(04/05) MSI NX 6600 GT VTD128 review by Ultimate Hardware - "MSI NX 6600 GT VTD128 review also featuring the MSI Geforce 5900 XT VTD128, OCUK Radeon 9700 Pro and Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT. The following software was used during testing:- 3DMark 2003, 3DMark 2005, Doom 3, Half Life 2, Quake III Arena, Rightmark, Scrapland, Serious Sam 2 The Second Encounter and X2 The Threat."
(04/05) ATI HyperMemory vs nVidia TurboCache by TrustedReviews - "However, as users become more educated, integrated graphics on the desktop has become less appealing. This has created a space in the market for low end but branded graphics cards and this is where ATI’s HyperMemory and nVidia’s TurboCache technology come in. The idea behind the technologies is that the graphics processor shares system memory with a small amount of local on-board memory, dramatically reducing costs. The ATI card comes in two flavours – one with 32MB of local memory that's able to scale up to 128MB with system memory and another with 128MB of local memory that can scale to 256MB. nVidia’s TurboCache meanwhile has three versions – a 16 and 32MB version that scales to 128MB with system memory, and a 64MB that goes to 256MB."
(04/05) S3 GammaChrome S18 Pro PCIe review by XBitLabs - "The documentation we received from S3 Graphics says there will be two versions of the product – GammaChrome S18 Pro and GammaChrome S18 CE – differing in the clock rates and the amount of graphics memory on board. The senior, S18 Pro model is expected to carry 256MB of memory and work at 400/300 (600DDR) MHz frequencies; the junior, S18 CE model comes with 128MB of memory and works at 300/300 (600DDR) MHz. The GammaChrome S18 Ultra version that we have previously mentioned on our site is missing in this list."
(04/05) Asus GeForce 6800 PCIe review by HardwareZone - "The ASUS V9999GE is a rather long card built on a 10-layer PCB and uses high speed DDR3 memory, compared to the six layers for a normal GeForce 6800 and standard DDR memory. The extra layers contribute to a higher manufacturing cost and this is usually only necessary for GeForce 6800 Ultra boards. In fact, the V9999GE could be easily mistaken for the Ultra version because their own GeForce 6800 Ultra, the ASUS V9999Ultra Deluxe and the V9999GE look considerably alike. Both sport a similar cooling solution, with a massive heatsink and aluminum RAMsinks. ASUS may have felt that the V9999GE needed more cooling given that they were pushing the limits of the 6800 GPU and hence they have outfitted the V9999GE with an almost identical PCB, memory parts and cooler design as their Ultra card."
(04/05) Gigabyte Radeon X800 review by Bjorn3D - "Many people might think that only low-end chips can be cooled without a fan, since high-end chips usually run at higher frequencies, making them run hotter. However, Gigabyte's design has allowed them to use the Silent-Pipe on the lower tier high-end chips from both ATI and NVIDIA. A while ago, I reviewed the company's AGP GeForce 6800 featuring the Silent-Pipe, and it has worked well ever since then, not ever getting overheated. Today, we are going to switch interfaces to PCI Express and chips to the ATI Radeon X800 to take a look at Gigabyte's GV-RX80256D. Beyond sporting the X800 chip and a PCI Express interface, this video card features 256 megabytes of GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus, a core clocked at 400 MHz, and memory clocked at 490 MHz (980 MHz DDR). This puts the core clock at stock speed, but the memory clock is considerably bump up from ATI's stock 350 MHz. This means the memory clock is in the territory of X800 Pro, XL, and XT boards, but the standard X800 (and Pro) has only 12 parallel pipelines, whereas the X800 XL and XT have 16. Regardless, Gigabyte has delivered another solid-performing, silent video card to the highly-competitive graphics card market. Read on to find out how this card stacks up against a GeForce 6600 GT and 6800 GT."
(04/05) AMD Dual-Core Opteron CPUs review by Techreport - "We've had a pair of dual-core Opteron processors on the test bench for some time now, and we're pleased to report some rather impressive results. AMD's dual-core design is something more than just a pair of CPUs glued together on a single piece of silicon, and this design choice yields a performance dividend. Keep reading to see how the new Opteron 275 stacks up against its Opteron predecessors and against Intel's latest "Nocona" Xeons. We also have a head-to-head battle of single-socket, dual-core workstation processors: the Opteron 175 versus the Pentium Extreme Edition 840."
(04/05) Sapphire Radeon X850 XT PCIe review by Bjorn3D - "For a while, the Radeon X800 XT PE was the best ATI-based card you could get. At the end of last year, ATI changed that by releasing the X850 series of cards. Just like the X800 series, the X850 comes in several flavors: Pro, XT, and XT Platinum Edition (in order of least to most horsepower and therefore cost)."
(04/05) HIS Radeon X850 XT-PE 256MB PCIe review by Viperlair - "The X850 series of VPUs is not the revolution that the X800 series was, and more of a late Winter refresh of existing technologies. Outside of the clock speed difference, you will not find any changes technology wise between the X800 and X850. Availability is still a question, but today we'll be checking out a retail edition of the HIS X850XT PE IceQ II video card."
(04/05) ECS nForce4-A939 nForce4 review by ExtremeTech - "f you're eyeing the Athlon 64 3000+ and 3200+ models and a nice inexpensive motherboard, but don't want to step into last year's chipsets, will appreciate ECS's new offering. The nForce4-A939 is based on the nForce4 chipset, but not the more expensive Ultra version. This may cost a tiny bit in features and performance, but as we'll see, you really don't give up a whole heck of a lot, and you save a few bucks in the process. Let's take a closer look at this affordable motherboard."
(04/05) MSI GeForce 6800 GT review by PCStats - "PCSTATS is pleased to be looking at the MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E Geforce 6800GT-based PCI-Express videocard in this report. Beyond the catchy name, the NX6800GT's notable points are 256MB of GDDR3 Samsung BGA DRAM, and that it doesn't take up an extra slot on your motherboard with a huge cooling solution like ATI seem so fond of doing lately. nVidia had its fun in this ballpark with a loud, and now obsolete GeForce 6800 Ultra videocard series. Quiet is king, so listen closely as we dish out the details..."
(04/05) AMD Athlon 64 3200+ review by PCPer - "For our testing, I used what I thought was the best overclocking motherboard I had within my reach, and that was the recently reviewed DFI LanParty SLI-DR motherboard based on the nForce4 SLI chipset. I compared the 2.0 GHz Athlon 64 3200+ Venice core processor against a Newcastle core at the same frequency. Of course, an overclocked processor was in there as well, but more on that in just a sec."
(04/05) Sapphire Radeon X800 PCIe review by TrustedReviews - "Testing on our soon to be retired graphics tested of a 3.46GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition I were able to compare with our previously reviewed X800 XL and the X800 XT Platinum Edition, enabling you to see at a glance what your money gets you from ATI’s current X800 range."
(04/05) EpoX 9NPA+ Ultra nForce4 Ultra review by PCStats - " The Epox EP-9NPA+ Ultra offers users a very flexible nForce 4/PCI Express platform, and has some useful integrated peripherals like a 8-channel audio, 10 USB2.0 ports, IEEE 1394a, and Gigabit LAN. It's not the most well equipped motherboard we've ever dealt with, but for mainstream users I think you could say it fills out all the necessary points well."
(04/05) Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 840 review by PCPer - "The race to dual core technology in a desktop platform has seemingly gotten more fierce than the race to the 1 GHz clock speed battle we saw years ago. AMD was the first to disclose the idea of their upcoming dual core technologies, and at this year's IDF conference, Intel disclosed their plans as well. While AMD seemed to have the lead as far as planning and technology went, Intel pushed up their release schedule quite a bit in order to be the first out of the gate. "
(04/05) Intel Pentium-M review by Tbreak - "With the buzz surrounding the Pentium-M CPU, we decided to take a look at it ourselves and compare how it stacks against the current AMD and Intel offerings. Now the Pentium-M CPU by Intel is designed from ground-up to be a mobile CPU while all other CPUs found in notebooks today are designed as desktop CPUs and then tweaked for notebooks such as the Pentium4 M and all CPUs by AMD including the upcoming Turion."
