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  • CTS - 2006 :: Short Rant

    10 May 2006, 23:57

    HEXUS.gaming visit the Computer Trade Show at the NEC

  • Patriot Memory Releases the World’s Fastest 1GHz Memory Module

    25 April 2006, 08:57

    By achieving a blazing latency of 4-4-4-12 at 1GHz, the Extreme Performance DDR2 8000 XBL is the fastest memory module in its class.

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  • Firefox 1.5.0.2 fixes bugs, adds native Intel support for Macs

    18 April 2006, 15:04

    Firefox 1.5.0.2, the latest version of the Mozilla Foundation's free web browser, is now available for download in versions for Windows, Linux and Apple Mac OS X. Apple users can ...

  • Scale this

    18 April 2006, 09:24

    Amdahl’s law says that it is the algorithm that decides the speedup and not the number of processors, and you eventually reach a place where parallelization doesn’t buy you anything, ...

  • ATI's ninja programmer, 'Chuck', speaks about Oblivion driver

    9 April 2006, 11:19

    ATI's 'Chuck' has agreed to an exclusive interview with HEXUS to explain how the patch works (and totally debunk my initial analysis!) in a technical sense. But not before answering ...

  • Interview with Sapphire CEO K D Au

    7 April 2006, 09:39

    We often hear about the battles between ATI and NVIDIA but, in his first press interview for four years, Sapphire's CEO K D Au tells an insider's story

  • RFID viruses: A threat or not?

    16 March 2006, 14:19

    While some might say that RFID technology itself is a virus set to spread the earth (a demonic one at that, according to others), a recent investigation by security researchers ...

  • GEIL introduces the next evolution in memory

    12 March 2006, 13:52

    GEIL EVO1 memory promises to wring out the last ounce of performance

  • ATI's Mobility Radeon X1800 XT in a Clevo-designed chassis

    9 March 2006, 13:40

    Desktop-replacement Clevo chassis houses ATI's most powerful mobile GPU.

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  • ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 XT

    9 March 2006, 10:14

    ATI has got back into the high-end GPU game with its mobile derivation of its desktop X1800 XT GPU. What would have been absolutely killer was a mobile part based ...

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  • Pinnacle Studio 10.5 updater

    6 March 2006, 12:02

    Studio 10.5 patch - Pinnacle strongly recommends that users of all versions of Studio 10 install this patch

  • Starting out the year with no fear

    19 January 2006, 10:17

    Casual my ass, I’m trying to get to the Holodeck

  • NVIDIA introduces G72 and GeForce 7300 GS

    18 January 2006, 14:10

    Today, 18th January 2006, sees the launch of NVIDIA's first 90nm desktop graphics processor, codenamed G72, and its first desktop SKU.

  • Futuremark 3DMark06 Launch

    18 January 2006, 13:48

    Today, the 18th of January 2006, sees the release of the next version of 3DMark, snappily codenamed 3DMark06. And as such, this new 3DMark commands some respect for the grandfathers ...

  • Intel Napa Platform - a brief look

    6 January 2006, 01:35

    Napa, the overall name given to the three hardware requirements of a Yonah CPU, i945 Express chipset, and PRO/Wireless 3945ABG WiFi, brings with it the loveliness of dual-core in a ...

  • The best and worst of 2005

    28 December 2005, 09:34

    The year has almost come to a close, so we want to find out what the best and worst technologies and creactions of 2005 have been. Normally in a 'summing ...

  • ATI Avivo still promising more than it delivers?

    22 December 2005, 13:43

    HEXUS.lifestyle's standing-on-a-high-horse specialist Bob Crabtree vents his spleen on the latest developments with Avivo - ATI's much-touted, next-generation video decoding, encoding and deinterlacing technology

  • Have a happy happy gaming holiday

    21 December 2005, 12:47

    This year, like every year before it, is going to be the best year ever for fantastic game performance, exciting games, super powerful platforms, affordable prices, and community playing in ...

  • Best of both big VGA worlds - Rys' HEXUS.blogz

    19 December 2005, 09:14

    A quick article for HEXUS.blogz that outlines the trials and tribulations of getting a graphics board each from ATI and NVIDIA to work and cooperate in the same workstation system, ...

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  • Small-in-one entertainment

    7 December 2005, 15:28

    Evesham launches the smallest and most stylish home entertainment PC in the UK

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  • Can BETA-test sites be trusted to provide 100% independent and objective reviews ?

    21 November 2005, 13:53

    This is a very important subject and your opinion is very important. It could well affect the honesty and quality of buying advice and editorial you read in the future...

  • Laptop bag not so anonymous after all...

    15 November 2005, 19:57

    I write this sat in the central section of Edinburgh Waverley train station, waiting for my onward train on the way up to Aberdeen. If you know the station well, ...

  • ATi RADEON X1800 XT availability - UPDATED

    10 November 2005, 16:53

    While perhaps not as quick off the mark for availability following launch as NVIDIA, the good news is that ATi Technologies' new flagship card is starting to appear in online ...

  • S3 Graphics ChromeS20 overview

    3 November 2005, 13:02

    S3 Graphics has the potential, if executed perfectly from both hardware and software viewpoints, to seriously challenge NVIDIA and ATI's dominance in the midrange 3D market and become the third ...

  • It’s not all fun and games y’know – is too!

    30 October 2005, 22:07

    Just got back from the Austin Game Conference. A smallish show by comparison to GDC in San Francisco in March, and about the same size of the last ECTS in ...

  • Godfrey Cheng of ATI - Avivo and video after R1K's launch

    19 October 2005, 16:03

    As part of our continuing coverage of the new ATI Radeon X1000-series of graphics products on HEXUS.core and HEXUS.lifestyle, I had the chance to exchange email recently with Godfrey Cheng, ...

  • Elitegroup Computer Systems - an overview

    17 October 2005, 20:03

    Our quick profile of ECS and trip up to the U.K HQ was intended to show you that sales volume and brand exposure don't necessarily go hand-in-hand in the PC ...

  • Foxconn - the biggest name you've not heard of

    11 October 2005, 13:32

    As someone who sees nothing much past the finished retail product, it was nice to take a look at the other side of the fence, where products are launched, strategies ...

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  • ASUS Extreme N7800GT Dual

    10 October 2005, 13:34

    ASUS didn't can the idea of two GPUs on a single board in SLI mode, though. The recent release of NVIDIA G70 which powers the GeForce 7800 GTX and 7800 ...

  • The HEXUS.gaming Test Rig

    30 September 2005, 18:39

    Details of the HEXUS.gaming Test Rig.

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  • Flowcharting – a Structure Guide to Life-Decisions. The long wait is over!

    27 September 2005, 13:39

    You can't be serious is a new section on DVdoctor devoted to the lighter side of life. Bob Crabtree kicks things off with some reminiscences of his failed comedic past ...

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  • Sex, Lies and Hard-Drives

    16 September 2005, 00:00

    Disklabs' Simon Steggles shares with HEXUS an interesting tale of old hard drives giving up a lot of, potentially costly, secrets.

  • Is it time for Dell to file for Divorce?

    14 September 2005, 00:00

    Dell is dull, and when companies like Apple, Alienware, and VoodooPC employ strategies that influence early adopters, a company like Dell must realize that there could be consequences down the ...