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  • ATI's Mobility Radeon X700 Launch

    19 January 2005, 00:00

    PowerPlay, ATI's hardware and software combo for such trickery on the mobile side, gets a bump to version 5.0, bringing with it the ability to dynamically reconfigure the PCI Express ...

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  • MSI's NX6600GT-TD128E

    19 January 2005, 00:00

    As a single board in isolation, MSI\'s 6600 GT makes a great case for itself. A fantastic software bundle, component video out for use with HDTV sets in the main, ...

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  • ATI CATALYST 5.1 Performance Analysis

    18 January 2005, 00:00

    A new year, another month, another CATALYST release from ATI. Yes, it\'s that time again, where the Canadian company releases the latest in their monthly driver updates, and ATI users ...

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  • ATI's Radeon X800 XL Preview

    6 January 2005, 00:00

    X800 XL is mightily impressive. Performance, cost, physical attributes and hopeful availability all make it worth a spot at the top of your high-performance PCI Express shopping list.

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  • Leadtek WinFast A400 Ultra/GT TDH

    31 December 2004, 00:00

    The most obvious selling point of these two WinFast A400 boards is the cooling solution. Not only does it look the part, but it's quiet and extremely effective too. Both ...

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  • ASUS EXTREME AX800 XT PE/2DHTV

    29 December 2004, 00:00

    It's hard to recommend any graphics card that costs more than a reasonable PC. £430 is an awful lot of money to be spending on a present video card when ...

  • ATI CATALYST 4.12 Performance Analysis

    18 December 2004, 00:00

    December 13th saw the introduction of the latest (and indeed last) driver of the year from the guys at ATI, with release notes promising performance improvements in several areas. Today, ...

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  • NVIDIA's GeForce 6200 with TurboCache Preview

    15 December 2004, 00:00

    Cute little boards, interesting technology that might make it into high-end hardware in the future, along with all the attractions of a well engineered small PCB and passive cooling, mean ...

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  • ATI's Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition Preview

    30 November 2004, 00:00

    R480's closeness to R423 in terms of architecture (they're identical) makes the basic summary for this look at X850 XT Platinum Edition, with its clocks that so closely ape those ...

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  • NVIDIA's SLI - 6600 GT Performance and Conclusion

    28 November 2004, 00:00

    I thoroughly recommend it as an enthusiast, excited about the technology and what it gives you. I've spent time fawning over Half-Life 2, Doom3 and others recently, on FX-55 with ...

  • Gainward's GeForce 6800 GT Ultra/2400 Golden Sample Goes Like Hell 256MB

    26 November 2004, 00:00

    Gainward's GeForce 6800 GT Ultra/2400 Golden Sample Goes Like Hell 256MB is a fast and furious card that will ultimately appeal to the enthusiast who desires clock speed above all ...

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  • NVIDIA's SLI - 6800 GT Performance

    24 November 2004, 00:00

    When thinking about SLI, think about your entire platform, especially when you\'re considering it as an upgrade path. I\'ll cover all of that in more detail in due course, but ...

  • NVIDIA's SLI - An Introduction

    22 November 2004, 00:00

    I\'ll cover SLI and its operating modes, the continuity and device connectors, the driver, temperature testing, theoretical and real-world performance, coverage of both SLI-able platforms, coverage of all three possible ...

  • NVIDIA's GeForce 6600 GT AGP

    16 November 2004, 00:00

    The mid-range market just before the new-year is NVIDIA's, should this AGP variant of 6600 GT make it to market in serious quantity. Priced at £150 in the UK and ...

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  • Inno3D GeForce 6600 GT 128MB

    14 November 2004, 00:00

    In summary, Inno3D's GeForce 6600 GT 128MB card is a credible effort that's based on an excellent GPU. Certainly worthy of a look if not an outright recommendation.

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  • MSI RX700PRO-TD256E

    10 November 2004, 00:00

    MSI has done a decent job in turning an RV410 GPU into a fully-fledged retail package. £160 or so buys you a competent midrange graphics card and a bundle to ...

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  • MSI RX800 XTs

    7 November 2004, 00:00

    Overall, it's hard not to recommend MSI's boards in the face of those X800 XTs from other vendors. X800 XT and XT PE's raw power makes it arguably the fastest ...

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  • ABIT Radeon 9600 XT 256MB

    5 November 2004, 00:00

    In summary, ABIT's done a decent enough job with its 9600 XT card. It's quiet, efficient, benchmarks well for a midrange card and carries basic VIV0 functionality. Compared to other ...

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  • Crucial Radeon X800 PRO 256MB

    2 November 2004, 00:00

    Crucial's X800 PRO 256MB graphics card is based on sound technology. Crucial, however, doesn't do enough with it to warrant an outright recommendation. The company may be one of the ...

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  • 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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  • 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 ...

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 ...

  • 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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  • 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 ...

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 ...