(03/05) Gigabyte K8NS Pro review by Ultimate Hardware - "Gigabyte K8NS Pro review featuring the AMD Sempron 3100 processor and the Athlon XP 3200 equipped Asrock K7S8XE+ with both motherboards using the powerful MSI NX6600 GT video card. The following software was used during testing, Half Life 2, Doom 3, Tribes Vengeance, Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War, Scrapland, Unreal Tournament 2004, Q3, 3dmark 2003 and 3dmark 2005."
(03/05) BFG Tech GeForce 6600 GT review by Bjorn3D - "Today, I'm going to take a look at BFG's entry level SLI-capable card, the 6600 GT OC. This card comes with a 25MHz overclock on both the core and memory clock. It is also a dual DVI card with HDTV support. Read on to see how the card performs by itself and teamed up with a twin for some SLI action."
(03/05) GeCube Radeon X850 XT review by Hexus - "I honestly can't abide massive coolers and their obnoxious fan designs or horrible aesthetics. I want good looking, small and quiet, and I want my performance too. I've recenty offered the opinion that X850 XT and X850 XT PE are nonsense purchases, given the price and performance of X800 XL, and that's true for 99% of you. For the other 1%, people that would seriously consider something like a Patek Phillipe watch if they had the money, X850 XT and XT PE stay relevant. I'm writing for the 1% of 1%, then, but as they say, the high high-end defines the rest of the brand. So when GeCube sent along their Radeon X850 XT, I was pretty sure I'd just found the current graphics card of my dreams, given that I can just about afford to shop in the £300 space if the card is fantastic. And for the GeCube, it's all about the UniWise."
(03/05) Sapphire Radeon X850 XT PCIe review by LegitReviews - "The X850 XT we are reviewing today is built on the 0.13-micron process by TSMC. One of the tricks to get the high clock speeds found on these cards is the use of low-k black diamond dielectric. To be specific the X850 XT?s 0.13-micron R480 core runs 120MHz faster than X800 XL, and only 20MHz slower than the X850 XT Platinum Edition. Something else to note is that the X850 XT comes with the full size cooling solution that is found on the X850XT PE. Keep in mind that this video card does require a 300Watt power supply unit and also takes up two slots in the case. If you are looking for a silent video card, the fan used is far from quiet."
(03/05) Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT review by XBitLabs - "It’s easy to read the name of a Leadtek card if you know the rules: “PX” denotes a PCI Express device, while the three letters “TDH” stand for TV-out, DVI output and hardware monitoring, respectively. Then, it’s easy to guess that “6600 GT” means we are dealing with a version of the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT graphics card."
(03/05) Radeon X700 Pro roundup by HardwareZone - "Just recently we brought you a RADEON X800 PRO Shootout targeting upgraders on the AGP platform and continuing our Shootout plans, this article is tailored for people assembling a new system utilizing a PCI Express platform and a PCIe x16 graphics card. Since fixing a new system involves changes in many of the subsystems, all of which cost big bucks, we figured most people would have their sights set upon the newest midrange graphics cards that offer reasonably good performance for current games without denting the wallet too much. On ATI's lineup, the RADEON X700 PRO perfectly matches this description and we went forth to cover seven different cards based on this VPU model."
(03/05) VisionTek Radeon X850 XT PCIe review by HardOCP - "What we have today is not the X850XT-PE but the the mid-range X850 XT. VisionTek is well known for their XTASY line of high quality video cards based on ATI VPUs. They have a solid reputation for quality, service, and appealing to the hardcore gamer. We’ve had very good luck overclocking VisionTek video cards in the past. All of VisionTek’s video cards carry a lifetime warranty. The XTASY RADEON X850 XT is VisonTek’s newest video card offering based on the latest ATI RADEON X850 series technology."
(03/05) S3 GammaChrome S18 preview by XBitLabs - "This chip announced as a mainstream solution boasted pretty advanced technical specifications. In particular, it featured 8 pixel pipelines and supported extended DirectX 9 specifications. Besides that DeltaChrome was the first VPU featuring the programmable Chromotion engine capable of processing video streams in real time. It was possible to create an engine like that due to the implemented pixel shaders 2.0+ support. Since DeltaChrome also boasted pretty low power consumption and also supported YPbPr (HDTV) signal output format, it turned out an excellent solution for multi-functional multimedia PCs, which could also serve as home entertainment systems."
(03/05) Albatron GeForce 6200 TC review by nVNews - "What about NVIDIA's entry level video cards? For the casual gamer, or PC user who does not require high performance for gaming but would like a budget-priced video card capable of rendering 3D graphics with the latest technologies, NVIDIA has served up the GeForce 6200 series. We will be taking a look at Albatron's PCI-Express GeForce TC6200Q 64/256MB."
(03/05) Club3D Radeon X800 XL PCIe review by Viperlair - "The X800XL is an interesting card on paper. We have clock speeds slower than the X800 Pro, although we have the full 16 pipelines vs. the 12 pipelines found the in the X800 Pro and X800. Core speeds are slightly higher than the X800 and memory speeds are just shy of the 1GHz mark. Best of all, the X800XL should come with a sub £250 price tag. New to the 'Lair's supporters are Club-3D, who have recently opened a UK office and sent us their Club-3D X800XL a little early, so at time of writing this it's not in the shops yet, but that's not going to stop us getting a good look ahead of time."
(03/05) ATi Radeon X850 XT-PE review by Viperlair - "The ATI Radeon X850XT-PE is a "standard" sized card (for the most part... more on that later), and should have no problems fitting into full height systems. The ATI Radeon X850 VPU is a native PCIE processor; therefore the card is currently only available in PCI Express form, so AGP board owners will need to look elsewhere."
(03/05) Abit Radeon X600 Pro 256MB review by Bit-Tech - "ABIT’s RX600 Pro-Guru is a rather interesting innovation, as it features a technology that resides from their motherboard range. Many of you may, or may not know about ABIT’s µGuru technology, it is a technology that was introduced on its top end motherboards around 12 months ago. For those who haven’t read much about it, there is a very useful page on ABIT’s website that explains how µGuru technology works."
(03/05) AMD Sempron 2600+ CPU review by XBitLabs - "A couple of weeks ago AMD began selling several new models of the Sempron processor for Socket 754, and in this review we will examine the Sempron 2600+, the junior Socket 754 product from AMD. We’re going to test the performance of the new CPU, compare it to the competing products, and explore its overclockability right now!"
(03/05) HIS Radeon X850 XT review by Tbreak - "We recently looked at HIS’ x700 pro based card and were impressed by its looks and performance. While the x700 PRO is more of a mainstream card, today we have their very high-end x850XT. Like their x700 PRO, the x850 is cooled by their iceQ technology although it’s a newer version. Lets start with the packaging."
(03/05) AMD Athlon 64 4000+ CPU review by Guru3D - "Yikes, it seems like only a short time ago that we reviewed AMD's Athlon 64 3200+, one of the the fastest AMD processors available in mid-July 2003. That processor already went mainstream and thus is relatively cheap to get, in the meanwhile things have changed for sure. Athlon 64 is the keyword here and back in June 2004 the first Socket 939 processors, the Athlon 64 FX-53, 3800+ and 3500+, were released."
