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GeCube SilenCool X700 PRO 256MB [Review, Hexus]
GeCube pull off silent X700 PRO running with aplomb, for competetive money, by not going overboard on the bundle. If it lies in your price range and silence appeals, be sure and consider it. GeCube promise that availability will be strong in early 2005. Recommended based on that. Wed, 09 Feb, 2005 | 23 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
XFX GeForce 6600 GT Dual-DVI [Review, Hexus]
XFX, a division of Pine, has done an excellent job with its
GeForce 6600 GT card. The company knew that it was on to a winner with
the GPU; it's difficult to manufacture a bad one, really. XFX,
intelligently, also knew that bigger NVIDIA partners would probably
steal the limelight unless it did something special to its package. A
pre-overclocked GPU speed was always unlikely, so XFX has gone with
video RAM that runs at a full 20% faster than the default 1000MHz. That
extra memory bandwidth, totalling 19.2GB/s off only a 128-bit bus, is
the reason why XFX's effort is between 5-10% faster than the competition
in the majority of our benchmarks. Wed, 09 Feb, 2005 | 41 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Gigabyte 3D1 - SLI In One Card [Review, Hexus]
Before I even touch on the real-world feasibility of the 3D1, I
have to say this - The technology is cool. No matter how logically you
try to look at it, the fact that you have a single video card with the
power of two cores is simply drool-worthy, even more so when you imagine
the potential of doing this with higher-end GPUs like the 6800GT or
(heaven forbid, considering the cooling solution and power you'd
require) Ultra. I remember the disappointments of the Rage Fury Maxx and
XGI Volari Duo well, two boards which made it seem that a modern day
dual core GPU was almost in the realms of impossibility. But Gigabyte
have taken a chance, thrown caution to the wind and produced an
outstanding piece of technology - And even better, it actually works!
Sure, this is just a different flavour of SLI, but it has opened the
door to a new plain of possibilities, and that is a very good thing indeed. Sat, 05 Feb, 2005 | 27 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TC-32/128MB [Review, Beyond3d]
NVIDIA have launched their entry level graphics chip based on the GeForce 6 architecture, inclusive of "TurbocCache" technology that allows it to render to system RAM. In this review Beyond3D takes a look at the GeForce 6200 TC-32/128MB. Sat, 29 Jan, 2005 | 64 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
HIS X600 XT VIVO Edition [Review, legitreviews]
With the release of numerous new Gaming titles like Doom III and Half-Life 2,
we return to our video card stock pile, find the HIS X600 XT and decide to take
it through our gauntlet of benchmarks. With a challenge from ASUS' AGP 9600XT,
the HIS PCI-E card shows what it could do in your new system! Thu, 27 Jan, 2005 | 18 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATi Catalyst 5.1 [Article, Hexus]
Special mention should also be made of the new pause and stop
buttons added in to the 3D preview of CATALYST Control Center - I'm sure
I'm not the only person who has been frustrated by the sluggishness this
3D preview can add when trying to change settings, so this new
functionality gets the thumbs up from me. I can fully understand the
usefulness of the preview for more novice users, and its inclusion is to
be applauded, but now I can also sleep soundly knowing that us 'power
users' who already know our way around the more advanced 3D settings are
still being thought of too. Mon, 24 Jan, 2005 | 20 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI's Mobility Radeon X700 Launch [Article, Hexus]
Performance is quoted as being twice that of Mobility Radeon
9700, something I'm inclined to mostly agree with, given their relative
architectures. So to sum up, in the absence of any samples or
comparisons with NVIDIA's upcoming announcements in the same sector
(Seiko would be proud), Mobility Radeon X700 has some serious on-paper
promise, based on the presented information ATI have given to press for
today. Mon, 24 Jan, 2005 | 146 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
LeadTek GeForce 6600GT 128MB AGP Video Card [Review, nextgenelectronics]
The WinFast A6600GT TDH 128MB AGP video card is a mid-range priced
card with the popular nVidia GeForceFX 6600GT chipset. The card features 8 vertex
pipelines, a core GPU clock-speed of 500MHz, and offers up some impressive 900
MHz rated GDDR-3 memory. Mon, 24 Jan, 2005 | 106 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
MSI's NX6600GT-TD128E [Review, Hexus]
As a single board in isolation, MSI's 6600 GT makes a great case
for itself. A fantastic software bundle, component video out for use
with HDTV sets in the main, and quiet cooler round off a great product
that I could only think to improve with the inclusion of dual DVI ports
instead of analogue VGA and DVI, which other 6600 GT vendors are happy
to specify. I've seen the NX6600GT-TD128E online for around £135
including VAT, which means that the MSI 6600 GTs are attractively priced
considering the software bundle. Mon, 24 Jan, 2005 | 65 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI Radeon X850 XT PE and X800 XL [Review, Bjorn3d]
Earlier this autumn, ATi revealed details about their new PCI-Express video
cards, the X850 XT Platinum Edition (PE) and the X800 XL. While the X850 XT PE
of course is the new high-end video card, the X800 XL is ATI’s answer to NVIDIA’
s GeForce 6800 GT. ATI was kind enough to lend us two reference cards for a
quick spin in some of our benchmarks. Sun, 16 Jan, 2005 | 32 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 Review [Review, Beyond3d]
Beyond3D tests the performance of GeForce 6200 - NVIDIA's value proposition based on the GeForce 6 architecture. Sun, 16 Jan, 2005 | 67 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Sapphire Radeon X800 256MB [Review, Beyond3d]
Sapphire Radeon X800Beyond3D takes a look at Sapphire's version of ATI's latest mainstream product, Radeon X800, which displaces the X700 XT in this segment. Sun, 16 Jan, 2005 | 22 Click(s) | Detail
ASUS EXTREME AX800 XT PE/2DHTV [Review, Hexus]
It's hard to recommend any graphics card that costs more than a
reasonable PC. £430 is an awful lot of money to be spending on a present
card when a refresh is just around the corner. In that case, as
comprehensive as it is, ASUS' AX800 XP PE/2DHTV package is simply too
expensive to be considered by all but the very well-off enthusiast.
Performance freaks should look towards SLI'ing a couple of 6800 GT
cards, and for the rest, I'd recommend obtaining and overclocking the
cheapest X800 XT you could lay your hands. The money you save will be
better spent elsewhere. Tue, 11 Jan, 2005 | 12 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI's Radeon X800 XL [Preview, Hexus]
The USA MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price) for X800 XL
is $299, down from the $349 ATI quoted on X850 XT PE's launch.
Undercutting NVIDIA's MSRP for the X800 XL's likely competitor, GeForce
6800 GT, by some $100, X800 XL has price definitely in its favour if the
MSRPs translate well into retail pricing.
So the $50 price cut and full four quad performance at 400MHz seek to
make X800 XL arguably the most attractive PCI Express SKU for the gamer
looking for serious performance punch. Partnered with 1000MHz GDDR3
memory with full 256-bit wide access to the GPU's memory controller, for
around 32GB/sec of theoretical bandwidth, let's take a closer look at
the reference board to see if the on-paper promise is fulfilled. Tue, 11 Jan, 2005 | 24 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Leadtek WinFast A400 Ultra/GT TDH [Review, Hexus]
The most obvious selling point of these two WinFast A400 boards
is the cooling solution. Not only does it look the part, but it's quiet
and extremely effective too. Both the GT and Ultra variants we've looked
at have exhibited impressive overclocks, and the A400 GT is almost
irresistible when you look at the potential headroom in both core and
RAM clocks. Tue, 11 Jan, 2005 | 24 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Gigabyte GeForce 6600 GT (GV-NX66T128D) [Review, Bjorn3d]
The GeForce 6 series of graphics accelerators from NVIDIA seems to have done a
lot to help pull NVIDIA out of the quagmire of controversy and troublesome
issues it fell into with the NV3x generation of GPUs. People who might have
given up on NVIDIA are now paying attention again because the GeForce 6 family
of GPUs performs well across the board. The comeback of SLI technology is
another reason NVIDIA has more people leaning its way nowadays. Most of
NVIDIA's current GeForce 6 series is available in AGP and PCI Express flavors.
With the release of the 6600 line of cards, NVIDIA finally lauched its first
native PCI Express GPUs, meaning they were designed for PCI Express. The 6600
GPUs represent the midrange of NVIDIA's line-up, and PCI Express is not
widespread enough yet for any company to rely on sales of those products
available in PCI Express form only. (One major reason is that AMD-compatible
chipsets supporting PCI Express have been slow to come to market.) So, NVIDIA
is making bridged AGP versions of the 6600 boards, too. NVIDIA wants to ship a
high volume of these products to its partners, and that volume can be maximized
only if AGP and PCI Express parts are available. Fri, 07 Jan, 2005 | 56 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Albatron GeForce 6800 GT [Review, Bjorn3d]
ES, XL, SE, GSR and every other combo of letters used to describe a car, razor,
or your favorite deoderant can be confusing. So which one is the best, which
one is fully loaded, and which one sucks like a black hole? The same kind of
system has been floating around the video card world for a while now, and
NVIDIA's latest line of 6 Series cards has their own to throw around. Well
today we are going to take a look at the Albatron 6800 GT, the gran turismo of
the video card world. We won't call this the model with heated leather seats
and navigation, but it definitely comes with 17's and a moonroof. Wed, 05 Jan, 2005 | 30 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI CATALYST 4.12 Performance [Article, Hexus]
As far as CATALYST 4.12 goes, the big news here is probably for
those of you still playing Half-Life 2 in some shape or form, as this
driver has certainly rolled out another set of fine performance
improvements. Generally speaking, this driver set seems to be a stable
and fast one, with most applications finding some benefit
performance-wise, however small. The really big leaps can be seen for
anyone still running CATALYST 4.10 or driver sets previous to that, as
basically every test in our suite showed some big gains moving between
4.10 and 4.12. Wed, 05 Jan, 2005 | 13 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Mobile GPU Review [Review, rojakpot]
With the increased demand for 3D acceleration in notebooks, many notebook are coming out with discrete 3D GPUs like the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5650. Like NVIDIA, ATI also has a slew of mobile 3D GPUs that cater specifically to the notebook market. Today, we will take a look at the ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 GPU. Let's see how it fares against its contemporaries in the mobile 3D GPU market! Wed, 05 Jan, 2005 | 175 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI's Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition [Preview, Hexus]
It's when you consider the performance on offer, clearly the most that any single card on the market can offer, that the niggles start to fade from view. You're CPU limited a bunch of the time with the board which means you're really going to want to pair it with something like FX-55, but if you can afford one, you can generally afford the other. It doesn't get faster than X850 XT Platinum Edition, it's as simple as that. Wed, 05 Jan, 2005 | 14 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
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