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abit IN9 32X-MAX WiFi

10 August 2007, 09:14

abit has produced some of the most memorable and innovative mainboards of the past decade. But can its IN9 32X-MAX WiFi improve over the excellent NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI reference ...

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Philips 7FF1AW Digital PhotoFrame

10 August 2007, 09:10

Day-tripper John Hill wants to enjoy some of the photos currently stuck in an electronic shoe-box (his PC's hard disk) and checks out how they look on the Philips 7FF1AW ...

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Thecus N5200 Pro - NAS with an injection of iSCSI

8 August 2007, 09:08

Thecus recently applied the "make it better" methodology to its five-disk N5200 NAS device. It's taken the original and sped it up, added some features and come up with a ...

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Netgear XE104 Powerline Ethernet Switch

6 August 2007, 11:39

Powerline is Netgear’s version of network using the electrical wiring in your home. We take their 4-port Powerline switch, the XE104, to task and see if it can match up ...

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Corsair VX450W PSU

6 August 2007, 09:08

Power supplies rated towards 1kW and beyond are overkill for the majority of users. What they want are reliable, efficient, quiet PSUs that are able to provide ample power to ...

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Antec MX-1 SATA HDD enclosure

3 August 2007, 11:30

Antec enters the external data-storage market with the MX-1 enclosure for 3.5in SATA drives. We take a look to see just how good it is and learn that there is ...

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

2 August 2007, 09:12

With 1.5GiB of framebuffer, support for two 9.2 megapixel digital displays if you've got them, and G80 at the helm, the Quadro FX 5600 is at the top of 'ultra ...

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AMD 690G motherboard showdown - ASUS v Sapphire

1 August 2007, 16:25

The AMD 690G chipset offers class-leading integrated graphics with certification for Windows Vista Premium, plus AVIVO video acceleration, multi-display support and HDCP-protected DVI and HDMI output. We put the latest ...

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Altec Lansing inMotion iM600 iPod speaker dock

27 July 2007, 08:39

As we’ve seen with the yet to be launched (in the UK) iPhone, manufacturers will jump on any damn bandwagon they can to launch an extra that you’ll then blindly ...

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Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP-HC LCD monitor - 5 months on.

27 July 2007, 08:39

Dell raised the ante with its high-colour 30in LCD monitor. Is it really as good as it sounds? Let me spill the beans after using it for 5 months.

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Patriot PDC22G9200ELK high-speed DDR2 memory

25 July 2007, 08:49

Patriot tips its hat into the high-speed DDR2 ring and challenges the likes of Corsair, OCZ and Kingston.

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Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword

23 July 2007, 09:43

Sid Meir’s Civilization IV can easily lay claim to being the best Civ game in the series, covering some 6000 years of human history in a single, epic game. With ...

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Lord of the NAS: QNAP Turbo Station TS-109 Pro

23 July 2007, 08:55

Regular HEXITES will be no strangers to suitable home storage products; we've reviewed a number of NAS products now, but today is the first time we've presented to you a ...

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MSI P35 Platinum - all thrills and no spills?

20 July 2007, 09:06

MSI has added its Platinum treatment to a Intel P35 DDR2-based board that features a rollercoaster heatpipe. Is it all thrills and no spills?

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ASUS vs ASUS: GeForce 8800 Ultra vs. Radeon HD 2900 XT.

18 July 2007, 08:34

We take a look at two ASUS graphics cards that represent the pinnacle of AMD and NVIDIA's engineering. It's XT vs. Ultra, and we duly focus on performance and price.

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Intel Core 2 CPU refresh - QX6850 and E6750

16 July 2007, 05:02

Today, Intel is launching a revised range of mid-market-to-high-end Core 2 processors, still 65nm but with a faster front-side bus. Are they fast enough to get CPU lovers everywhere reaching ...

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GeCube Radeon X1650 XT Dual 512MB

12 July 2007, 11:24

Some makers of graphics cards tear up the reference design, stamp on it, burn it, throw it out of the window and start all over again. One such is GeCube ...

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WolfKing Timber Wolf

11 July 2007, 09:44

This time around we’re having a look at the Warrior’s big brother, the Timber Wolf… so think along the lines of a normal keyboard but with a Warrior sprouting out ...

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WolfKing Warrior

10 July 2007, 11:12

We take the WolfKing Warrior and put it through its paces, working hard until my poor little wrist was sore… shooters, flight sims and even BETA games software were used ...

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ASUS EN8600GTS and Foxconn 8600GT-256

10 July 2007, 09:33

Can the latest graphics cards to pass through our labs finally win us over to NVIDIA new mid-range family? Or will the ASUS EN8600GTS and Foxconn 8600GT-256 turn out to ...

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Cooler Master COSMOS

6 July 2007, 08:46

We were the first to break the news from CeBIT of Cooler Master's forthcoming steel-based Cosmos chassis and now we have the first European review. But just how much of ...

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Sennheiser personal-stereo headsets - PX10, PMX70 & MX90VC

6 July 2007, 04:39

Day-tripper John Hill continues his search for the perfect headset to go with his iPod. In this review he's looking at three offerings from Sennheiser - the banded in-ear PX10, ...

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Scarface: The World is Yours - Wii

5 July 2007, 13:14

The 1980's drug fuelled world of Miami is brought back to life in Scarface: The World is Yours on Wii. Knee-cap enemies, deal cocaine and ruthlessly climb your way to ...

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Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 PRO 256MB - pre-overclocked

5 July 2007, 10:47

We take a look at Sapphire's pre-overclocked and attractively-priced Radeon HD 2600 PRO and tell you whether it's worth £65 of your money.

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Thermaltake Soprano DX

4 July 2007, 08:34

We're taking a look at a new all-aluminium chassis from Thermaltake, the £85 Soprano DX. Apart from the front door, it looks just like the previous Soprano model. So is ...

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Monster Madness: Battle For Suburbia - Xbox 360

3 July 2007, 00:18

Monster Madness: Battle of Suburbia is a 3D top-down, hack 'n slash monster slaying fest with cartoon-styled colourful graphics, a hefty portion of tongue-in-cheek humour and a heart-thumping pace that ...

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ASUS P5K3 Deluxe - high-bandwidth mobo

2 July 2007, 09:08

Is it worth the £15 price premium over its DDR2-equipped stable-mate? Lets' find out!

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AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT and Radeon HD 2400 XT - saviours or sinners

1 July 2007, 18:22

Bottom line: there's a heap of promise in the Radeon HD 2400/2600 series. That promise is severely compromised by lacklustre performance and instability caused by the test drivers. We await ...

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XFX GeForce 8600 GTS XXX Edition - hardcore and expensive!

27 June 2007, 19:06

XFX GeForce 8600 GTS XXX Edition - hardcore and expensive!

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Inno3D iChiLL 8600GTS XStriker3

27 June 2007, 08:54

Inno3D joins the 8600GTS fray with the first non-reference board we've seen so far. But can it offer enough to help it stand out from the crowd, or will it ...

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The Darkness - Xbox 360

26 June 2007, 12:49

With Chronicles of Riddick, Starbreeze created a visually unique looking game and pushed the capabilities of the Xbox hardware to its limits and I'm glad to tell you that they've ...

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