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New Drivers: ATi FireGL X1 & Z1 with High Performance - Finally March 21, 2003 – 12:01 PM – Graphics Cards
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 ... Read more
Penalty: An Autopsy Of Dead LCD Pixels March 19, 2003 – 12:01 PM – Monitors
Sales of LCD flat panels have gone through the roof and their prices go down by the day, but there still remains a point that is not exactly ... Read more
Battle of the Minis: Soltek vs. Shuttle March 18, 2003 – 12:01 PM – Desktops
The Leader of the Mini-PC Market, Shuttle, Gets Some Competition: Soltek Sends the Qbic for Intel P4 and 845E Chipset into the Fray. How Does it ... Read more
Maxtor Goes Serial ATA: The DiamondMax Plus 9 Gets Put to the Test March 14, 2003 – 12:01 PM – Internal Storage
Maxtor is supplying its first hard drives with a Serial ATA interface now. However, the DiamondMax Plus 9 was primarily designed for UltraATA/ ... Read more
Twice The Power: SiS655 With Dual DDR333 March 12, 2003 – 12:01 PM – Motherboards
The Taiwanese manufacturer SIS follows Intel's footsteps with a Pentium 4 chipset that supports two DDR channels. The SiS655 has been developed ... Read more
NVIDIA GeForceFX 5600 Ultra & FX 5200 Ultra: Performance March 11, 2003 – 12:01 PM – Graphics Cards
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 ... Read more
Serial ATA Controller Untamed: The Silicon Image 3112 March 7, 2003 – 12:01 PM – Storage Solutions
The Serial ATA controllers available till now have generally been bridged solutions based on parallel ATA chips. The 3112 from Silicon Image ... Read more
GeForceFX for the Masses: The GeForceFX 5600 and 5200 Series March 6, 2003 – 12:01 PM – Graphics Cards
After launching the GeForceFX 5800 for the enthusiast segment, NVIDIA now brings the new DirectX 9 technology to the mainstream and entry level ... Read more
Strike Force: The new ATI Radeon 9800, 9600 and 9200 Series March 6, 2003 – 12:01 PM – Graphics Cards
Only a month has passed since the introduction of NVIDIA's GeForceFX 5800 Ultra, and already ATi is preparing its counter-offensive, launching ... Read more
Swift Acquittal: NVIDIA QuadroFX 2000 March 5, 2003 – 12:01 PM – Graphics Cards
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 ... Read more
Then and Now: Athlon Platforms Compared March 3, 2003 – 12:01 PM – Motherboards
Up till now, there has been four generations of Athlons; the fifth, called Barton, has just begun. Equally important, however, is the platform: ... Read more
Zalman ZM80A-HP - VGA Heatpipe Cooler & Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9700 PRO Ultimate Edition February 26, 2003 – 12:01 PM – Graphics Cards
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 ... Read more
Backing Up with Tape Drives: Security Is What Counts February 25, 2003 – 12:01 PM – Storage Solutions
Regular backups of company-critical data to tape drives safeguards firms' existence. We put ten drives to the test and show what costs can be ... Read more
VapoChill Puts a Pentium 4 with 800 MHz FSB within Reach February 24, 2003 – 12:01 PM – CPU
THG shows you what kind of performance Intel's next Pentium 4 chipset, called "Canterwood," will have to offer. A Granite Bay board, a 2.26 GHz ... Read more
17" LCD: Samsung 171N & NEC LCD1760V vs. Everyone Else February 21, 2003 – 12:01 PM – Monitors
Any self-respecting buyer of a 17" LCD monitor starts out by making a list of self-respecting monitors. This list would naturally include the ... Read more