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TYAN Tachyon G9700 Pro Graphics Card Review

[ 03/30/03 | by Michail Djagterev]

TYAN Company famous for its server mainboards, started the VGA business a while ago. We have already reviewed their Tachyon G9000 solution, but today we would like to offer you a new exciting coverage of the product based on ATI Radeon 9700 Pro chip.

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra Review: New Technologies and Performance

[ 03/27/03 | by Tim Tscheblockov]

NVIDIA GeForceFX aka NV30 has been argued about for a long time now. Is the new architecture well-polished or still raw? Is the performance as high as everybody have expected? How efficient is the cooling solution? Well, you will definitely find all these answers and even more in our new article!

Contemporary Graphics Accelerators in 3DMark03

[ 03/22/03 | by Michail Djagterev]

February 2003, people at Futuremark, previously known as MadOnion.com, released their 3DMark03 benchmarking package intended for measuring speed characteristics of modern PCs in 3D games. We tested thirteen graphics cards available in the today’s market with this new benchmark.

New 3ds max 5 Rivalry: NVIDIA Quadro FX vs. ATI FireGL X1

[ 02/07/03 | by FastSite]

Today we would like to offer you a really cool fight, a clash of strong wills: the new rumored NVIDIA QuadroFX based on the latest NV30 chip against the ATI FireGL X1 in one of the most widely spread professional applications - 3ds max 5. I don't think I need to tell you more: just go and see it now!

Roundup: Today's Top Graphics Cards in 3ds Max 5

[ 02/05/03 | by FastSite]

Due to a number of successful investigations we were lucky to get the opportunity to test the professional R300 based FireGL X1 and FireGL Z1 graphics cards. In this roundup we will compare their performance with that of their closest relatives, RADEON 9700 Pro and RADEON 9500, their predecessor FireGL 8800, and their direct competitors, NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600 and Quadro 4 900XGL.

Six Value Graphics Cards Roundup

[ 01/22/03 | by FastSite]

Graphics cards priced below $100 occupy the biggest part of the market. Modern value graphics cards allow running 3D games, watching DVD and even dabbling at video processing. Today we are going to review six graphics cards from different manufacturers priced from $50 to $100. The cards are based on graphics chip from NVIDIA, ATI, SiS and STMicro and have 64MB of graphics memory onboard.

eVGA e-GeForce4 Ti4600 with ACS3 Cooling System

[ 01/16/03 | by FastSite]

Today we will review a very interesting and unusual product, which stands out among other NVIDIAGeForce4 Ti4600 based cards. I am talking about eVGA e-GeForce4 Ti4600. This solution boastsexcellent quality, TV-input and output, good performance in games, a solid software bundle.But the most exciting thing is certainly the 3rd generation Asymmetric Cooling System (ACS3).

SiS Xabre600 Graphics Chip Review: SiS' Newcomer against Competitors from NVIDIA and ATI

[ 01/12/03 | by FastSite]

We will review the new SiS Xabre600 graphics chip, featuring very attractive specs and promisingto sell at a very attractive price. But what will we get with the new solution from SiS? All highsand lows of the new graphics chip against the background of its immediate competitors: NVIDIAGeForce4MX440-8x and ATI RADEON9000/9000 PRO based cards!