Phoronix -- As 2005 comes to an end, both NVIDIA and ATI have both fought a competitive battle not only when it comes to their hardware lineup but also display drivers for alternative operating systems. When discussing this subject matter, GNU/Linux users have been quick to criticize ATI Technologies whether it is due to poor installation support, distribution compatibility, rudimentary control panel, or simply the performance level of its drivers. On the contrary, even though NVIDIA had unveiled its GeForce 7 series, 2005 has not been the best year for the green developers...

 

Viper Lair -- Feature-wise, nothing really comes close to the AIW X800XL as an all around product. If your space is limited in your PCI Express based setup and you're in need of a TV tuner and decent gaming card, the AIW X800XL is tough to beat. The multiple inputs, covering the different cable budgets, an easy to use software package and FM tuner makes it relatively easy to setup a multimedia (or at least a multipupose) box.

Rage3D -- January 14th, 2010 marked the beginning of AMD's assault on the largest market in discrete GPUs - the mainstream segment. AMD's sweet spot strategy has delivered Cypress and Juniper core graphics cards - now Redwood stands tall, ready to bring DirectX 11 and Eyefinity to the masses. Join our resident caveman as we take a first look at AMD's ATI Radeon HD5670 video card.

Legit Reviews -- The Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 was a very impressive card. The fact that it retails for $129 and comes with a custom GPU cooler and Colin McRae: DiRT 2 for that price and all the DirectX 11 features is amazing. Also being able to run three monitors from a $129 graphics card for ATI Eyefinity is nice to have for down the road. If you wanted to add that to your current PC with an old graphics card you'd have to purchase something like the Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition for $288.08 and then you are still stuck with an old graphics card. AMD really has created some great graphics cards this time around and they all have amazing features...

Techware Labs -- Many users are looking for a video card that will allow them to tak advantage of Vista's new graphical features but are not iterested in playing games. This leaves them serching for an add-on video card that wont break the budget and yet still powerful enough to run things like Aero and Flip-3D. We test the ATI HD3450 to see if this card fits this need and bring you real world testing and results.

The Tech Report -- Some four months after first announcing its CrossFire technology, ATI is finally ready to bring multi-GPU Radeon rendering to the masses. Enthusiasts have been anxiously awaiting CrossFire arrival, in part because the particulars of the Radeon X800 series have forced ATI to take a somewhat novel approach to GPU teaming, employing "master" cards and an external composting engine to weave the output of two graphics cards together for a single display. We've also been eager to see how CrossFire will stack up against NVIDIA's SLI technology, which the green team has diligently refined for nearly a year. CrossFire is more than just a GPU teaming technology, though. ATI has also developed CrossFire Edition chipsets and motherboards to go along with its new graphics cards. Join us as we explore the performance, features, and limitations of ATI's CrossFire solution.

Hardware Secrets -- Radeon X1800 XL is part of the new high-end graphics chip family from ATI, competing directly with GeForce 7800 GT from nVidia. We’ve got a reference sample for this model from ATI, so we will compare its performance to other members of the Radeon X1000 series, to previous ATI chips and also with competing products from nVidia. Theoretically this video card was released yesterday, but so far we couldn’t find it for sale.

Driverheaven -- The battle for supremacy in the graphics card arena is as fierce as ever these days, and both companies (nVIDIA and ATI - yes, we'll continue to call it that) are keen to point out their advantages and try to grab as much market share as possible. nVIDIA has stolen the thunder recently with the introduction of the all-powerful 8800 line of cards, but it's the midrange market segment where the battle is usually won or lost for the two companies. The reason is quite simple: although the super high-end cards earn bragging rights, it's the £100 cards and lower that are the best sellers, and in this category both companies want to be able to claim victory. When was the last time a friend approached you because you know more about computers, and asked: "Hey, I would like to buy a new graphics card to play all the latest games with great speeds, and I am prepared to pay good money; up to £100!" I bet that has happened more than once!