I still remember my first 3D card – the ATI Rage Pro – so it’s with great sadness that I’m writing this: AMD has officially killed the ATI brand. OK, I lied. I really don’t give a damn. More »
ATI has finally overtaken NVIDIA in the quest for dominant discrete GPU (graphics cards) marketshare. ATI: 51 per cent. NVIDIA: 49 per cent. Apparently the flames, dragons and race cars that have been printed on ATI-related packaging are superior to the flames, cyborgs and race cars printed on NVIDIA’s. [CNET via Fudzilla via Engadget]
The new graphics API comes with new buzzwords. We’ll tell you what they mean and how they matter to your gaming experience. More »
Choosing a graphics cards is a confusing endeavour. So Tom’s Hardware shared their buying results after testing pretty much every card on the planet. Whether you’ve got $US50 to spend or $US250 to spend, this list will come in handy: More »
Hey! Everyone’s favourite video playing software, VLC, jumped to 1.1.0 today and added some GPU decoding for Windows and Linux users as well, giving your CPU a break when you’re trying to play those gigantic HD files you’ve been feverishly torrenting. One caveat: the Windows version only works with nVidia GPUs, as ATI’s drivers aren’t currently don’t play nice. [CrunchGear]
When you’re about to drop a black market kidney payment on a graphics card, you may go for flat-out speed – which makes sense. But another option might be more than enough speed and support for six displays. More »
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/FdII-uI4QWQ&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":412,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube"} );ATI Eyefinity was powering this six-screen demo at PAX East this weekend. I saw it up close, and from a novelty perspective it was neat in passing, but the bezels block out important visual cues, like crosshairs. No thanks. [CrunchGear] More »
