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Review of Gigabyte HD 4850 SilentCell 1GB PCI-Express GV-R485SL-1GI graphics card

Summary: Gigabyte sent us one of their newest cards with interesting technologies such as “Ultra Durable VGA” and their passive cooler solution “Silent Cell”.


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A couple of weeks back, we reviewed the GV-N285OC-2GI (NVIDIA GTX 285), a card placed at the “high end” extreme of the very wide range of GPUs available in the market.  Just last week we looked at a middle segment card from Zotac, the “Zotac GTS 250 AMP! 1GB“. The time has come to look at another middle segment card, this time with a GPU from AMD ATI.

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Review of Zotac GeForce GTS 250 AMP! 1GB GDDR3 video card

Today we will be taking a closer look at one of ZOTAC’s medium range graphics cards, the “ZOTAC GTS 250 AMP!”. It comes overclocked directly from the factory and has a rather interesting price/performance ratio.



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The graphics card industry has always been a jungle for most consumers. There are just so many models and manufacturers to choose from and it can be overwhelming to try to get a grip of the market. And graphics cards don’t come cheap. For a high end graphics card you will have to put up more cash than for a complete gaming console like Playstation 3. Therefore we decided to take a look at what we can expect in terms of performance and value from a card in the midrange segment.

 

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Review of the Gigabyte GTX 285 2GB OC Graphics Card

Summary: One of the most powerful graphics cards on the market has come to our test bench. The results were excellent.


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We haven’t had the chance to review many video cards. So we really decided to buckle down on this one.



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Review of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 512MB GDDR5 PCIe Graphics Card

Summary: AMD’s mid-range graphics cards are having great success. The AMD Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 is an example of this. It’s an excellent graphics card with a very inviting price.


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It’s been awhile since we’ve had the chance to take a look at a graphics card. So, we thought it was time now to end that drought and examine one of the new models that have flooded the market in recent months.

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