GPUs
AMD has made itself quite a reputation with its bundling campaigns over the years, and every new season we can be sure that the company will be giving away free games with the purchase of its hardware. This summer will certainly not be exception as AMD will be bundling Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Unknown 9: Awakening titles with its Ryzen 7000 CPUs and Radeon RX 7000 video cards. The latest bundle offer essentially covers all of AMD's existing mid-range and high-end consumer desktop products, sans the to-be-launched Ryzen 9000 series. That includes not only AMD's desktop parts, such as the Ryzen 9 7800X3D, but also virtually their entire stack of Radeon RX 7000 video cards, right on down to the 7600 XT. AMD's laptop...
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PC, Xbox 360, PS3) Review
Join us as for a show and tell session as we review Pandemic's latest action game...
19 by Eddie Turner on 9/9/2008NVIDIA 9500 GT: Mainstream Graphics Update
The 9500 GT has been out for a while now, and today we take a look at what it has to offer.
37 by Derek Wilson on 9/5/2008Bargain Bin Games Revue - Round One
We explore the depths of the bargain bin in an attempt to wet those dry spells between big name releases...
36 by Eddie Turner on 9/1/2008Lucid's Multi-GPU Wonder: More Information on the Hydra 100
Derek sat down with Lucid and answered some more questions on the Hydra 100, a chip that enables multi-GPU on any platform.
57 by Derek Wilson on 8/22/2008Badaboom: A Full Test of Elemental's GPU Accelerated H.264 Transcoder
It's finally here, a GPU accelerated H.264 transcoder that promises to speed up one of the most time intensive things you can do on your desktop. Unfortunately the...
39 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/18/2008AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2 - Testing the Multi-GPU Waters
AMD officially unveils its highest performing single-card to date: the Radeon HD 4870 X2. How will the first multi-GPU R7xx series card fare against the price reduced GeForce...
94 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 8/12/2008Race Driver: GRID (PC)
We hit the pavement with Codemasters' latest offering in the racing genre, Race Driver: GRID.
42 by Eddie Turner on 8/7/2008Intel's Larrabee Architecture Disclosure: A Calculated First Move
While not giving away much if any info about future products, Intel has cracked the door open just a bit on their Larrabee project. As expected, the information was...
102 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 8/4/2008ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 - R700 Preview: AMD's Fastest Single Card
Hot on the heels of the launch of the Radeon HD 4800 series, AMD sent out 10 cards into the wild based on its new R700 GPU. Despite...
56 by Derek Wilson on 7/14/2008Games Missing In Action
We know there are tons of titles coming out, but there are always a few that crop up, make waves, and then disappear without ever seeing the light of...
36 by Eddie Turner on 6/26/2008The Radeon HD 4850 & 4870: AMD Wins at $199 and $299
Last week we showed that AMD offered the best $199 GPU on the market. Today we're able to show you that AMD has the best $299 GPU as...
215 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 6/25/2008NVIDIA's First 55nm GPU: GeForce 9800 GTX+ Preview
NVIDIA quietly die-shrunk its G92 GPU last week, just 12 hours before AMD's launch of the Radeon HD 4870 we've got a preview of the GeForce 9800 GTX+. ...
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 6/24/2008More Details on Elemental's GPU Accelerated H.264 Encoder
After our GT200 review went live we got up with Elemental's CEO and asked a few questions about their GPU accelerated H.264 video encoder. Due out for release...
51 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/23/2008ATI Radeon HD 4850 Preview: AMD Delivers Performance for the Masses
In stark contrast to NVIDIA's $650 GPU launch earlier this week, AMD is letting us make an early introduction of the Radeon HD 4850 today. Priced at $199...
116 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 6/19/2008NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 Pipeline Update
A quick update on one of the unknown variables in NVIDIA's GT200 architecture.
21 by Derek Wilson on 6/18/2008NVIDIA's 1.4 Billion Transistor GPU: GT200 Arrives as the GeForce GTX 280 & 260
Today NVIDIA introduced the most compute-intensive microprocessor we've ever reviewed. Built out of 240 simple cores, using a total of 1.4 billion transistors and with a 512-bit interface...
109 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 6/16/2008Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 1
Penny Arcade and Hothead have joined forces to create a new episodic game series. Join us, as we step boldly over the precipice of dorkness.
21 by Jarred Walton on 6/16/2008Assassin's Creed PC
Assassin's Creed has made its way to the PC, and we have a review and performance analysis plus a dash of DX10.1 controversy thrown into the mix. Controversy aside...
33 by Jarred Walton on 6/2/2008Mario Kart Wii
Nintendo's latest Mario Kart makes its way to the table, and with it as usual comes change. Not all changes are for the better, unfortunately.
24 by Laura Wilson on 5/30/2008Haze - PS3 Exclusive
In the modern multi-platform landscape, the exclusives can help one game system rise above the rest. Haze is the latest PS3 exclusive, but does it elevate the platform or...
29 by Eddie Turner on 5/26/2008