AMD Launches HD 5970 GPU, Zooms Past Rival Nvidia

November 22 2009 Categorized Under: Desktop Computers Tags; , , , , , , one Commented

ati-radeonThe battle between the top two Graphics card makers, AMD and Nvidia became rather interesting in the last few months. Despite several efforts by AMD, its products failed to topple the Nvidia GTX 295, the performance king of GPUs. However, the industry insiders were hopeful about its much hyped Hemlock chip will be able to produce a winner. At last it seems that AMD has come up with a winning product that will give Nvidia a run for its money. It recently announced the availability of the Radeon HD 5970. As of now, it is the fastest graphics card running on a solo GPU. It is among the few GPUs in the market that supports Microsoft’s latest DirectX 11 technology.

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Catch Up Monday: Read Up On The Important Stuff Before Facing The Week

October 5 2009 Categorized Under: Desktop Computers, Entertainment, Gaming, Laptops, Networking, Peripherals, Wireless Tags; , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2 Commented

image by florriebassingbourn CC via flickr, click for sourceIt’s Monday again and you know what that means – getting back to work, getting over hang over and generally wishing the weekend did not end in the blink of an eye.

Monday is also the day for catching up to what’s been happening since your left your desk on Friday. So here are the important things for you to get updated on. Get to the other side to read about more indications of new (and delectable) Apple products coming out soon and how your tech future is shaping up in terms of GPUs and super-fast wireless data connections that are faster than your wired home broadband.

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