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  • Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 430/GeForce 6100 Mainboard

    4 November 2005, 07:01

    So what you get for £52 is a solid board with very few surprises that's good for a multitude of uses. Voltage manipulation in BIOS, better subsystem performance, and, perhaps, ...

  • Free RAW-image viewer and thumbnail applet for XP

    1 November 2005, 23:04

    Windows XP has no native support for viewing digital stills in RAW format but there is a free Microsoft Powertoy applet that lets anyone get at RAW files captured from ...

  • 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 ...

  • Shuttle XPC SD11G5 SFF

    28 October 2005, 00:35

    One stumbling block Shuttle faces in marketing the SD11G5 is price. A search of online retailers shows it to retail at around the £340 mark. That's a lot of wedge ...

  • ECS PA1 MVP Extreme

    25 October 2005, 09:00

    From PF4 Extreme to the bonkers PF88 with others in between, the renaissance of the one-time whipping boy of PC mainboards is in full swing. I was lucky enough to ...

  • Scan 3XS AMD Chameleon

    24 October 2005, 10:17

    Mad as a badger, the SCAN 3XS Chameleon SKU has now been finished. Spec lists have been finalised, warranty options cemented and parts options completed on the project and Scan ...

  • Silverstone Tek Temjin TJ06S

    21 October 2005, 11:04

    What this shows more than anything is that the Sliverstone Tek Temjin TJ06s, with its minimal amount of cooling fans, does not fall behind those cases with a greater number ...

  • EQS A72K9-CF

    20 October 2005, 08:41

    EQS enabled HEXUS with its EQS A72K9-CF CrossFire Edition mainboard literally weeks before we got our grubby paws on the ATi Master graphics board required to complete the platform for ...

  • Shuttle XPC SD31P

    17 October 2005, 17:47

    Shuttle's been refining the XPC line for a number of years now. In fact, it's an old hand at it now, and that's shown by the number of decent SFF ...

  • 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 ...

  • Foxconn 6150K8MA-8EKRS Mainboard

    7 October 2005, 16:34

    In summary, then, NVIDIA's plugged the gap that existed in its current chipset lineup by introducing a few new SKUs that feature integrated graphics. The launch is just an evolution ...

  • 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 ...

  • Adobe targets non-techies with V4 Photoshop Elements image editor

    2 October 2005, 19:24

    A wide spread of time-saving features is promised in Photoshop Elements 4.0 - the latest lite version of Adobe's image editing program Photoshop due October

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  • 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 ...

  • HEXUS.snapshot :: Armari Gravistar XRS

    28 September 2005, 21:13

    We've had a look at Armari's Gravistar XR before. Remember when dual-core Opteron launched and I brought our article up using an XR of theirs featuring Opteron 275? I do. ...

  • HEXUS.snapshots :: Scan 3XS Cool Chameleon

    28 September 2005, 18:56

    The Scan 3XS Cool Chameleon married watercooled, overclocked FX-57 power, a pair of 512MiB GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics cards in SLI and a cool fixed disk configuration, all wrapped up ...

  • Adobe plays catch up with easier-to-use basic video editor Premiere Elements 2.0

    28 September 2005, 12:18

    V2 of Adobe's basic video editor Premiere Elements is claimed to boost creativity and save time but, in many instance, Adobe has been playing catch-up with the new features added ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Amacrox Notebook Kit

    23 September 2005, 00:00

    Individually, each component is useful, but nothing worth shouting about. However, combined into a neat, compact package, they become a useful set of accessories that you'll be pleased to include ...

  • HEXUS PSU (Power Supply Unit) Roundup - Taoyuan 2005

    23 September 2005, 00:00

    The vast majority of the ATX 2.0 supplies tested, and ATX 2.0 is what you should be buying these days, will comfortably power a current high-end system without any issues ...

  • PixelView GeForce 7800 GTX 256MiB

    22 September 2005, 00:00

    The PixelView 7800 GTX has everything going for it that any other 7800 GTX has. You\'ll have one of the fastest graphics cards money can buy, and at the time ...

  • NVIDIA GPU Motherboard Solutions - nForce4 410 and 430 with GeForce 6100 and 6150 Announcement

    20 September 2005, 00:00

    Tarinder will have the full review for you very soon. Today's announcement merely whets the appetite for an on-paper product with lots of promise.

  • ATI Avivo Video and Display Engine - Technology Discussion

    20 September 2005, 00:00

    I've mentioned in public recently that R520 isn't all about the performance. This is why.

  • 3-way i955x motherboard shootout

    16 September 2005, 00:00

    If i955X still appeals to you, we can recommend both the ABIT AW8-MAX and Gigabyte 8I955X Royal as decent examples of what retail, high-end i955X implementations are all about. Given ...

  • Rockdirect Pegasus 650 laptop

    12 September 2005, 00:00

    Rockdirect, then, has most of the bases covered with its Pegasus 650 model. It's fast, quiet, reasonably portable, and, subjectively-speaking, looks good, as well. The review model, priced at £1199+VAT, ...

  • NVIDIA ForceWare 70 and 75 MIP Boundary Shimmering with GeForce 7800 GT and GTX

    2 September 2005, 00:00

    At one point in recent months, a driver for the GeForce 6-series of products has introduced worse texture filtering. The hard launch of GeForce 7800 GTX and the Release 75 ...

  • Synology Disk Station DS-101g+

    31 August 2005, 00:00

    At the time of writing, the Disk Station DS-101g+ is available at around the £200 mark. You'll have to supply your own SATA hard drive, but prices are forever dropping ...

  • SAPPHIRE PURE Innovation A9RX480 S939 Mainboard

    29 August 2005, 00:00

    SAPPHIRE Technology is launching a mainboard for AMD Socket 939 processors with all the enthusiast-orientated bells and whistles, and performance, it says, is, well, class-leading. The SAPPHIRE PURE Innovation PI-A9RX480 ...

  • ATI ALL-IN-WONDER X800 GT PCI Express

    27 August 2005, 00:00

    If you want a single board that does 3D and media tuning that comes with good software, and your budget means you\'re happy with the mid-range 3D performance and price ...