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  • XFX GeForce 6600 DDR2 256MB PCIe

    17 November 2005, 09:49

    In summary, then, XFX's GeForce 6600 DDR2 256MB card provides more-than decent performance for the £80 asking price. Add to this the high-quality bundle and immediate availability and we have ...

  • NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512

    14 November 2005, 14:01

    In article 3603 for HEXUS, I waxed lyrical about the ATI Radeon X1800 XT. Very late, and more than a bit hot and noisy, it's still a GPU that kicks ...

  • Leadtek PX7800 GTX TDH MyVIVO Extreme 256MB and SAPPHIRE RADEON HD X1800 XT 512MB

    11 November 2005, 14:20

    What we've learned today is that both ATI and NVIDIA's partners know how to put a decent package together. Both cards, although expensive, offer something the other doesn't, and neither ...

  • SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 XL 256MB & XFX GeForce 7800 GT 256MB

    29 October 2005, 16:42

    Both card packages offer compelling reasons for purchase but given a direct choice between the two, our money would slide over into XFX's corner for a number of reasons. Its ...

  • PowerColor X800 GT Xtreme 256MB and X800 GT EVO Tide Water 256MB

    14 October 2005, 09:44

    So, in summary, we've looked at a couple of PowerColor X800 GT cards and have come away with the feeling that whilst both offer something new in the marketplace, the ...

  • ASUS Extreme N7800GT Dual

    11 October 2005, 17:51

    A recent headline article on HEXUS introduced the ASUS Extreme N7800GT Dual in a hands-on preview of the first single-board SLI product to use NVIDIA G70. ASUS had previously tried ...

  • ATI Radeon X1800 XT Preview

    5 October 2005, 13:54

    This initial gloss over the tech, board evaluation and performance snapshot should have you salivating at the thought of buying a 3D accelerator in the near future. Radeon 1800 XT, ...

  • Connect3D Radeon X800 GTO 256MB PCIe and GECUBE Radeon X800 GTO Ultimate 256MB PCIe

    4 October 2005, 18:33

    Both Connect3D and GECUBE have launched competitive Radeon X800 GTO 256MB cards that offer something different to the consumer. If you're inclined to meddle with VIVO and want a midrange ...

  • SAPPHIRE Radeon X800 GTO² 256MB PCIe

    30 September 2005, 08:44

    Evaluated as a purely default card, the SAPPHIRE X800 GTO² 256MB doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's priced at around £20 above a number of X800 GTOs that ...

  • PowerColor Radeon X850 Pro 256MiB

    29 September 2005, 11:17

    You could almost reduce the 6800GT/X850 Pro battle to the flip of a coin, but the simple fact is both with play any currently available game well, so PowerColor's X850 ...

  • SAPPHIRE X800 GTO Ultimate 256MB PCIe

    28 September 2005, 01:44

    Priced at £129.99, the financial cost of having a passively-cooled card is a £10 or so premium over a regular ATI Radeon X800 GT0 256MB card. Is it worth it? ...

  • ATI Crossfire - X850 Crossfire Edition and Platform Basics

    26 September 2005, 00:00

    Crossfire was always set to launch before the next generation of ATI graphics processors and with those launching in a week or so it was time for Crossfire systems to ...

  • PixelView GeForce 7800 GTX 256MiB

    22 September 2005, 00:00

    The PixelView 7800 GTX has everything going for it that any other 7800 GTX has. You\'ll have one of the fastest graphics cards money can buy, and at the time ...

  • ATI Avivo Video and Display Engine - Technology Discussion

    20 September 2005, 00:00

    I've mentioned in public recently that R520 isn't all about the performance. This is why.

  • NVIDIA ForceWare 70 and 75 MIP Boundary Shimmering with GeForce 7800 GT and GTX

    2 September 2005, 00:00

    At one point in recent months, a driver for the GeForce 6-series of products has introduced worse texture filtering. The hard launch of GeForce 7800 GTX and the Release 75 ...

  • ATI ALL-IN-WONDER X800 GT PCI Express

    27 August 2005, 00:00

    If you want a single board that does 3D and media tuning that comes with good software, and your budget means you\'re happy with the mid-range 3D performance and price ...

  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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, ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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, ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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, ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • ATI Crossfire - Technology Preview

    31 May 2005, 00:00

    There\'s a whole bunch of stuff yet to be answered that ATI don\'t cater for in the press docs handed out to hacks like me. I\'ll cover those both in ...

  • ASUS Extreme N6800Ultra/2DT

    15 May 2005, 00:00

    ASUS hasn\'t done anything really wrong with the EN6800 Ultra card, but it\'s let an opportunity go begging to design the ultimate GeForce 6800 Ultra, one that would use a ...