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ASUS HD 7950 Direct CU II vs XFX R7950 Black Edition 
Kitlog
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.
 
XFX RADEON HD 7970 Black Edition Double Dissipation is as good as it looks 
Hot Award
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.
 
ASUS' MARS II GTX 580 SLI about as fast as it gets 
Hot Award
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.
 
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...
 
ASUS Matrix Platinum GTX580 
Hot Award
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
ASUS' Matrix GTX580 Platinum is giant! 
First Look
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.
 
AMD's RADEON HD 6990 - our silicon love 
Hot Award
By John Gillooly | 11:45 May 30, 2011 | 2 Comments 
Review: AMD runs rings around NVIDIA with its 6990, holding on to the fastest video card in the world tag for another generation.
 
ASUS' GTX590 - high speed, high price 
Hot Award
By Vito Cassisi | 16:03 May 25, 2011 | 2 Comments 
Review: Nvidia says me too, we say too much. ASUS' GTX 590 is hella powerful, but will make your wallet cry.
 
ASUS' DirectCU II GTX580 - power at a cost 
By Vito Cassisi | 11:44 May 20, 2011 | 7 Comments 
Review: A green, mean gaming machine from ASUS - but you'll need to sell a kidney to buy a DirectCU II 580!
 
MSI's Twin Frozr III R6870 HAWK clocks nicely 
By Vito Cassisi | 10:52 Apr 29, 2011 | 1 Comment 
Review: MSI delivers a well-clocked, well-cooled card, but how much further can we push the Twin Frozr III R6870 HAWK?
 
Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 1GB WHDI 
By Vito Cassisi | 16:41 Apr 27, 2011 | 4 Comments 
Review: Never gonna hook you up, never gonna tie you down... But does this wireless graphics effort have us singing in pleasure or pain?
 
XFX's xXx Edition HD6950 - packed with the letter x 
By Vito Cassisi | 10:56 Apr 12, 2011 | 4 Comments 
Review: The new xXx HD6950 is xXx-tra cool, but also a little too xXx-pensive. Also, easy to make jokes about...
 
Out of the Box: ASUS GTX580 DirectCUII 
First Look
By David Hollingworth | 14:54 Feb 11, 2011 | 12 Comments 
We take a quick look at ASUS' new GTX580 card. It's a classy package, hiding a monster of a video card.
 
NVIDIA GTX580: a Fermi saver? 
By John Gillooly, Justin Robinson | 10:16 Feb 4, 2011 | 8 Comments 
After coming close to screwing up Fermi the first time round, has NVIDIA finally released a card that can redeem it? Read our review!
 
Sapphire's Radeon 6850 a solid choice 
By Justin Robinson | 10:07 Jan 18, 2011 | 5 Comments 
Sapphire's latest card offers an excellent price-performance ratio for budget-conscious gamers.
 
Zotac's GTS450 Amp! Edition doesn't quite impress 
By Justin Robinson | 17:01 Dec 14, 2010 | 1 Comment 
Not exactly a rockin’ card from Zotac - it's a little bit of fail on all fronts for the Amp! Edition GTS 450.
 
XFX 5970 B.E. LIMITED brings out the big guns 
Hot Award
By Justin Robinson | 16:27 Dec 6, 2010 | Comment Now 
XFX brings the pew-pew in an entirely stylish assault on the high-end gaming card space. And we mean 'assault'...
 
Gainward's GTS450 GS GLH burns brightly 
By Justin Robinson | 15:33 Dec 2, 2010 | Comment Now 
Like a bat out of... that burning place. Nell? Smell? Oh, right - hell! But this hot card is too literally so...
 
MSI N460GTX HAWK is flying high 
Hot Award
By Justin Robinson | 14:51 Dec 2, 2010 | 2 Comments 
A great little card from our pals at Gainward that juuuuust brushes against the performance ceiling.
 
GIGABYTE's GTX470 SOC clocks on 
By Justin Robinson | 15:08 Nov 16, 2010 | 2 Comments 
It’s super (thanks for asking), but GIGABYTE's latest video card also delivers some solid overclocks.
 
ASUS' ARES is a helluva card 
By Justin Robinson | 17:10 Nov 2, 2010 | 13 Comments 
When over the top power isn't enough, you can rely on a limited edition video card from ASUS to bring the fun.
 
The MSI N480GTX Lightning clocks the pants off of Fermi 
First Look
By Justin Robinson | 13:00 Nov 2, 2010 | 8 Comments 
For those rare times when you're feeling like taking a dip into a LN2 pot, this is possibly the best card for you.
 
Sapphire's 5670 Ultimate runs quiet 
By Justin Robinson | 12:43 Nov 1, 2010 | 1 Comment 
This super quiet, passively cooled card from Sapphire delivers solid performance and even quieter computing.
 
MSI's N460GTX Cyclone rocks our video socks 
Hot Award
By Justin Robinson | 12:43 Oct 18, 2010 | 7 Comments 
Once again, we're blown away by what a vast improvement the GTX 460 is to the Fermi range. This time we're falling in love with an MSI card...
 
Palit's GTX470 the best effort yet 
By Justin Robinson | 10:19 Sep 24, 2010 | 24 Comments 
A more palatable version of the GTX 470 card than we’ve seen before. Did you see what we did thar?
 
Sapphire's 5970 Toxic: super fast, super expensive 
By John Gillooly, Justin Robinson | 10:13 Sep 21, 2010 | 8 Comments 
When sweet excess just isn't enough, you can always turn to Sapphire's three-fan Toxic giant.
 
Galaxy's GTX470 GC does the trick 
By Justin Robinson | 13:12 Sep 1, 2010 | 2 Comments 
Want a video card with funky, sci-fi-tech stylings? Galaxy might just have what you're after...
 
MSI's GTX465 just costs too much 
By Justin Robinson | 12:15 Aug 30, 2010 | 4 Comments 
Oh NVIDIA, why. Why do you do such painful things to us gamers? Why do you over-price your cards?!?!
 
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