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Apple releases firmware update addressing 27" iMac screen issues

by Joachim Bean (Dec 21st, 2009)

We hope this will provide holiday relief for many iMac owners: Apple just released a firmware update for the graphics chipsets in 27" iMac models, intended to fix display issues. Apple states this download Updates the graphics firmware on ATI Radeon HD 4670 and 4850 graphics cards to address ...

Mac Pro refresh brings high-end graphics to the Mac

by Christina Warren (Mar 3rd, 2009)

Today's new hardware announcement refreshed the Mac mini and iMac lines, and at long last, the Mac Pro was also given some love. In the 14 months since the last Mac Pro refresh there have been some significant hardware changes within the microprocessor world and within Apple's own line. The ...

Graphics Powerhouse: ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac & PC edition

by Steven Sande (Jun 15th, 2008)

Mac Pro users -- it's time to power up the graphics capability of your machine! ATI has announced the new Radeon HD 3870 Mac & PC Edition. Whether you're a serious gamer or a graphics designer, this new card features 256-bit 512MB GDDR4 frame buffer memory, 320 stream processors, twin ...

iMac ATI Radeon HD Graphics Firmware Update 1.0.1

by Cory Bohon (Apr 28th, 2008)

Apple just released an update for iMacs sporting either a ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro or a ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics card. According to Apple, the update will "improve system stability" by installing a firmware upgrade on the graphics cards. This does affect the newly released iMacs. After this ...

NVIDIA is happy about AMD + ATI merger

by David Chartier (Jul 26th, 2006)

FiringSquad, a site covering all things gaming, interviewed Derek Perez, the Director of Public Relations for NVIDIA (ATI's largest competitor), about yesterday's news of the AMD and ATI merger. Mr. Perez looks at the merger as a boost to their own business, excited that NVIDIA will be the only GPU ...

AMD acquires ATI for $5.4 billion

by David Chartier (Jul 24th, 2006)

AMD, the #2 CPU maker in the world, has announced a purchase of ATI, a leading graphics card manufacturer, for $5.4 billion. IMG has more details on the buyout and the business end of things, but we're more interested in finding out what exactly this means for the Mac market. ATI currently supplies ...

On the MacBook Pro and GPU overclocking

by David Chartier (Apr 21st, 2006)

Oh those enterprising hackers, whatever are we going to do with them? First they're blazing their own trail by getting Windows XP on a Mac, and now they're overclocking their GPUs. Hardmac.com posted about one forum member's discovery (in French) that, when compared to similar PC notebook hardware ...