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  • AOpen Aeolus GeForceFX 5950 Ultra

    28 November 2003, 00:00

    It\'s quiet, nView 3.0 is excellent, the 2D quality was the best I\'ve ever seen in isolation using my Sony G400 monitor and it should be comparatively cheap. Radeon 9800XT\'s ...

  • Hercules 3D Prophet 9800XT Classic 256MB

    25 November 2003, 00:00

    It's these kind of factors that will plague any 9800XT model. Hercules' is a sound one. It does exactly what it says in the box and is quiet in doing ...

  • Hercules 3D Prophet All-In-Wonder 9800SE

    8 November 2003, 00:00

    I honestly can't think of a more compelling graphics card purchase in recent times. It fits so many possible scenarios. It'll play Half Life 2 and Doom 3 when they ...

  • Hercules ProphetView 920 PRO

    5 November 2003, 00:00

    The Hercules isn't a 22" inch wide, wallet busting behemoth, with questionable gaming attributes. It slots right in to the sub £325 gamer oriented LCD market with notable aplomb. 17 ...

  • ASUS Radeon 9800XT/TVD

    31 October 2003, 00:00

    It overclocks decently, SmartDoctor makes it quieter than almost any other card, it's presented well, exudes quality and carries ASUS' 3 year warranty. Factor Half Life 2 into the price ...

  • ABIT Siluro FX 5600 DT 256MB & FX 5600 Ultra DT128MB

    29 October 2003, 00:00

    The FX 5600 / Ultra series is a reasonable stab at attempting to balance features and performance to cost. ABIT has a couple of cards here that are quite different ...

  • NVIDIA GeForceFX 5700 Ultra and FX 5950 Ultra

    23 October 2003, 00:00

    It looks like NVIDIA are on to a winner with their new mid-range entrant. Price is what's most exciting, with it being set at $199 (yes, for the 900MHz mem ...

  • ATI Radeon 9600XT (/w NV36)

    15 October 2003, 00:00

    TSMC's process enhancements have basically handed ATI a fall refresh on a plate, and combined with the new drivers, it almost feels like a totally different product to 9600 Pro. ...

  • Tyan Tachyon G9800 PRO-M 128MB

    5 October 2003, 00:00

    Tyan has to be congratulated on producing a non-reference 9800 PRO card, yet we somehow cannot stop the nagging feeling that it could have gone further with the G9800 PRO-M. ...

  • GAINWARD FX 5200 POWERPACK PRO/660 TV/DVI PCI

    1 October 2003, 00:00

    The card won't sell on performance, it'll sell on features. With NVIDIA's excellent multi-display technology, and Gainward's DVI output and crisp TV-Output display, the FX 5200 adds a number of ...

  • MSI GeForce FX5600 Ultra

    1 October 2003, 00:00

    Given a price of ~£160, this card will represent a good buy. MSI give you a nice bundle, VIVO, decent overclocking and good base performance for your money. IQ is ...

  • ASUS V9950 GeForceFX 5900 Ultra 256MB

    27 September 2003, 00:00

    With 256MB of memory, meaning chips on the back side of the PCB, ASUS have created the worlds first AGP8X copper sandwich. Not very tasty (I did try to eat ...

  • Triplex REDai Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB

    16 September 2003, 00:00

    Triplex has been brave enough to launch a card that goes beyond ATi's specifications, and for that they must be applauded. The current drawback for Triplex is its relatively unknown ...

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  • Hercules 3D Prophet 9600 256MB

    16 September 2003, 00:00

    The Hercules 256MB 3D Prophet 9600 isn't a bad card at all. It'll impress most onlookers if you choose to run the supplied DX9 demos, and it also produces reasonable ...

  • Gainward Golden Sample Ultra/1200XP GeForce FX 5900 Powerpack! Ultra 128MB

    20 August 2003, 00:00

    A good-looking card that doesn't sacrifice a single slot. A bit more spice to the bundle would have made this a very attractive package. It's still a good card, though.

  • Gainward GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 256MB

    17 August 2003, 00:00

    It's kind of hard to recommend this card right now. That's not too much to do with Gainward. The 256MB of on-board memory will push the price up towards the ...

  • ATI Radeon 9800 Pro All-In-Wonder

    1 August 2003, 00:00

    As the ultimate combination of 3D speed, 2D quality and the All-In-Wonder feature set, it has no peer, and probably wont have for quite a long time.

  • Hercules Radeon 9800 Pro

    1 August 2003, 00:00

    It's undoubtedly good looking, you do get 900 metric tonnes of copper for your cash, and the LED will make some parts of the community explode with joy.

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  • MSI GeForce FX5900 Ultra

    31 July 2003, 00:00

    The feature set gets the thumbs up. VIVO is a nice addition to the high end hardware, making the card capable of that little bit more than usual, for your ...

  • Gainward FX5200 Ultra Pro/760 XP

    31 July 2003, 00:00

    Before testing, I was expecting the little FX to be poor, very poor. What surprised me was the decent performance, despite its obvious budget underpinnings. I guess budget cards don't ...

  • Crucial Radeon 9800 Pro

    31 July 2003, 00:00

    At the time of writing, the Crucial Radeon 9800 Pro was offered at £274.94 including delivery. That makes it one of the cheaper 9800s, so if a gaming bundle isn't ...

  • Tyan Tachyon G9600 Pro 128MB

    30 July 2003, 00:00

    As a card that's aimed at the midrange sector, the Tyan G9600 Pro does well at 1024x768x32 with and without antialiasing and anisotropic filtering. That's exactly its target performance market, ...

  • ABIT OTES GeForce FX 5900 128MB

    30 July 2003, 00:00

    The FX 5900 is quickly establishing itself as a reasonable opponent to the twin ATi cards that have held the performance and comparative value crown for so long. ABIT have ...

  • ASUS V9950 GeForce FX5900

    12 July 2003, 00:00

    Assuming price being as close to £300 as possible, the ASUS has to get same plaudits as the MSI. It ships with a good bundle like the MSI, and performance ...

  • MSI GeForce FX5900

    29 June 2003, 00:00

    So, is it quicker than 9800 Pro? Is it quicker than 9700 Pro? Well, yes to both for the most part. On the tests that I consider to be the ...

  • ATI Radeon 9600 Pro

    25 June 2003, 00:00

    This is what the midrange is all about. Good IQ combined with good performance and 9600 Pro (and 9500 Pro before it) certainly brings that to the table.

  • GeForce FX5600 Ultra rev2

    18 June 2003, 00:00

    It\'s a solid midrange board, brings DX9 to your table and runs nice and quick with IQ features on.

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  • ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB

    7 June 2003, 00:00

    We've been waiting for this time since consumer graphics finally took off with the Voodoo. Since then, as PC's finally had the pixel pushing horsepower to render 3D at speed, ...

  • NVIDIA GeForce FX5900 Ultra

    12 May 2003, 00:00

    NVIDIA have got it right this time. Key performance determinants such as pixel-pushing power, bandwidth, and driver support seem to be in place. These allow one to enjoy high resolution ...

  • XFX GeForce4 Ti 4800-SE

    11 May 2003, 00:00

    A reasonable offering on a card that's a little past its prime. The bump up to 8x AGP specification does little or nothing for performance. We had have hoped for ...

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  • GeForce FX 5200 Ultra and FX 5600 Ultra

    13 March 2003, 00:00

    The graphics market is clearly struggling to produce faster cards; both NVIDIA and ATI are promoting their new products on the basis of improved image quality. This image quality is ...

  • DFI Xabre X400-T2 64MB

    11 March 2003, 00:00

    I\'d like to recommend the DFI Xabre X400-T2 but find it difficult to do so. Whilst fully appreciating that the card has been available for some months now, it still ...

  • NV31/34 Preview

    6 March 2003, 00:00

    The 2 new cards are called the NVIDIA Geforce FX 5600, and the 5200 models, these are targeted at the mainstream and the budget sectors of the market.