Nvidia proves to be successful not only in the development of visual solutions for home and corporate users but also for professionals. Its Quadro series of graphics cards is highly appreciated among designers, engineers and research circles, mainly due to unprecedented visual facilities. Therefore, the company has recently replenished the series with 5 new models – K420, K620, K2200, K4200, and K5200 – which are targeting hard-core PCs, servers and workstations.



Nvidia Quadro K420 and K620 are equipped with 2 GB of DDR3 memory, whereas K2200, K4200 and K5200 come with 4/8 GB of GDDR5 memory. All models have been developed hand-in-hand with the leading customers in various areas; this allowed the company to adjust performance characteristics to the specific needs of each customer. The list of facilities offered by new Quadro series involves the possibility:

— to work with data arrays and applications of huge volumes;

— to accelerate the operation of over 100 …

The MSI vendor’s video cards model line-up is widened by another high-end specialty – MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Air Boost 8G OC.

 

The device is built on GPU AMD Vega 10 XT, supporting 4,096 streaming processors. Its reference frequency equals 1,272 MHz, and dynamic frequency reaches 1,575 MHz. We should remind, though, that the benchmark formula suggests a bit lower speed rates: 1,247 and 1,546 MHz in respect. In its turn, the 8 GB HBM2 memory operates at the 1,890 MHz reference effective velocity and due to the 2048-bit bus ensures the bandwidth capacity of 484 Gb/s.

 

MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Air Boost 8G OC hardware components conform with the Military Class 4 company concept. Chilling is provided by a two-slot cooler, possessing one radial-type fan, which draws air outside the chassis. The video adapter has one HDMI and three DisplayPort ports, and it requires linking of two 8-pin PCIe connectors for stable work.

 

The cost and the shipping …

The well-known PSU manufacturer FSP has voiced the launch of retailing of its latest modular Dagger line power units, being announced during the Computex event. The specialties are of 500 and 600 W nominal capacity, made in the SFX form-factor and are 80 Plus Gold certified (88% efficiency at 230 V). These are good-quality solutions, which do not take much room. Producers claim, they are perfect for micro-ATX or mini-ITX gaming systems.



The FSP SDA500 and SDA600 Dagger products give out 100% of power at 12V circuit, which means 41.6 А and 50 А respectively. The devices are overvoltage, overheat, overpower and short circuit protected, equipped with a power factor active correction mechanism and support SFX12V V3.3 and ATX12V V2.4 standards. Proper cooling is ensured by a low-noise 80 mm double ball bearing fan.


Presently the FSP Dagger SDA500 and SDA600 power supplies are officially on sale at the recommended price of $99 and $109. The company-issued warranty is 5 years.