by Rafael Hernandez on September 18, 2004
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DesignTechnica has a look at the MSI NX6800 128MB which hosts NVIDIA’s GeForce 6800 (non-Ultra/non-GT) GPU yet still boasts a $400 MSRP. The insane cost of the board may be due to its game and application bundle but I bet…
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by Rafael Hernandez on September 15, 2004
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DigiTimes has a bit of news from ATI and their predictions for sales of their PCI Express based video products. The bulk of those sales will be to large system builders and in the form of budget cards. Everyone else…
Read more ATI PCI-E Shipments to Pick Up
by Rafael Hernandez on September 11, 2004
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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
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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
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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
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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 September 2, 2004
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GamePC has a look at one of the first PCI Express ATI X800 based boards available. The Asus AX800 XT sports the ATI R423 chip which offers a native PCI Express interface as well as dual DVI connectors for double…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 30, 2004
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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…
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by Rafael Hernandez on August 30, 2004
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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
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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
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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