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  • Review: nForce3 250 Chipset

    10 March 2004, 00:00

    With NVIDIA giving the 250-series chips a feature upgrade, a 'fixed' HyperTransport implementation, some new disk based ability with the changed ATA and SATA controller, 1000Mbit/sec Ethernet capability to let ...

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  • Review: VIA KT880 Chipset

    9 March 2004, 00:00

    nForce2 Ultra 400 has been around since July 2003, some seven months. Plain nForce2 has been around for over a year. While KT880 may boast better base features than nForce2 ...

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  • Review: AMD Athlon 64 Model 3000+

    5 March 2004, 00:00

    The Athlon 64 Model 3000+ was a much-needed CPU in AMD's performance lineup. All we now ask for is a 1.8GHz 512kb L2 cache version priced at around £140. That ...

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  • Review: AMD Athlon XP-M Barton 2500 Evaluation

    3 March 2004, 00:00

    The results speak for themselves. High performance doesn't necessarily have to be limited to the Athlon 64 or top-end Pentium 4 CPUs. What's more, it can be achieved with a ...

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  • Review: Voodoo PC Envy m:855 laptop

    1 March 2004, 00:00

    The Voodoo PC Envy m:855 has shown us an impressive array of power in laptop form. Impressive enough for us to re-think the real use of a cumbersome desktop system. ...

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  • Review: Chieftec BX

    29 February 2004, 00:00

    Chieftec cases have always been popular and there’s a reason why. They are superb cases. Some people maybe put off by the size of it, but it’s lovely to work ...

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  • Review: External Disk Roundup

    28 February 2004, 00:00

    There\'s something for everyone in the four disks on test, I\'m just more tempted to add other disk to an ATX chassis, rather than hang it externally. Like everything, you\'ll ...

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  • Review: Hercules ProphetView II 191 BLK

    27 February 2004, 00:00

    Ultimately, the DVI-I connection, dual inputs, its 2D/ClearType performance, fast motion performance, aesthetic and panel size make it the best display I've ever had the pleasure of using. I favour ...

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  • Review: Scan 3XS-OC

    26 February 2004, 00:00

    There's more than one method of building of high-performance system. Scan has shown us that. Going down the enthusiasts' route of overclocking the CPU and motherboard has paid dividends for ...

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  • Review: AOpen Aeolus GeForce FX5900XT 128MB

    24 February 2004, 00:00

    Our final thoughts are simple. NVIDIA's done a good job in ensuring that a midrange GPU has true top-end performance clout. AOpen hasn't seized the opportunity with both hands. The ...

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  • IDF Spring 04: Tweaking Session

    19 February 2004, 00:00

    One of the sessions at IDF was a “How To Tweak” seminar put on by Intel and some partners. Intel recognizes that the enthusiast market is educated and doesn’t fall ...

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  • IDF Spring 04: Day 3: Keynote

    19 February 2004, 00:00

    Memory latency accounts for half of the total execution time and a key in increasing performance is in reducing latency. One such tool that can be used is the implementation ...

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  • IDF Spring 04: Day 2: Grantsdale

    18 February 2004, 00:00

    Intel wants to use the Grantsdale platform to help to increase consumer usage models, the idea of the Grantsdale which can help with the increase of adoption and usage in ...

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  • IDF Spring 04: Day 2: Keynote

    18 February 2004, 00:00

    Intel demonstrated the BTX 12.9 and 6.9 solutions – Grantsdale and Alderwood – high performance in a small form factor; we believe that Intel has done this since they have ...

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  • IDF Spring 04: Tech Showcase: DDR2

    17 February 2004, 00:00

    We got some shots of Intel boards, DDR2, and managed to run some numbers on it too :)

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  • IDF Spring 04: Pre-Day 1: Chipsets, Digital Home and LCOS

    16 February 2004, 00:00

    In 2004 Grantsdale offers several feature sets which are targeted at the digital home. Following is just a sampling of the upcoming technologies. PCI – Express 16X. The next generation ...

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  • IDF Spring 04: R&D Briefing - Silicon Photonics

    16 February 2004, 00:00

    IDF does not offically start until Tommorow however Intel today decided to spend time with the press going over current RandD projects. The first is that of Silicon Photonics, the ...

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  • Review: Gainward GeForce FX 5700 Ultra Golden Sample Ultra/960 Dual-DVI 128MB

    15 February 2004, 00:00

    We're left with the nagging feeling that NVIDIA has orchestrated the premature death for the FX 5700 Ultra with its own 5900XT. Thus we think Gainward's diligent NV36 efforts may ...

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  • Review: PowerColor Radeon 9600XT Bravo 128MB

    12 February 2004, 00:00

    It's difficult to manufacture an intrinsically bad Radeon 9600XT. PowerColor has done just fine with its attempt. It's small, it's quiet, it overclocks like a champ, and it doesn't cost ...

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  • Review: Asetek WaterChill KT12-L20

    10 February 2004, 00:00

    Undoubtedly better than air cooling but not without its problems, the Asetek WaterChill KT12-L20 comes recommended if you have no fear of stiff pipes, or are willing to change them ...

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  • Review: EPoX eX5-300S Mini Me SFF System

    8 February 2004, 00:00

    There's enough here to make the eX5-300S Mini Me SFF system sell on pure merit. We can just see enthusiasts using the highly overclockable Northwood Pentium 4 200MHz CPUs and ...

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  • DDR-II - How It Works

    5 February 2004, 00:00

    It's about to arrive on the desktop in a big way and we'll have DDR-II modules and supporting boards to play with in the near future, to semi-evaluate performance before ...

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  • Review: ASUS K8V Deluxe and K8V Deluxe Wireless Edition

    5 February 2004, 00:00

    Our first look at Model 3200+ Athlon 64 on K8T800 was an encouraging one. K8V is a well featured, well presented, well laid out board. It performs well, K8T800 deserves ...

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  • ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Opinion

    4 February 2004, 00:00

    So bar the clock change over the high-end MR9600 parts, has anything else really changed, bar the Low-K process switch? Not really, which explains the low key launch. Parts were ...

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  • M11 Interview - Chris Hook

    4 February 2004, 00:00

    DR: We have noticed the recent Mercury figures and they show that you seem to have picked up on Mobile shipments, can you confirm the numbers?

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  • Q1 2004 In Preview

    4 February 2004, 00:00

    Prescott shouldn\'t be the bogey that everyone thinks it might be, it should end up doing well and the 3.4EE is always there for the stupid(ly) rich or the reviewer ...

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  • Review: Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz Prescott, 3.4GHz Northwood and 3.4GHz Northwood Extreme Edition

    1 February 2004, 00:00

    The enthusiast may be under the false impression that Intel really, really cares about having the fastest consumer-level CPUs. Intel's near-$30-billion turnover in 2003 dwarfs its arch-rival's, AMD's, by a ...

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  • Review: DFI LANPARTY 865PE

    29 January 2004, 00:00

    The LANPARTY 865PE is a good board, there's little doubt of that. Is being good enough to warrant a purchase ?. The inherent trouble is that there are many good ...

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  • Review: Evesham Axis 64 3000

    28 January 2004, 00:00

    Multi-use setups like the Axis will always appeal. It's for that reason, it's multi-talented abilities as a games machine, simple video capture and editing box and multimedia TV hub, that ...

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  • Review: S3 DeltaChrome S8

    26 January 2004, 00:00

    There's matters that need resolving, that's for sure. But we still feel optimistic about S3 chances of capturing a small portion of this lucrative market. There's always room for competent ...

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  • Review: Crucial Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB

    25 January 2004, 00:00

    In summary, the Crucial Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB is still a decent card. The most important drawbacks don't emanate from the card itself. Rather, it's ATI's current product hierarchy that ...

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  • Review: Leadtek WinFast A360TD FX 5700 128MB

    21 January 2004, 00:00

    What this conclusion, rambling as it is, is attempting to convey is that Leadtek has made decent use of a GPU that\'s not a hot property at its current price ...

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  • Review: Corsair XMS4400 TwinX 1GByte Memory

    17 January 2004, 00:00

    In summary, Corsair's XMS4400 TwinX 1GByte memory pack will appeal to a very select, niche market. Priced at over £300 it certainly isn't cheap. Recommended if your setup can make ...

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