It would be pretty accurate to go on and say that the reception of Nvidia’s GTX 4xx series cards has been pretty mild so far. You have your standard allotment of die hard fanboys and loyalists who will buy up any and all hardware Nvidia puts out. And then you have more cautious consumers who really scrutinize the cost-to-benefit ratio of their potential purchases. So let’s get to the point, with all the hubub about price and heat output aside, can (4) of the...

I don’t know about you, but when new computer parts come out, I’m constantly re-evaluating my set up, comparing specs, and crunching god knows what kind of numbers in my head. With the lead up to Fermi and the GTX 4xx series cards, I was pretty stoked — being a long time Nvidia fan myself. And then the early reviews came out and it all got shot to hell. Not only to they run really hot, the price to performance benefit over the ATI 5870 (or for the sake...

Gamers searching for the fastest single GPU don’t really have too much to choose between. Nvidia’s new GTX 480 top-o-the-line card is a beast both in performance and heat output. Once card by itself is priced north of $500 and as well all know, shortages and demand will drive that price up dramatically. But what if 1 apocalyptic card isn’t enough? What if you need four? First of all, if you need 4 GTX 480′s, what the hell do you do? Second, what...

Disappointing to some, the next gen HD6000 series cards — which were to be the first cards based on ATI’s new 32nm process — will stay at the current 40nm size because of manufacturing woes. As any computer hardware nerd will know, smaller sizes bring about more efficiency and cooler running parts which in turn means higher performance for those who seek it. Staying at the current 40nm size isn’t all bad. While the next gen 6000 series cards...

Ever since we saw early specs and hands on previews (and now reviews) of the latest Nvidia cards — the GTX 470 and 480 — many were passing off hand comments that an egg could be fried on these new cards due their high operating temperature. In many circumstances, idling between 70-80 C isn’t uncommon. For a reference, my ATI CrossFire 5850 set up never goes above 50 C idling. Two different cards, two different architectures though. Seeing as how the new...