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AMD Radeon HD 3870: the new midrange DX10 king?

15 November 2007, 05:00

November is a make-or-break month for AMD. The Radeon HD 3800 family is the first three products that it hopes will revive its flagging fortune. Well, though priced at only ...

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GeCube HD2600XT X2 DDR2 1024MiB - GEMINI 3

14 November 2007, 08:29

What do you do when the GPU manufacturer on which you base your cards upon procrastinates in filling a huge gap in the line-up? We're talking about GeCube's plight with ...

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Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT Dual

12 October 2007, 07:29

Sapphire pulls out a dual-GPU Radeon HD 2600 XT out of the technical hat. We tell you if it's any good.

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Radeon HD 2600 XT shootout - GeCube v Sapphire

10 October 2007, 09:02

Two special-edition Radeon HD 2600 XTs go head-to-head in our shootout. Sapphire's silence against GeCube's cooling. Which one is better?

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HIS Radeon HD 2900 Pro 512MiB Limited Edition

5 October 2007, 08:54

There's a new GPU in town, and its job is to pistol-whip the GeForce 8800 GTS 320 in to submission.

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Sapphire Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MiB

30 August 2007, 08:50

We take a look at Sapphire's Radeon HD 2900 XT. The company has been known to known to produce truly customised SKUs in the past, so will its R600 ...

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HIS Radeon HD 2600 XTs

24 August 2007, 09:02

We take a look at two non-reference Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics cards - the HIS Radeon HD 2600 XT Zalman Fan and IceQ Turbo - and pit them against ...

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

2 August 2007, 09:12

With 1.5GiB of framebuffer, support for two 9.2 megapixel digital displays if you've got them, and G80 at the helm, the Quadro FX 5600 is at the top of 'ultra ...

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ASUS vs ASUS: GeForce 8800 Ultra vs. Radeon HD 2900 XT.

18 July 2007, 08:34

We take a look at two ASUS graphics cards that represent the pinnacle of AMD and NVIDIA's engineering. It's XT vs. Ultra, and we duly focus on performance and price.

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GeCube Radeon X1650 XT Dual 512MB

12 July 2007, 11:24

Some makers of graphics cards tear up the reference design, stamp on it, burn it, throw it out of the window and start all over again. One such is GeCube ...

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ASUS EN8600GTS and Foxconn 8600GT-256

10 July 2007, 09:33

Can the latest graphics cards to pass through our labs finally win us over to NVIDIA new mid-range family? Or will the ASUS EN8600GTS and Foxconn 8600GT-256 turn out to ...

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Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 PRO 256MB - pre-overclocked

5 July 2007, 10:47

We take a look at Sapphire's pre-overclocked and attractively-priced Radeon HD 2600 PRO and tell you whether it's worth £65 of your money.

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AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT and Radeon HD 2400 XT - saviours or sinners

1 July 2007, 18:22

Bottom line: there's a heap of promise in the Radeon HD 2400/2600 series. That promise is severely compromised by lacklustre performance and instability caused by the test drivers. We await ...

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XFX GeForce 8600 GTS XXX Edition - hardcore and expensive!

27 June 2007, 19:06

XFX GeForce 8600 GTS XXX Edition - hardcore and expensive!

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Inno3D iChiLL 8600GTS XStriker3

27 June 2007, 08:54

Inno3D joins the 8600GTS fray with the first non-reference board we've seen so far. But can it offer enough to help it stand out from the crowd, or will it ...

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eVGA 8800 Ultra Superclocked

12 June 2007, 00:53

Fast, sure, but the asking price makes it untenable for most

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ASUS GeForce 8800 GTS 320 - the best buy under £200?

31 May 2007, 08:52

Bottom line: you can buy cheaper GeForce 8800 GTS 320s, you can buy faster-clocked models, too, but ASUS' well-rounded package should be put on your shortlist if your next graphics-card ...

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XFX GeForce 8600 GT XXX Edition - hardcore or not?

17 May 2007, 08:55

XFX GeForce 8600 GT XXX Edition - hardcore or not?

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HIS AMD ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

14 May 2007, 05:00

Worth £250 of your money, yes. As fast as we had hoped for, absolutely not.

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ECS N8600GTS-256MX+

9 May 2007, 07:13

Bottom line: The ECS N8600GTS-256MX+ carries sound technology that's not currently leveraged due to a lack of DX10-programmed titles. The price is also a little high when compared to the ...

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3-way passively-cooled midrange shootout. Sapphire vs HIS vs XFX

4 May 2007, 08:45

Bottom line: we'd look past the Sapphire and invest the extra £23 and go for the HIS card. XFX makes an equally strong case, especially in performance terms, so it ...

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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

2 May 2007, 19:00

Bottom line: The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MiB is the fastest single graphics card on the planet and should make for the fastest multi-GPU setup, too. The question of whether ...

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ASUS EN8800GTX AquaTank - the fastest graphics card in the world?

1 May 2007, 08:47

ASUS EN8800GTX AquaTank - the fastest graphics card in the world?

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Bottom line: an interesting limited-run product based on sound engineering that offers decent DX9 performance. Much like the GeForce 7950 GX2, it's a performance/features stopgap until the Next Big Thing ...

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MSI GeForce 8600GTS - the new mid-range champion?

17 April 2007, 14:00

MSI GeForce 8600GTS - the new mid-range champion?

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Inno3D iChiLL 7950GT Accelero S1M 256MiB

12 April 2007, 22:24

Bottom line: a well-executed non-reference design on an outgoing GPU.

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GeCube vs Sapphire - Radeon X1950 Pro AGP: the must-have upgrade?

4 April 2007, 08:35

Bottom line - X1950 Pro AGP is a decent SKU, GeCube needs to do better in a couple of areas, so Sapphire, offering a consistent package in every respect, takes ...

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HIS X1950Pro IceQ 3 Turbo review

28 March 2007, 08:58

Bottom line: as good as the non-reference designs are, we'd probably save the £30, buy a standard Sapphire X1950 Pro, and spend the extra on a triple-A title. Users looking ...

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ASUS EAX1950PRO HDTP/256M - the best yet?

23 March 2007, 08:43

The ASUS EAX1950PRO/HDTP/256M manages a great deal without compromising on price. It's just a touch more expensive than Sapphire's X1950 Pro SKU, yet adds a nice heatpipe cooler to the ...

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ECS GeForce 8800 GTS 320 graphics card - yours for £180

13 March 2007, 08:16

Bottom line: a well-executed product that's compromised by late arrival in the channel.

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GeCube Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 FZ Cool Fan HDCP Edition

9 March 2007, 08:22

The massive cooler doesn't mean massive overclocks, either, and the lack of a guaranteed overclock makes you wonder if it's worth the wad of extra money. In comparison to the ...

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Inno3D iChiLL 7900GS Arctic Cooling Silencer 6

2 March 2007, 07:17

The Inno3D iChiLL 7900GS offers a near-perfect bunch of enthusiast-oriented features at an excellent price and it's available right now. Recommended at £110.

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Shootout at the 8800 GTX corral: ECS vs OCZ...

16 February 2007, 08:47

However, neither the ECS or OCZ efforts better the overall proposition offered by the likes of the widely available ASUS and XFX SKUs

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