Generally speaking, when you push your computer hardware to its limits, you either succeed or fail — with failure being charred silicon. There are some things we mere mortals can do of course. In regards to GPU’s, the most obvious thing is to take control of the onboard GPU fan and turn it up a few notches. Although, if heat is really an issue, quality water cooling trumps air cooling any day. With that said, PC enthusiasts might have something slightly...

AMD recently released their 68xx series of graphics cards back in October. They’re great and all — faster than their predecessors — but those are merely mid-range cards. The real knights in shining glory have yet to come, or even get an official nod from AMD themselves. But one lucky sole in lands far from ours has gotten his hands on the upcoming 6970 — and it’s a beaut. The blacked-out color scheme is a nice touch, while the attached...

Having every graphics card from 1995-2010 color coded, listed in chronological order, and ‘splayed alongside relevant games of the year is pretty much the coolest, nerdiest thing ever. But not only is it interesting to the more mature readers there (who remember way, way back into 1995, newcomers can appreciate the humble origins of ’95 too. The picture above is obviously severly downsized. If you want to see the full 14,000 pixel-wide gigantor image showing...

If you’re holding out for one of AMD’s upcoming 68xx series cards, you may want to hold off just a bit longer. Chinese site XFastest.com claims to have the hardware in-house, meaning benchmarks are readily available. I’m sad to announce that initially, performance is pretty underwhelming — the high-end 6870 is 10% less powerful than the outgoing 5870 according to 3d Mark ’06: ATI 5830: 14014 AMD 6850: 14872 ATI 5850: 15593 AMD 6870:...

Not more than a month ago we saw some early shots that claimed to be the upcoming AMD 6870. Even before that however, leaked screenshots of some early AMD 6870 benchmarks moistened our whistles, preparing us for the visual candy that was to follow a couple of days later. Building on that are some new leaked images of the “official” AMD 6870 that show largely the same picture we saw not more than a month ago. Although, this time the cards a tad darker in...