GPUs
As GPU families enter the later part of their lifecycles, we often see chip manufacturers start to offload stockpiles of salvaged chips that, for one reason or another, didn't make the grade for the tier of cards they normally are used in. These recovered chips are fairly unremarkable overall, but they are unsold silicon that still works and has economic value, leading to them being used in lower-tier cards so that they can be sold. And, judging by the appearance of a new video card design from MSI, it looks like NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace generation of chips has reached that stage, as the Taiwanese video card maker has put out a new GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super card based on a salvaged AD102 GPU. Typically...
Creative Labs Annihilator2 Ultra 64MB GeForce2 Ultra
What happens when one of the largest video card manufacturers gets acquainted with the fastest video chipset on the market? The Creative Labs Annihilator2 Ultra is here, and...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/26/20003dfx Voodoo4 4500AGP
3dfx's Voodoo4 is finally here, but is it too little too late from the former king of 3D? Let's find out as we pit it against a number...
9 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/23/2000ATI Radeon 32MB SDR
ATI's answer to NVIDIA's GeForce2 MX is here. Can ATI's HyperZ technology save it from the same memory bandwidth limitations that have been holding back the GeForce2 MX?
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/13/2000ELSA GLADIAC ULTRA 64MB GeForce2 Ultra
ELSA was the first to bring a GeForce2 GTS card to market with their GLADIAC. Will they do the same now that they're armed with the GeForce2 Ultra...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/12/2000Video Card Roundup - DVD Quality, Features & Performance - October 2000
A lot of attention is placed on frame rates when it comes to evaluating the latest graphics accelerators, but very rarely is any attention paid to the video playback...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/11/2000Linux Video Card Comparison - October 2000
We have seen the performance of the latest graphics accelerators under Windows 9x/2000, but what about under Linux? Read on to find out how the performance standings are...
0 by Jeff Brubaker on 10/9/2000Matrox Millennium G450 Under Linux
With the release of the Millennium G450, will Matrox maintain its reputation as being the best supported card under Linux? We compare the G450 with the NVIDIA GeForce2...
0 by Jeff Brubaker on 9/19/2000ASUS V7100/T GeForce2 MX
ASUS takes another stab at the video card market with the GeForce2 MX based V7100. Does ASUS live up to its reputation of producing high quality, feature packed products...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 9/7/2000Matrox Millennium G450
Matrox's first new chip in over a year is finally here. But how "new" is the G450? Can Matrox survive in a market that has been so...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/5/2000ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon 32MB DDR
Finally offering the popular All-in-Wonder card coupled with ATI's powerful Radeon core, ATI is out to convert the computer into the home entertainment center. Can the 32MB DDR All-in-Wonder...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 8/21/2000VisionTek GeForce2 MX
For our first GeForce2 MX review, we take a look at VisionTek's version of the card. Finding the VisionTek GeForce2 MX online is not a challenge at all and...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 8/16/2000NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
The GeForce series gets another update, this time in the form of a GeForce2 Ultra. Exactly what is the new Ultra and what does it mean for NVIDIA's...
3 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/14/2000NVIDIA's Detonator3 Drivers - Teaching an "old" dog new tricks
NVIDIA has released new drivers that supposedly boost performance across the board for all GeForce based products. Could this really be true? Read on as we do...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/14/20003dfx Voodoo 5 5500 PCI
Sick of your integrated video? In need of a video card upgrade but don't have an AGP slot? 3dfx comes to the rescue with one of the...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 8/4/2000FSAA & Image Quality Comparison - 3dfx vs ATI vs NVIDIA
We've taken three of the leading video card manufacturers and compared their FSAA settings. If you're fed up with those 'jaggies', disappearing lines and popping pixels this is...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/27/2000ATI Radeon 64MB DDR
It looks like ATI is out for blood. The Radeon is here and it has killer written all over it. With cards shipping to retail locations by...
2 by Matthew Witheiler on 7/17/20003dfx Voodoo5 5500
AnandTech takes an in depth look at the Voodoo5 5500, tackling issues like FSAA performance, retail vs pre-production performance, LOD bias, overclocking, and much much more.
1 by Mike Andrawes on 7/11/2000NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS Roundup - July 2000
Finding the right GeForce 2 GTS card for you may seem like finding a needle in a haystack. Search for that needle no longer. In this roundup...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 7/10/2000NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS FSAA Update (Detonator 5.30 Drivers)
Armed with the latest leaked drivers from NVIDIA, we revisited the GeForce2 GTS' Direct3D & OpenGL FSAA performance. The GeForce2 GTS can finally begin to be taken seriously...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/7/2000Guillemot/Hercules 3D Prophet II GTS 64MB GeForce 2 GTS
Being the first 64MB GeForce 2 GTS card that has hit the market, it seems that Guillemot/Hercules has already achieved good market saturation. Although you may be able...
0 by Matthew Witheiler on 6/29/2000
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