It’s a new generation of AMD GPUs and this AIB from MSI is certainly worth some attention The new Polaris GPUs have been out for some weeks now and though the RX480 commanded initial interest, it’s the RX470 that many find more interesting now. Here, we have one from MSI – the RX470 Gaming X … Read more
The best just got even better Our current favourite high-end GPU is undoubtedly Nvidia’s Geforce GTX 980 Ti. It’s basically as powerful as a Titan-x GPU for cheaper, whips AMD’s Fury x into a bleeding little pile of chunks, and does it all without sounding like there’s a hairdressing salon in your PC. One of … Read more
It’s a tough time to be an Aussie component importer at the moment. With our dollar now buying just over 70 US cents, it’s far costlier to import new products than it is to sell of the large inventories of products released six months ago that were bought on a much stronger dollar. And this … Read more
Asus’ Radeon R9 380 Strix 2GB is both the longest and tallest AMD card on test, with its 272 x 138mm dimensions throwing out any notion of squeezing it into a small case. The upside of this size, though, is that you get enough space for good heat dissipation, along with a quiet, efficient and … Read more
As its name suggests, the Sapphire Radeon R9 380 ITX Compact OC has a small PCB, with an overall package that’s designed to fit into a compact mini-ITX chassis where space is at a premium. It measures just 171mm long, making it just 1mm longer than a mini-ITX board. Its height of 107mm means it’s … Read more
If gaming is high on your list of favorite computing activities, then you need a graphics card with some serious mettle. MSI’s GeForce GTX 980 GAMING 4G is certainly a top-tier card that can handle whatever you throw at it. Let’s start with the heart of this beast, a 28nm NVIDIA Maxwell GPU code-named “GM204.” Although … Read more
THIS GTX 980TI SWEEPS ALL BEFORE IT. T he surge of bespoke versions of Nvidia’s GTX 980TI continues. For maximum single-GPU performance, the mighty Maxwellpowered 980Ti is the one to have at the moment, as we saw in our testing of cards over the last two issues (with the Gigabyte GV-N98TGI Gaming 6G earning a … Read more