AMD Launches New Video Cards and Slashes Prices Ahead of NVIDIA’s Maxwell GPU Release Last week AMD beefed up their entry-level and mid-range graphics cards with the introduction of the AMD Radeon R7 250X and the Radeon R7 265. It appears that AMD did this to help fill in both the performance and price between …more

Sapphire R7 260X 2GB OC 2x DVI Video Card The Sapphire R7 260X 2GB video cards are aimed at the casual or mainstream gamer. The AMD Radeon R7 260X series has features that are commonly found on the higher end gaming cards like GDDR5 memory, 896 Stream Processors, enough power to support 3D and 4K …more

Overclocking AMD Mantle API with Catalyst 14.1 On February 1, 2014 AMD released the first public beta of the Catalyst 14.1 drivers as Beta 1.6 with Mantle support.  Previously we tested Beta 1.5 drivers, and found it increased the performance of Battlefield 4 by 15.8% on a Sapphire Radeon R7 260X video card.  As this is …more

AMD Mantle Real World Performance AMD has been talking about the potential performance increase that their new Mantle technology is going to provide, we have all seen the numbers that AMD and EA-DICE has been releasing.  AMD has finally released CATALYST 14.1 beta drivers, so now we can do our own independent testing to check …more

Custom AMD Radeon R9 290X Video Cards Arrive The AMD Radeon R9 290x and R9 290 both have great performance when gaming, but the cards run notoriously hot. AMD says that the cards were designed to run at 94C and that there is nothing wrong with running that high, but many enthusiasts think otherwise and …more

ASUS Republic of Gamers Creates Wicked GeForce GTX 760 Video Card We review hundreds of PC components and accessories every year and it can get boring at times.  After you’ve reviewed a couple hundred video cards, they all start to blend together as most are very similar and differ by just the GPU cooler and …more

AMD Cuts Bonaire GPU Features To Get The Price To $109 The AMD Bonaire XT GPU was first used on the AMD Radeon HD 7790 video card in March 2013 and then more recently on the AMD Radeon R7 260X video card in October 2013. The AMD Radeon HD 7790 and the R7 260X are …more

XFX R7950 Double Dissipation 3GB Video Card With everybody’s attention on the latest AMD Radeon releases, the R9 series, it often makes people forget the previous generation video cards, which are still relevant and frequently drop in price making them a good buy.  Such as the R7950 series, released in early 2012.  One example is …more

Water Cooling Your Video Card With Asetek Style Coolers When we heard that NZXT was coming out with a low-cost water cooling kit for video cards we were ecstatic and couldn’t wait to get one to try out. At first we thought NZXT was coming out with a product that included a water cooler, but …more

The Best Single-GPU Card For 4K Gaming We often get asked by readers what the best video card is for gaming on a single 4K display or an NVIDIA Surround or AMD Eyefinity multi-display setup. We addressed this question in October with a look at the just released AMD Radeon R9 290X versus the NVIDIA …more

Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X OC Video Card – GV-R927XOC-2GD The Radeon R9 270X graphics card was released by AMD in October 2013 and quickly became a favorite for gamers wanting a new card at the $200 price point. When the AMD Radeon R9 270X card first came out we reviewed the reference card and a …more

What is Causing The Radeon R9 290X Frequency Variance Issue The AMD Radeon R9 290X and R9 290 have been getting a ton of attention lately due to a number of reports that the retail cards are performing differently than the press cards that the media sites received. We have been following these stories for …more

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 4GB The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB is one of the most sold graphics cards today. It has proven to be a great card for those with a 1080p gaming setup as it is relatively affordable and can often be found for around $250. In recent months companies like Gigabyte have …more

AMD Targets Video Cards At The $179 Price Point Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has been keeping us extremely busy launching new graphics cards and this week is no different. AMD announced the Radeon R9 270 graphics card this morning at the $179.99 price point. This is the sixth video card that AMD has added to …more