by Rafael Hernandez on October 29, 2007
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HardOCP has a look at the Nvidia GeForce 8800GT graphics chip. The GPU (and boards based on it) are conveniently targeted, price wise, at the mid-range but its performance is anything but ordinary. A fantastic option for those needing DX10…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2007
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HardOCP has a look at how today’s latest and greatest graphics cards handle Valve Software’s Half Life 2: Episode 2 video game. The title uses the same Source engine found in their last few titles but seriously pumps up the…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 8, 2007
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DriverHeaven has a look at the Zalman VF1000 LED and ZM-RHS88 graphics card coolers. The VF1000 LED supports a variety of graphics cards thanks to its multiple mounting holes while the ZM-RHS88 is specifically designed to cool the memory and…
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by Rafael Hernandez on September 26, 2007
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HotHardware has a look at the XFX GeForce 8600 GT Fatal1ty graphics card. As with any Fatal1ty labeled product you can expect some form of extra added incentive for that added gaming edge, in thise case it’s a silent cooler…
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by Rafael Hernandez on September 4, 2007
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DigiTimes has inside word on a new bridge chip that should soon be bringing Nvidia’s GeForce 8400 and 8600 graphics chips to AGP based systems. It may be tough to believe but there are still plenty of usable systems out…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 24, 2007
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AnandTech has a look at the Alienware Area-51 m9750 gaming notebook. The portable beast comes with your choice of Intel Core 2 Duo chip paired with single or SLI Nvidia GeForce Go 7950 GTX graphics chips and topped off with…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 20, 2007
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bit-tech has a look at the HIS Radeon HD 2600 XT IceQ Turbo graphics card. The company is known for slapping large coolers on its IceQ line allowing for lower temperatures and less noise compared to stock cooling solutions. A…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 14, 2007
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bit-tech pits the latest in mid-range graphics cards against each other. The Radeon HD 2600 XT and the GeForce 8600 GT offer up compelling feature set (DX10 support, HD offloading) but they aren’t the performance beasts you’d expect in the…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 9, 2007
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Legit Reviews has a look at the ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT, 2600 Pro, and 2600 XT graphics cards. The boards hit the low-end to mid-range price points in style with decent 3D performance but its most sought after feature…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 6, 2007
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Legion Hardware has a look at the effect CPU speeds have on game performance under Nvidia GeForce 8×00 GPUs. CPU scaling is a forgotten variable when looking at the latest and greatest in gaming hardware while it’s one of the…
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by Rafael Hernandez on July 31, 2007
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The Tech Report has a look at the Diamond Radeon HD 2900 XT 1GB graphics card. This card ditches the 512MB total and GDDR3 memory chips and goes full bore at 1GB of GDDR4 RAM which offers better performance at…
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