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by Rafael Hernandez on January 12, 2005 · 0 comments

TechConnect tried out four versions of Nvidia’s Forceware drivers which support just about every video card they have released since the TNT. Graphics chip manufacturers usually find new tricks and techniques to improve performance, in addition to bug fixes, which…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 11, 2005 · 0 comments

HardwareZoom grabbed a trio of graphics cards each featuring Nvidia’s GeForce 6600GT chipset. Tons of performance potential from these mid-range boards, easily capable of running today’s top games, with some high-end feature trade offs of course, at reasonable speeds with…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 11, 2005 · 0 comments

Bytesector has a review of the ThermalTake Silent PurePower 680W, a beefy choice for powering your PC. With multiple a pair of low noise fans and multiple 12volt rails this power supply should be able to handle the most demanding…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 7, 2005 · 0 comments

MADSHRIMPS has tested a pair of video cards sporting Nvidia GeForce 6600 and 6600GT GPUs. The cards are not as snappy as their higher end brothers but they provide the same great visual quality and good performance in today’s games…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 7, 2005 · 0 comments

3DsoundSurge has a review of the Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro sound card. This is one of the pricier consumer audio solutions on the market but they toss in a ton of features for the price as well as…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 6, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has tested an early version of Gigabyte’s dual Nvidia GeForce 6600GT GPU video card. This is quite different than the two graphics card technique used in Nvidia’s SLI setups but it appears to offer some performance benefits over the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 6, 2005 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has an early look at ATI’s upcoming, mid-range, Radeon X800 XL graphics card. The first batch of mid-range cards released last year had their fair share of problems keeping up with the competition’s similarly priced products. This time around…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 5, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a review of the high performance ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition. ATI foregoes the red PCB for a cool blue motif but beyond that the board sports a similar feature set compared to its PC based cousin…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 5, 2005 · 0 comments

TweakTown has tested NVIDIA’s nForce 4 system chipset against ATI’s upcoming Radeon Xpress 200, both of which are aimed at AMD’s Athlon 64. Great performance out of both products which makes for more solid choices when upgrading in the coming…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 4, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look back at the various hardware that made 2004 a memorable year. From video cards to CPUs there were a ton of combinations to choose from with many high-end products and speedy mid-range and low-end…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 3, 2005 · 0 comments

DigiTimes writes of NVIDIA’s plan to bring the GeForce 6200 series to an AGP slot near you. The cards are marketed towards the low-end of the gaming market but had been previously limited to PCI-Express only implementations which are found…

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