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  • PNY Verto GeForce 6600 GT 128MB AGP

    7 May 2005, 00:00

    PNY's effort, by dint of its bundle and warranty, is a pretty good choice for those who have <£150 to spend on a graphics card right now, although the addition ...

  • The introduction of 512MiB consumer graphics hardware

    4 May 2005, 00:00

    Overall, and I say this for the average consumer with a decent LCD rather than a very high end CRT, 512MiB hardware is future looking, moreso than a purchase for ...

  • ATI's Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition AGP and Club3D's Radeon X800 XL AGP

    25 April 2005, 00:00

    Club3D's example doesn't go overboard on the bundle, however you do get a great game and the cables you're given are sufficient to make good use of the VIVO ability ...

  • FIRST LOOK : AMD GPU!!

    1 April 2005, 00:00

    It’s going to have roughly the transistor count of a pair of current 130nm Athlon FX processors. It also looks like it can share vertex load with a dual core ...

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  • GeCube's Radeon X850 XT Uniwise

    31 March 2005, 00:00

    So while I wait for the hardware I described on the first page of this article, GeCube\'s X850 XT will do nicely. For the performance, it\'s hard to argue with ...

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  • ATI ALL-IN-WONDER X800 XT

    8 March 2005, 00:00

    ATI\'s Multimedia team took the time to get right a product that will appeal to many. Expensive in X800 XT guise (there are other X800 AIWs which I\'ll talk about ...

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  • ATI's Radeon X800 256MB and Radeon X850 PRO Preview

    9 February 2005, 00:00

    Both make a compelling case for themselves in terms of performance, features and manufacturer pricing. It's whether that pricing rings true and availability holds for long enough to grab one.

  • NVIDIA's GeForce Go 6600 and GeForce Go 6200 Launch

    8 February 2005, 00:00

    It\'s speedy mid-range graphics with a power-optimised bent, in skinny notebooks, for gaming and good video on the move.

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  • MSI NX6600-VTD128E Diamond

    6 February 2005, 00:00

    With all of our testing complete, we can see that the NX6600-VTD128E Diamond follows in the footsteps of the GeForce 6600 boards which have come before it, in that it ...

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  • GeCube SilenCool X700 PRO 256MB

    1 February 2005, 00:00

    To sum up: GeCube pull off silent X700 PRO running with aplomb, for competetive money, by not going overboard on the bundle. If it lies in your price range and ...

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  • XFX GeForce 6600 GT Dual-DVI

    29 January 2005, 00:00

    I'm struggling to find a bad word to say about XFX's GeForce 6600 GT 128MB package. That's enough for it to earn a commendation from us.

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  • Gigabyte 3D1

    27 January 2005, 00:00

    Before I even touch on the real-world feasibility of the 3D1, I have to say this - The technology is cool. No matter how logically you try to look at ...

  • 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 ...