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ASUS HD 7950 Direct CU II vs XFX R7950 Black Edition

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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AMD's RADEON HD 6990 - our silicon love

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.

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ASUS' GTX590 - high speed, high price

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.

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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!

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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?

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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?

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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...

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Out of the Box: ASUS GTX580 DirectCUII

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.

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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!

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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.

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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

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XFX 5970 B.E. LIMITED brings out the big guns

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'...

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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...

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MSI N460GTX HAWK is flying high

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.

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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.

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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

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The MSI N480GTX Lightning clocks the pants off of Fermi

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.

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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

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MSI's N460GTX Cyclone rocks our video socks

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...

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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?

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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.

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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...

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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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Issue: 133 | February, 2012

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