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LEAKED X1950 PRO AND X1650 XT INFO AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "According to information we have recently been sent ATI will unveil the Radeon x1950 Pro and Radeon x1650 XT graphics cards in mid October. we have all of the leaked inside information on the x1950 Pro and x1650 XT!"

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO REVIEW AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "The powerful Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro with 256MB DDR3, Ringbus, Avivo and Crossfire is pitted against the MSI NX 6600 GT. The Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro is almost identical to the earlier x1600 XT apart from the Sapphire Radeon x1650's lower price tag and slightly faster memory/core speeds."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1300 XT REVIEW AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "The lastest mainstream video card from ATI's Radeon x1000 family of video cards the Sapphire Radeon x1300 XT is reviewed against the MSI NX 7300 GT. The Sapphire Radeon x1300 XT is closer related to the x1600 Pro than the x1300 Pro which should make for a good battle with the MSI NX 7300 GT. The Sapphire Radeon x1300 XT should be the ideal video card to bridge the gap between the Radeon x1300 Pro and the Radeon x1650 Pro."

NVIDIA VIDEO CHART UPDATED AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "GeForce 7950 GT and GeForce 7900 GS specifications added."

AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE REVIEW AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "Today we are reviewing the powerful AMD Athlon64 3500 Venice processor for Socket 939 which runs at 2.2Ghz, other processors featured include the Athlon64 3400 Newcastle 2.4Ghz Socket 754, Athlon64 3000 Venice 1.8Ghz Socket 939 and the Sempron 3400 Palermo 2.0Ghz Socket 754 processors. Benchmark software used was 3Dmark 2005, CPUBench 2003, Metabench, Realstorm 2004, Sciencemark 2, SuperPI, SiSoftware Sandra 2007 and Games Benchmarks."

PERFORMANCE DATABASE AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "We have results for the new ATI Radeon x1650 Pro and ATI Radeon x1300 XT benchmarked with 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005 and 3dmark 2006!"

ATI CATALYST v6.8 DRIVER REVIEW AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "In this ATI Catalyst v6.8 driver review we are investigating the performance claims by ATI for Doom 3, Quake 4 and Prey when used with a Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO video card. ATI claims that the Catalyst v6.8 driver delivers a performance increase of 6.5% with Doom 3, 18% with Quake 4 and 16% with Prey. Click here to find out if the claims are true!"

NVIDIA VIDEO CHART UPDATED AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT specifications changed, Nvidia GeForce 7600 GST and Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS specifications added."