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The latest GeForce promises higher performance than its predecessor, with lower noise levels and power draw. Does it deliver? We take a nice, long look.

Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics

Damage Labs has been busily churning for a week, testing the Radeon HD 6850 and 6870. Come see what we found.

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Only one event this month combined extreme overclocking and Star Wars stormtroopers doin' the hustle in Taiwan's capital city. We were there.

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics Motherboards

We've tested 23 different single- and multi-GPU configs to answer the question: are two mid-range cards better than a single expensive one?

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The Fermi architecture has shed much of its fat in the GF104, a new chip focused intently on graphics. The result? Perhaps the...

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The newest Radeon HD 5870 unifies six monitors as one giant display wall. We've played loads of games on such a rig, purely for...

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Call it Fermi, GF100, or GeForce GTX 480. Heck, you could even call it late for dinner. But the new GeForces are here...

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The newest Radeon is here to step into the massive vacuum between about $169 and $399. But is the 5830 up to its role?...

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Switchable graphics is the best way to squeeze decent gaming performance and great battery life from the same notebook, but it's never been able to...

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Today, AMD has taken DirectX 11 graphics to $99, thanks to a bite-sized version of the silicon from its high-end Radeon HD 5000-series cards....

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Nvidia has already revealed much about the compute-focused features of its upcoming Fermi GPU architecture. Now, insider info and careful speculation take us deep...

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CrossFire on a stick goes to the next level in the Radeon HD 5970, the new fastest graphics card on the planet. This one...

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In just a few short weeks, AMD's DirectX 11-class Radeon technology has migrated from the high-end 5800 series to the mid-range 5700 series. Now you...

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With a $259 suggested retail price and a smaller footprint, the Radeon HD 5850 brings a slightly diluted version of the 5870's potent cocktail....

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AMD's next-gen GPU has arrived, with full support for DirectX 11 and essentially twice the power of the Radeon HD 4870. We're geeking out...

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In the Radeon HD 4890, AMD's new GPU silicon resets the single-chip performance plateau at about 250 bucks. Nvidia's GeForce GTX 275 has shown...

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The GeForce GTS 250 supplants the GeForce 9800 GTX+ with a smaller card, lower power draw, double the video memory, and a markedly lower price....

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Nvidia's PhysX push has been a bit slow out of the gate, but with Mirror's Edge, we finally have a fresh blockbuster with support for...

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