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Asetek WaterChill Xtreme 12V Pump/Reservoir

24 August 2005, 00:00

The design is revolutionary. I'm sure we'll see copycat designs surfacing to flatter the Asetek engineers. Performance is excellent, this pump should be able to handle the most taxing of ...

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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 ...

Shuttle XPC SB95P v2.0

16 August 2005, 00:00

For ultimate gaming in a Shuttle XPC, you need to look elsewhere, and in that respect the SB95P v2.0 trips over its own shoelaces in the race to the gaming ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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Rockdirect XTI 3.8 Performance Review

8 August 2005, 00:00

Users looking for ultimate notebook performance should seriously consider Rockdirect's XTI series. Taking into account overall performance, the XTI 3.8 is the fastest notebook we've tested thus far.

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Quiet PC/Zalman TNN 300 System

8 August 2005, 00:00

Summarising the Quiet PC/TNN 300 system is quite simple, really. It's a niche product that will appeal, in no uncertain terms, to a select bunch of users that value silence ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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ECS PF5 Extreme

25 July 2005, 00:00

The ECS PF5 Extreme isn't a bad board by any means. We feel as if a few tweaks here and there will make it into a real contender in the ...

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The joys of redundancy: XFX's Revo 64

20 July 2005, 00:00

If you need high data rates and really don't need the hassle of downtime thanks to a dead hard drive, RAID is your answer. If you want efficient usage of ...

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Thecus N4100 IP Storage Appliance

18 July 2005, 00:00

If you're looking for a new means of storing and protecting the vast amount of data you have somehow managed to acquire, then ask yourself whether an IP storage solution ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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OCZ Technology EL DDR PC-3200 Gold Edition Dual Channel

8 July 2005, 00:00

There\'s never been a better time to buy system RAM than right now. £130 buys you a 1GB DDR1 dual-channel pack that gives superlative performance when paired up with a ...

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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 ...

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Scan Cool Chameleon - A First Look

28 June 2005, 00:00

The Chameleon is a product unique not only in Scan's approach to its conception, development and prototyping (they're a new company to creating boutique PCs like this after all), but ...

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ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 SLI S939 Motherboard

28 June 2005, 00:00

Think carefully about what you want from a S939 board. If it's features above all else, look elsewhere, frankly. If it's the promise of sky-high overclocks and care and attention ...

AMD Athlon 64 FX-57

27 June 2005, 00:00

Put simply: if you want the fastest x86 processor on the planet, measured using games and single-threaded benchmarks, the FX-57 should be the only thing on your shopping list.

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EPoX EP-9NPA+ SLI Motherboard

26 June 2005, 00:00

Priced at around £105, the 9NPA+ SLI matches other manufacturers\' similarly priced efforts in both features and performance, making it worthy of consideration if you want a fast, stable board ...

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Rock Xtreme Ti 3.6 Laptop

23 June 2005, 00:00

There's no doubt that the Rock Xtreme Ti is a fast, fast gaming laptop. However, Rock really needs to look at the engineering and component choice of, say, Dell's Inspiron ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 Laptop

17 June 2005, 00:00

The chosen combination of Pentium M 770 and GeForce 6800 Go Ultra 256MB make for, without doubt, the fastest gaming laptop ever to grace HEXUS Labs, and I keep repeating ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 'Venice' Overclocking

3 June 2005, 00:00

If you've already got a decent S939 motherboard on your hands it would be almost criminal not to try an Athlon 64 3000+ E3-stepping CPU. Sure, it's not hugely fast ...

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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 ...

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Intel i945G chipset

31 May 2005, 00:00

In short, the i945G (or i945P) is a reasonable proposition for all but the die-hard enthusiast who needs the ability to run two graphics cards in tandem. I hope that ...

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Shuttle XPC ST20G5

29 May 2005, 00:00

SurroundView in such a powerful, small space is what really sells this Shuttle XPC to me. If that appeals to you, go forth and purchase. After the disappointment of the ...

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