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IDF August 2005 :: HEXUS.beans :: ATi CrossFire for Intel processor platforms…

22 August 2005, 00:00

No doubt about it, in the race to deliver a dual GPU PCIe graphics solution to the market, NVIDIA not only convincingly beat ATi Technologies out of the stable door, ...

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MSI MICROSTAR RD480 Neo2 mainboard

21 August 2005, 00:00

At a computer games convention you’d expect to see a bit of hardware, but all stuff directly related to games such as joypads, steering wheels… the odd mouse mat and ...

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Graphics card sales to increase

20 August 2005, 00:00

A shortage of PCIe capable chipsets with onboard graphics will lead to increased graphics card sales in the second half of this year, according to the general manager of NVIDIA ...

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Review: PowerColor GameFX Radeon X800 GT 256MB PCIe

18 August 2005, 00:00

CrossFire compatibility, or the lack of it, may be a concern for a few, and we doubt that we'll be seeing an AGP incarnation in the near future, so not ...

MSI set to drop ATi?

12 August 2005, 00:00

We’re hearing that here in the UK, Taiwanese mainboard manufacturer MSI Microstar has just advised some of its trade distributors that ‘MSI is dropping ATi VGA cards’.

Review: SAPPHIRE X800 GT Hybrid 256MB PCIe

12 August 2005, 00:00

Users looking to upgrade to a £100-£110 PCI-Express GPU would do well to seriously consider SAPPHIRE's X800 GT Hybrid 256MB card. AGP users will need to wait, though, and the ...

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Review: XFX NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Preview

11 August 2005, 00:00

It's the same price as ATI's current best, performs as well in games and does significantly better in almost every other facet that you'd consider. More forward-looking features, less heat, ...

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Review: ABIT Fatal1ty X800 XL 512MB

6 August 2005, 00:00

Is the ABIT Fatal1ty X800 XL 512MB graphics card the best X800 XL 512MB-class card we've come across thus far? how does it square up a bang for buck basis ...

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Review: GeForce 7800 GTX shootout

3 August 2005, 00:00

What's abundantly clear in our look at three retail GeForce 7800 GTX graphics cards is that there is no such thing as a bad one. All three cards from BFG, ...

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Review: ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory 128MiB

1 August 2005, 00:00

My evaluation of such low-end hardware using the latest graphically challenging games might seem pointless at first glance. Look twice and you'll see that while both HyperMemory and TurboCache boards ...

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Review: Crucial RADEON X850 XT 256MB Video Card

28 July 2005, 00:00

There's nothing intrinsically wrong with Crucial's ATI RADEON X850 XT 256MB PCI-Express card; it's reference all the way. The killer is the price, and we urge Crucial to re-evaluate its ...

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Review: XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra 512MB Video Card

14 July 2005, 00:00

You need to evaluate what you require in a graphics card. On the one hand, XFX's GeForce 6800 Ultra 512MB makes a compelling case as a cheap, relatively-speaking, workstation-class card, ...

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Review: ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon X800 XL for PCI Express Feature Preview

12 July 2005, 00:00

Our recent trip to Canada wasn't all fun and Grand Prix watching. David and I had business to do, and products to be briefed on. Following ATI's release of the ...

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Review: PowerColor RADEON X800 XL 512MB

12 July 2005, 00:00

What do you want from a £290 video card today? Is it performance, performance, and yet more performance in present games, or is it a deal of futureproofing at the ...

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Review: ATI Crossfire Sneak Peek with DFI @ Computex

5 July 2005, 00:00

Using pre-release device drivers with Supertiling enabled, which seems to be the default mode for ATI Crossfire under Direct3D, indicates that presently NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra SLi is faster. However ...

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HEXUS.beans - Exclusive ABIT Fatal1ty X800 XL 512MB Details

30 June 2005, 00:00

We've laughingly read elsewhere that ATi Technologies' “stifle innovation” by refusing to allow its AIB (Add In Board) partners to bring to market products which deviate from the ATi reference ...

NVIDIA to launch 'open driver'

23 June 2005, 00:00

We find it very likely that NVIDIA will release a new driver soon which will allow the support of 'un-matched' cards, and if what has been whispered to us turns ...

Review: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX Preview

22 June 2005, 00:00

All-in, a solid improvement to an excellent architecture. NVIDIA balance ALU increases with ROP considerations to create a formidable pixel pusher that currently has no equal. 7800 GTX boards can ...

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Review: ATI Catalyst Report

20 June 2005, 00:00

HEXUS.net has managed to get an early peak at the latest ATI Catalyst report which covers features made available in Catalyst releases and gives you the ‘heads up’ on upcoming ...

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Jon Peddie June 2005: ATI drives CrossFire to market

20 June 2005, 00:00

No, ATI hasn’t brought DaimlerChrysler and neither are all the executives driving new sport cars. In a move that caught no one by surprise at Computex ATI announced CrossFire, the ...

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Review: Inside the Labs of ASUSTeK: EN6800GT and EN6800 ULTRA Pics and Benchmarks

14 June 2005, 00:00

HEXUS recently had the chance to visit ASUSTeK's Research & Development labs in their new Headquarters. We sniffed out their dual 6800GT and Ultra cards to bring you pictures and ...

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Review: GeCube RADEON X800XLA-VIVO 256MB AGP

13 June 2005, 00:00

GeCube's X800XLA-VIVO is based on a successful VPU but doesn't make full use of it. Ideally, what I'd like to see is an AGP model outfitted with Uni-Wise cooling and ...

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HEXUS.beans - CrossFire Pictures

8 June 2005, 00:00

Today HEXUS managed to lift a Sapphire based Crossfire system and have some time with it.

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Computex 2005: EPoX 'GLI' hints at upcoming release of SLI driver that works on all supporting core logic

3 June 2005, 00:00

I'm posting this from China, having escaped the clutches of Taipei and Computex to take in some mainboard manufacturing in Shenzhen. However, just before I left I had a nice ...

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Computex 2005: GeCube Crossfire the best of the lot

2 June 2005, 00:00

GeCube's Jeff Fu has stolen the Crossfire show at Computex, with a high-end X850 Crossfire Edition setup using his Uniwise cooler design that makes the dual-slot reference design a quieter, ...

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Computex 2005: ASUS shows off production single-card SLI, Crossfire and heatpiped mainboard

2 June 2005, 00:00

On a PCB that's not only bigger than the Taipei 101, but also Bit-Trusted's Tim Smalley, ASUS have packed the requisite NV45 GPUs, 256MiB of memory per GPU and the ...

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Computex 2005: XFX, the trailer trash of Computex

1 June 2005, 00:00

Following on from their ‘white trash’ street theme of CeBIT, XFX have again flown in the face of the normal stilted stands with another mid-West American style stand.

Computex 2005: XFX, pimping it up

1 June 2005, 00:00

Those guys at XFX just can’t keep a straight face when talking abut their latest ‘mod’ project. Forget about chopping a few extra windows in your case and take your ...

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Computex 2005: NVIDIA holding back an Ultra G70?

1 June 2005, 00:00

NVIDIA's G70 graphics processor, likely to be bound up in a range of products carrying GeForce 7 branding, may have an Ultra version waiting in the wings, to counter any ...

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Computex 2005: Crossfire still months away?

1 June 2005, 00:00

While most of the graphics talk at Computex centres on ATI's Crossfire, it could be months before the consumer can buy it. Talking to an ATI board partner revealed that ...

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Computex 2005: MSI shows off odd-ball graphics boards

31 May 2005, 00:00

If you wander to Hall 2 at Computex and make your way to the MSI stand, there's a couple of interesting graphics boards for you to take a look at.

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Computex 2005: Dual DVI and passive cooling a way for PowerColor to differentiate

31 May 2005, 00:00

PowerColor were happy to discuss their current product range with me this morning, as I spotted CrossFire on their stand, and one of the things they're looking to do across ...

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Computex 2005: Possible new ATI SKUs

31 May 2005, 00:00

Chatting to product engineers for an ATI board partner here at Computex has revealed a couple of interesting new SKUs just about to launch, based around existing ASICs, and hints ...

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