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more about #gpu Kirkaiya: I was pretty surprised by this (well, by the original announcement last week that effectively admitted it was dead). It was already slightly delayed,... more » ECAsh: OK, WHo could guess this?? When has Intel made a DECENT video card?? more » Chimaera: Naked blonde walks into a bar with a poodle under one arm, and a Radeon 5970 under the other. The bartender says, "I guess you won't be needing a drin... more » Avastmateys: Luckily most hobbyists who buy this will have at least a mid tower case with room for it. It's strange though, with all those chips in a card that big... more » FooSchnickens - Full of SCAR: Those ain't got shit on the Bitchin' Fast 3D2000 more » Michai: I can remember when Voodoo1 was hot shit. Nothing like Age of Empires and Quake 2 at 50MHZ. more » nerdwa: I have no idea how long my GTX260 is but I was barely able to fit it in my full size case... (I think its an Antec SX-1030B) I had to move around some... more » Edward's Sisters' Hands: I wonder why they didn't wipe off the fingerprints for such a cool picture. Am I the only person who thinks of these things? more » kevinadatchuk: That's What She Said!!!!! more » sharkync: What's twelve inches and white...? Nothing. more » njdevil: Once you go 5970 HD, you never go back. more » HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: It's a 2 GPU card... it's going to be big. more » The Dude: Since when is 13 inches staggering? :P more » Noobs-R-Us: Actually, all of you have it all wrong. The correct quote is, "How I'm I ever going to fit something that big into my small box?" Followed by "I've n... more » MacPro66: ok, here goes:"That's What She Said" Any why don't they put most pcie on the bottom of the mobo (at least on mine anyway) my GTX-260 covers 2 sata po... more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: I remember when sound cards where this big... had this Sound Blaster AWE32 which even had memory slots... for MIDI soundbanks if I'm not mistaken. more » Myspcr Shadow: 13.3 inches of awesomeness! more » hjustin93: That's bigger than mine! D: more » UnderLoK: Next thing you know they are going to be releasing the new EISA-X slot to handle these new 2ft long cards... I thought my 280 was bad, sheesh. more » egoods: 13.3" is really big, but I've seen some raid cards that are bigger. The Lian Li case I'm using now has a special bracket to help hold the end of reall... more » -
#imagecache
It's So Big
A comment on graphics cards and overcompensating: ATI's new Radeon 5970 HD is a staggering13.312.16 inches long. [Anandtech] -
#intel
Intel's High-End Larrabee Graphics Card Won't Be Released Anytime Soon
Intel just told us that its first Larrabee graphics card isn't ever coming out "as standalone discrete product," because they're behind where they'd hoped to be in development, meaning you won't be shoving one inside of your PC anytime soon. More » -
#graphicscards
ATI Radeon HD 5970: The World's Fastest Graphics Card
The ATI Radeon HD 5970 slaughters the competition in pretty much every benchmark thrown at it. It's outrageously fast. We're talking five teraflops here, people. Teraflops. More » -
#graphicscards
Nvidia Fermi Next-Gen Graphics Architecture Has 512 Cores for Radioactively Melting Faces
Fermi is Nvidia's new GPU architecture that's going to be the basis for all of its upcoming graphics cards. With 512 cores and 3 billion transistors, it will nuke Crysis. More » -
#amd
AMD's Eyefinity Graphics Card Drives Six 30-Inch Monitors At Once
Good Lord—that is badass. What you are seeing here is the product of AMD's next-gen DirectX 11 graphics cards with an Eyefinity feature that allows you to use multiple monitors as a single display. More » -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: Why Tech Standards Are Vital For Apple (And You)
Tech standards are important. They're, well, standards. They shape the way the world works, ideally. So if you wanna influence your little world, you probably wanna shape (or maybe even create) standards. Take Apple, for example. More » -
#unconfirmed
Your Graphics Card Is Obsolete Again: ATI and Nvidia DirectX 11 Cards Soon
The first graphics cards that support DirectX 11—the next version of Microsoft's gaming APIs with more fiyapowah—from both ATI and Nvidia will apparently arrive in the next couple of months. More » -
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#graphics
ATI Stream vs. Nvidia CUDA Graphics Accelerated Deathmatch
The eternal graphics war: ATI vs. Nvidia. With the rise of GPGPU computing, if you're deciding who to fall in line with based on their graphics-accelerated platforms—Stream or CUDA, respectively—PC Perspective's done the dirty benchmarking work for you. More » -
#imagecache
The Current State of Graphics Cards, In a Photo
Meaningless numerical name? Check. Ostentatious styling added by a third party, completely unsuited for a component that you often can't see? Check. Bizarre, irrelevant marketing claims? Oh, check. More » -
#directx11
AMD Unveils World's First DirectX 11 Graphics Processor, Takes It for a Spin in Public
AMD demoed their buzzed-about DirectX 11 graphics processor at the Computex show in Taiwan, offering proof that they're making progress in getting to market first with their product. More » -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: GPGPU Computing, and Why It'll Melt Your Face Off
No, I didn't stutter: GPGPU—general-purpose computing on graphics processor units—is what's going to bring hot screaming gaming GPUs to the mainstream, with Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. Finally, everbody's face melts! Here's how. More » -
#windows7
Why Windows 7 Is Snappier Than Vista
Most people will tell you that Windows 7 is snappier than Vista, even though the raw numbers say otherwise. But it's not in your head. Windows 7 is more responsive than Vista. Here's why. More » -
#graphics
Ex-Apple Engineers' Caustic Startup Promises 200x Faster Ray-Tracing Graphics by 2010 (Suck It, Crysis)
Caustic Graphics, a startup from ex-Apple engineers, thinks their approach to 3D graphics—ray-tracing—will result in way more realistic eye candy than you see today, with chips that are 200x faster than today's by 2010. More » -
#macbookpro
MacBook Pro Graphics Issue Could Be Due to Faulty Fan Speed
Let's not storm the Nvidia gates with our torches and pitchforks just yet, folks, because today we learned that the MacBook Pro graphics issue could be due to a cooling problem. More » -
#software
Official Nvidia Mobile GPU Drivers Available Online
Though mobile graphics drivers have historically been available only from the laptop manufacturer, Nvidia finally posted their official drivers on their site. Say goodbye to those 3rd-party hacked and often buggy drivers! More » -
#nvidia
Do the New MacBook Pros Have Faulty Nvidia Graphics Cards?
We already know the new MacBook Pros have video problems, so when the Inquirer says their Nvidia GeForce 9600 GTs use the same faulty material that killed earlier graphics cards, it doesn't look good.
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#gtx295
Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 Graphics Card Is Insane: Two GTX 260s Bolted Together
Tired of ATI ruling the uberidiculous end of the graphics card space, Nvidia is apparently striking back with its own super-stacked GTX295—it's basically two GTX 200 GPUs hot-glued together. -
#notebooks
Fujitsu Amilo GraphicBooster External GPU Actually Looks Like a Great Idea
Fujistu-Siemens has released their Amilo GraphicBooster. It seems like a rather good idea. A powerful graphics card and two-USB port that you can have permanently attached to three displays. It looks amazing in action.
