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Ready For The Winter Games: ATI Radeon 9800 XTSep 30, 2003 - in Reviews
With the Radeon 9800 XT ATI extends it product line upwards. The XT is clocked higher than the current top product and comes with a bunch of interesting features - not to forget an exclusive bundle of the game Half-Life 2 and ASUS as a new board partner. How the card performs or how the ASUS Radeon 9800 XT looks and much more you can find inside the article...
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Aquamark3: Accurate Benchmarking for Old and New (DirectX9) Apps?Sep 18, 2003 - in Reviews
Massive released its new AquaMark 3 benchmark earlier this week and its utility is very promising. For one, NVIDIA's latest drivers are shown lacking. And that's just for starters.
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Graphics Boosters For OpenGL WorkstationsSep 16, 2003 - in Reviews
NVIDIA lets its Quadro FX 3000 and FX 500 cards out of the gate. ATI unveils its FireGL X2 and T2 devices. We tested the cards and compared them to the tried-and-tested FX 2000, FX 1000, X1 and Z1 products. Both companies, in a few cases, should have heeded American history icon Benjamin Franklin's words: "Haste makes waste."
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Halflife 2 BenchmarksSep 12, 2003 - in Reviews
After the surprisingly hard critics from Valve's Gabe Newell on NVIDIA yesterday, the press today got the chance to get our own performance numbers in Halflife 2. Within the scope of ATI's Shader Day event we were allowed to test on four machines that were provided by ATI. In the meantime, we also received an official statement from NVIDIA on the situation.
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Integrated Graphics Performance: It's all in the chipsSep 3, 2003 - in Reviews
Graphics chips integrated with the CPU chipset are cheaper compared to stand-alone graphics chipsets and cards. As the market growth of integrated graphics compared to stand-alone cards show, many buyers are taking advantage of the opportunity.
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NVIDIA Detonator FX 45.23Aug 18, 2003 - in Reviews
With its new driver v45.23, NVIDIA attempts to do more than just address issues associated with a few games. NVIDIA says the v45.23 is the first driver based on its own optimization guidelines. Here, we compare the new driver with its predecessor, the v44.03.
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PVR On A BudgetJul 31, 2003 - in Reviews
One year after SnapStream PVS version 2 came out, we bring you a review of the recently released version 3. As a quick recap, SnapStream PVS is a software-based PVR (PVS stands for Personal Video Station). It uses a TV tuner card for input signal, and the CPU for encoding and decoding. This review compares and contrasts SnapStream PVS with other alternatives.
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Comparison of Four 800,000-Pixel CamcordersJul 28, 2003 - in Reviews
You don't need a sensor of more than 800,000 pixels to get digital video images in 4/3 format, so here we compare six such camcorders, all of which come at perfectly reasonable prices. Where they differ is in image quality, all-situation filming capability and ergonomics.
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VGA Card Buyer's Guide 07/2003Jul 14, 2003 - in Reviews
Choosing a new graphics card is not an easy decision. We've put together the THG VGA Buyer's Guide to help you with that decision. Our guide gives you an overview of all the latest offerings on the graphics card market.
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Radeon 9800 256 MBJun 4, 2003 - in Reviews
Simultaneous to the launch of NVIDIA's GeForce FX 5900 Ultra, ATI introduces the 256 MB, DDR II variant of the successful Radeon 9800 Pro. This test will show you if double the memory is worth the extra $100.
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Workshop: A Digital Facelift for Your Analog MoviesMay 30, 2003 - in Reviews
With the right know-how, you can copy VHS and Super-8 movies to your PC. This workshop will also show you how to give your old movies a new, digital lease on life.
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NVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra: The Way FX is Meant to be Played!!May 12, 2003 - in Reviews
After being heavily criticized for its GeForceFX 5800 Ultra, which many viewed as a half-baked product, NVIDIA is launching its follow-up chip FX 5900 Ultra today. In addition to a 256 bit memory interface, the design has been refined and a few optimizations have been added. We are also proud to bring you the first exclusive benchmarks of a preview version of id software's hotly anticipated game, DOOM III.
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Water March: Gainward CoolFXApr 30, 2003 - in Reviews
Gainward is one of the first graphics card manufacturers to offer a complete watercooling kit in their program - suitable for most of the GeForceFX cards. In this article, we introduce you to the system and find out how it performs in practice.
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Introducing ATi's New Middle Class: The Radeon 9600 PROApr 16, 2003 - in Reviews
The product line was announced back in March; we're now beginning to see the first retail boards. We took a good hard look at the new Radeon 9600 PRO to see what it's made of, how it compares to its ancestor, the 9500 PRO, and how it stacks up against NVIDIA's GeForce FX 5600 Ultra.
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New Drivers: ATi FireGL X1 & Z1 with High Performance - FinallyMar 21, 2003 - in Reviews
The results in our previous tests were quite modest. Now ATi has a new driver for better OpenGL performance, which puts the graphics card in a different position. Here, we give you the results of the FireGL Z1, as well as details of the X1 with 256 MB.
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NVIDIA GeForceFX 5600 Ultra & FX 5200 Ultra: PerformanceMar 11, 2003 - in Reviews
We brought you a first look at NVIDIA's new GeForceFX 5600 Ultra and GeForceFX 5200 Ultra cards, and now, we'll take a close look at the performance of the new FX family. We'll show you how the 5600 Ultra does against the already established ATi DirectX 9 cards, as well as how the 5200 Ultra sizes up.
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Strike Force: The new ATI Radeon 9800, 9600 and 9200 SeriesMar 6, 2003 - in Reviews
Only a month has passed since the introduction of NVIDIA's GeForceFX 5800 Ultra, and already ATi is preparing its counter-offensive, launching the Radeon 9800 PRO alias R350, the successor to the Radeon 9700 PRO. At the same time, the 9500 and 9000 series are being replaced by the 9600 and the 9200. Here is a first test of the new Radeon 9800 PRO and an outlook on the 9600/9200.
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GeForceFX for the Masses: The GeForceFX 5600 and 5200 SeriesMar 6, 2003 - in Reviews
After launching the GeForceFX 5800 for the enthusiast segment, NVIDIA now brings the new DirectX 9 technology to the mainstream and entry level segments. Here's a first look at the features in the new GeForceFX 5600 and 5200 series.
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Swift Acquittal: NVIDIA QuadroFX 2000Mar 5, 2003 - in Reviews
Even before ATi brings out its revised driver for the FireGL X1, NVIDIA has upped the ante with its QuadroFX series. In contrast to the GeForceFX, the eighth OpenGL card in the test field was a surprisingly solid performer in the gaming section.
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Zalman ZM80A-HP - VGA Heatpipe Cooler & Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9700 PRO Ultimate EditionFeb 26, 2003 - in Reviews
The Zalman ZM80A-HP is a passive VGA cooler that can be used on a number of graphics cards. Sapphire's Radeon 9700 PRO "Ultimate Edition" even comes equipped with this monster of a heatsink out of the box. But how "cool" is this cooler really?
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NVIDIA GeForceFX: Brute Force Attack Against the KingJan 27, 2003 - in Reviews
After long weeks of impatient waiting, it has finally arrived. NVIDIA has distributed the first GeForceFX cards to the press. Now, NVIDIA has to prove that it really has what it takes to topple ATI and its successful Radeon 9700 PRO from the throne. Also, check out our MP3 downloads for an assessment of noise levels between the test systems. This is one graphics card you want to hear!
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Old Hand Meets Young Firebrand: ATi FireGL X1 and Nvidia Quadro4 980XGLJan 23, 2003 - in Reviews
OpenGL - the story so far: the last Quadro4 chip to predate the GeForce FX, Nvidia entered the ring with the NV28GL. ATi countered with the R300, alias 9700 Pro, for use on the FireGL X1. Seven graphics cards take up the challenge.
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VGA Charts II: Mainstream SystemsJan 20, 2003 - in Reviews
In the second part of the big VGA Charts Update we take a look at 31 cards and how they perform on a slower system. Also, we check out how FSAA, anisotropic filtering, and a combination of both affect performance.
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Workstation Power: ATi's FireGL X1 under LinuxDec 31, 2002 - in Reviews
The new OpenGL workstation graphics board from ATi is put to the test under Linux. THG will compare ATi's FireGL X1 with NVidia's Quadro4 980XGL under Windows shortly.
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Digicams: New Little Megapixel Monsters, Part IIDec 24, 2002 - in Reviews
This year's ultimate Christmas present has to be a digital camera. We have tested the latest of them - the most beautiful and compact, the real must-haves: Canon PowerShot S230 (Ixus V3), Casio Exilim EX-M2, Minolta Dimage Xi, Toshiba PDR-T30 and Sony DSC-U10. Colors, detail, vignetting, zoom and speed have all been examined under the microscope.
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VGA Charts II: High-End SystemsDec 18, 2002 - in Reviews
Tom's VGA Charts are back, and we've updated them with the very latest in graphics cards as well as new benchmarks. In Part I, we compare 29 high-end graphics cards in fast systems.
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ATI Delivers: The Radeon 9500 PRODec 2, 2002 - in Reviews
ATI announced the Radeon 9500 just four weeks ago and our first tests with a prototype showed that this mid-price card held great promise. ATI has now supplied us with a final production version.
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Video Editing For Beginners: Matrox RT.X10Nov 26, 2002 - in Reviews
Matrox follows the trend: High CPU clock speeds yield hardware savings and make the product less expensive. For around 750 euros (US$730) you can turn your PC into a video editing system.
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GeForceFX: NVIDIA goes Hollywood?Nov 18, 2002 - in Reviews
At the computer exposition Comdex, NVIDIA is unveiling the successor to the GeForce4, the GeForceFX. Let us show you what tricks this chip has up its sleeve and how it fares against ATi's current flagship, the Radeon 9700 PRO.
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Pixel-Churners: A round-up of Radeon 9700 PRO cardsNov 4, 2002 - in Reviews
Much to NVIDIA's annoyance, graphics cards with ATi's Radeon 9700 PRO chip have the upper hand right now. We took a closer look at six cards from various manufacturers.
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