ASUS ROG STRIX RX VEGA 64 – VEGA BURNING BRIGHTLY AMD themselves hyped up its Vega GPU to the point where it was anticipated as being a GTX 1080 Ti killer. Sadly this was not the case, and the reference card underwhelmed. Still, when looking at the underlying architecture, Vega has much to offer, particularly now that … Read more
Showing that you can’t necessarily judge a graphics card on how much I memory is soldered to its PCB, Nvidia’s cheaper GeForce GTX 1060 cards include just 3GB of memory, yet cost more money than AMD’s 4GB Radeon RX470 cards. We’ve taken a proper look at the impact of graphics memory on p50, and there … Read more
AMD Radeon RX Vega: Vega 56, Vega 64, and liquid-cooled Vega 64 tested. Find out whether RX Vega was worth the wait. by brad chacos After months of teases and delays, the wait for Vega is finally over. First, AMD launched its flagship Radeon RX 64 lineup: the Radeon RX Vega 64 and the liquid-cooled Radeon RX … Read more
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z – The cream of the 1080 Ti Crop If you’re a professional overclocker, there’s one specific video card that seems to be the favourite that they all turn to. MSI’s Lightning series is so heavily over-engineered that it can take a smashing from LN2 abuse, and has won many … Read more
Nvidia’s mighty GP102 chip fully unleashed at last bleeding-edge GPUs have been coming thick and fast from Nvidia of late. This new Titan Xp board, for instance, finds itself among a family of at least three other seriously high performance graphics cards based on Nvidia’s smash hit Pascal family of GPUs. We’ve had the GeForce GTX … Read more
An esports card, but is it worth it? AMD’S HAD AN INCREDIBLE RUN since the launch of Polaris. Indeed, the RX 480 has scooped up a number of awards. The GTX 1080 may be the king of the frame rates, but it’s the dollars per fps that cinch the deal for us. So, how far … Read more
Nvidia claims the throne once again The back and forth struggle between the two titanic graphics manufacturers is what the GPU race is all about. Don’t be mistaken: this is an arms race. A race to nd the best value card. For Nvidia, it’s all about retaining its horrendously progressive market share, while AMD is … Read more
GIGABYTE Pushes The GTX 1060 To The Extreme A few months ago when GIGABYTE sent us its GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming graphics card, we had been anticipating its arrival since we saw it in person at Computex in June. But when we recently got our hands on the considerably more affordable GIGABYTE GeForce GTX … Read more
Technology has advanced more over the last 30 years than during the rest of human history. Think back to Pong, the Commodore 64, the Atari 2600, the Sega Saturn. Think back to the games we used to play. Look back at the earliest PlayStations and personal computers, at Half-Life, Medal of Honor, Tomb Raider, and … Read more
Strixly For Power – This GPU definitely sits on top of the hill of performance, but it can be financially challenging on one’s bank account A new generation of GPUs are out and PC gamer are all looking for the best one to invest in. There’s no doubt that the current king of the hill is … Read more
AMP It To The Extreme – ZOTAC introduces one behemoth of a card The ZOTAC GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme graphics card is one of the first NVIDIA GTX 1080 to come to our labs for reviews, and to be quite honest, we were quite stoked about it. ZOTAC is known to be a GPU of choice for … Read more
Strix, Silent & Deadly – ASUS packs a mean punch with Polaris, bringing us a ® graphic card that stays cool even under pressure AMD are always in the pursuit of the best performance they are capable of. Their devotion for making quality hardware is something that most people don’t see, but this time they aren’t … Read more