video card

by Rafael Hernandez on June 22, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a peek at ATI’s HDTV Wonder TV Tuner card. The card comes in at a somewhat hefty $200 price-point but when you consider other makers were charging $300 or more for their boards it’s something of a “bargain”….

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 21, 2004 · 0 comments

GameSpot has a small amount of info concerning performance figures for Alienware’s upcoming dual graphics card technology dubbed “ALX”. The system runs a pair of NVIDIA GeForce 6800s tied together with some hardware and software to boost the system’s video…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 21, 2004 · 0 comments

DriverHeaven throws a testing sample of ATI’s upcoming, mid-range, Radeon X600XT PCI Express video card into a high end Intel LGA775 CPU/i925x system and churned out some numbers in today’s popular video games and other assorted applications. They didn’t bother…

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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…

Read more X800 Pro to XT Mod Results

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 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

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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