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  • Review: S3's OmniChrome S4

    30 October 2004, 00:00

    Close, but ultimately so very far away. Steer clear until the next version comes round. S3 are pitching OmniChrome as having better basic GPU performance and HDTV features as a ...

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  • Review: ATI's Radeon X700 XT and Radeon X700 PRO Preview

    26 October 2004, 00:00

    This article serves two purposes. We\'ll take a look at the new XT, paying close attention to its thermal characteristics before looking at performance, and I\'ll also publish some numbers ...

  • Review: GALAXY GeForce 6600 256MB

    24 October 2004, 00:00

    I expect GeForce 6600 performance to look even stronger when evaluated via shader-heavy titles and thus have little problem in recommending it as a GPU, especially if you're looking towards ...

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  • Review: 3DMark05 - A closer look

    13 October 2004, 00:00

    This article exists to tidy up some of my own self-inflicted loose ends. I\'ll talk a bit more about DSTs and NVIDIA\'s implementation of PCF in hardware, and I\'ll also ...

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  • Review: NVIDIA's GeForce 6200 Launch

    11 October 2004, 00:00

    At the end of my recent preview of NVIDIA's GeForce 6600 GT, powered by their NV43 GPU, I remarked, "Now there's only one piece of the pie left", in reference ...

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  • Review: BFG GeForce 6800 Ultra Overclocked

    8 October 2004, 00:00

    Any and every GeForce 6800 Ultra is an excellent gamers' card. BFG's effort is above average, as the company offers a pre-overclocked core at default core prices. BFG's popularity is ...

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  • Review: GeCube Radeon X800 PRO

    5 October 2004, 00:00

    Formed in 1990 as a spin-off from Gigabyte, Info-Tek Corporation created the consumer brand GeCube to sell consumer graphics cards in Asia. Currently selling only ATI designs, they now trade ...

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  • Review: ASUS AX800XT/2DT PCI-Express

    3 October 2004, 00:00

    I like the ASUS AX800XT/2DT. It has beguiling power in a small form factor. ASUS needs to ensure that SmartDoctor works with shipping cards, probably by means of a software ...

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  • ATI's Theater 550 PRO Video Processor - A First Look Over Breakfast

    30 September 2004, 00:00

    A week or so ago, as I was in London to test ATI's Radeon X700 XT, I had the chance to spend some time with a few guys from ATI's ...

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  • Review: Futuremark's 3DMark05 - An Introduction

    29 September 2004, 00:00

    If, like many of your enthusiast peers, you\'ve been staring at the counter on Futuremark\'s website for the past couple of days, wondering when 3DMark05 would make its debut, wonder ...

  • Review: ASUS Extreme EN5900/TVD (PCX5900) PCI-Express 128MB and ASUS Extreme AX600XT/HTVD PCI-Express 128MB Graphics Cards

    26 September 2004, 00:00

    The main problem that I see facing both cards is the technology they're based upon. Benchmark graphs also showed the relative performance of a GeForce 6800 GT 256MB card, which ...

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  • Review: ATI's Radeon X700 XT Preview

    20 September 2004, 00:00

    ATI's new mid-range power-house has arrived with a significant splash. Effectively dropping R420 (well, R423 with its native PCI Express interface) onto TSMC's 110nm process, chopping half the fragment shaders ...

  • ATI's Theater 550 PRO Video Processor

    14 September 2004, 00:00

    ATI have used the, now venerable in some sense, Rage Theater 220 video processor in various products for the past couple of years or so. The advent of an ever ...

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  • Review: ASUS V9999 GeForce 6800 Gamers Edition 256MB

    12 September 2004, 00:00

    ASUS, I feel, has successfully bridged the gulf between vanilla 6800s and GTs in both price and performance. If £250 is absolutely burning a hole in your pocket ASUS' GeForce ...

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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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