Posted: January 23rd, 2008 | Author: Daniel Georges | Filed under: sideblog | Tags: 3450, 3470, 3650, 55nm, ATI, budget, PCIe 2.0, video-card | No Comments »
If you have been a budget video card purchaser, it has been fantastic for you of late, with all the prices flying south. To make matters even harder for you (to choose the card you want that is), ATI have officially announced their 3450, 3470 and 3650 GPU. For the power user, there isn’t much to see here, with full PCIe 2.0 compliant, support for DirectX 10.1 and fabricated on a 55nm process (use less power and stay cooler). All the cards are under $US100, so expect to get what you pay for.
For a ton more info, jump over to The Inquirer.
Posted: January 10th, 2008 | Author: Daniel Georges | Filed under: Technology | Tags: , 8800GS, 8800GT, 9 series, 9600 GT, benchmark, Geforce, Nvidia, sneak peak. 3dmark, video-card | No Comments »
It seems that the 9 series of the famous Geforce series of video processors isn’t going to be the end all of graphics power. That at least is the case in the 9600 GT.
The guys over at ExpReview have sneaked what seems to be a reference board from Nvidia and ran some 3DMark 06 tests on it. They tested the 9600 along side a 8800 GS and GT. What were the results? The card ran very similar scores the 8800 GS, but is still edged over by the 8800 GT.
The card is going to be faster then the current 8600 by a decent chunk, at least in 3dMark. The deal breaker could be the price point, because in the stat’s this card is going against the ATi 3870, which is already available and cheap. It will be much more interesting to see what the other 9 series cards benchmarks get, at the moment though, don’t expect it to be mind blowing.
For more info, jump over to The Inquirer.
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Posted: November 19th, 2007 | Author: Daniel Georges | Filed under: Technology | Tags: AMD, ATI, DDR2, DDR3, DirectX-10.1, HD-2400, HD-2600, HD-3400, HD-3600, HD-3650, HD-3670, RV635, video-card | No Comments »
I have to say I feel sorry for anyone who just forked out for a new video card, because you can guarantee that in the next couple of weeks there are going to be big changes. It was only a few days ago that AMDATI did the big HD 3800 series release and there is already news of a HD 2600 series replacement.
The new series, which you could have guessed already, will be titled the HD 3600 series, and will come in 2 flavors. The first having 512 MB of DDR2 (they still make that stuff?) and the second will be a 256 MB DDR3 version. It isn’t known yet if they will keep the old branding of XT and Pro, but considering the introduction of the 3850 and 3870, I would guess them to be the 3650 and 3670. The new series will based on the ‘RV635′ GPU and will support DirectX 10.1.
Apart from that, there is also talk of a 2400 series replacement (I guess the 3400).
For more info, click over to The Register Website.
