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Revving up in the New Year: AMD Athlon64 3400+ versus Intel P4 3.2 GHzJan 6, 2004 - in Reviews
AMD has added 200 MHz to its latest Athlon64 processor, hoping that the Athlon64 3400+ will push the performance threshold up and beyond Intel's 3.2 GHz Pentium 4. Our 41 individual benchmarks show how the two processors measure up in real-life applications.
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OCZ Attempts to Step Up the Clock Pace with DDR400 ModuleJan 5, 2004 - in Reviews
OCZ has made a name for itself with memory modules for high clock rates. With the Gold Edition of the PC4000 Dual Channel Kit, OCZ tries to keep up with its clockspeed-boosting legacy.
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The King of the Heap: 4 Chipsets for the Athlon64Jan 5, 2004 - in Reviews
NVIDIA and VIA were the first Athlon64 chipset vendors on the block; now, ALi and SiS are also mixing it up. Except for their layouts, the four chipsets are technologically identical. But how do they perform in real life? We give you the low down in a comprehensive round up.
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5 GHz Project: CPU Cooling With Liquid NitrogenDec 30, 2003 - in Reviews
Just how much cooling can the P4 withstand for maximum overclocking? We cranked the CPU down to -196°C with liquid nitrogen and, with compression cooling for the chipset, we managed to clock the processor at 5.25 GHz. For those of you with any doubts, it's all on the 11th THG video.
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VGA Charts IIIDec 29, 2003 - in Reviews
This year's THG VGA charts feature performance tests from ten different games and benchmarks, including an overview of 46 different graphics cards from ATi, NVIDIA, Matrox, S3 and XGI. We also included tests gauging anisotropic filtering and FSAA and a ranking of the cards by a price/quality ratio. As always, some of the results should surprise.
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AMD's and Intel's End-of-Year CPU Buyer's GuideDec 23, 2003 - in Reviews
If it's time to upgrade your CPU or to buy a new chipset, we offer our end-of-year Buyer's Guide. Here, we surveyed all available processors and identified our favorites in several categories based on price/quality ratios and overclocking capabilities.
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2003 Winter Case Review Part 2: The ATX AvalancheDec 17, 2003 - in Reviews
With winter upon us, we are faced with an avalanche. Not an avalanche to worry about while skiing or snowboarding out west or in the Alps, but an avalanche of ATX cases THG has reviewed for you. After reviewing the MicroATX last time, we look at ATX form factor cases in our largest case review ever. A number of excellent choices came through with flying colors.
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The SiS, VIA and Intel Showdown at the Performance Chipset CorralDec 15, 2003 - in Reviews
At the beginning of next year, Intel will launch faster Pentium 4 processors based on the well-known Socket 478. This should unleash a fresh round of debate about what is the best performance chipset, since a fast processor should also have the support of a platform that's as speedy as it can be. The newset product vying to unseat the Intel 875P is the 655TX from SiS. We also pitted it against the production version of the VIA PT880.
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Cool and Quiet: HIS Radeon 9800 ProDec 10, 2003 - in Reviews
The new HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro IceQ graphics card sports an especially effective and quiet cooling solution. This brief test, the first review in our new Short Take series, demonstrates why.
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2003 Winter Case Review Part 1: MicroATX Case MadnessDec 9, 2003 - in Reviews
The MicroATX form factor continues to grow in popularity. We take an in depth look at a variety of MicroATX chassis solutions prior to our full ATX mid tower case review. However, not all MicroATX solutions are the same and only a few made the grade here.
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Generation Change: Eight Motherboards For The Athlon 64Dec 1, 2003 - in Reviews
We have already demonstrated in reviews past how AMD's Athlon64 convinces and shines next to its predecessor, the AthlonXP. We now subject eight new Athlon64 boards to our traditionally thorough and exhaustive benchmarks. Guess what? Out of the eight boards we tested, a clear winner emerges, based not so much on performance, but on features offered.
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Avant-Garde: Four boards for AMD's Athlon 64 FXNov 17, 2003 - in Reviews
The Athlon 64 FX has been out for only a few weeks, but the 64 bit contender has already made a name for itself. But because of the few unit counts in the market and the uncertainty factor over a new technology, many boardmakers remain hesitant about jumping in. We tested Athlon 64 bit boards from the big three that have taken the plunge: Asus, Gigabyte and MSI - thus divide up the market between them. Here is what we found.
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A New Graphics Kid on the Block: XGI VolariNov 7, 2003 - in Reviews
A new player dares enters the graphics card market that ATi and Nvidia have dominated for so long. XGI (eXtreme Graphics Innovation), based in Taiwan of course, comes at the market leaders with a line of cards for a whole lot less money. We look at XGI's product range, and offer results of a beta model from XGI's top model Volari Duo V8 Ultra.
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Cost-Defying Single-Channel Platforms: Chipsets from NVIDIA and VIANov 7, 2003 - in Reviews
With its dual-channel RAM interface, NVIDIA's nForce2 Ultra 400 is still the performance champion. But not everyone can afford to spring for a new processor, a motherboard and two DIMMs in one fell swoop. We tell you how to cut costs by using a cheaper single-channel platform.
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Intel Brings Low-Cost 848P to Budget MarketNov 3, 2003 - in Reviews
Intel has modified its 865 chipset for FSB800 and single channel DDR400 memory. The result is the low-cost 848P that will compete in the SiS and VIA budget chipset sector. Its benchmarks also offer some surprises.
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NVIDIA Puts Its (New) Cards on the TableOct 23, 2003 - in Reviews
NVIDIA tries to hit back at ATi's launch lead with its news enthusiast and mid-range graphics cards: the GeForce FX 5950 Ultra and the FX 5700, respectively. Does NVIDIA raise the bar for highend and mid-range graphics performance? Do incremental performance gains that both ATi and NVIDIA's new cards offer really matter in game play? Not that much really, but the very good news is that some really great graphics cards out there will become that much cheaper.
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The Athlon Cooler Cometh at 2.8 GHz and Below Zero CoolOct 21, 2003 - in Reviews
Chip-con's cooling base broke clocking records. Now it's Athlon 64 FX-51's turn to show its stuff at 2.8 GHz.
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Facelift: The ATi Radeon 9600 XTOct 15, 2003 - in Reviews
ATi has revamped its mid-range 9600 XT graphics card only a few days after ATi introduced its latest high-end Radeon 9800 XT. What does this card offer that its predecessor does not? And how does it measure up against its rivals from NVIDIA?
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China Dispatch: Adventures in Case ManufacturingOct 6, 2003 - in Reviews
How are PC cases made? After Computex in Taiwan, we made the trek to Dong Guan, China to learn about case manufacturing first hand. We spent more than two days watching the process and learning the "ins and outs" of the manufacturing process. We walk you through the full supply-chain gamut: design, engineering, prototyping, testing and production.
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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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Affordable Alternatives: DDR400 Dual-Channel Chipsets for the Pentium 4Sep 29, 2003 - in Reviews
These days, products with VIA's new PT880 and the SiS 655FX are becoming available. Both are meant to slam Intel in the performance desktop chipset segment, both are more attractively priced and both eventually herald the Serial ATA era, since they come paired with new Southbridges. We checked their performance compared to Intel's 875P and 865PE top runners.
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AMD's Athlon 64 Has Arrived: the Athlon 64 FX and Athlon 64 (and Intel's P4 Extreme)Sep 23, 2003 - in Reviews
Weeks of tests and sleepless nights: Performance analyses of AMD's Athlon 64 (Clawhammer) and Athlon 64 FX-51 (Sledgehammer) and Intel's P4 Extreme. We offer 46 benchmarks, including nForce3 150 and VIA K8T800 chipset performance results. And THG's video No. 10 is ready for download.
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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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Three Red-Hot Boxed Cooler Alternatives for the Athlon XP3200+Sep 17, 2003 - in Reviews
The days of the Athlon platform may be numbered, but that hasn't stopped Athlon cooler suppliers from launching new models. THG tested three alternatives to the boxed cooler on the latest Athlon XP (3200+).
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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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Six Athlon Boards With The KT600 ChipsetSep 8, 2003 - in Reviews
Low-cost boards for AMD Athlon XP: The best of six well-equipped mainboards starting at $77 (€70).
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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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The Best of Both Worlds: Asus PC-DL with 875P Chipset for Intel's XeonAug 27, 2003 - in Reviews
With its 1 MB L3 cache, Intel's Xeon was poised to take the workstation market by storm. Unfortunately, the Intel E7505 chipset isn't the greatest match for the CPU, as it only supports dual DDR266. Asus decided it needed to tackle this problem. And tackle it did: it developed a board that aims to enhance performance with an 875P desktop chipset and dual DDR333.
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Big Business: 18 P4 boards In Price / Performance Face-OffAug 25, 2003 - in Reviews
We asked the leading motherboard makers to send us their best and brightest for a no-holds bar price/performance test. We received boards with Intel's 875, 865, 845; VIA's P4X400 and P4M266A; and SiS' SiS648FX chipsets, which we promptly put to the test. We determine who offers top-of-the-line features and performance at a reasonable price.