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How To Get The Cool Connections Using DuoConnectJun 14, 2002 - in Reviews
How would you like to be able to add both USB 2.0 and 1394 Firewire to your current PC, yet only use one PCI slot? If you would, then the new Adaptec DuoConnect is something worth checking out. This handy, stable, feature rich, all-in-one card allows you to get two cards in one. Read on to find out how to add USB 2.0 and 1394 Firewire to your current PC without breaking the bank.
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Accelerating Celeron: Available At 1.8 GHz NowJun 12, 2002 - in Reviews
Only four weeks ago, Intel released the latest Celeron, based on socket mPGA478 and the P4 Willamette core, running 1.7 GHz. As of today, an even faster version running at 1.8 GHz is ready to go. Is there a noticable performance gain?
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A New Kind Of Fast: AMD Athlon XP 2200+Jun 10, 2002 - in Reviews
Can AMD use ist new Thoroughbred core to catch up with Intels Pentium 4? In our benchmark marathon, we compare the completely overhauled Athlon XP 2200+ to 25 CPUs from Intel and AMD. Also, we bring you exclusive details about the Barton!
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VIA's C3 Hits 1 GHzJun 5, 2002 - in Reviews
It's not meant to be in the same class as the AMD and Intel multi-GHz CPUs, but VIA's C3 processor has just reached 1 GHz, and it comes with its own advantages. This newcomer, based on the Ezra-T core, has strengths elsewhere. The C3 is the most band per Watt on the market today. Find out why.
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Windows Gaming In Linux With WineX 2.0May 31, 2002 - in Reviews
We've talked about running Windows applications inside Linux, and now we'll look at the same for Windows gaming. WineX, from TransGaming Technologies, lets you run DirectX games in a Linux environment. We ran some benchmarks to compare performance too.
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PC Racing: Much Easier With A Steering Wheel!May 24, 2002 - in Reviews
There are lots of PC racing games, but they are really hard to handle with the keyboard. A wheel gives you a great advantage and is well worth the investment, especially if you are a racing fan. We have taken the best of them apart, literally dissected them. So here is a little lesson in anatomy.
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Making Themselves Heard: 11 GeForce4 Ti4400 and Ti4600 CardsMay 22, 2002 - in Reviews
The GeForce4 4600 range of graphics cards offer excellent performance, but is one of them right for you? This depends on quite a few factors - in addition to the price and 3D performance, there's the video quality and the noise of the cooling fan to consider as well.
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How To Select The Right CaseMay 21, 2002 - in Reviews
You might find that you're in for more than you bargained for when buying your next computer case. THG attempts to shed some light on the process of buying the right case and take some of the mystery out of cases by answering, "Are they more than just the boxes that hold your computer?
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Episode II: Attack of the Chipsets - Intel 845E and 845G for 533 MHz FSB and DDR-SDRAMMay 20, 2002 - in Reviews
Intel's second generation of DDR chipsets for the Pentium 4 makes a stand: the 845E offers support for 533 MHz FSB, and its bigger brother, the 845G, even provides an improved memory interface for DDR333 as well as integrated graphics. How do these two warriors compare to VIA's new P4X333?
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Good Old Newbie: Intel's Celeron 1.7 GHz for Socket 478May 15, 2002 - in Reviews
Socket 370 is officially dead. Back at CeBIT, Intel released their new server chipset E7500 to finally replace the Pentium III Tualatin in the server segment. Now that the Pentium 4 has become faster thanks to the Northwood core and 533 MHz FSB clock, the old Willamette core is being recycled in order to push the Socket 478 platform into the low-end market as well - eventually having run all processors except Xeon on the cute socket 478. How does the new 1.7 GHz Celeron compare to its main competitor, the AMD Duron 1.3 GHz?
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Bandwidth For The Masses! VIA P4X333 with DDR333 and AGP 8xMay 14, 2002 - in Reviews
Finally, the deed is done. With Intel turning away from RDRAM, DDR333 will be the prevailing memory standard for the Pentium 4 - today, VIA releases the P4X333 chipset to remove common bottlenecks and boost performance. The ingredients here: a new memory interface, USB 2.0 and, for the first time, AGP 8x. Is this chipset going to be the premier choice for the Pentium 4?
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Matrox Parhelia-512 - The ChallengerMay 14, 2002 - in Reviews
With drum rolls and trumpet blares, Matrox announces its return to the 3D consumer market for graphics cards. However, we'll have to wait and see just how triumphant its comeback is - currently, the press has to make to with nice-looking data sheets instead of working samples of the hardware. Read on to find out what the new Parhelia-512 chip has to offer, and whether or not ATI and NVIDIA should brace themselves for a tough battle.
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VIA KT333 Put To The Test: 18 Motherboards ComparedMay 9, 2002 - in Reviews
KT333 brings the promise of more speed; with fast DDR333 memory, the AMD Athlon XP speeds up accordingly. New features such as ATA/133 and USB 2.0 complete the picture. And to top it off, two of the boards come with thermal protection.
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Perfect Timing: DDR Performance AnalysisMay 7, 2002 - in Reviews
Conventional wisdom says all kinds of SDRAM should be operated in CL2 mode, which is known to deliver the fastest performance. But what's the difference between CL 2.5 and CL 2.0 in real life? In this article, we'll answer that question!
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The Die Has Been Cast: Pentium 4/2533 vs. Athlon XP 2100+May 6, 2002 - in Reviews
In the right platform, Intel's new Pentium 4 at 2533 MHz leaves AMD's Athlon XP 2100+ behind quite badly. We bring you a wealth of benchmarks from 29 processors.
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Next Gen 3D Is On! 3Dlabs' P10 VPUMay 3, 2002 - in Reviews
3Dlabs rushes its announcement of its next generation graphics architecture, the P10, in anticipation of becoming a part of Creative Labs. This is the first salvo in what promises to be a very exciting 18 months as graphics takes a big step into realizing a fully programmable 3D pipeline, egged on by Longhorn. We take a look at the P10's key features, and ultimately, to the underlying trends in the next generation of graphics processors.
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Unstoppable: DDR400 vs. RambusMay 1, 2002 - in Reviews
We pit the fastest memory modules (DDR 400, DDR333, DDR266 and DDR200) against Rambus. Which one helps your PC system attain the highest performance level?
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Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar: The Luxury Joystick!Apr 30, 2002 - in Reviews
Thrustmaster has launched a new joystick, the HOTAS Cougar, which will is destined to become the Rolls Royce of peripherals for PC-based games. This is partly due to the price - a massive $299! The high production quality and programming options are just as mind-blowing! So this is the question: is the Cougar worth such a huge investment? It's our job to try and find out.
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17" LCD Part I: Six Sexy PanelsApr 29, 2002 - in Reviews
In the first part of this review, we examined six monitors in close detail. We tested products from ADI, Compaq, CTX, NEOVO, Philips and Solarism. They are based on a variety of technologies, including TN + Film, IPS, and MVA. We especially spent a lot of time studying the ergonomics of the various models, real-time response, and the color spectrum-not forgetting the technical improvements that are expected by the end of the year.
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The Mobile Storage Giant: A FireWire Hard Drive From Western DigitalApr 26, 2002 - in Reviews
The ever-increasing hard drive capacities appear to be coming to a halt, but the manufacturers never rest: Western Digital offers its latest top-of-the-line 120 GB model in a portable version with a FireWire interface. How does this model compare to desktop drives?
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AMD's Opteron Comes Down HardApr 24, 2002 - in Reviews
AMD has given Sledgehammer a new brand name, Opteron. With it comes a clear cut strategy to attack the enterprise market. Is the technology and marketing hype going to be enough to take AMD to the next level? Then, there's bye bye Apaloosa Core, and hello Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit on Opteron! It's all shook up, today.
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Under The Hood: 140 Chipsets ComparedApr 22, 2002 - in Reviews
The chipset plays a decisive role in the performance and features of a PC system. It wouldn't make much sense to overclock if you didn't have some knowledge on how to equip or upgrade your system properly. Therefore we bring you our analysis of all chipsets for AMD and Intel.
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VGA Charts IApr 18, 2002 - in Reviews
30 graphics cards from ATI, NVIDIA and PowerVR at one go - here, we offer you an overview of boards from the past couple of years. How fast are they in the latest games and benchmarks? How much of an advantage do you get when you switch graphics cards? These VGA charts give you the answers.
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Fujitsu's Silent Strike: The MAM3184MP With Ultra160 and 15,000 rpmApr 15, 2002 - in Reviews
No other drive has managed to claim top position with as much ease as the MAM series from Fujitsu. Thanks to a high rotation speed, the drive offers outstanding performance. In addition, Fujitsu seems to have eliminated problems such as high temperatures and bothersome noise levels. Does this mean hard times for the competition?
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Digital Video Editing: The Canopus DVRaptor-RTApr 12, 2002 - in Reviews
For $599, the DVRaptor-RT offers 20 filters, 38 effects and 15 transitions in real time. Its video editing performance is at a par with other high-end products of its ilk, provided the CPU in your computer has a clock speed of at least 1600 MHz.
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Overburning: 100 Minutes On An Audio CDApr 11, 2002 - in Reviews
How much will fit on a CD? In our test, 890 MB of data or up to 100 minutes of music. We also take a look at special burners, blank CDs, software and the Asus CRW-3212A.
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The Next Step, Hi-Speed USB 2.0Apr 10, 2002 - in Reviews
At 480Mbs, USB 2.0 blows the doors off of USB 1.0. We have an IOGEAR Impulse CDRW and an IOGEAR ION Drive to show you the performance increases when moving from USB 1.1 to USB 2.0. We also show how USB 2.0 stacks up against the same drive as an IDE device.
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Big Little Sister - The GeForce4 Ti4200Apr 9, 2002 - in Reviews
Other than the initial launch information and the preliminary specifications, not much was heard about the Ti4200 for a while. Not a single company had a product with this chip in the pipeline, and many PR managers knew no more of this chip than what had already been reported. We are finally able to shed a little light on the real story.
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External Sound: Creative Labs ExtigyApr 5, 2002 - in Reviews
Although there is a growing tendency to integrate sound chipsets on the mother board, Creative Labs is offering removal of the sound card from the PC and connection to the USB port. The Extigy is a hybrid, a halfway point between the Audigy and an external AC-3 decoder. Here's how it's done...
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SiS Kicks Off: 10 Motherboards With The 645 Chipset and DDR333Apr 3, 2002 - in Reviews
SiS puts the pedal to the metal: the current Pentium 4 chipset SiS645 not only stands up to the competition, but also manages to overtake most of its rivals, thanks to DDR333 support. We compared 10 motherboards and evaluated their performance in practical tests.
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