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  • Sapphire Radeon X1800 GTO

    24 April 2006, 15:43

    With NVIDIA's AIB partners offering versions of GeFroce 7600 GT at even higher clocks for sensible money, NVIDIA seem to have the ˜£150 mid-range market to themselves. ATI's counter offensive ...

  • PowerColor Radeon X1300 HyperMemory 2

    7 April 2006, 09:29

    It's been over two years since we first reviewed a PowerColor graphics card. In that time Tul's graphics card brand has cemented its position as a shortlist choice for anyone ...

  • NVIDIA Quad-SLI Intro Analysis

    23 March 2006, 10:29

    NVIDIA recently announced Quad SLI at CES, partnering with Dell to show the four GPU extension of their SLI technology to a waiting world. SLI, or Scaleable Link Interface, is ...

  • ATI FireGL V7350 Early Preview

    20 March 2006, 16:22

    With the genlock hardware not available until the second half of this year, uptake for the V7350 is initially going to lie in the 3D modelling and CAD/CAM markets. And ...

  • NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX, 7900 GT and 7600 GT Preview

    9 March 2006, 14:05

    What follows is a fairly in-depth technical discussion of the base architecture common to G71 and G73. Then you'll find talk on G71 and G73 themselves before a look at ...

  • Futuremark 3DMark06 Analysis

    4 March 2006, 10:14

    The launch of Futuremark's 3DMark06, its latest 'Gamer's Benchmark', has thrown up all manner of questions and concerns about the benchmark itself, Futuremark as a company, the changes facing consumer ...

  • ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon X1900

    21 February 2006, 00:37

    The concept of multi-function, multimedia devices such as ATI All-In-Wonder have an inherent appeal to this writer and, for the most part, I’ve been largely impressed with ATI’s most recent ...

  • ATI Radeon X1900 XT Shootout - SAPPHIRE versus PowerColor

    17 February 2006, 13:49

    ATI's Radeon X1900 family is what the X1800 range should have been on launch day. We can recommend both the PowerColor and SAPPHIRE X1900 XT 512MB cards, based on comparative ...

  • NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP Launch Preview

    2 February 2006, 14:11

    Who remembers AGP? Hands up! Ah, just the two of you, thought as much.

    You'd be forgiven for thinking that'd be the way such a conversation with ...

  • ATI Radeon X1900 XT and XTX

    24 January 2006, 00:54

    There are significant differences in how R580 goes about the business of data processing, compared to R520. Be under no illusions; R580 ain't no simple R520 speed bump.... It's those ...

  • ATI Radeon X1300 PRO and X1600 XT

    21 January 2006, 00:06

    The best offerings in the X1300 and X1600 range are what we look at today, as the markers for their sub markets, so join us as we analyse RV515 and ...

  • ASUSTeK EAX1800XT TOP

    17 January 2006, 22:52

    ... let's have a peek and see how close ASUSTeK get to really pleasing the enthusiast with muchos dinero to drop on the latest and greatest...check out whether the ATi ...

  • Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B Radeon X1800 XL 256MB

    20 December 2005, 09:56

    Gigabyte, then, has simply taken a reference ATI Radeon X1800 XL 256MB board and packaged it up with its own bundle. The net result is a proposition, when considered against ...

  • ATI Avivo Winter 2005 Update

    16 December 2005, 19:17

    Splash the cash on a Radeon X1000-series and you'll get deinterlacing performance that's equal to the last gen (and pretty much sucks on old Radeon, so some discerning tests will ...

  • ATI Radeon X1800 Crossfire

    15 December 2005, 18:32

    Radeon X1800 XT Crossfire was always on the cards, bringing the SuperAA and performance acceleration enhancements to that product, but the big question is have the downsides of the first ...

  • NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS Preview

    9 December 2005, 09:46

    As demonstrated, the GeForce 6800 GS is a SKU that fits in right where NVIDIA say it does. Matching the old GT for performance pretty much everywhere, the roughly £150 ...

  • ASUS EAX1800XL 256MB & HIS Excalibur X1800 XL 256MB PCIe graphics cards

    6 December 2005, 19:07

    ATI's Radeon X1800 XL GPU has enough going for it to be worthy of recommendation in the <£300 pricing bracket. ASUS and HIS take reference cards and dress them up ...

  • eVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX BlackPearl 512MB

    30 November 2005, 10:06

    However, we've also found out recently that, regardless of price, there is a market, however small, for boutique bits of PC hardware. The ASUS Extreme N7800GT Dual is one such ...

  • eVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX BlackPearl 512MB Snapshot

    25 November 2005, 21:33

    A standard, always-available clock level of 600/900 makes for drool-worthy performance, with even more possible if you fancy getting your hands dirty with the likes of RivaTuner. In short, it's ...

  • XFX GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB DDR3 XXX Edition

    24 November 2005, 09:50

    There's a new King of Consumer Graphics in town, and he goes by the name of GeForce 7800 GTX 512. NVIDIA's latest high-end hardware creation pairs a tweaked G70 and ...

  • ATI All-In-Wonder X1800 XL - First Hands-On Look

    23 November 2005, 06:21

    Hardcore gamers and well-off speed merchants will want to get some of the action. But so, too, will a bunch of other folk. The list includes those wanting to enjoy ...

  • 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 ...