 Sapphire Radeon HD5750 Vapor-X Review November 18th, 2009 in Graphics Technology Bottom of the DirectX 11 range in price, but not in features, the HD5750 has a lot to offer the HTPC and casual gamer. Equipped with Sapphire's Vapor-X cooler, join Rage3D as we look at how the HD 5750 fits in your media-centric lifestyle.  ATI Radeon HD5970 Video Card Review November 18th, 2009 in Graphics Technology Another day, another ATI GPU launch - AMD is getting good at this! Today marks the launch of AMD's new GPU product codenamed Hemlock. Join us as we take a look at it to see if its worth your hard-earned cash!  Sapphire Radeon HD5850 1GB Review November 10th, 2009 in Graphics Technology Sapphire's Radeon HD5850 represents AMD ATI's second Cypress GPU; is it a few compute units short of a MAD MUL or does it sum up to a great price-point performer?  Sapphire Radeon HD5870 Vapor-X Review November 3rd, 2009 in Graphics Technology Rage3D reviews Sapphire's Vapor-X edition HD5870 and has some fun with Crossfire-X - 'HD5900' style.  Sunbeamtech Core-Contact Freezer HSF Review October 23rd, 2009 in Cooling Sunbeam's Core Contact Freezer is put to to the test against AMD's autumn wolf; the Athlon II X4 620. Check out Rage3D's comparison to the stock heatsink and how it soaks up the heat when overclocked.  Sapphire Radeon HD5770 Review October 13th, 2009 in Graphics Technology Is AMD's expansion of it's DirectX 11 line accelerating its domination? Find out with our look at the Juniper architecture and review of Sapphire's HD5770.  Xigmatek NRP-MC751 Power Supply Review October 1st, 2009 in Power Supplies With the power supply market nearly dominated by a few names, its good to see other players staking claim for a share of the market. With their NRP-MC751 modular power supply hitting our test bench, its time to see if Xigmatek has what it takes to play with the big boys.  ATI Radeon HD5870 Video Card Performance Preview September 23rd, 2009 in Graphics Technology AMD’s ATI Radeon HD5870 marks the debut of AMD's new Radeon 5000 series. In this first part of our Radeon 5000 series investigation, we dive into the technical details of AMD's beastly new video card, taking time to toss it against a selection of games & applications to see how it performs. Is the claimed doubling of the 4xxx series performance while keeping the power envelope in check even possible? Join us as we take a first look at the AMD's new Radeon HD5870.  AMD Vision & ATI Eyefinity September 15th, 2009 in Rage3D Articles Only a year since the game changing RV770 was launched, AMD is all set to release its next generation DirectX 11 hardware. Just over a week away, AMD is here to tease us with some of the new technologies that it enables. Early forecasts signal a fresh winter; Evergreen indeed.  Sapphire Radeon HD4650 AGP Review September 8th, 2009 in Graphics Technology What's this? Has the world gone mad? Caveman reviews a graphics card? Madness indeed, this is AGP! This is Rage3D!  XFX Radeon HD4890 Review & 4th Generation Wrapup September 7th, 2009 in Graphics Technology As we look forward to the upcoming launch of AMD's next generation parts, we're going take a parting look at their reining graphics card, the Radeon HD4890 1GB. We will also take this opportunity to look at performance between three different driver releases: Catalyst 9.4, 9.6, and 9.8 and investigate the new UI differences introduced with the latest driver set.  Xigmatek Dark Knight Review August 21st, 2009 in Cooling Today we're looking at the Xigmatek Dark Knight, a formidable cooler sporting an ominous black paint job. In this review, we'll take a break to chat with Xigmatek and pit the Dark Knight against a stock AMD cooler as well as other Xigmatek coolers in our armory.  Xigmatek HDT-S1284 Review August 9th, 2009 in Cooling Following our recent Xigmatek HDT-S1283 review, we take a look at another of their tower heatpipe coolers - the HDT-S1284, a four heatpipe monster that looks nicely positioned to improve upon the performance of its older triple piped brother.  Xigmatek HDT-S1283 Review July 28th, 2009 in Cooling Today we'll be looking at an aftermarket heatsink and fan combo, the Xigmatek HDT-S1283. This tower heatsink uses three heat pipes and a 120mm fan to cool your CPU. In this review, we'll pit the HDT-S1283 against a stock AMD cooler and see what happens if we swap in sleeve bearing equipped Xigmatek XLF-F1253 fan.  Phenom II - The Road From K8 to Deneb June 4th, 2009 in Processors Rage3D takes a lucid look at AMD's new CPU, the Phenom II (codename Deneb). Along the way we'll follow the twisty route AMD took from K8 to Deneb and, perhaps if we're lucky, learn a thing or two about what makes a processor a Phenom.  Seagate 7200.11 Redux May 22nd, 2009 in Storage Nearly 18 months ago, we published a review of the then new Seagate 7200.11 1Tb, comparing it with the previous generations. Since then Seagate has stayed in the headlines for the 7200.11 series – and not for the best of reasons. Join us as we take a look back at some of these events and, with new firmware installed, see how the 7200.11 series measures up today.  Into the .DLL April 3rd, 2009 in Rage3D Interviews and Chats R3D: Hai Andrew, you know, we just broke the Catalysts! Again! Andrew: Oh, for crying out loud! :facepalm: - an interview with Andrew Dodd  Win 7 and GPU Drivers: Vista Redux or Smooth Sailing? March 24th, 2009 in Graphics Technology After a few days playing around with “the industry's first unified driver to support both Windows Vista and Windows 7”, we're ready to pull back the curtains and share a glimpse of what can be expected when GPUs and Windows 7 collide.  ATI HD 4870 X2 QuadCF Unwrapped December 24th, 2008 in Graphics Technology With some help from a lazy reindeer, we've broken into Santa's workshop for a gander at his new HD 4870 X2 Quad Crossfire equipped sleigh. Will the twin turbo sled render the reindeer obsolete, or will the Stutter Grinch bring the Christmas Eve flight crashing back to earth?  State of the Union - AMD 790GX Review November 13th, 2008 in Motherboards Watching paint dry is just as engaging as reviewing motherboards! This isn't because the chipset guys are less talented, nor is it because the motherboard isn't an important part of any system ... no, it's because motherboards work as intended with annoying frequency. Will this hold true for 790GX based motherboards?
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