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NVIDIA's GeForce 6800 Ultra GPU

14 April 2004, 00:00

NVIDIA have surprised me with NV40. It's rediculously fast compared to R360 in some tests, if you avoid the 8X supersampling mode. But there lies the rub. Shouldn't we expect ...

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ABIT Radeon 9800 XT 256MB

12 April 2004, 00:00

The ATI Radeon 9800 XT 256MB card is a fine proposition for the enthusiast that wants the best gaming experience right now. ABIT, however, does not do enough to justify ...

ASUS SK8V

8 April 2004, 00:00

If you're new to the market and know you want FX-5x (53 is going to be avaliable to buy soon), wait for the K8T800 Pro version if you want to ...

Shuttle XPC SB75G2 and XPC ST62K Zen

3 April 2004, 00:00

Shuttle, it seems, plans to dominate the lucrative SFF market by using a strategy of offering the consumer a cube based on every available chipset. Two newer cubes, reviewed today, ...

Intel Celeron 2.8GHz

29 March 2004, 00:00

The Celeron is positioned such that it will fit into a huge number of boards - literally every S478 going. It's cheap by Intel standards but, and here's the big ...

AOpen AK86-L K8T800 S754 Motherboard

26 March 2004, 00:00

If evaluated in context of its intended pricing structure the AOpen AK86-L deserves to be included on at least a shortlist of boards. It doesn't particularly excel in any one ...

Tagan TG480-U01

23 March 2004, 00:00

Support for upcoming ATX, ATX12V and BTX standards means you'll be able to use it in a wide range of systems for quite some time, the sensible fan placement seems ...

PowerColor Radeon 9800XT 256MB

20 March 2004, 00:00

PowerColor, then, has to position its 9800XT on the basis of price. It doesn't contain enough novel or value-adding features to warrant purchasing for anything other than low price, and ...

AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 CPU

18 March 2004, 00:00

Intel's Pentium 4 3.4GHz Extreme Edition put the onus back on to AMD's shoulders. We'd call the heavyweight fight pretty even now, although the balance may swing entirely in AMD's ...

MSI GeForce FX 5950 Ultra-VTD 256MB Card

14 March 2004, 00:00

The conclusion actually simplifies well. If you absolutely, positively want a GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256MB card and don't mind shelling out, MSI's is as good as any we've seen. ...

With NVIDIA giving the 250-series chips a feature upgrade, a 'fixed' HyperTransport implementation, some new disk based ability with the changed ATA and SATA controller, 1000Mbit/sec Ethernet capability to let ...

VIA KT880 Chipset

9 March 2004, 00:00

nForce2 Ultra 400 has been around since July 2003, some seven months. Plain nForce2 has been around for over a year. While KT880 may boast better base features than nForce2 ...

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AMD Athlon 64 Model 3000+

5 March 2004, 00:00

The Athlon 64 Model 3000+ was a much-needed CPU in AMD's performance lineup. All we now ask for is a 1.8GHz 512kb L2 cache version priced at around £140. That ...

AMD Athlon XP-M Barton 2500 Evaluation

3 March 2004, 00:00

The results speak for themselves. High performance doesn't necessarily have to be limited to the Athlon 64 or top-end Pentium 4 CPUs. What's more, it can be achieved with a ...

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Voodoo PC Envy m:855 laptop

1 March 2004, 00:00

The Voodoo PC Envy m:855 has shown us an impressive array of power in laptop form. Impressive enough for us to re-think the real use of a cumbersome desktop system. ...

Chieftec BX

29 February 2004, 00:00

Chieftec cases have always been popular and there’s a reason why. They are superb cases. Some people maybe put off by the size of it, but it’s lovely to work ...

External Disk Roundup

28 February 2004, 00:00

There\'s something for everyone in the four disks on test, I\'m just more tempted to add other disk to an ATX chassis, rather than hang it externally. Like everything, you\'ll ...

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Hercules ProphetView II 191 BLK

27 February 2004, 00:00

Ultimately, the DVI-I connection, dual inputs, its 2D/ClearType performance, fast motion performance, aesthetic and panel size make it the best display I've ever had the pleasure of using. I favour ...

Scan 3XS-OC

26 February 2004, 00:00

There's more than one method of building of high-performance system. Scan has shown us that. Going down the enthusiasts' route of overclocking the CPU and motherboard has paid dividends for ...

AOpen Aeolus GeForce FX5900XT 128MB

24 February 2004, 00:00

Our final thoughts are simple. NVIDIA's done a good job in ensuring that a midrange GPU has true top-end performance clout. AOpen hasn't seized the opportunity with both hands. The ...

Gainward GeForce FX 5700 Ultra Golden Sample Ultra/960 Dual-DVI 128MB

15 February 2004, 00:00

We're left with the nagging feeling that NVIDIA has orchestrated the premature death for the FX 5700 Ultra with its own 5900XT. Thus we think Gainward's diligent NV36 efforts may ...

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PowerColor Radeon 9600XT Bravo 128MB

12 February 2004, 00:00

It's difficult to manufacture an intrinsically bad Radeon 9600XT. PowerColor has done just fine with its attempt. It's small, it's quiet, it overclocks like a champ, and it doesn't cost ...

Asetek WaterChill KT12-L20

10 February 2004, 00:00

Undoubtedly better than air cooling but not without its problems, the Asetek WaterChill KT12-L20 comes recommended if you have no fear of stiff pipes, or are willing to change them ...

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EPoX eX5-300S Mini Me SFF System

8 February 2004, 00:00

There's enough here to make the eX5-300S Mini Me SFF system sell on pure merit. We can just see enthusiasts using the highly overclockable Northwood Pentium 4 200MHz CPUs and ...

ASUS K8V Deluxe and K8V Deluxe Wireless Edition

5 February 2004, 00:00

Our first look at Model 3200+ Athlon 64 on K8T800 was an encouraging one. K8V is a well featured, well presented, well laid out board. It performs well, K8T800 deserves ...

Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz Prescott, 3.4GHz Northwood and 3.4GHz Northwood Extreme Edition

1 February 2004, 00:00

The enthusiast may be under the false impression that Intel really, really cares about having the fastest consumer-level CPUs. Intel's near-$30-billion turnover in 2003 dwarfs its arch-rival's, AMD's, by a ...

DFI LANPARTY 865PE

29 January 2004, 00:00

The LANPARTY 865PE is a good board, there's little doubt of that. Is being good enough to warrant a purchase ?. The inherent trouble is that there are many good ...

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Evesham Axis 64 3000

28 January 2004, 00:00

Multi-use setups like the Axis will always appeal. It's for that reason, it's multi-talented abilities as a games machine, simple video capture and editing box and multimedia TV hub, that ...

S3 DeltaChrome S8

26 January 2004, 00:00

There's matters that need resolving, that's for sure. But we still feel optimistic about S3 chances of capturing a small portion of this lucrative market. There's always room for competent ...

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