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by Rafael Hernandez on June 18, 2004 · 0 comments

LostCircuits risked a brand new, ATI based, ASUS Radeon X800 Pro in order to eek out some speed gains and test to see how a non-available (to them at any rate) XT PE would theoretically run. Interesting to see that…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 17, 2004 · 0 comments

TweakTown grabbed a trio of ATI Radeon X800 Pros and ran them through a standard set of gaming tests we should all be familiar with. There isn’t a huge difference in the performance of each card so it all boils…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 10, 2004 · 0 comments

Hexus.net had the pleasure of abusing a SavRow Razor laptop which featured all sorts of goodies in its extremely thin casing. The notebook has a 1.7GHz Intel Centrino processor, 1GB of RAM, and an ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 all in…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 9, 2004 · 0 comments

Virtual Zone Hardware has got themselves a retail packaged ATI Radeon X800 Pro barn-burner of a video card. Retail boards are the better indicator of performance, usually, since you don’t have handpicked graphics boards, by the company, making their way…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 7, 2004 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has a few details on a USB2 video adapter being marketed by a company named Telegnosis. It’s an innovative product that should fill a few niches here and there but USB2 is very CPU intensive and dual monitor…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 7, 2004 · 0 comments

PC Unleash has a guide on how to, supposedly, modify an ATI X800Pro to and X800XT using some conductive paint, toothpick, and nail polish. The performance gains are nothing to scoff at if you manage to get it modded, although,…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 1, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report takes a look at future ATI products which will offer a PCI Express interface. Most of the Radeon boards appear to be similar to their old AGP counterparts although they vary a bit with regards to slightly…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 29, 2004 · 0 comments

Hexus.net does a bit of comparing between the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 and the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700. Both chips appear to be capable performers, good enough for some gaming on the road. The number of choices for quality mobile…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 28, 2004 · 0 comments

DigiTimes thinks that ATI will announce its newest batch of notebook graphics chips during next week’s Computex being held in Taipei, Taiwan. There isn’t much in the way of details other than its name, Radeon X300, and info on some…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 28, 2004 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has word that Dell, largest PC maker in the world, has ordered a good number of PCI-Express video cards from its largest supplier Microstar International (MSI). It’s not surprising to see Dell move to the latest and greatest…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 28, 2004 · 0 comments

Bjorn3D has a go at the ATI powered VisionTek Xtasy RADEON X800 Pro. At this point most have had their fill of X800 reviews but it’s good to have some reading material before making the big plunge and purchasing a…

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