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A number of years ago FSP started producing retail power supplies for desktop PCs and during 2011 released their 80 Plus Gold Certified range of PSUs. There are two ranges available in the Aurum range, standard and semi-modular and today we have the 650w version of the modular PSU on our test bench.
GPU frametime tests are suddenly a hot topic. Both AMD and Nvidia have previously stated their objections to this testing method, but only recently did the former go into greater detail about why this is so and what the company has been doing to address the micro-stuttering issues observed during frametime tests of its GPUs. Meanwhile, the latter has been quietly working on an alternative testing method, which it supplied complete with hardware and software to a very limited number of online IT publications. During the GDC this past week, our Editor-in-Chief Koen Crijns caught up with all major players in this debate in order to get to the bottom of the various issues at stake here.
A PC that doesn't make a sound, it remains the ultimate goal for many a hardware enthusiast. We recently review the passively cooled HTPC chassis Streacom FC-5. The Dutch company Quibus Enzo proved with its Knoll Creek Silent system that it's possible to passively cool a fairly powerful system with a Core i5 processor and Radeon HD 6770 graphics card quite effectively, as long as you use the right components. If you want to create your own completely silent desktop along the same lines, you'll need a passively cooled graphics card. There isn't a whole lot of choice in that category, but Hardware.Info tested and reviewed four of them.
Out of the five AMD Radeon R9 270X we tested, the MSI R9 270X Gaming came out on top. It's the most silent, energy-efficient and, more importantly, the most affordable card. If you enjoy overclocking video cards, the Hawk is a good option.
Graphic cards
Nvidia will release its next high-end graphics card at CES in Las Vegas on January 8th and the company has given us the opportunity to give bit-tech’s readers a sneak peek at how the GeForce GTX 295 will perform. However, because the card is not available on the market yet, and won’t be until January 8th at the earliest, the company has asked us to adhere to a number of restrictions.
Legit Reviews was down in Texas this weekend for the FX GamExperience and noticed that ASUS was showing off their upcoming Radeon HD 7970 DirectCU II video card! ASUS informed us that the card just arrived in the United States on Friday and was hand flown to Texas just for the event. This is the first public showing of this highly anticipated video card and we got to spend some time with it!
While busy swimming through a sea of rumours, Miodrag Relic, EVGA’s head of European marketing, was able to find time to show off his companies latest foray into the challenge of keeping Fermi cool enough to rock the DX11 world. Not an easy trick, so how do they plan to manage it?
Rayman Origins is a superb platformer with a wonderful art style. It is a the type of game that is tailor-made for multi-monitor configurations such as AMD Eyeifnity and NVIDIA Surround. By and large Rayman Origins offers great multi-monitor support. However, the game does present some challenges with supporting Eyefinity and Surround. Our video analysis shows users exactly what to expect, and how to overcome these issues in-game.
In unserem letzten Test durften wir AMDs kleinste Karte, die Radeon HD 4350, unter die Lupe nehmen. Zwar soll die Radeon HD 4350 bevorzugt den Office- und HTPC-Markt abdecken, nichtsdestotrotz musste die uns vorliegenden ASUS EAH 4350 Silent auch aktuelle Spiele über sich ergehen lassen und schnitt, so hatten wir es auch erwartet, eher schlecht ab. Selbst unter OC-Bedingungen gelang es der Karte eher selten anständige Fps auf den Bildschirm zu zaubern, sodass wir in diesem Test einen eher ungewöhnlichen Weg zur Leistungssteigerung gehen. Wenn das konventionelle Overclocking an die Grenzen stößt und der Karte dadurch nicht mehr Leistung zu entlocken ist, dann muss eben per Volt-Mod nachgeholfen werden. Neben der Modifizierung selbst wurde auch die Kühlung von uns geändert, hier galt es dem möglichen Durchbrennen diverser Bauteile vorzubeugen. Unser Ziel ist damit klar definiert, erhoffen wir uns von den Maßnahmen eine gesteigerte Framerate in Spielen.
Vor nicht allzu langer Zeit haben wir uns erstmals in einem Versuch dem Extrem-OC gewidmet. Im damaligen Versuch musste AMDs Office- und HTPC-Karte Radeon HD 4350 Ruhe bewahren und Taktraten jenseits von Gut und Böse über sich ergehen lassen. Gleiches blüht in unserem aktuellen Test dem ehemaligen Flaggschiff Radeon HD 3870. Ziel ist es über das konventionelle Overclocking hinaus zukommen und zu prüfen, inwiefern die dadurch entstehende Mehrleistung sich mit heutigen Grafikkarten messen kann. Ebenfalls bietet uns der Test die Möglichkeit, zu schauen wie viel Leistungsreserve im eigentlichen Chip noch vorhanden ist. Um erneut das Maximum ausreizen zu können kommt einmal mehr ein in OC-Kreisen beliebter Volt-Mod zum Einsatz. Dieser ermöglich etwa das manuelle Erhöhen der Kernspannung um dem Grafikchip tatsächlich auch das letzte Quäntchen Leistung entlocken zu können. Wie sich die Radeon HD 3870 in unserem Test schlägt, welches Potenzial eigentlich in ihr schlummert und ob sich das Experiment für den Normalanwender lohnt, findet ihr auf den folgenden Seiten.
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