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  • AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Winchester)

    6 December 2004, 00:00

    A 600MHz overclock is typical of current Athlon 64 Winchester 3000+s, and I see very little reason why you can't at least replicate what's been achieved in this review. Remember, ...

  • EPoX 9NDA3 S939 nForce3 Ultra

    1 December 2004, 00:00

    EPoX has manufactured a solid nForce3 Ultra motherboard with the 9NDA3+. The problem that currently exists in Socket-939 land is that nearly everyone else can produce a solid, stable, and ...

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  • Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War

    1 December 2004, 00:00

    The missions themselves usually start with your commander and a few troops securing an area and this is where the resource management and building aspects of the game come in. ...

  • ATI's Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition Preview

    30 November 2004, 00:00

    R480's closeness to R423 in terms of architecture (they're identical) makes the basic summary for this look at X850 XT Platinum Edition, with its clocks that so closely ape those ...

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  • NVIDIA's SLI - 6600 GT Performance and Conclusion

    28 November 2004, 00:00

    I thoroughly recommend it as an enthusiast, excited about the technology and what it gives you. I've spent time fawning over Half-Life 2, Doom3 and others recently, on FX-55 with ...

  • Gainward's GeForce 6800 GT Ultra/2400 Golden Sample Goes Like Hell 256MB

    26 November 2004, 00:00

    Gainward's GeForce 6800 GT Ultra/2400 Golden Sample Goes Like Hell 256MB is a fast and furious card that will ultimately appeal to the enthusiast who desires clock speed above all ...

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  • Resident Evil: Outbreak

    26 November 2004, 00:00

    The Resident Evil series has been so popular because of its action/puzzle style of gameplay. If you were looking for fast and frantic blasting, you’ll have to go elsewhere. Sure, ...

  • NVIDIA's SLI - 6800 GT Performance

    24 November 2004, 00:00

    When thinking about SLI, think about your entire platform, especially when you\'re considering it as an upgrade path. I\'ll cover all of that in more detail in due course, but ...

  • Cooler Master Dual Storm

    24 November 2004, 00:00

    Although Cooler Master these days produce everything from cases to power supplies, their name belies the origins of their business - Cooling solutions. Today we'll be taking a brief look ...

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  • Doom 3

    24 November 2004, 00:00

    Doom 3 casts you as an un-named marine posted to a Mars of the future, around 150 years from now. A mega-corporation called UAC has established a base on the ...

  • NVIDIA's SLI - An Introduction

    22 November 2004, 00:00

    I\'ll cover SLI and its operating modes, the continuity and device connectors, the driver, temperature testing, theoretical and real-world performance, coverage of both SLI-able platforms, coverage of all three possible ...

  • Half Life 2

    21 November 2004, 00:00

    So, do we have the masterpiece that everyone else is crowing about? Is this a great leap forward from the first instalment? Is it better than Doom 3 or Far ...

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  • Chenbro Xpider II

    20 November 2004, 00:00

    All in all, the Xpider II is a very solid piece of kit. It does everything that is asked of it, and does it well - The build is sturdy, ...

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  • ATI XPRESS 200

    17 November 2004, 00:00

    ATI has designed a multi-purpose chipset that will appeal to a wide range of users. On the one hand, the enthusiast has the choice of opting for a competitive chipset ...

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  • NVIDIA's GeForce 6600 GT AGP

    16 November 2004, 00:00

    The mid-range market just before the new-year is NVIDIA's, should this AGP variant of 6600 GT make it to market in serious quantity. Priced at £150 in the UK and ...

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  • Intel Pentium 4 570J

    15 November 2004, 00:00

    In summary, it\'s very hard to recommend the Pentium 4 570J when the competition, AMD, is currently doing so well. I\'d either opt for a cheaper 5xx model and overclock ...

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  • Inno3D GeForce 6600 GT 128MB

    14 November 2004, 00:00

    In summary, Inno3D's GeForce 6600 GT 128MB card is a credible effort that's based on an excellent GPU. Certainly worthy of a look if not an outright recommendation.

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  • MSI RX700PRO-TD256E

    10 November 2004, 00:00

    MSI has done a decent job in turning an RV410 GPU into a fully-fledged retail package. £160 or so buys you a competent midrange graphics card and a bundle to ...

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  • Intel 2004 Roadmap Updates

    9 November 2004, 00:00

    With 2004 drawing to a close, a lot of Intel\'s platform plans, for everything from mobile to Itanium, have a 2005 focus. That includes the launch of the 6-series Pentium ...

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  • MV Ixius 3.6 Laptop and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Go 256MB

    8 November 2004, 00:00

    Bottom line is that desktop-replacement laptops have just moved up another gear, so if you can justify spending £1750 and want a do-it-all laptop, MV\'s Ixius 3.6 is a good ...

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  • MSI RX800 XTs

    7 November 2004, 00:00

    Overall, it's hard not to recommend MSI's boards in the face of those X800 XTs from other vendors. X800 XT and XT PE's raw power makes it arguably the fastest ...

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  • ABIT Radeon 9600 XT 256MB

    5 November 2004, 00:00

    In summary, ABIT's done a decent enough job with its 9600 XT card. It's quiet, efficient, benchmarks well for a midrange card and carries basic VIV0 functionality. Compared to other ...

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  • ASUS P4S800D-E Deluxe

    5 November 2004, 00:00

    We're more than pleasantly surprised by the P4S800D-E Deluxe, in fact we're positively enthusiastic about its price/performance showing. We're happy to recommend it and be sure to put it on ...

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  • Creative Nomad MuVo² 4GB

    5 November 2004, 00:00

    Everyone I show the MuVo² to wants one, but at £170 they're perhaps looking elsewhere and sacrificing portability and choosing ZENs or something from Rio. It seems users will stick ...

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  • ASUS K8N-E Deluxe

    3 November 2004, 00:00

    We've come away from our evaluation of the K8N-E very impressed. Given AMD's announcement recently of the budget Sempron line on Socket 754, along with low cost 2800+ and 3000+ ...

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  • Crucial Radeon X800 PRO 256MB

    2 November 2004, 00:00

    Crucial's X800 PRO 256MB graphics card is based on sound technology. Crucial, however, doesn't do enough with it to warrant an outright recommendation. The company may be one of the ...

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  • Pacific Fighters

    1 November 2004, 00:00

    All in all, this effort from 1C Maddox positively reeks of being a rushed job. No doubt UbiSoft's thinking is to get the game out before people go and blow ...

  • Intel 925XE chipset and 3.46GHz Extreme Edition CPU

    31 October 2004, 00:00

    AMD has moved on but Intel's top-level performance has remained largely the same, so whilst I'm a fan of all the good aspects of 925X/XE chipsets, I find it hard ...

  • S3's OmniChrome S4

    30 October 2004, 00:00

    Close, but ultimately so very far away. Steer clear until the next version comes round. S3 are pitching OmniChrome as having better basic GPU performance and HDTV features as a ...

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  • BIOSTAR K8NHA Grand nForce3 250Gb

    29 October 2004, 00:00

    Considered in absolute isolation, the K8NHA Grand isn't a bad board by any means. The problem is just how well the competition is doing right now, in terms of price, ...

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  • ATI's TV Wonder USB 2.0

    28 October 2004, 00:00

    The TV Wonder USB 2.0 is a simple product to rate. Take the multimedia hardware and software that makes an All-In-Wonder so good, give them a USB2.0 interface, enjoy high ...

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  • ATI's Radeon X700 XT and Radeon X700 PRO Preview

    26 October 2004, 00:00

    This article serves two purposes. We\'ll take a look at the new XT, paying close attention to its thermal characteristics before looking at performance, and I\'ll also publish some numbers ...

  • Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 Pro

    25 October 2004, 00:00

    VIA's K8T800 Pro chipset powers the most popular Socket 754 boards on the market and when that core logic was released, it was no surprise to see the major Tier-I ...

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