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Costly DRAM is Driving Up Graphics Card Prices

Posted 04/03/2013 at 11:48am | by Paul Lilly

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Even with prices going up, it's still a great time to be a PC gamer.

Are you planning to build a gaming PC for the summer? If so, you might want to get started early in order to get the most bang for your buck. Yesterday we told you that desktop DRAM pricing is on the rise as contract chip prices have already jumped 50 percent in 2013, spiking 20 percent in March alone, and now we're hearing that graphics cards are getting more expensive.

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Asus Launches Space Saving GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU Mini

Posted 04/03/2013 at 9:06am | by Paul Lilly

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The first and only small form factor GeForce GTX 670.

Graphics cards aren't just getting more powerful by the generation, they've also grown in size over the last several years. Depending on your case, you might even need to remove a drive cage to accommodate a longer graphics card, though that's not likely to be a problem with Asus' new GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU Mini. Living up to its "Mini" nomenclature, Asus claims it's the only small form factor (SFF) GTX 670 money can buy.

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Nvidia Gives Mobile Graphics a Boost with GeForce 700M GPU Line

Posted 04/01/2013 at 6:30am | by Paul Lilly

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Five new notebook GPUs comprise the GeForce 700M family.

Ron Burgundy once said you have to keep your head on a swivel when you find yourself in a vicious cock fight, but the same is true when wading through tech news on April Fool's Day. That said, everyting (Edit: almost everything) we post today is real, or believed to be real, starting with Nvidia's rollout of five mobile GPUs based on its new GeForce 700M line. We actually spoke with Nvidia last week about these new chips and were told the 700M line runs up to 30 percent faster, on average, than their 600M line.

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Intel Readies HD Graphics Driver Update for Ivy Bridge

Posted 03/29/2013 at 10:35am | by Paul Lilly

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New graphics drivers for Ivy Bridge will add Ultra HD support.

If you're using the integrated graphics embedded into your 3rd generation Core processor (Ivy Bridge) from Intel, get ready for a driver update that's supposed to improve power and performance, as well as add new features. Intel HD Graphics driver 15.31 will be the seventh update since the introduction of 2nd generation Core processors (Sandy Bridge), and though it was built for 4th gen chips (Haswell), it will work on Ivy Bridge too.

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AMD's Next Never Settle Bundle Rumored to Include Battlefield 4

Posted 03/29/2013 at 10:13am | by Paul Lilly

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Look for a new batch of games in AMD's next Never Settle bundle.

As if gamers with aging GPUs need another reason to upgrade their graphics card, game bundles from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have been providing extra incentive, and more importantly (for AMD), tempting users away from Nvidia. The next "Never Settle" bundle from AMD may include Battlefield 4, which would make perfect sense after the Sunnyvale chip designer demoed the title running on a new Malta Radeon HD 7990 graphics card.

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Nvidia Gives Cost Conscious Gamers a 'GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost'

Posted 03/26/2013 at 11:49am | by Paul Lilly

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Meet the newest sub-$200 graphics card from Nvidia.

Sure, we'd all love to game on multiple top-shelf graphics cards, and while we're making a money-is-no-object wishlist, a toilet made of gold would be pimp as well. Most of us can't afford such luxuries, so we sit our backsides on porcelain and game on less expensive graphics cards. Luckily there are options, and if you have less than $200 to spend on a GPU, Nvidia hopes you'll consider its new GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost.

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AMD Catalyst 13.3 Beta 3 Driver Boost Performance in SimCity and Far Cry 3

Posted 03/20/2013 at 8:30am | by Paul Lilly

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The latest graphics card driver from AMD offers double digit performance gains in some instances.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) no longer offers monthly Catalyst driver updates like it used to, instead choosing to dish out new drivers when it makes sense to do so. Now is apparently one of those times. AMD Catalyst 13.3 enters its third beta as it nears release, and if you're itching to upgrade your software, the latest beta build will reward you with performance gains and fixes in a handful of titles.

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GPUBoss Adds Commenting Feature, Launches to the Public

Posted 03/19/2013 at 7:19am | by Paul Lilly

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GPU comparison website helps nail down the exact graphics card you're looking for.

Last week we gave you heads up about GPUBoss.com, a new website that offers to do for graphics cards what CPUBoss.com does for processors, which is make it easy to sort through the available options and compare different models from a number of criteria. You can actually choose from over 40 criteria to find the video card that best fits your needs, and can sort by price, brand, gaming performance, noise, power, and performance per dollar. It's a pretty handy website and it's now open to the public.

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Nvidia GeForce 314.14 Beta Drivers Now Available to Download

Posted 03/04/2013 at 12:23pm | by Paul Lilly

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GeForce GTX 680 owners will see performance gains in several titles using Nvidia's latest drivers.

Nvidia on Monday made available new beta drivers for GeForce graphics card owners. The GeForce 314.14 drivers, while not yet officially certified, are said to increase performance by up to 23 percent for GeForce 400, 500, and 600 series GPUs in several PC games versus the GeForce 314.07 WHQL-certified drivers. Naturally, results will vary depending on your particular setup.

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AMD's TressFX Technology Cures Bad Hair Days

Posted 02/26/2013 at 1:40pm | by Paul Lilly

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Tomb Raider features the world's first real-time hair rendering technology.

AMD, in partnership with Square Enix studio Crystal Dynamics, is determined to end the era of "totally unrealistic hair" in video games. Yes, we're serious. As AMD explains, we've all been duped in the 3D era by short haircuts, updos, and even non-removable helmets, all of which are attempts to disguise the problem of unrealistic hair. Oh, the outrage! Fear not, fellow gamers, AMD's "TressFX Hair" technology signals an end to those hideous hair days.

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