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  • SavRow Razor 1.7 Laptop

    8 June 2004, 00:00

    SavRow's Razor 1.7 does a damn fine job of eliminating long-held belief that a laptop cannot be both thin-and light and a desktop-replacement at the same time. Copious amounts of ...

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  • Zalman Reserator 1

    1 June 2004, 00:00

    It all depends on what you want. Do you want to overclock? Look elsewhere. Do you mind a wee bit of fan noise? Look elsewhere. Do you want is-my-PC-even-switched-on silence? ...

  • ATI PCI Express Introduction

    1 June 2004, 00:00

    ATI\'s transition to PCI Express is a logical one, the company well placed to take advantage of the technology, both in marketing, production and performance terms. An evolutionary step in ...

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  • AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 and Model 3800+ socket-939 CPUs

    1 June 2004, 00:00

    The bottom line is very simple. AMD\'s delivered performance in spades with its new Socket-939 processors; performance that makes Intel\'s Pentium 4s look impotent in comparison. We await Intel\'s response ...

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  • ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700

    29 May 2004, 00:00

    It's pretty clear that mobile graphics are in the ascendancy. Current top end mobile GPUs enable excellent DX8-level performance and DX9 titles are certainly playable. The advent of swappable graphics ...

  • Rock Xtreme XTR-3.2 Laptop

    29 May 2004, 00:00

    If Rock can position this exact specification at, say, £1499 including VAT and delivery we'd be more inclined to look upon it favourably. For £1800+ we'd really be looking at ...

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  • MSI K8N Neo Platinum Edition nF3 250Gb

    27 May 2004, 00:00

    We just need a revised BIOS that allows the enthusiast really push the board to the limit. The AGP/PCI lock is in place but it\'s of questionable value when multiplier ...

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  • ABIT KV8 Pro K8T800 Pro Motherboard

    25 May 2004, 00:00

    This will undoubtedly be ABIT's cheaper S754 VIA K8T800 Pro motherboard. Expect a MAX3 model soon, and we're sure it'll be laden with various cooling gadgets and a few extra ...

  • Hiper HSU-3S350 Power Supply

    25 May 2004, 00:00

    It\'s a quiet supply that should serve you well if 320W sustained and limited connectivity options are all you\'re looking for.

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  • VIA K8T800 Pro (S940) Chipset

    24 May 2004, 00:00

    The reference board has shown that motherboard manufacturers will have an easy time in switching between present K8T800-based production to Pro boards. We've seen most major manufacturers produce press releases ...

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  • Shuttle XPC SB61G2 v3.0

    22 May 2004, 00:00

    It\'s a tidy, polished implementation of a well trodden concept, with the odd rough edge here and there. But nobody else does a Pentium 4 SFF box quite like Shuttle, ...

  • XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra 256MB

    22 May 2004, 00:00

    It's hard to recommend XGI's top card with the current driver set. The company needs to bolster image quality before concentrating on all-out performance, really. A promising product that's severly ...

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  • Silverstone Temjin III (TJ-03)

    18 May 2004, 00:00

    In all honesty my first impressions of the SilverStone TJ-03 were very high. There are a few areas that I’m not 100% happy with but let's hope SilverStone keep producing ...

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  • NVIDIA's MXM Mobile Graphics Form Factor

    17 May 2004, 00:00

    NVIDIA\'s biggest chance of success with MXM comes from the Go variant of their new GeForce 6 series of GPUs. Strong performance and a solution based around it that\'s attractive ...

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  • ATI's Radeon X800 PRO

    14 May 2004, 00:00

    It may pay to see what NVIDIA have to offer in the same price range and we'll be evaluating 6800GT performance in the near future, but in isolation against the ...

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  • Ideazon Zboard

    13 May 2004, 00:00

    Great idea, poor execution. In my humble opinion of course. It might be worth tracking one down for a feel or play before you buy, to save you being disappointed. ...

  • Time Platina Athlon 64 Laptop

    13 May 2004, 00:00

    I'm left wanting for a better display, DDR400 SODIMMs, 802.11g, some slight keyboard tweaks and a nice rucksack to carry it around in. It looks good, it performs well, the ...

  • Jetway N2VIEW

    12 May 2004, 00:00

    With an onboard graphics core and decent performance from Athlon XP, the N2VIEW makes a lot more sense as a MagicTwin platform, compared to the PT800TWIN. Low cost processors, no ...

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  • Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz Prescott

    9 May 2004, 00:00

    Indifferent performance, heat problems, lack of S478 upgrade potential, and strained availability, at the end, all count against a recommendation for the Pentium 4 3.4GHz Prescott processor. Looking at the ...

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  • USB-PenDrive.co.uk 32MB USB Bar

    9 May 2004, 00:00

    The 32MB Bar isn\'t going back, unless they send me a 256MB version, perfect for all the extra things I\'d like a bootable USB key to do. I can\'t really ...

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  • EPoX 8KDA3+ nForce3 250Gb

    6 May 2004, 00:00

    The NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb is a step forward for Socket-754, albeit one that's taken six months to arrive. Fortunately EPoX has done a decent job with the 8KDA3+. The lack ...

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  • ATI's Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition

    4 May 2004, 00:00

    R420 is what NV40 brought to the table in terms of performance, amplified, especially at its maximum AA mode. My 'ohmygod fast' exclamation on the second page really doesn't do ...

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  • Alienware Area51-m Extreme

    22 April 2004, 00:00

    Personally I love it. I'm a geek, I appreciate a £650 server CPU in my laptop. I appreciate being able to swap the GPU. I like having a 4x DVD+RW ...

  • nForce3 250 Chipset Overclocking

    20 April 2004, 00:00

    There is no doubt in our minds that the AMD Athlon 64 will take a great leap forward in overclocking circles with the launch of the nForce3 250 chipset. At ...

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  • ASUS P4R800-V Deluxe Motherboard

    17 April 2004, 00:00

    Given the street price of ~£75 and the wealth of features on offer from ASUS, the P4R800-V Deluxe is an excellent motherboard if pure performance isn\'t your primary aim. ASUS ...

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  • Point of View GeForce FX 5900XT

    15 April 2004, 00:00

    With Point of View's card coming in at £130, along with the stylish presentation and good bundle that includes the excellent Call of Duty, it's hard not to recommend it. ...

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  • Gainward FX PowerPack! Ultra/1100 XT

    15 April 2004, 00:00

    There's not much the Gainward FX PowerPack! Ultra/1100 XT does wrong. It's fast for its target market and at £135 including dreaded VAT in the U.K., it's a few pounds ...

  • NVIDIA's GeForce 6800 Ultra GPU

    14 April 2004, 00:00

    NVIDIA have surprised me with NV40. It's rediculously fast compared to R360 in some tests, if you avoid the 8X supersampling mode. But there lies the rub. Shouldn't we expect ...

  • ABIT Radeon 9800 XT 256MB

    12 April 2004, 00:00

    The ATI Radeon 9800 XT 256MB card is a fine proposition for the enthusiast that wants the best gaming experience right now. ABIT, however, does not do enough to justify ...

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  • ASUS SK8V

    8 April 2004, 00:00

    If you're new to the market and know you want FX-5x (53 is going to be avaliable to buy soon), wait for the K8T800 Pro version if you want to ...

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  • Shuttle XPC SB75G2 and XPC ST62K Zen

    3 April 2004, 00:00

    Shuttle, it seems, plans to dominate the lucrative SFF market by using a strategy of offering the consumer a cube based on every available chipset. Two newer cubes, reviewed today, ...

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  • Intel Celeron 2.8GHz

    29 March 2004, 00:00

    The Celeron is positioned such that it will fit into a huge number of boards - literally every S478 going. It's cheap by Intel standards but, and here's the big ...

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  • AOpen AK86-L K8T800 S754 Motherboard

    26 March 2004, 00:00

    If evaluated in context of its intended pricing structure the AOpen AK86-L deserves to be included on at least a shortlist of boards. It doesn't particularly excel in any one ...

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