hardware
ATI Catalyst Software Suite 8.12 Provides Performance Gains in Some Games
By Ced at 12 December, 2008, 7:26 am
ATI recently released an update to its ATI Catalyst Software Suite. Version 8.12 promises to provide performance gains to the following:
Read More >>Best Bang Per Buck Graphics Cards for Gaming, December 2008
By Ced at 8 December, 2008, 10:33 pm
Tom’s Hardware recently released their December 2008 choices for best gaming video cards for the money.
The following were the picks:
Best Bang Per Buck Graphics Cards for Gaming, November 2008
By Ced at 12 November, 2008, 4:36 pm
Tom’s Hardware recently released their November 2008 choices for best video cards for the money.
The following were the picks:
Recommended PCI Express Cards:
Radeon HD 4350 (below US$50)
Radeon HD 4670 GDDR3 ($80)
GeForce 9600 GSO (aka GeForce 8800 GS) ($80)
Radeon HD 3870 ($100)
GeForce 9600 GT ($100)
Radeon HD 4830 ($125)
GeForce 8800 GT [...]
Best Graphics Cards for Far Cry 2
By Ced at 24 October, 2008, 3:02 pm
The Guru of 3D site tested ten Nvidia and seven ATI graphics cards, and tested their performance in Far Cry 2 game. The tested cards were the following:
GeForce Cards:
8800 GT 512MB
8800 GTS 512MB
8800 GTX 768 MB
8800 GTX 768 MB
8800 Ultra 768MB
9600 GT 512MB
9800 GTX+ 512MB
9800 GX2 1024MB [...]
Three $1000 Pre-Built Budget Gaming PCs Compared
By Ced at 17 October, 2008, 6:35 pm
The folks at FiringSquad.com rounded up three pre-built budget gaming PCs that have a retail price of US$1000 or less.
The gaming machines were from CyberPower, iBuyPower, and Maingear PC.
Common Specs (present on all three machines):
Memory: 2GB Corsair DDR2-800
Video card: ATI Radeon HD 3870 (except for CyberPower)
ODD: 1x DVD+/-RW
OS: Vista Home Premium 64-bit