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  • Jetway PT800TWIN

    13 September 2004, 00:00

    It\'s a specialist product that works well, but there are a lot of caveats to take into consideration before you\'d do so. You\'ll know straight away if a MagicTwin system ...

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  • ASUS V9999 GeForce 6800 Gamers Edition 256MB

    12 September 2004, 00:00

    ASUS, I feel, has successfully bridged the gulf between vanilla 6800s and GTs in both price and performance. If £250 is absolutely burning a hole in your pocket ASUS' GeForce ...

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  • ATI's All-In-Wonderfuls....

    9 September 2004, 00:00

    In an announcement that’s unlikely to surprise anyone, ATI has launched a new member of its All-in-Wonder multimedia graphics cards based on the Radeon X800 XT GPU. The new card ...

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  • NVIDIA's GeForce 6600 GT

    7 September 2004, 00:00

    Very strong mid-range performance wth many times the raw shader power of NVIDIA's outgoing mid-range hardware, keen price and all the architectural benefits of NV40, without any of the form ...

  • Armari's InertX PF5080

    6 September 2004, 00:00

    Ultimately, save for seriously chilling a coolant to sub-zero temperatures using another refrigerant system or a cascade, there seems little point in buying InertX unless you\'re desperate for peace of ...

  • GALAXY Glacier GeForce 6800 128MB

    4 September 2004, 00:00

    If you can scrape together the extra £75 necessary to purchase a GT model, I'd recommend it, especially with newer gaming titles using huge textures that necessitate larger frame buffers. ...

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  • Zalman TNN500A / Poweroid Silent PC

    20 August 2004, 00:00

    What it all boils down to, really, is if its very select attributes appeal to you. If they do, you'll wonder why nothing like this ever came along before. Cost ...

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  • Chaintech Summit SK8T800 Motherboard

    20 August 2004, 00:00

    Let\'s be clear. The SK8T800 doesn\'t pretend to be an enthusiasts\' board in the least, but a little voltage wouldn\'t have gone astray. Every product should be evaluated with due ...

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  • Prolink Pixelview PlayTV@P7000 Media Centre

    20 August 2004, 00:00

    Using it as a simple TV tuner is not enough to warrant a purchase, however competent it may be at that task. It's marketed as a full PVR system by ...

  • ECS KV2 Extreme

    19 August 2004, 00:00

    Two out of three ECS boards tested, two out of three really excellent products. The PF4 impressed and so does the KV2. Again, the price, feature set and basic performance ...

  • Free and Open Source Software - Part 3

    19 August 2004, 00:00

    In this part, I will cover some tweaks and more advanced tasks - using the ALSA sound driver, installing 3D accelerated graphics drivers, updating the system, playing media, and playing ...

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  • OCZ 2GB PC3200 Performance Series Dual-Channel Kit

    19 August 2004, 00:00

    If you can honestly find a meaningful use for 2GB of unbuffered memory, OCZ's £400 dual-channel pack is as good as any. We'd pair it with AMD's new S939 Athlon ...

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  • Intel Xeon 3.4GHz ['Nocona' core]

    18 August 2004, 00:00

    To sum up, this small-cache Intel Xeon just got usefully faster, but AMD Opteron still easily holds the lead...

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  • HIS Excalibur Platinum Radeon 9600

    14 August 2004, 00:00

    It seems perfect folly for a Shuttle XPC or similar SFF chassis, should two DVI ports be your dream combination for your teeny tiny PC. Imagine a pair of decent ...

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  • Gigabyte K8 Triton GA-K8NS Pro

    13 August 2004, 00:00

    For me, choosing the K8NS Pro lies on how much ATA devices you want to attach to the board. It offers more ATA-based flexibility than the ASUS K8N-E, keeping almost ...

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  • NVIDIA's GeForce 6600 Product Launch

    12 August 2004, 00:00

    Whereas NV40 starts life as a full 16 pixel pipeline (4 quad pipes) part with a 256-bit memory interface, before being used in 6800 Ultra or 6800 GT product, or ...

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  • ECS PF4 Extreme

    11 August 2004, 00:00

    Providing you've got no trouble investing in DDR-II memory, the ECS PF4 Extreme looks to be the best LGA775 mainboard we've yet tested at HEXUS, by quite a distance.

  • AOpen Aeolus GeForce 6800 GT 256MB

    10 August 2004, 00:00

    You have two choices when evaluating which next-generation card to purchase. Firstly, given a budget of around £300, you must choose between ATI\'s Radeon X800 PRO and NVIDIA\'s GeForce 6800 ...

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  • Corepad Mousing Surface

    3 August 2004, 00:00

    It's a simple design, gets all the mousing surface basics right, is easy to clean and does very little wrong. I like the aesthetic and I'm happy enough with it ...

  • LG Flatron L1810B LCD Monitor

    3 August 2004, 00:00

    Overall I'm impressed by the LG, both in terms of specification and initial out of the box impressions. The resolution is a fine fit for the overall screen size, 19" ...

  • ASUS P5GD2 i915P & P5AD2 i925X Premium

    2 August 2004, 00:00

    Intel\'s 900-series of chipsets attempt to modernise motherboard design from almost every angle. The cost of such modernisation is mediocre speed and, perhaps, limited overclockability. ASUS has done a good ...

  • Asetek WaterChill Antarctica KT03A-L30

    2 August 2004, 00:00

    All my issues with the KT12 were blown away with the KT03A. Better relative performance, no more tubing hassles and better packaging all combine to sort out the WaterChill experience. ...

  • ABIT AG8

    28 July 2004, 00:00

    Given the AA8 as a base, the question to be asked of the AG8 is does its use of DDR memory make the platform any more attractive. Again, personally, I ...

  • ABIT AA8 DuraMAX

    28 July 2004, 00:00

    The new platform's inherent downsides all manifest themselves with the AA8, given that it implements absolutely everything new. DDR-II is underwhelming, scarce and more expensive than DDR, PCI Express graphics ...

  • Icy Box IB-350U-BL

    26 July 2004, 00:00

    In the giant sea of new, affordable external hard disk enclosures, the Icy Box stands out due to its appearance and ease of use. Recommended if you\'re in the market ...

  • AOpen Aeolus 6800 Ultra DVD256(E)

    26 July 2004, 00:00

    If the best of the best is what you're looking for, the Aeolus's no-nonsense approach translated into a keen price, makes the performance, features, image quality and noise seem very ...

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  • Shuttle's XPC SB81P

    20 July 2004, 00:00

    It\'s unappealing with the GMA900 on-board video, so wait for PCI Express graphics cards to appear, pick your CPU and GPU poison, then definitely consider the SB81P as the host ...

  • ASUS AX800PRO/TD/P

    16 July 2004, 00:00

    It certainly deserves a place on any X800 PRO shopping list, without being the best value for money you can get just now, ASUS's traditionally high graphics card prices conspiring ...

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  • ASUS A8V Deluxe S939 Wireless Edition Motherboard

    14 July 2004, 00:00

    Paired with low-latency memory and a high-end graphics card, the ASUSTeK A8V Deluxe provides excellent performance right across the board. If you\'ve set your heart on a power system and ...

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  • NVIDIA's GeForce 6800 and 6800 GT GPUs

    13 July 2004, 00:00

    What strikes me most is the performance difference the entire range of product from both IHVs has over the outgoing generation of parts. They all make 9800XT and 5950 Ultra ...

  • Albatron FX5700P Turbo and Gainward Ultra/980 SilentFX Professional

    13 July 2004, 00:00

    If I learned anything from this article it\'s that it doesn\'t pay to take your eye off the mid-range sector, even just for a second. You do so, concentrating on ...

  • Corsair 1GByte DDR2 Twin2X Matched Memory Pair

    12 July 2004, 00:00

    In summary, then, Corsair's 1Gbyte DDR2 memory pack does exactly what it says on the heatspreader. That's not enough for it to receive a recommendation, however, as others offer the ...

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  • Coolermaster KHC-V81-U1 Hyper-6

    12 July 2004, 00:00

    It's a gutsy product to release but it's simply too heavy and too badly attached to recommend unless your case sits flat. It needs a revision in terms of fitment, ...

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