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by Rafael Hernandez on September 11, 2004 · 0 comments

SharkyExtreme takes a look at the PNY Verto GeForce 6800 Ultra. The company is known, mostly, for its memory modules but its video card lines have been getting accolades for the past few years so the expectations run high for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 7, 2004 · 0 comments

NVIDIA’s upcoming “mid-range” video card solution, the GeForce 6600 GT, is causing quite a stir with its $200USD pricetag it’s one of the best price/performance cards to be released in a long time. If NVIDIA decides to keep the SLI…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 3, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News has some details on a new Alienware PC that gets 4GHz out of an Intel Pentium 4 processor. They also pile on a ton of high speed memory and storage options as well as high end video card…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 2, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the upcoming rewrite of ATI’s control panel for its video card line. The updated software will feature tons of nifty features which explain and demonstrate how card features affect image quality. It’ll be a nice…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 30, 2004 · 0 comments

PC Unleash tests out a pair of video card coolers from Arctic Cooling. The company recently expanded its line of coolers to cover most lines of video cards from both ATI and NVIDIA and from the looks of its performance…

Read more Silencer Coolers Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on August 30, 2004 · 0 comments

The Firing Squad has a short summary of an NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT based video card they managed to get ahold of. While its performance won’t rival that of the 6800 and ATI x800 series its $200 price tag, support…

Read more GeForce 6600 GT Sneak Peek

by Rafael Hernandez on August 25, 2004 · 0 comments

PCSTATS has outlined how to go about flashing/updating the BIOS of video cards. For the most part this is something 99.95% of the population would never need but there are a number of sites built around this “hobby” which can…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 24, 2004 · 0 comments

X-bit labs continues its power draw measurements of modern day graphics cards. This time around they take a look at a NVIDIA based lineup of boards and compare the results with their ATI numbers. It would appear that both companies…

Read more Graphics Card Power Consumption: Part 2

by Rafael Hernandez on August 23, 2004 · 0 comments

X-bit labs gathered up a few tidbits on the upcoming ATI RV410 chipset which will probably make its way into X700 branded boards in the near future. The chip will be a slimmed down version of the R400 found in…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 23, 2004 · 0 comments

InsaneTek has a look at the new video card cooling line from Artic Cooling. The new Silencer lineup covers most modern video cards in a wide variety of configurations and all boast better cooling potential than most stock heatsinks and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 23, 2004 · 0 comments

Elite Bastards do their own thing with a copy of a stress test put together by Valve, makers of Half-Life 2, using their new Source graphics engine. The numbers are a but different than other comparisons floating around due the…

Read more More HL2:Source Benchmarks