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  • Review: ATI's All-In-Wonderfuls....

    9 September 2004, 00:00

    In an announcement that’s unlikely to surprise anyone, ATI has launched a new member of its All-in-Wonder multimedia graphics cards based on the Radeon X800 XT GPU. The new card ...

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  • IDF Fall 2004: NVIDIA

    8 September 2004, 00:00

    NVIDIA, one of the Gold Sponsors at IDF this year, held their public discussion on the state of the graphics market, talking about how innovation drives demand. The presentation was ...

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  • Review: NVIDIA's GeForce 6600 GT

    7 September 2004, 00:00

    Very strong mid-range performance wth many times the raw shader power of NVIDIA's outgoing mid-range hardware, keen price and all the architectural benefits of NV40, without any of the form ...

  • Review: GALAXY Glacier GeForce 6800 128MB

    4 September 2004, 00:00

    If you can scrape together the extra £75 necessary to purchase a GT model, I'd recommend it, especially with newer gaming titles using huge textures that necessitate larger frame buffers. ...

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  • ECTS 2004: S3's OmniChrome and GammaChrome

    2 September 2004, 00:00

    I had some time to chat with one of the S3 product managers for their graphics business this morning, and he passed on some snippets of info on upcoming GammaChrome ...

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  • ECTS 2004: ATI's New Catalyst Control Panel

    2 September 2004, 00:00

    Weighing in currently at a lardy 60MB, the new control panel is built in .NET using DirectX Graphics to allow realtime preview of applied card settings, so you can see ...

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  • ECTS 2004: ATI On Track With Shader Model 3.0

    2 September 2004, 00:00

    ATI, while not wishing to say anything completely on the record, strongly hinted to me yesterday that they're on track to release a set of Shader Model 3.0 parts in ...

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  • ECTS 2004: The Filtering War Will Be No More?

    2 September 2004, 00:00

    One of the biggest topics of discussion in consumer graphics in the last two of three years has concerned texture and geometry filtering quality. From Quake/Quack, right the way through ...

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  • ECTS 2004: No More DirectX Graphics?

    2 September 2004, 00:00

    Speaking with ATI and NVIDIA at ECTS allowed us to confirm that after DX9.0, DirectX Graphics is no more. In name only. Microsoft's next set of core presentation and 3D ...

  • Review: HIS Excalibur Platinum Radeon 9600

    14 August 2004, 00:00

    It seems perfect folly for a Shuttle XPC or similar SFF chassis, should two DVI ports be your dream combination for your teeny tiny PC. Imagine a pair of decent ...

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  • Review: NVIDIA's GeForce 6600 Product Launch

    12 August 2004, 00:00

    Whereas NV40 starts life as a full 16 pixel pipeline (4 quad pipes) part with a 256-bit memory interface, before being used in 6800 Ultra or 6800 GT product, or ...

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  • Review: AOpen Aeolus GeForce 6800 GT 256MB

    10 August 2004, 00:00

    You have two choices when evaluating which next-generation card to purchase. Firstly, given a budget of around £300, you must choose between ATI\'s Radeon X800 PRO and NVIDIA\'s GeForce 6800 ...

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  • Review: AOpen Aeolus 6800 Ultra DVD256(E)

    26 July 2004, 00:00

    If the best of the best is what you're looking for, the Aeolus's no-nonsense approach translated into a keen price, makes the performance, features, image quality and noise seem very ...

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  • Review: ASUS AX800PRO/TD/P

    16 July 2004, 00:00

    It certainly deserves a place on any X800 PRO shopping list, without being the best value for money you can get just now, ASUS's traditionally high graphics card prices conspiring ...

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  • Review: NVIDIA's GeForce 6800 and 6800 GT GPUs

    13 July 2004, 00:00

    What strikes me most is the performance difference the entire range of product from both IHVs has over the outgoing generation of parts. They all make 9800XT and 5950 Ultra ...

  • Review: Albatron FX5700P Turbo and Gainward Ultra/980 SilentFX Professional

    13 July 2004, 00:00

    If I learned anything from this article it\'s that it doesn\'t pay to take your eye off the mid-range sector, even just for a second. You do so, concentrating on ...

  • ATI RADEON X800 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Availability in the UK

    9 July 2004, 00:00

    But after the launch frenzy leading up to and surrounding the launch of the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra, GeForce 6800 on April 14th (and even GeForce 6800 GT), shortly followed ...

  • Review: ASUS v9520/TD GeForce FX 5200 128MB

    7 July 2004, 00:00

    You have to ask yourself what you want out of a graphics card. If it\'s just the occasional dabble in gaming, decent 2D quality, reasonable connectivity options, and a low ...

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  • Review: GeCube All-In-Wonder 9600XT 128M/TV/FM

    3 July 2004, 00:00

    The All-In-Wonder features add the icing onto the cake. While the GeCube doesn't ship with RemoteWonder II, it doesn't really detract from the package as a whole. The usage nuances ...

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  • Review: Far Cry 1.2 Patch Performance

    2 July 2004, 00:00

    With no apparent visual problems on any card, with either the SM2.0 or SM3.0 paths (where applicable), the new patch keeps both top-end boards competitive with each other, allowing the ...

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  • ATI's Richard Huddy talks about Get In The Game

    28 June 2004, 00:00

    Richard is a veteran of the 3D graphics industry. Having previously held positions, amongst others, at Rendermorphics (a British company bought by Microsoft due to its impressive 3D graphics technology, ...

  • Review: XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra

    25 June 2004, 00:00

    It overclocked well and the stock reference cooler isn't the loudest in the world. Should you wish to partake in a little next generation graphics action, you could do worse ...

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  • Review: Gainward CoolFX Powerpack! Ultra/2600

    16 June 2004, 00:00

    There's a performance increase to be had from the Ultra/2600 CoolFX, but unless the price differential drops to within £100 of the air-cooled board, the Ultra/2600 CoolFX is hard to ...

  • ASUS @ Computex 2004

    4 June 2004, 00:00

    You could have guessed what I've just shown you with a little forward thinking, but that's no bad thing. ASUS have always been the industry's safe pair of hands. A ...

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  • Review: ATI PCI Express Introduction

    1 June 2004, 00:00

    ATI\'s transition to PCI Express is a logical one, the company well placed to take advantage of the technology, both in marketing, production and performance terms. An evolutionary step in ...

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  • Review: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700

    29 May 2004, 00:00

    It's pretty clear that mobile graphics are in the ascendancy. Current top end mobile GPUs enable excellent DX8-level performance and DX9 titles are certainly playable. The advent of swappable graphics ...

  • Review: XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra 256MB

    22 May 2004, 00:00

    It's hard to recommend XGI's top card with the current driver set. The company needs to bolster image quality before concentrating on all-out performance, really. A promising product that's severly ...

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  • Review: NVIDIA's MXM Mobile Graphics Form Factor

    17 May 2004, 00:00

    NVIDIA\'s biggest chance of success with MXM comes from the Go variant of their new GeForce 6 series of GPUs. Strong performance and a solution based around it that\'s attractive ...

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  • Review: ATI's Radeon X800 PRO

    14 May 2004, 00:00

    It may pay to see what NVIDIA have to offer in the same price range and we'll be evaluating 6800GT performance in the near future, but in isolation against the ...

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  • Review: ATI's Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition

    4 May 2004, 00:00

    R420 is what NV40 brought to the table in terms of performance, amplified, especially at its maximum AA mode. My 'ohmygod fast' exclamation on the second page really doesn't do ...

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  • Review: Point of View GeForce FX 5900XT

    15 April 2004, 00:00

    With Point of View's card coming in at £130, along with the stylish presentation and good bundle that includes the excellent Call of Duty, it's hard not to recommend it. ...

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  • Review: Gainward FX PowerPack! Ultra/1100 XT

    15 April 2004, 00:00

    There's not much the Gainward FX PowerPack! Ultra/1100 XT does wrong. It's fast for its target market and at £135 including dreaded VAT in the U.K., it's a few pounds ...

  • Review: NVIDIA's GeForce 6800 Ultra GPU

    14 April 2004, 00:00

    NVIDIA have surprised me with NV40. It's rediculously fast compared to R360 in some tests, if you avoid the 8X supersampling mode. But there lies the rub. Shouldn't we expect ...