fast as a neutrino! Sadly, it's also expensive...

Reviews > Graphics Cards

ASUS Matrix Platinum GTX580

By Vito Cassisi | 10:39 Sep 26, 2011 | Comment Now

Review: Many buttons for itchy fingers! ASUS' latest GTX580-based card is an enthusiast-grade beast.

Reviews > Graphics Cards

Sapphire HD 6950 GDDR5 Dirt 3 Edition well priced, fast

By Vito Cassisi | 14:11 Sep 12, 2011 | Comment Now

Review: Troll switches, begone! Sapphire's HD6950 delivers good 'clocks, and a solid price.

Reviews > Graphics Cards

EVGA's GeForce GTX 580 3GB a touch too much

By Vito Cassisi | 16:18 Sep 8, 2011 | Comment Now

Review: Reference design = reference performance? We reveal the truth behind EVGA's GTX 580.

Gallery > Graphics Cards

Unboxed - ASUS' new Matrix GTX580 Platinum

17:27 Aug 9, 2011 | Comment Now

The latest giant VGA card from ASUS. Crikey!

Reviews > Graphics Cards

ASUS' Matrix GTX580 Platinum is giant!

By David Hollingworth | 16:52 Aug 9, 2011 | Comment Now

Unboxing: We take a quick peak at ASUS mighty new graphics card, the immense Matrix GTX580 Platinum.

News > CPUs, Motherboards & RAM

Melbourne Revolver kicks it up a notch

By John Gillooly | 11:01 Jul 15, 2011 | Comment Now

This week we took the Atomic Revolver event to Melbourne, with back to back events showing off a range of very cool gaming hardware.

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Atomic Revolver heads to Melbourne

15:24 Jul 14, 2011 | Comment Now

We took the trip south to introduce Atomic to a whole new audience - and meet up with some old friends.

News > Graphics Cards

NVIDIA announces standalone 3D goggles

By David Hollingworth | 16:16 May 30, 2011 | Comment Now

Ze goggles - zay are now standalone! NVIDIA releases a wired version of its much-touted 3D tech.

Reviews > Graphics Cards

AMD's RADEON HD 6990 - our silicon love

By John Gillooly | 11:45 May 30, 2011 | Comment Now

Review: AMD runs rings around NVIDIA with its 6990, holding on to the fastest video card in the world tag for another generation.

Reviews > Graphics Cards

ASUS' GTX590 - high speed, high price

By Vito Cassisi | 16:03 May 25, 2011 | Comment Now

Review: Nvidia says me too, we say too much. ASUS' GTX 590 is hella powerful, but will make your wallet cry.

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The Atomic Revolver Resource Center launches!

By David Hollingworth | 10:58 May 24, 2011 | Comment Now

Atomic Event: If you missed out on our Revolver event, or just want to play catch-up, now's your chance, with our exclusive Resource Center.

Reviews > Graphics Cards

ASUS' DirectCU II GTX580 - power at a cost

By Vito Cassisi | 11:44 May 20, 2011 | Comment Now

Review: A green, mean gaming machine from ASUS - but you'll need to sell a kidney to buy a DirectCU II 580!

News > Graphics Cards

Nvidia, partners, launch new GTX 560 video card

By David Hollingworth | 11:00 May 18, 2011 | Comment Now

The latest 5-series card from Nvidia arrives in the shape of the GTX 560, and Zotac, Gainward, Leadtek and more are right there with product at launch.

Gallery > CPUs, Motherboards & RAM

Atomic Revolver - Sydney

16:00 May 9, 2011 | Comment Now

Our massive 'speed-dating' style hardware event at the University of New South Wales, on the 5th of May 2011.

Features > CPUs, Motherboards & RAM

Our Revolver night goes off!

By David Hollingworth | 15:51 May 9, 2011 | Comment Now

Gallery: You came, we talked, and AMD, Asus, Coolermaster and Razer all provided the hot tech - and hotter prizes!

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Atomic Magazine

Issue: 133 | February, 2012

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