AMD’s investment in its own Mantle graphics interface has once again proven that well-optimized software is at least as important as powerful graphics chips. The competitor Nvidia believes, however, that there is still a lot to be gained in today’s DirectX and now promises real performance improvements in a new beta-labeled driver. Introduces key DirectX…
Nvidia is releasing a new beta-labeled driver that will provide better performance on all sides. Geforce Drivers 337.50 Beta is introduced with promises of up to 64 percent higher frame rate with a single graphics processor and as much as 74 percent in SLI, but in the usual order it is fine print that the…
Already at the launch of the Radeon R9 290X, there were rumors of a new flagship with dual graphics processors Hawaii XT. However, it quickly became clear that the circuit’s high power consumption and heat generation would make such a graphics card something of a challenge for AMD to develop. For the sixth generation in…
Drivers are fresh, just like current game titles suitable for benchmarks. Therefore, SweClockers invests in regularly reviewing and updating the test suite so that the figures are as reliable as possible. It also provides excellent opportunities to update other software and UEFI versions for more stable systems. The effect of any changes, however, is that…
Reference designers can be used to prevent manufacturers from developing their own solutions and further increasing performance, which risks causing confusion in AMD and Nvidia’s product families. In the case of the Geforce GTX Titan Black, no extravagance is allowed at all, but that does not prevent Taiwanese Gigabyte from exploiting a loophole in the…
For most of 2013, AMD attracted gamers with free games when purchasing a Radeon graphics card. However, the Never Settle Forever campaign ended in connection with the launch of the Radeon 200 series, but just as promised, it returns now and this time with a larger selection. As before, the campaign consists of three reward…
The Hawaii graphics processor is the basis for AMD’s enthusiast-class graphics cards, but other models in the Radeon 200 series consist of renamed circuits. At the same time, the transition to 20 nanometers is delayed, which instead means that AMD and Nvidia can rely on architectural improvements. Videocardz now reports that a new graphics processor…
The delayed transition to 20 nanometer manufacturing technology is forcing AMD and Nvidia to change their plans. The effect of this was already evident at the launch of the first graphics processor with the Maxwell architecture, which is manufactured using the same 28 nanometer technology as its predecessors. AMD is also affected and must use…
At the last second, Nvidia decided to cancel the launch of the Geforce GTX Titan Z, perhaps because the model would not succeed in challenging the Radeon R9 295X2 in the top performance. With no new launch date in sight, it looked like Nvidia got cold feet and either returned to the drawing board or…
At the last second, Nvidia suspended the launch of the Geforce GTX Titan Z, a decision that was probably made as a result of the launch of the Radeon R9 295X2. After many trips about the graphics card’s being or not being, Nvidia is now launching its new worsting model with dual graphics circuits and…
