compare a reference ATI Radeon HD 5870 card and the factory-overclocked MSI R5870 Lightning TwinFrozr II, analyzing real-world differences between the two. We'll also run the reference card at overclocked settings as well, because we wanted to see if the pricier aftermarket solution can deliver more value than a reference board tuned to run faster.
The baseline for this article is AMD’s Radeon HD 5870, which we're running at its default clock speeds and a maximum overclock without leaning on voltage tweaks. We did the same with MSI’s R5870 Lightning, using the factory-overclocked speed default instead of the AMD reference spec. Then we add another test run at the card's fastest stable overclock, again without modifying voltages. Read More
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
ASUS ARES: Extreme Graphic Card
asus arrest is a graphics card based on ATI Radeon 5870 but with the distinctive design of the ASUS Republic Of Gamers's. Put Simply, the Asus Ares (officially designated as the ARES/2DIS/4GD5) is a 4 GB Radeon HD 5870 X2 consisting of two 2 GB Radeon HD 5870s in CrossFire on a single card.
you Might be tempted to call the Ares a Radeon HD 5970. But remember That the 5970 runs the core and memory clock rates of 125 MHz and 200 MHz slower than the Radeon HD 5870 spec, respectively:
See on: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/asus-ares-radeon-hd-5870-crossfire-4gb,2685-2.html
you Might be tempted to call the Ares a Radeon HD 5970. But remember That the 5970 runs the core and memory clock rates of 125 MHz and 200 MHz slower than the Radeon HD 5870 spec, respectively:
Two Geforce GTX 465 beat GTX 480
Graphics giants Nvidia and AMD continuously run up against the limits of manufacturing technology in their effort to release revolutionary products every eighteen months.
Feeding the habits of performance enthusiasts isn't easy. For evidence, just look back at the state of delirium Nvidia's faithful were in following months of production delays for the GeForce GTX 480. The graphics card that eventually emerged was as hot and expensive as it was powerful (a combination of qualities that the brand-loyal seem to appreciate much more than us).
Those same qualities did not lend themselves to the embracing of lower-cost derivative models, so our disappointment in the GeForce GTX 465 probably didn’t surprise anyone. Some serious tweaks would be required before this technology was ready for the mid-priced masses.
That much-needed evolution came in the form of Nvidia’s GF104 GPU. At less than half of the price of the GeForce GTX 480, Nvidia’s 1 GB GeForce GTX 460 delivered class-leading performance and much lower heat, with such high value that it earned our coveted Recommended Buy award. We were in fact so impressed by the GeForce GTX 460’s performance that we had to wonder, would two of these overtake the flagship GTX 480 in benchmarks? Sparkle Computer was gracious enough to send over the cards we needed to find the answer.
Note to AMD enthusiasts: The focus of today’s article is on GeForce GTX 460 SLI performance relative to the GeForce GTX 480. For a detailed analysis of how the GeForce GTX 480 compares to multi-GPU Radeon configurations, including the Radeon HD 5970 and Radeon HD 5870 in CrossFire, please consider Don Woligroski’s Asus ARES review.
See more in http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-460-sli-geforce-gtx-480,2694.html
Feeding the habits of performance enthusiasts isn't easy. For evidence, just look back at the state of delirium Nvidia's faithful were in following months of production delays for the GeForce GTX 480. The graphics card that eventually emerged was as hot and expensive as it was powerful (a combination of qualities that the brand-loyal seem to appreciate much more than us).
Those same qualities did not lend themselves to the embracing of lower-cost derivative models, so our disappointment in the GeForce GTX 465 probably didn’t surprise anyone. Some serious tweaks would be required before this technology was ready for the mid-priced masses.
That much-needed evolution came in the form of Nvidia’s GF104 GPU. At less than half of the price of the GeForce GTX 480, Nvidia’s 1 GB GeForce GTX 460 delivered class-leading performance and much lower heat, with such high value that it earned our coveted Recommended Buy award. We were in fact so impressed by the GeForce GTX 460’s performance that we had to wonder, would two of these overtake the flagship GTX 480 in benchmarks? Sparkle Computer was gracious enough to send over the cards we needed to find the answer.
Note to AMD enthusiasts: The focus of today’s article is on GeForce GTX 460 SLI performance relative to the GeForce GTX 480. For a detailed analysis of how the GeForce GTX 480 compares to multi-GPU Radeon configurations, including the Radeon HD 5970 and Radeon HD 5870 in CrossFire, please consider Don Woligroski’s Asus ARES review.
See more in http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-460-sli-geforce-gtx-480,2694.html
MSI N460GTX Cyclone 1GD5/OC
after nvidia released GTX 460 series video card with two memory options, ie with a capacity of 768MB and 1024MB memory, many vendors who issued a video card cooler with several choices. MSI as one of the leading vendors also launched the GTX 460 variant with a choice of cooling "cyclone". Cyclone MSI GTX 460 comes with two memory options are 768MB and 1024MB.
Launch of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 series graphics are really very successful with two exciting new SKU (768MB/1024MB), and it certainly is a product that many of you have been waiting for. In the basic configuration of their product is just good. However, for the first time in quite a long time it allows NVIDIA partners to customize the PCB, cooler and clock frequency during the launch.
The following specifications of MSI GTX 460 Cyclone:
Graphics Engine GeForce GTX 460
Memory Type GDDR5
Memory Size(MB) 1024/768MB
Memory Interface 256 bits
Core Clock Speed(MHz) 725
Memory Clock Speed(MHz) 3600
DirectX Version Support 11
http://www.msi.com
Launch of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 series graphics are really very successful with two exciting new SKU (768MB/1024MB), and it certainly is a product that many of you have been waiting for. In the basic configuration of their product is just good. However, for the first time in quite a long time it allows NVIDIA partners to customize the PCB, cooler and clock frequency during the launch.
The following specifications of MSI GTX 460 Cyclone:
Graphics Engine GeForce GTX 460
Memory Type GDDR5
Memory Size(MB) 1024/768MB
Memory Interface 256 bits
Core Clock Speed(MHz) 725
Memory Clock Speed(MHz) 3600
DirectX Version Support 11
http://www.msi.com
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