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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Sapphire Radeon X1800XL

On the 5th October, ATI announced its new Radeon X1000 series of video cards. Today, Tim Smalley has a look at Sapphire's X1800XL implementation and also chews on the technology behind R520. We compare the card with three different GeForce 7800 GT's in a variety of real-world gaming scenarios.

October 17, 2005 | 10:11

Leadtek 7800 GT and ForceWare 78.03

Leadtek have a new 7800 GT board which is dubbed 'Extreme'. It sports clocks speeds faster than the standard and a pretty good bundle. We take a look at the card, and see how it performs with the new 78.03 drivers that NVIDIA tell us will fix the texture shimmering issues we've seen previously.

September 29, 2005 | 17:40

NForce 430 is fastest IGP solution

Our good friends at AMDZone have had the chance to run Foxconn's 6150K8MA-8EKRS through a few benchmarks, comparing the performance to a reference Radeon XPRESS 200 motherboard.

September 28, 2005 | 10:05

ATI CrossFire - Hands on

We've had a play with reference boards for ATI's CrossFire platform. We take a look at the technology, perform some initial performance evaluations, and give you our take on the technology as it stands both today, and over the next couple of weeks.

September 26, 2005 | 14:00

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Benchmarks

Wondering how Valve's super-duper Lost Coast level is going to play on your system? We've run it through a range of different setups to find out what's playable and what's not. We also have an awesome preview video of the level to tide you over!

September 21, 2005 | 15:12

Changing times, changing ethos

The hardware and gaming markets are going to be turned on their heads in the coming months. Do you understand the issues involved in evaluating the technology progressions we're going to be making, and do you understand the ethos behind the editorial?

September 16, 2005 | 00:00

Leadtek Duo PX6600GT TDH Extreme

This Leadtek graphics card has two 6600GT chips on one board. How does it compare to the X800XL and the 6800GT? We rack it and rate it.

September 9, 2005 | 15:46

Intel Pentium 4 670 & Pentium D 820

Continuing this week's theme, we've had a pair of Intel's processors in the test labs this week: The 3.8GHz Pentium 4 670 and the 2.8GHz dual cored Pentium D 820. Which is best? High clock speed single core with HyperThreading, or the lower clock speed, two cores and no HyperThreading? We have the answers inside...

August 26, 2005 | 09:47

AOpen i915GMm-HFS

The whole idea of having a PC in your living room is really starting to take off and manufacturers see it as a market with huge growth potential. We have a look at AOpen's i915GMm-HFS Pentium M motherboard. It's packed with oodles of home theatre goodies - could it make the ideal HTPC?

August 23, 2005 | 14:30

Shuttle SN26P with SLI

With more power per cubic metre than a nuclear bomb, the Shuttle SLI combines an Athlon 64 and two NVIDIA 6800 GT graphics cards in SLI to form one of the most powerful SFF systems anywhere. We test it, rip it apart, photograph the insides then stick a pair of 7800 GT cards in just for fun.

August 16, 2005 | 13:47

NVIDIA launch 7800 GT

As widely expected, today NVIDIA have unveiled the next card in the GeForce 7 series, the GeForce 7800 GT. Clocked at 400MHz / 1000MHz, is it capable of SLI, and has proved to be pretty quick.

August 11, 2005 | 14:09

BFGTech & XFX GeForce 7800 GT

Today, NVIDIA have launched yet another high-end card, the 7800 GT. Capable of SLI, as well as blistering single-card speed, is this yet another nail in the coffin for ATI? We put cards from XFX and BFG under the microscope.

August 11, 2005 | 13:29

Gainward Ultra/3500PCX Golden Sample

Gainward have stepped up again with another overclocked card. This Golden Sample improves on the reference clocks of the 7800GTX whilst coming in at a fantastic price point. We love it, and so will you...

August 9, 2005 | 10:32

FEAR - First thoughts and Benchmarks

Checked out the single-player demo of F.E.A.R. ? We've been playing it all weekend - have a read of our thoughts on the single player experience, and our first benchmarks. We test the game on a range of cards from a 5900XT up to a 7800GTX.

August 8, 2005 | 10:51

First Serious Sam 2 benchmarks - we have 'em!

We have the first benchmarks of the new Serious Sam 2 game, which sports a next-gen engine - see it's performance on a 7800, inside.

June 23, 2005 | 11:07

Half-Life 2 Evaluation

The most eagerly awaited game over the past two years is here - we evaluate the real-world performance over the current high-end and mainstream AGP video cards.

December 1, 2004 | 00:00