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Albatron GeForce4 Ti4400-8X review by Digit-Life - "The NVIDIA's GeForce4 Ti line is fading away bit by bit although the American company's attempt to give it the second wind using the updated processing with AGP 8x support. The interest toward these products is currently dying away especially because the prices are not cut anymore (it's not profitable to move the Ti 4200 to the low-end market). Hence are various marketing tricks to attract users' attention to these video cards, including name manipulation. "

Hercules 3D Prophet 9500 Pro review by Guru3D - "Today we are going to take a look at another product from Hercules, the 3D Prophet 9500 Pro. This product is of course based on the immensely popular R300 chip from ATI. This same graphics core is responsible for graphics cards like Radeon 9500, 9700 and 9700 Pro. It seems that ATi is extremely eager to dominate the entire graphics card market with a card for any budget. I mean right now if you go to the store to buy yourself a 3D graphics card to play some games then you'd have the choice of Radeon 9000, 9100, 9500 and 9700 .. not to mention that Radeon 9900 is also on the way. Each version also has a Pro sister/brother."

AOpen AX4PE Max i845PE review by HARD OCP - "The AX4PE MAX is based on the Intel i845PE chipset. Coupled with this chipset, the board offers support for the latest Intel Hyper Threading enabled processors as well as full support for DDR Ram with clock speeds of 333 MHz. The built-in features for the AX4PE MAX include 2 ATA 100 capable IDE ports, 1 ATA 133 capable IDE port, 2 Serial ATA 150 ports, 10/100 Fast Ethernet controller, 6 USB 2.0 compatible ports, and 2 IEEE 1394 (Firewire) ports. Also included in the BIOS are the Die-Hard BIOS, Open Jukebox, a BIOS-installed CD Player, and VividBIOS, a skinning feature for system POST screens."

MSI GeForce4 Ti4600-8X review by Hexus - "That may well be the reason why nVidia, the U.S graphics card giant, is choosing to 'update' its present line of GeForce Ti-based cards before the imminent launch of its next-generation GeForce FX video card some time this spring. ATi, nVidia's chief competitor, has stolen the performance crown in no uncertain terms with its excellent R300 card. Now with lower priced models (Radeon 9500, Radeon 9500 Pro Radeon 9700) being positioned at the same pricepoint as nVidia's Ti cards, nVidia have got to be seen to be doing something. Will the GeForce4 Ti 4800SE be anything special. What can it do against the mighty Radeon cards, and is it worth it ?. We'll find out by looking at MSI's card in detail."

MSI K7N2-L nForce2 review by HARD OCP - "NVIDIA’s nForce2 chipset offers support for the latest technologies including 400 MHz DDR, Dual Channel memory bus, AGP 8x, and all AMD CPUs up to and including the AMD Barton processor. The MSI K7N2 sports some pretty beefy features as well, such as 10/100 fast Ethernet, 5.1 channel sound output with optical out, 4 integrated USB 2.0 ports with the option of adding an 2 additional ports through onboard headers, serial and parallel ports, 2 PS/2 ports, and the D-Bracket2 with integrated diagnostic tool."

MSI K7N2G-ILSR nForce2 review by PCStats - " In this review, we will be testing out MSI's nForce2-IGP motherboard; the K7N2G-ILSR. The MSI K7N2G-ILSR is based on the nForce2-IGP (Integrated Graphics Processor) and is teamed up the MCP2-T southbridge. Unlike the no frills K7N2-L the K7N2G-ILSR is very well equipped with serial ATA/IDE RAID, a 10/100 LAN RJ45 jack, IEEE 1394, USB 2.0, 6-channel audio, TV-out (RCA composit and S-video) and of course nVIDIA's integrated video."

EPoX 8RDA+ nForce2 review by Bjorn3D - "I was using an nForce-based WinFast K7N415DA from Leadtek. This board is based on NVIDIA's 415DA chipset, the nForce variant that does not utilize the IGP (integrated graphics). It was coupled with an AMD Athlon XP 1800+ and two 128MB RIMMs of Corsair PC2400 DDR SDRAM. Our review item is EPoX's nForce2 variant, the 8RDA+. We decided to focus the review on a direct comparison between the performance of an nForce to the nForce2. In other words, I'm doing a simple swap of the motherboards, and we'll see what happens. :)"

MSI GeForce4 Ti4600-8X review by SharkyExtreme - "NVIDIA's GeForce4 Ti 4200 was one of the most successful video cards of 2002, and rightly so. With all the benefits of the GeForce4 Ti core, in addition to an excellent price, the GeForce4 Ti 4200 based cards literally flew off shelves. NVIDIA's second "refresh" to the GeForce4 Ti AGP 8X line (codename NV28) has been slipped rather quietly into production, and initially surfaced in GeForce4 Ti 4200-8X based cards late last year. NVIDIA has now moved the NV28 core to the rest of their GeForce4 line, bringing AGP 8X to the Ti 4600. The AGP 8X variant of the GeForce4 Ti 4600 is officially called the Ti 4800 in Europe and Asia (naming will remain Ti 4600 in America), which can be a little deceiving. Common logic would suggest that the numerically-higher Ti 4800 is a performance enhanced version of the Ti 4600."

Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9500 Pro review by Tech-Report - "While commoditization may have a detrimental impact on board manufacturer-driven innovations, many consumers may actually find it easier to choose between more generic choices. If, for example, all Radeon 9500 Pro-based graphics cards were to perform, look, and sound alike, a consumer trying to choose between two competing cards would have fewer variables to consider. In the end, it might all come down to a card's price and bundled extras, which isn't such a bad thing. At least with generic cards, one can have the expectation of more consistent performance across boards from different manufacturers, something that graphics chip manufacturers surely wouldn't mind. Today we're looking at Sapphire's decidedly generic Atlantis Radeon 9500 Pro."

Albatron Medusa Ti4680P GeForce4 Ti4600-8X review by Tech-Report - "Factory-overclocked GeForce4 Ti 4200 8X cards that are bristling with copper and aluminum heat sinks and built on eight-layer GeForce4 Ti 4600-esque PCBs don't exactly come along every day, you know. Is Albatron, like so many attention-starved teenagers, dressing up its Medusa GeForce4 Ti 4680P just to stand out in a crowd? To be different for the sake of being different? Or have they really built a better GeForce4? Join me as we examine the Medusa GeForce4 Ti 4680P to see what makes this card so different from the throngs of GeForce4 Ti 4200 cards already on the market."

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"MSI GeForce 9800 GT review also featuring the XFX GeForce 8800 GT. The MSI GeForce 9800 GT has a 10% higher clock speed than the XFX GeForce 8800 GT and 6% higher memory speed. The MSI GeForce 9800 GT and XFX GeForce 8800 GT both have 112 Pixel Shaders."

"The Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+ has 16% higher clock speed and 10% higher memory speed than the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. The Gainward Radeon HD 4850 however has over six times the pixel shading advantage with 800 Pixel Shaders compared to the Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+ 128 Shaders."

"Gainward Radeon HD 4870 review which we are comparing to the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. The Gainward Radeon HD 4870 is a powerful video card with 800 Shaders for amazing gaming performance. The Gainward Radeon HD 4870 also features advanced GDDR5 memory running at 3600 Mhz DDR which is 45% faster than the Gainward Radeon HD 4850."

"The Gainward Radeon HD 4850 is a pixel shading powerhouse boasting 800 Unified Shaders compared to 320 with the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 which means that the Gainward Radeon HD 4850 has 60% more shading power. However the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 is using powerful GDDR4 memory and the Gainward Radeon HD 4850 is using slower GDDR3 memory. Another advantage for the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 is the 20% higher GPU speed compared to the Radeon HD 4850."

"The MSI GeForce 9600 GT OC has a 15% higher clock speed than the XFX GeForce 8800 GT and 6% higher memory speed. MSI GeForce 9600 GT OC has a Pixel Shading disadvantage with 43% less Pixel Shaders. How will the disadvantage of the 43% less pixel shaders effect performance?"

"The XFX GeForce 8800 GT has a 23% lower clock speed than the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870, 20% less memory speed and the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 is using fast GDDR4 memory while the XFX GeForce 8800 GT is using GDDR3 memory. The XFX GeForce 8800 GT also has a Pixel Shading disadvantage with 65% less Pixel Shaders."

"Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 review featuring the powerful Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 video card from ATI. The Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 is compared to Sapphire Radeon x1950 XT which the Sapphire 3870 replaces."

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