Good news for Steam users powered by ATI/AMD graphics cards: You can now get your Catalyst driver updates through Steam itself. That’s right. No more having to navigate to AMD’s website to download stuff. Of course, doing so in the first place isn’t exactly rocket science nor is it difficult. Still, having drivers downloads consolidated to a portal that you already visit several times per week is pretty handy you have to admit. Anyone given it a shot...
Geeks and PC builders usually fall into two classes: (1) performance or (2) quiet computing. I personally love speed, not giving too much care to noise as I often am wearing headphones, so it’s a moot point. But others would like to be able to hold a normal conversation or play a song without having to crank the volume up just to be heard of the sound of spinning fans. For the ATI 58xx series, there hasn’t really been a legitimate 3rd party solution for...
(Left) 5750 (Right) 5770 Have a thirst for eye candy. Sweet, crisp, stutter free eye candy? Many gamers alike wish of owning the top of the line graphics cards. However, with that “king-of-the-hill” card comes an equally king price. Not so with ATI’s latest 5700 series cards. The new cards, the 5750 and 5770 come look to usher in the next generation of high performance at a more affordable cost. Both cards will support DirectX 11 from the get go as...
When bragging about a gaming PC’s specs or internal parts, the most casual joke is “…but can it run Crysis”, as Crysis is an extremely demanding game that only the more capable and higher end machines can run *well*. If you thought your current rig, now matter how super awesome it is, was the creme of the crop, I’m here to tell you it’s crap, plain and simple. Feast your eyes on the ASUS Mars GTX 295 (above). With 240 pipelines and...
Processors and graphics cards have long been two completely different monsters that have each had their own respective duties, never switching sides. As with all electronics, stand alone parts are often integrated into one as technology progresses and becomes smaller. For years, many computer nerds have dreamed of the day when the CPU and GPU can become one, sharing roles, and making your scream machine all the faster, while also being smaller and more efficient....
