Month: May 2013

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ASUS GTX 770 DirectCU II OC Graphics Card Review

May 31, 2013 Dino DeCesari 20

NVIDIA’s GK104 based graphics cards made quite a splash while being used in some of the GTX 600 series cards, and now they make their presence known in the GTX 700 series as well. Today, we have a GTX 770 series card from ASUS to check out – the GTX 770 DirectCU II OC. We just knew ASUS was going to take the GTX 770 reference design, beef up the power delivery, and overclock it. It’s what they do after all! So, let’s take this latest offering from ASUS for a test drive and see how well their efforts have paid off.

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MSI GTX 770 OC Graphics Card Review

May 30, 2013 Joe Shields 23

Outside of the release of the 7990 and TITAN, from AMD and NVIDIA respectively, the GPU landscape has been a bit mundane in 2013. This week has brought with it the release of something new(ish) from the NVIDIA camp in the GTX 780, today will we look at the MSI GTX 770 OC. These cards, I heard someone say, are ‘a GTX 680 on steroids’. At this point all I know is it sports a new cooler and is part of MSI’s new Gaming Series. Get cozy as I take you on a short journey showing you the new card, and how it stacks up against the competition.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 Graphics Card Review

May 30, 2013 Matthew Green 66

It’s release day again for NVIDIA, and this time we have the second card in the 700 series. We had the GTX 780 a week ago, and now it’s the GTX 770’s turn for the spotlight. Based on the same GK104 core as the GTX 680, the GTX 770 could be just a rebrand, but maybe there’s more. Continue on to see what we can uncover.

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EVGA GTX 780 Superclocked ACX Graphics Card Review

May 28, 2013 Matthew Green 31

With the recent release of the GTX 780, almost all the models available are sporting the reference clocks and reference coolers from NVIDIA. The exception happens to be EVGA, they had factory overclocked models and even a custom cooling solution ready for launch day. Today’s review sample happens to feature both of those exclusives. EVGA’s new Active Cooling Xtreme (ACX) dual axial fan cooler is meant to compete with and beat the competitors’ custom cooling designs. We’ll be testing this cooler and, of course, GPU performance of EVGA’s factory overclocked GTX 780 Superclocked ACX.

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NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 Graphics Card Review

May 23, 2013 Jeremy Vaughan 328

In the lead-up to Computex, NVIDIA is heading the pack, releasing their new GEFORCE GTX 780. This is their flagship for the GTX 700-series. While TITAN should remain at the top of NVIDIA’s single-GPU lineup, the GTX 780 – based off of the same GK110 GPU – shouldn’t be any slacker. Read on and we’ll show you just how close the GTX 780 can get!

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Gelid GX-7 vs Scythe Grand Kama Cross Rev.B Heatsink Review

May 22, 2013 Sam Denning 0

Today we are looking at two different heatsinks in a head to head battle to decide which performs better, the tower, or the top-down cooler. Each seem to have advantages, with the tower cooler moving the heat toward the back of the case very quickly, and the top-down cooler helping cool motherboard components at the same time as the CPU.

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MSI HD 7970 TwinFrozr III OC Boost Edition Review

May 21, 2013 Joe Shields 4

Today I finally get a chance to bring you something new… Ok, that was a really bad joke as most all of us know we are really in the middle of nowhere here on “new” cards coming out from both camps. That said, I bring to you another 7970, from MSI, dubbed the HD 7970 TwinFrozr III OC Boost Edition. This card boasts MSI’s TwinFrozr III cooler, as well as having the new ‘boost clock’ from AMD. Let’s see how it stacked up against another 7970 and its peers on the Nvidia side.

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Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 Mid-Tower Case Review

May 17, 2013 Dino DeCesari 11

The newest member of Fractal Design’s Arc series of Air Flow cases has arrived! Today we’ll take an in depth look at this latest offering from Fractal Design and see if the Arc Midi R2 lives up to its advanced billing. Touted as being a chassis built for high-performance systems with lots of water cooling options, it should raise the brow of computer enthusiasts and water cooling aficionados alike. Can all this really be done in a mid-tower case? Let’s find out together!