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AMD RS780G - integrated graphics redefined!

4 March 2008, 10:49

AMD latest motherboard chipset - the RS780G - looks to completely redefine the market for integrated graphics. Unlike its rivals, it has power enough to run modern games and can ...

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Watercooling a Radeon HD 3870 X2 the Sapphire way

3 March 2008, 10:35

Sapphire slaps a waterblock on the two-GPU Radeon HD 3870 X2 and cools it with a self-contained unit.

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VIA Pico-ITX - not quite the perfect form-factor

29 February 2008, 23:21

HEXUS gives you the lowdown on VIA's tiny, tiny Pico-ITX motherboard. Is small really beautiful?

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Burnout Paradise - Xbox 360

27 February 2008, 14:19

From the second the start-up menu flickers on screen and a rendition of Gun’s ‘N Roses ‘Paradise City’ blazes out of the speakers, there's a fresh and exciting vibe that ...

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Cooler Master COSMOS S

22 February 2008, 14:42

Cooler Master expands the COSMOS series with a new gaming variant of the popular chassis launch at CeBIT last year. So does the extreme edition bring in better performance and ...

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Jumper

22 February 2008, 14:27

Sci-Fi action thriller, Jumper, had the ingredients upon which an entertaining saga could have been built. Instead, it delivers one of the worst movies of the year so far.

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ZOTAC (NVIDIA) GeForce 9600 GT AMP! Edition: the new mid-range contender

21 February 2008, 14:01

NVIDIA's GeForce 9600 GT is set to give ATI's Radeon HD 3850 and 3870 a bloody good fight in the sub-£150 market.

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Agon: Lost Sword of Toledo - PC

21 February 2008, 09:08

Professor Samuel Hunt, arrives in the picturesque Spanish city, where time seems to slow down. But does this peaceful atmosphere conceal some longstanding dark secrets? Check out our full review ...

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The £50 graphics card market

19 February 2008, 13:24

There's a lot of business to be done in the entry level graphics card market.

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National Treasure: Book of Secrets

18 February 2008, 16:36

Book of Secrets, sequel to 2004's National Treasure, sees Nicholas Cage reprise his role as treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates. This time, he's out to uncover the truth.

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Ghost Squad - Wii

18 February 2008, 16:07

First released as an arcade game back in 2004, the on-rails shooter has now been ported to Wii where the developer hopes to take advantage of the new Wii Zapper ...

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Inno3D iChiLL GeForce 8800 GT Accelero X1. Great cooler but...

18 February 2008, 06:00

Inno3D slaps an Arctic Cooling Accelero X1 heatsink on a G92 and raises clocks a-plenty

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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games - Nintendo DS

14 February 2008, 14:34

Two of the biggest icons in the entertainment industry, Mario and Sonic, join forces and battle against each other and their friends in events from the official Beijing 2008 Olympic ...

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The best graphics card for £50?

14 February 2008, 03:57

Does the Radeon HD 3650 cut the £50 mustard. We tell you whether it's worth buying a retail card from either Sapphire or HIS.

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NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams - Wii

12 February 2008, 13:54

The purple-suited genderless flying jester is back once more in the colourful platformer, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. But has Sega done enough to appease fans of the original Sega Saturn ...

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Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne - The Kamael - PC

8 February 2008, 11:01

when I received code for Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne - The Kamael I was wary of getting sucked into another MMORPG that’s take up all my free time, what ...

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Warmonger - Operation: Downtown Destruction - PC

7 February 2008, 09:57

Warmonger from NetDevil, breaks the mould. It’s a 437Mb download for a game that is so poor that I’m actually resenting using my time downloading it, even though I was ...

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Cloverfield

6 February 2008, 15:08

Cloverfield, produced by JJ Abrams and directed by Matt Reeves, carried a marketing campaign that had the Internet buzzing for months. Having premiered in UK cinemas last week, it delivers ...

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MSI vs. ZOTAC: shootout at the GeForce 8800 GTS 512 Corral

5 February 2008, 08:22

Got £200 to spend on a graphics-card upgrade? You need to read this.

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Packard Bell EasyNote XS20 sub-1kg notebook

1 February 2008, 08:37

Packard Bell takes VIA's reference NanoBook design and retails a sub-1kg notebook for £350. Any good?

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HIS Radeon HD 3870 X2 1024 - retail dual-GPU cards are go

31 January 2008, 08:42

HIS unleashes a retail Radeon HD 3870 X2 into the wild. GeForce 8800 Ultra-beater?

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ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 - AMD's back

28 January 2008, 16:33

Can stitching two Radeon HD 3870s together on one PCB take back the performance crown for AMD?

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Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None - Wii

28 January 2008, 16:21

Ten people, all strangers to each other, are invited to a lavish estate on an isolated island.The tension mounts and dark secrets are revealed as one-by-one the number of guests ...

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Neuros OSD - one device to organise all of your media

28 January 2008, 16:04

The Neuros OSD is just the kind of gadget that we like. Its open source nature claims endless possibilities as it aims to organise your home entertainment centre. Does it ...

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ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 - getting back in the game

28 January 2008, 10:41

ATI has plans to re-take the crown of fastest graphics-card on the market. That plan involves stitching two Radeon HD 3870s together on to one PCB. Will it work?

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Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 ATOMIC: the best RV670 yet

25 January 2008, 08:53

Sapphire takes the reference design, throws it out and starts again.

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Sumo Omni

24 January 2008, 12:33

Jeez, I get asked to review some weird stuff. I mean, just how the hell did I end up with a bloody great bean bag in my living room?

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First look: low-end Radeon graphics cards

23 January 2008, 17:31

AMD releases three distinct low-to-mid-range SKUs to replace the Radeon HD 2000-series.

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I SPY Fun House - Nintendo DS

18 January 2008, 14:46

In I SPY Fun House, players find themselves trapped inside a carnival Fun House, tasked with collecting nine inventory items that will "unlock" the exit and includes optical illusions, I-SPY ...

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Dead 'n' Furious (AKA Touch the Dead) - Nintendo DS

18 January 2008, 10:10

Dead ‘n’ Furious (AKA Touch The Dead in the US) is a new horror shooter from Dream on Studio that unashamedly attempts to recreate the arcade style gameplay and dark ...

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Geometry Wars: Galaxies - Wii, DS

16 January 2008, 12:23

Whilst other developers sit back waiting for the post Christmas sales slump to pick up before they unleash their new titles, Bizarre Creations and Kuju Entertainment are starting off the ...

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