MSI R6800 series officially launched

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"The world class graphics card and mainboard manufacturer" MSI has officially launched it's MSI R6800 series of GPUs, the R6850 and the R6870. 

"AMD's newly announced 6800 series means that a number of the main graphics cards manufacturers will be making announcements of a new series of DX11 cards." - TechRadar-

The features of the MSI's R6800 series are that it supports DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI 1.4a output. "The R6800 family includes R6870-2PM2D1GD5 using the AMD RadeonTM HD 6870 GPU and R6850-PM2D1GD5 using the AMD AMD RadeonTM HD 6850 GPU."  It also incorporates the new "Pipe Touching" technology, that cools the core's temperature, that's down by 10%. The new MSI 6800 series also support's MSI's exclusive AfterBurners software, which allows adjustments of fan speed which provides saved settings profiles.

"The MSI R6800 series is the epitome of new-generation immersive gaming graphics card."

Source: MSI




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AMD Radeon HD 6850 & 6870 official photos - coming on Friday

AMD have announced that it's next generation graphics card will be available this week. What they got here are official press photos of the GPUs that we should be expecting from them. The AMD Radeon HD 6850 and the Radeon HD 6870. We have to wait until Friday to truly have an official unveiling or launching of the GPU. There will be 5 output ports from both variants of the GPU: 2 DVI, 1 HDMI (1.4a), and 2 Mini Display Ports. As to the power requirement of the GPU the more powerful HD 6870 will need 2 6-pin connectors - "to augment the juice it gets from the PCI Express port" - the HD 6850 would only need 1.










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Acer updates its latest Aspire line of notebooks

The Acer Aspire, gets updated to pack a more powerful GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) for the AS5742G (15.6 inch) and the AS7745 (17.3 inch). The two versions of the Aspire line will still have the same CPU an Intel Core 2010 but the GPU will get an upgrade with nVidia's GeForce 400M with Optimus Technology that has the capability to switch from the integrated and discrete graphics options. Both notebooks will be available at below $800. Unfortunately there is no word of the exact date of its availability.

AMD kills its brother, ATI

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ATI, was a Canadian major designer and producer of GPUs (Graphic Processing Units) or video cards, but now its a subsidiary of AMD when AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) acquired ATI in 2006. AMD named their graphics cards ATI, hence we still see the ATI brand even after its acquisition. But recently AMD announced that they will now stop using the ATI brand in their GPUs and would name their succeeding GPUs as AMD. So today, we guys will never be confused with NVIDIA, AMD, and ATI. NVIDIA, is AMD's major competitor and the two have been battling it out in the GPUs market/industry. 

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Anyway, the AMD-ATI made myself confused. I thought that the two brands/companies are of two separate entities, this news right here made everything clear. I was always confused, ATI Radeon or AMD Radeon, which is which? But anyway, so there it is, AMD puts ATI to the trash bin and ATI will never see light again. Which means to us consumers, less confusion, less logos to look at, if its red with Radeon or AMD, you know what it is.

Via: Endgadget, Tech Radar