Introduction

We’ve done the GTX 580, we’ve done the GTX 570, but what about the little old 560? Well today Zotac have sent over the GTX 560 TI Amp edition. Lets see how it performs when weighed up against its bigger brothers.

SpecificationsModel ZT-50302-10MCooler Type Fan (Dual Slot)Core Clock 950 MHzCore Processors 384 Stream ProcessorsDimensions 4.376in x 9in – 111.15mm x 228.6mmDirectX DirectX 11Dual-Link DVI Supported YesDVI 2GPU GeForce GTX 560 TiHDCP Ready YesHDMI 1 x Mini-HDMI 1.4aInterface PCI Express 2.0 x 16 (Compatible with 1.1)Max Resolution 2560 x 1600Memory Clock 4400 [...]

Introduction

While we might have been reviewing some high end AMD gear recently, the nVidia camp needs representing too. Fortunately Zotac have sent through one of their more powerful cards, the GTX 580 Amp! Edition. Let’s see how it stacks up in our benchmarks.

SpecificationsModel ZT-50102-10PCooler Type Fan (Dual Slot)Core Clock 815 MHzCore Processors 512 Stream ProcessorsDimensions 4.376in x 10.5in – 111.15mm x 266.70mmDirectX DirectX 11Dual-Link DVI Supported YesDVI 2GPU GeForce GTX 580HDCP Ready YesHDMI 1 x Mini-HDMI 1.4Interface PCI Express 2.0 x 16 (Compatible with 1.1)Max Resolution 2560 x 1600Memory Clock 4100 [...]

Introduction

Just to keep things fresh and prevent you all from getting bored with all the headset reviews we’ve been putting out recently, here’s something a bit more internal,a GPU from HIS. This is the IceQX variant of their HD 6870 Graphics card from AMD.

SpecificationsProduct Code H687QN1G2MEAN Code 4895139005189Cooler IceQ XGPU 6870Core Clock 900 MHzMemory Clock 4200 MHzMemory Size 1024 MBMemory Type GDDR5Memory Interface 256 bitInterface PCI Express x16 (PCI Express 2.1)Card Dimension 14.2 x 4.2 x 26 cm (HxWxD)Box Dimension 32.31 x 9.5 x 18.48 cm [...]

Introduction

While there may be some missing images and feature run downs, here’s our review of the GTX 570 from Zotac. How will it compare to our previously tested HIS HD 6970? We’re about to find out.

Features and SpecificationsNew ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 570 graphics card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 570 graphics processor Engine clock: 732 MHz 480 unified shaders Shader clock: 1464 MHz 1280MB of GDDR5 memory 320-bit memory interface Memory clock: 3800 MHz PCI Express 2.0 interface (Compatible with 1.1) Microsoft DirectX® 11 & OpenGL® 4.1 compatible NVIDIA® CUDA™, 3D Vision™ Surround & SLI™ ready HDMI 1.4a compliant (xvYCC Color & DeepColor [...]

Introduction

Each generation of graphics cards is made up of the kind of GPUs that most people buy, the mid-range and they have the budget ones which quite a lot of others buy. Then you have the monsters, dual chip and single. Today we look at the latter one from HIS, the HD 6970. A giant card with expected impressive performance; though you know this is going to pull a lot of power. Let’s see how much.

SpecificationsProduct Code: H697F2G2M EAN Code: 4895139004786 Cooler: Fan GPU: 6970 Core Clock: 880 MHz Memory Clock: 5500 MHz Memory Size: 2048 MB Memory Type: GDDR5 Memory Interface: 256 bit Interface PCI Express: x16 (PCI Express 2.1) Box Dimension: 34.8 x 9.45 [...]

It wouldn't be stretching the truth to say that XFX are one of the most popular enthusiast GPU manufacturers in the world today and to keep this status, they have to continually release exciting new products. The hot product in the green camp at the moment is the 8800GT, so guess which card we have from XFX?