ATI 9600 XT Review

ATi has had a dominating grip on the mid and high end of the performance videocard sector. We explore the latest offering from ATi and see how well it performs at both stock and overclocked speeds

Gainward 5950 Ultra / 1800 XP Golden Sample Review

The first non-reference 5950 to come our way. Not only does it take up a single slot only, but Gainward has it overclocked out of the factory to 500 / 1000

Samsung 172X Review

Samsung's new performance LCD can be summed up as a a long anticipated merging of the 171T and 172N thin bezel designs. With a VERY smooth looking design, featuring ultra slim, and ultra thin bezel, this LCD certainly LOOKS to like a killer. But how does its performance hold up? ANd can the claims of a 12ms response time hold up?

Samsung 172MP Review

Samsung's "MP" series has long held a special place in our hearts: what more can you ask for than LCD slickness and the ability to watch TV or hook up your consoles to your computer screen? Samsung steps up to the plate with their latest 17" MP display and shows their stuff.

Nvidia FX5700 Ultra P/Review

ATI comes out with their 9600XT just last month, and Nvidia responds with the FX5700 Ultra. If ever Nvidia needed a winner it's now, and the 5700 Ultra is enough of a winner for us.

Nvidia FX5950 Ultra Review

A month after ATI's 9800XT is unveiled, the NV38 is finally here. With blistering a 475Mhz core clock speed and 1000Mhz memory clock, will this new Nvidia bad boy take the steam out of ATI's increasingly dangerous dynasty?

MSI nBox N5900 Ultra Review

Featuring unique MSI TwinFlow all-copper cooling and a single slot design, MSI's nBox N5900 is a special limited edition of their FX5900 Ultra card bundled with a MASS of extras.

Samsung 213T 21" LCD Review

Forget clunky 20" and above CRT monitors that take up all your space and dominate your desk - Samsung's got a sleek and beautiful 21" LCD display that will appeal to just about anyone... anyone with $1200 to spare on a display that is.

FIC A92 Radeon 9200 Review

Today we will be reviewing the FIC Radeon 9200 non-Pro. The card has a core clock of 250 mhz and comes with 64 mb of RAM running at 400 mhz on a 128-bit memory bus. It features a 15-pin VGA D-sub, a DVI connector and a 9-pin S-video connector running on dual 400 mhz RAMDACs. These features are now standard over all cards from top end cards all the way down to the entry level, with the exception of low profile and very low budget cards.

Nvidia 5600 Ultra Review

Originally released with a 350MHz engine and memory clock speed, it was later re-released with the Flip Chip design to compete more fiercely against the Radeon 9600 Pro. The Flip Chip design allows for improved signal quality at higher clock frequencies. As a result of the Flip Chip design, the FX 5600 Ultra now runs at 400MHz engine clock speed and 400MHz (800MHz DDR) memory clock speed.

MSI FX5600-VTDR128 Review

The GeForce FX 5600 non-Ultra is designed to succeed the aging but still widely popular GeForce4 Ti series video cards. The GeForce FX 5600 is based on the nv31 core, which is the successor to the overhyped and underperforming nv30 core. Along with its bigger brothers the FX 5600 Ultra and the 5900 Ultra/non-ultra (click for our review), nVidia has a video card for every gamer's budget.

FIC A98P Radeon 9800PRO

Based on the R350 chip, its configuration is very similar to R300 (Radeon 9700) in that it's still based on 150nm, still has eight pipeline pipelines, and still has much the same DX9 based feature set. However, the R300 architecture has been reworked to provide crucial tweaks in performance, support for unlimited shader lengths via the 'F-Buffer, and one overall core clock speed boost.

Gigabyte R96P RADEON 9600PRO Review

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.

NVidia GeForce FX5900 Ultra P/Review

Today NVIDIA introduces the FX 5900, formerly known as the NV35 and rumoured to have been initially coined the FX 6000 series due to its technological advances and the confidence NVIDIA had of its ability to finally deliver the performance gamers had been expecting to see from the failed FX 5800.

Gainward GF4 Ultra/750-8X XP Review

When we finished off our Ti4600-8X review, we had said that we were done with the AGP8X capable family of GeForce4 cards. In fact, at the time we had only looked at AGP8X versions of the 440MX, Ti4200, and Ti4600 cards, with no intention to go any further. Thank goodness Gainward sent us their Ultra/750-8X XP card, or else we would never have bothered to look at a Ti4800SE card, which would be a shame - because it turns out that the Gainward Ultra/750-8X card offers a more than decent balance of performance and price.

Geforce 4 Ti4200 8X Shootout

With the recent news that Nvidia will sell only limited numbers of the GeForce FX upon launch, it seems as though Nvidia's decision to relaunch their entire GeForce4 line with AGP8X support will end up being a longer term strategy than many of us had anticipated. With our recent coverage of 440MX-8X cards and our review of MSI's Ti4600-8X, it was quite evident that the success of the AGP8X compatible Nvidia cards will depend more on marketing and the value added by individual manufacturers than on the actual merit of adding 8X support to a family of cards that's begining to look old. Today we complete our coverage of these cards with this small sample of cards from some of the industry's big names: MSI, AOpen, and Abit.

MSI GF4 Ti4600 8X Review

As noted in our review of the 440MX-8X cards, Nvidia originally introduced their AGP8X cards in the form of AGP8X capable Ti4200 and 440MX cards. It was just a matter of time before they would release the Ti4600 version of their cards with AGP8X support, and hence today we’re reviewing the MSI Ti4600 8X.

Gigabyte Maya II Radeon GV-9500 PRO Review

With Nvidia showing off a complete line of video cards tailored to various sectors of the video market, ATI was not going to sit idle with just their 9000PRO and 9700PRO cards. The fact that the 9700PRO sits atop the performance heap gives ATI the distinct advantage of being able to exploit their powerful R300 chip and card design in more toned down cards while still offering very advanced features and very fast speeds.

Gigabyte Maya II Radeon GV-9700 PRO Review

With the GeForce FX just weeks away, users are already questioning whether they should get the RADEON 9700 now or wait for the coming of the Next Big Thing. But even some of us arewaiting, many enthusiasts are already suggesting that the 9700 PRO will be the best high performance choice for the next few months.

GF4 MX440-8X: MSI & Inno3d Review

Near the tail end of 2002, Nvidia refreshed a number of their products in order to satisfy the growing support of AGP8X in current motherboards. Several motherboard chipsets already support 8X and you can be sure that future chipsets will also support it.

NVidia GeForce FX Preview

When ATI released its Radeon 9700 Pro, it kicked the crap out the top video cards and took names, namely NVIDIA. But now, NVIDIA aims to turn the tables with the new NV30 or commonly called GeForce FX. The NV30 will come with full Directx 9 support and DDR2.

FIC AT010 Radeon 9700 PRO Review

Following ATI closely, FIC has produced a Radeon 9700 PRO card called the AT010. FIC is a notable manufacturer of mainboards, and ATI based videocards that is aggressively targetting cutting edge customers. The AT010 is remarkably similar to ATI's Radeon 9700 PRO video card, right down to the architecture, type of capacitors and DDR used.

ATI Radeon 9700 PRO Review

ATI has produced a quality product that rivals nVidia’s Ti4600. ATI’s new Radeon chip series is a remarkable new chip technology. Originally designed for high-end graphic manipulation, the Radeon chip has proven to be more than just a regular video card but it has evolved far more than that it is now directly challenging nVidia as a gaming card.

ECS Xabre400 Review

ECS is moving into the video market with the Xabre series. Today, we have the Xabre 400 with a 64MB DDR configuration. It is interesting to note that ECS is planning the Xabre as a value card with many unique features such as a 3D glasses connector, SiS301 chipset, AGP8x, and much more. Without delay let’s look at the features in detail.

Gigabyte Maya AP Radeon 8500 Deluxe Review

ATi has been producing GPU's and video cards in-house for as long as I can remember. But not too long ago, probably due to stiff competition from other companies, namely nVidia, ATi has chosen to release their GPU's and contract third party manufacturers to produce ATi powered cards. Gigabyte, after a couple years of producing and selling nVidia based video cards, with marginal success, have opted to discontinue their contribution to the already diversified market of nVidia powered video cards.