His announces two new graphic cards, HIS X1950XT and HIS X1650XT IceQ Turbo. The first one, powered by ATI Radeon X1950XT at 625MHz, comes with a software bundled which includes Microsoft Dungeon Siege Full, 3D Album PicturePro, PowerDirector 3 SE Plus, Power2Go 4 and PowerDVD 6. HIS X1650XT IceQ Turbo also comes with a software bundled, which includes Microsoft Dungeon Siege Full, CyberLink PowerDirector 5 SE Plus, CyberLink Power2Go 5, CyberLink MediaShow 3 and GameShadow. According to HIS, the cooling system can decrease the core temperature with 11°C lower and also promises a quiet fan with noise level below 20 dB.
AMD announces the ATI Radeon X1650 XT graphic cards, that uses its new native CrossFire technology which works on the broad range of Intel and AMD platforms, including AMD socket 939 and AM2 motherboards, as well as Intel 975X and P965 motherboards. The card feaures 24 pixel shader processors, 8 vertex shader processors and up to 128-bit GDDR3 memory interface. It uses PCI Express x16 bus interface. AMD ATI Radeon X1650 XT will hit the stores on November 13th at a USD 149 price.
Sparkle announced an overclocked version of its GeForce 7900 GS graphic card. The new GeForce 7900 GS 256MB Plus keeps 20 Pixels rendering pipelines, but raises its core speed and onboard 256MB GDDR3 video memory speed. Gamers can embrace the new card with 500MHz core speed and 1400 MHz video memory speed. The old GeForce 7900 GS has 450 MHz core speed and 1320 MHz video memory speed. Check below the specifications:
HIS delivers the X1600Pro Silence card. Equipped with a double slot heat sink, HIS promises a total silent solution to cool the card. It is powered by ATI Radeon X1600Pro 500MHz and features 512/256MB DDR2 at 800MHz, 12 Pixel shader processor, 5 Vertex shader processor, 8 Geometry Pipelines, CrossFire support and PCI Express x16 lane native support. It has HDTV, TV-Out, Dual VGA and DVI outputs.
PowerColor unleashes the X1950 PRO (manufactured at 80 nm fabrication process) with Arctic Cooling Accelero X2. The new graphic card also features the new CrossFire TM Bridge Interconnect. Check below the key specifications of Power Color X1950 Pro:
ATI releases the new Radeon X1950 Pro graphic cards. ATI's first 80nm graphics are also the first one to make use of a new native CrossFire technology. It eliminates the need for a CrossFire Edition card using a bridge to interconnect cables that attach directly to the cards. It features 36 pixel shaders and has a 575 MHz core clock and 256 MB GDDR3 at 1,380 MHz.
All new Radeon X1950 Pro graphic cards feature two dual-link DVI outputs with full support for HDCP encryption and a TV-out port. They are available in PCI Express and require an auxiliary six-pin power connector. MSI, Sapphire, Asus, Gigabyte and PowerColor has already announced graphic cards based on the new Radeon X1950 Pro. Estimated price: USD 199.
Nvidia has released the new GeForce Go 7950 GTX, which claims to be the world's fastest notebook GPU on the market. It runs at 575 MHz and its memory clock has improved to 1.4 GHz. It has a 256 bit memory interface and a memory bandwith of 44.8 GB/s. The Go 7950 GTXIt also features 24 pixel shaders. The new GeForce GPU can be found in the new Dell XPS M1710 notebook.
Sapphire claims to launch the "fastest graphic card" on the market. Toxic X1950XTX features a core clock speed of 650 MHz that can be enhanced to 695MHz with the Automatic Performance Enhancer (APE). It comes with a Copper water cooling solution. Two fan speeds give a choice of quieter operation or higher efficiency (18 dB at 2000 RPM or 26 dB at 2500 RPM). Includes 48 pixel shader processors, 16 pixel processor pipelines and 8 vertex shader processors.
Chipset: Radeon X1950 XTX core
Clock: 650 MHz (695 com APE)
Memory: 512 MB GDDR4
Memory interface: 256 bit
Bus interface: PCI Express x16
Outputs: 2 DVI e Vivo
Max 3D resolution: 2.560 x 1.600 (DVI) e 1.024 x 768 (TV Out)
EVGA introduces the e-GeForce 7950GT KO "Superclocked", running the GeForce 7950 GT graphic processor at 600 MHz core "superclock" and 512 MB DDR3 memory ar 1450 MHz. It is equipped with 2 dual-link DVI output connectors and two DVI/VGA converters and supports HDCP. Approximately price: USD 450.
Sapphire has launched two new graphic cards. Radeon X1650Pro AGP features 256 MB GDDR3 memory at 690 MHz and 12 shader units. And X1300XT AGP has two versions: with 256 MB GDDR3 memory at 500 MHz or 512 MB DDR2 memory at 400 MHz.
HIS introduces X300SE Dual DVI PCIe, bringing the possibility of connect two digital LCDs. The graphic card is powered by ATI Radeon X300 SE VPU 325 MHz, has a 128 MB DDR memory at 400 MHz, four parallel pixel pipelines, two vertex shader pipelines, VGA, TV-Out and DVI-I supported and one available PCI Express X16 slot. Suggested price: USD 69.99.
HIS has launched a new version of its X1650Pro IceQ, promising faster, quieter and cooler graphic card. It is equiped with IceQ technology, that promises a temperature decrease of at least 11°C and a noise level below 20dB. It is powered by ATI Radeon X1650Pro 600MHz and has 12 Pixel shader processor, 5 Vertex shader processor, and comes with 512 or 256MB 128bit 4 channel DDR2 memory at 800MHz. X1650Pro IceQ has a PCI Express x16 bus interface, but can support AGP via Rialto bridge.
The new HIS X1300 HyperMemory PCIe x1 graphic card has a dual slot design that enlarges the surface area for heat dissipation and promises total silence (0 dB) for slim PC. With PCIe x16 bus interface, it is based on ATI Radeon X1300 HyperMemory and runs at 450MHz. It features 128 MB DDR2 at 500 MHz, 4 pixel shaders, Dual Link DVI and supports VGA, TV-Out and HDTV. Suggested price: USD 119.
Diamond has announced three new graphic cards based on ATI X1600, X1900 and X1950 chips. The new models are include in Viper family, and comes in AGP and PCI Express versions. The X1950PRO is an AGP card that has a core speed of 600 MHz and 256 MB GDDR4 interface. Available in October.
The X1950 CrossFire and the X1950XTX are already available and costs USD 450. Below, you can check their configuration:
NVidia announced new GeForce Go 7700, first graphics chip made using 80 nm Process tech. It supports up to 512 MB memory at 1 GHz clock-speed. GeForce Go 7700 is very similar to the Go 7600 (90 nm), but with some performance differences. According to NVidias's website, the Go 7700 is a little bit faster than the Go 7600 model.
The new chip will be used by ASUS's 8Js notebook, which features Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7200/T7400/T7600/T5500/T5600, 14.1" LCD display, DDRII 667 MHz (up to 2 GB), built-in 0.35 megapixel webcam, 80/100/120GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive, 1x DVI, 1x IEEE1394, 1x Express Card, 1x VGA, 1x TV-Out, 5x USB, 1x Card Reader, 802.11a/b/g, 10/100/1000 Ethernet and Bluetooth connectivity.
