Many graphics cards have been released from the likes of AMD and Nvidia as of late including some lower end models showcasing the potential of low powered DirectX 11 cards and on the other hand we’ve seen some of the power hungry dual GPU monsters and today gives us a look at another one. You may remember the review we did on the 6990 from Sapphire which uses a reference design much like this. Due to each individual card presenting different results, we thought that it would be wise to show you a second look at a 6990 to see how this compares in terms of benchmarking and overclocking.
With the new Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition CPU, AMD has upped the speed for their existing AM2+/AM3 platform. The Phenom II X4 980BE clocks in with a stock speed of 3.7Ghz, making it the fastest out of the box clock speed AMD currently offers. With an unlocked multiplier, the Phenom II X4 980BE also invites you to explore overclocking and see just how much more speed you can get. The Phenom II 980BE also sports a full 2MB L2 cache and 6MB L3 cache. In the AM3 platform, the onboard memory controller is able to take full advantage of DDR3 memory up to PC3 10600.
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The latest introduction of high of speed CPUs need the latest enthusiast components to complement and complete a Sandy Bridge build. Welcome Kingston’s HyperX? Genesis Special Edition Grey; a high-performance dual-channel memory kits engineered to complement new motherboards featuring the Intel? P67 Sandy Bridge platform. In order to experience the true upgrade of speed and performance the Sandy Bridge platform offers all the major operating components must meet the highest spec and a 2133Mhz memory kit is exactly what that new i5 or i7 system needs. Join TechwareLabs as we review Kingston’s 2133Mhz memory kit.
KitGuru has reviewed many AMD HD6870 graphics cards in 2011, but today we are looking at something very special, the Powercolor HD 6870 Eyefinity 6 Edition graphics card. This particular board is supplied with a custom heatpipe cooler, 6 mini DisplayPorts and an additional 1GB of memory to ensure that performance is strong at very high, multi screen resolutions.
The majority of users that select an H67-equipped board do so to take advantage of Intel HD graphics built into Sandy Bridge processors and thus, won’t be using a high-end graphics card or really any other add-in cards. Builds where a Micro ATX board would be suitable include home theater PCs and small form factor builds where a small footprint is needed. A quick check at Newegg revealed only three full size ATX H67 boards, one of them being the board we are taking a look at today, the Gigabyte GA-H67A-UD3H.
