"The release of AMD's new line-up of graphics cards has to be one of the
most hyped up technological release this year, especially amongst gamers and
enthusiasts alike. And there is good reason for this, the HD58XX series
proved to be a success right from its release over a year ago. Inevitably,
our expectations have grown. Can AMD deliver round of high performance
graphics card at competitive prices? Two months ago, we were greeted with
AMD's Barts architecture. Naming scheme aside, the HD6850 and HD6870 proved
to be excellent mid-range graphics cards, performing nearly on par with the
previous flagship HD5870 and yet priced much lower. The release prompted a
series of event that cascaded down to benefit consumers the most. On the one
hand, we had AMD producing highly efficient, low power GPUs with tremendous
overclocking headroom to satisfy enthusiasts and on the other hand we saw
NVIDIA responding with reduced pricing on the high end GF100 based GTX470
and mid-range GF104 based GTX460. If that wasn't enough, NVIDIA promptly
released more efficient GF110 based GPUs derived from the power hungry GF100
cores in the form of the GTX570 and GTX580. Inherently, the high end market
has now become saturated with choice but for the consumers it has translated
to cheaper high end solutions."
FULL STORY @ VORTEZ (http://www.vortez.co.uk/review.php?id=267)
Zalman's CNPS10X Quiet heatsink is equipped with a 120mm fan that ranges in speed from
1400RPM to 700RPM, which in real world terms means that noise
levels are moderate to whisper quiet. As a low noise heatsink the CNPS10X
Quiet maintains good thermal levels on Frosty's AMD/Intel test
platforms, and at full tilt it qualifies as a performance
heatsink.
FULL STORY @ FROSTYTECH (http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2497)
