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by Rafael Hernandez on May 26, 2005 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has info ripped from powerpoint slides covering ATI’s next generation graphics chip. Code-named “R520” the new GPU will be capable of impressive 3D performance as well as accelerated high definition video playback which is currently quite taxing to…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 25, 2005 · 0 comments

LegionHardware has a look at the Chaintech AE6800 Apogee graphics card. The board’s Nvidia GeForce 6800 GPU sits firmly in the mid-range of the market mixing good performance at reasonable prices but Chaintech has strapped on a high quality cooler…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 20, 2005 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has the details on Sapphire’s plan to use a supposed Liquid Metal cooler on a graphics board. The technology is said to improve heat transfer from the graphics chip allowing it to run cooler and at lower noise…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 19, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech tested out their hunch on a few budgets graphics boards and different memory timings. ATI’s HyperMemory and Nvidia’s TurboCache both rely on PCI Express’ quicker access to the system memory in order to support the meager, or non-existent, memory…

Read more Memory Performance/Budget Graphics Tested

by Rafael Hernandez on May 13, 2005 · 0 comments

Gaming Nexus has a review of ATI’s All-In-Wonder X800 XT graphics card. ATI’s All-In-Wonder line has been very popular due to its built-in TV/FM tuner and good video performance in one card. This latest version brings it up to today’s…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 9, 2005 · 0 comments

BIOS has a review of Dell’s gaming oriented XPS Gen 2 laptop computer. The massive notebook sports an Intel Pentium M CPU paired with a Nvidia GeForce Go 6800 Ultra graphics chip. The included, massive, 17″ widescreen LCD makes it…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 3, 2005 · 0 comments

Techniz has a look at the Vantec Iceberq 5 graphics card cooler. The heatsink and fan combo is designed to replace the stock cooling on many video cards which often perform poorly and make a whole lot of noise while…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 24, 2005 · 0 comments

DriverHeaven has a look at ATI’s AGP version of their Radeon X850XT PE graphics card. They compare the board to the highly capable GeForce 6800 Ultra in a number of games showing its prowess in many of them as well…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 21, 2005 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has a look at the S3 GammaChrome S18 Pro GPU. The card they tested had an, unfortunately, early set of drivers which made it difficult on them to compare it against other graphics boards but it looks like…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 18, 2005 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a review of the Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 notebook PC. Dell’s XPS desktop and laptop lines have been geared to gamers and this model is no different. Intel Pentium M CPUs in 2GHz and up flavors as…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 14, 2005 · 0 comments

bios has a look at the HP Pavilion zv5000 notebook computer. The laptop comes equipped with a potent AMD Athlon 3400+ CPU paired up with the somewhat ancient Nvidia GeForce4 440 Go GPU. Good performance for office apps, light-gaming and…

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