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by Rafael Hernandez on October 31, 2004 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has a look at the Zalman ZM80D-HP passive cooling heatsink for video cards. The large mass of aluminum and heatpipes isn’t the best cooler on the planet but with no fans it’s certainly the quietest. Its performance does…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 29, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech had a chance to toy around with NVIDIA’s SLI feature on an nForce4 based motherboard recently. Extremely impressive numbers for the GeForce 6800GTs although the 6600GTs are anemic performance wise, most people are better off purchasing a single 6800…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 28, 2004 · 0 comments

Guru3D has a look at the NVIDIA powered Galaxy GeForce 6600. The card is aimed at the lower end of the market but it packs respectable performance in both today’s titles and games out of the past. It’s interesting how…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 22, 2004 · 0 comments

PC Stats has a review of the MSI Radeon RX800XT-VTD256E video card. The board makes use of the X800XT specifications/chip which is just a bit underclocked from the top end ATI X800XT Platinum line so they can create a whole…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 21, 2004 · 0 comments

Guru3D tests out the 6x.xx series of ForceWare drivers from NVIDIA for their GeForce line of video cards. The later drivers contain all sorts of new tweaks and techniques that should boost performance and compatibility with software. So far the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 20, 2004 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has a review of the stylish ASUS V9999 Gamer Edition graphics card. The card features NVIDIA’s GeForce 6800 GPU clocked a bit higher than the normal operating specs. The end result is great performance at a somewhat reasonable…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 20, 2004 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has a write-up on why it’s been difficult to find the latest mid-range video cards from NVIDIA and ATI in the market. It would appear their substrate supplier wasn’t able to produce enough chip substrates due to a water…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 18, 2004 · 0 comments

GamePC grabbed seven of the lastest video cards, featuring PCI-Express interfaces, and tested them in a widerange of benchmarks. They have cards from the mid-range, high-end, and even an NVIDIA Quadro card which are designed for workstation/3D heavy applications….

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 14, 2004 · 0 comments

HardOCP has the enviable task of putting four NVIDIA GeForce 6800s to the test. They have a pair of Ultra boards and a pair of plain 6800s both of which are more than capable of handling today’s games with the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 12, 2004 · 0 comments

FiringSquad has a look at the performance that high end video cards have to offer in Valve Software’s highly anticipated and recently released Counter Strike: Source. It looks like they’re all up to the challenge, now all we need is…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 11, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at a new, low-cost entry into the video chip arena, the NVIDIA GeForce 6200. For its price range it has some decent performance numbers and it inherits the same great image quality of its…

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