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(07/03) Asrock K7S8X SIS746 FX review by Ultimate Hardware - "Asrock K7S8X SIS746FX review also featuring the Asus K7S333 motherboard which uses the older SIS745 chipset. Software used is 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Quake III Arena, Serious Sam SE and UT2003."

(07/03) MSI Geforce4 Ti4200 VTD8X review by Ultimate Hardware - "Today we are reviewing the MSI GEFORCE TI4200 VTD8X which uses the mainstream Geforce TI4200 GPU from Nvidia with all of the latest features like nfiniteFX II Engine and AccuView Antialiasing. The MSI GEFORCE TI4200 VTD8X is the updated AGP 8x version of the older Geforce TI4200."

(07/03) Sapphire ATI Radeon 9200 review by Ultimate Hardware - "Sapphire Radeon 9200 article tested against the XFX Geforce FX 5200, MSI Geforce4 Ti4200 and the Gainward Geforce4 MX440. Software used during testing was:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Quake 3, Serious Sam SE and Unreal Tournament 2003."

(07/03) MSI GeForceFX 5900 Ultra review by PCStats - "If you were to buy a GeForceFX 5900 Ultra based videocard right now, you're most likely going to get one built by Flextronics (nVIDIA's board partner) rather then getting one built by the manufacturer of choice. This was done not just because the GeForceFX 5900 Ultra is an incredibly complex videocard, but also because it's expensive to validate and build. nVIDIA aren't giving manufacturers the option to skimp on certain parts and have Quality Assurance issues pop up again (if you recall, Gainward experienced signifcant QA problems with their Ti4200 line) that hurt the "GeForce" brand."

(07/03) Sapphire Atlantis UE Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB review by Digit-Life - "This model is based on the 0.15 micron technology, has a huge die and heats a lot. But not that much compared to NVIDIA's products based on the 0.13 micron technology. The tests show that a simple active cooler is enough for the the RADEON 9800 PRO. It doesn't even need heavy copper sinks. But there is one strange thing: 450MHz on 0.13 microns can't outdo 380 MHz on 0.15 microns. It seems that ATI and nVIDIA have traded their places (at the time of GeForce3/RADEON 8500 NVIDIA showed better performance for 1 MHz). "

(07/03) nVidia GeForceFX 5200 Ultra 128MB review by HardwareZone - "One of the best features about all cards in the GeForce FX family is the presence of the CineFX Engine, which grants DirectX 9 support to NVIDIA?s entire spectrum of graphics card solutions. In this review we will take a close look at the upper-end of the value series and see how it measures up to competing products - the GeForce FX 5200 Ultra solution."

(07/03) Crucial Radeon 9800 Pro review by PCStats - "Crucial appear to have improved on their mistakes, and the Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro was one of the better 9700 Pro's on the market due to its more competitive price and awesome warranty. Today we'll be checking out Crucial's new Radeon 9800 Pro videocard. The same questions arise; does this card live up to the Crucial name and expectations? You'll just have to read on to find out!"

(07/03) Asus V9950 GeForceFX 5900 review by XBitLabs - "We reviewed a high-end graphics accelerator from ASUS based on the latest NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 chip aka NV35. This high-quality product with a unique cooling solution ensures very high level of performance. But will it be able to beat the No. 1 rival from ATI?"

(07/03) Gigabyte R96P Radeon 9600 Pro review by Neoseeker - "The Radeon 9600 Pro has been on the market for a few months already but its performance has been theoretically hindered when running on third party chipset-based platforms. Due to compatibility issues, the Radeon 9600 Pro cards were downgraded from AGP 8X to 4X. Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. decided to delay the launch of its Radeon 9600 Pro card, the GV-R96P128D, to fix this problem. The GV-R96P128D is the first and only Radeon 9600 Pro based graphics accelerator that supports the full range of Intel and AMD processor based platforms. This includes the latest Intel 875PE and 865G/P/PE, nVIDIA nForce2/nForce2 Ultra400, VIA KT400/KT600 and SiS 648/648FX/655 chipset based motherboards."

(07/03) AMD Athlon XP Barton 3200+ review by Digital-Daily - "Only XP3200+ offers support for FSB=200MHz. But in the nearest future AMD is migrating lower-end models to the new system bus speed. As a result, the assortment of such processors will somehow be expanded. Now a few words on the system bus speed (FSB). To increase the overall performance, a migration to the 200(800QP) MHz bus was effected. What's most remarkable, such processors started being produced when there were no suitable motherboards for them. They hit the open retail once the first boards based on the nForce II Ultra 400 chipset were announced. We covered this in a review on the Epox 8RDA3+ motherboard. That was two months ago, and since then other boards that offer support for 400MHz bus have appeared in the retail. These are boards based on the SiS748 chipset as well as the VIA KT600 chipset."

(07/03) MSI GeForceFX 5900 review by Bjorn3D - "Well, we finally got our hands on a 5900 board thanks to MSI. They sent us one of their GeForce FX 5900 cards -- the FX5900-VTD128 (MSI Part No. MS-8929). MSI also offers an FX5900-TD128, which is the same card minus the video-in functionality found on the VTD128."

(07/03) Asus SK8N nForce3 review by XBitLabs - "AMD Opteron based platforms become more and more popular. We tested a workstation featuring ASUS SK8N mainboard based on NVIDIA nForce3 Pro 150 chipset and one AMD Opteron processor working at 1.8GHz. The whole lot of benchmarks in comparison with AMD Athlon XP and Intel Pentium 4 are included."

(07/03) Tyan Tachyon Radeon 9600 Pro review by Tech-Report - "Tachyon G9600 Pro practically cries out for overclocking. We've indulged those cries and benchmarked the card's stock and overclocked configurations in a stack of real world game tests against a GeForce FX. How high can we overclock the Tachyon G9600 Pro, and what kind of performance does it offer? Let's find out."

(07/03) GeForceFX 5900 vs Radeon 9800 Pro by Digital-Daily - "Today we'll be taking a closer look at both rivals. ASUS' V9950 128Mb (GF5900) has been called up to uphold the honor of nVidia. For ATI, two versions of R9800Pro - 128 and 256 MB - made by Gigabyte come into play. These cards are in a way "reference boards" since their core speed values fully match those recommended."

(07/03) GigaCube GameBuster Radeon 9800 Pro review by HardwareZone - "Today, top-notch graphics cards for gaming can easily fetch prices up to S$1K but fortunately not all of them belong to that upper echelon price bracket. For about S$800 or less, ATI RADEON 9800 Pro VPU based products can deliver performance somewhat similar to the NVIDIA cards priced at S$1K (depending on situation, game and settings). Without a doubt, the RADEON 9800 Pro provides a better value for the high performance graphics card segment. To make the deals even sweeter, there has been stiff competition amongst the various ATI graphics card vendors as brands such as PowerColor and GigaCube have lately been quite aggressive in terms of branding and price. "

(07/03) Palit Daytona GeForceFX 5200 Ultra review by Bjorn3D - "I have been given the opportunity to take a look at one of the newest arrivals from PalitDaytona's line of video cards, the GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 128MB. This is one of Palit's entry-level cards in its line of GeForce FX products, which also includes the FX 5200 128MB, FX 5600 256MB, and the FX 5900 128MB and 256MB versions. As you can see, Palit has quite the arsenal of high performance video enjoyment. Palit Microsystems has been in the business for more than 12 years now, so they are definitely not a newcomer when it comes to graphics."

(07/03) FIC A92 Radeon 9200 review by XBitLabs - "We managed to get hold of a RADEON 9200 based graphics card from First International Computer (FIC). This solution features 64MB of graphics memory, so we decided to check how the amount of onboard graphics memory could affect the accelerator's performance in most popular applications."

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