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Halo: Reach PC Review

Halo Reach is a solid PC port and remains a decent shooter, although it has dated more than we expected.

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Super Gaming OC Review

Triple-fan cooler, mild overclock, basic RGB - worth it over Founders?

Asus ROG Zenith II Extreme Review

Can the new Asus monster ROG board handle AMD's mighty 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadrippers?

Halo: Reach PC Review

Halo Reach is a solid PC port and remains a decent shooter, although it has dated more than we expected.

December 6, 2019 | 21:00

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Super Gaming OC Review

Triple-fan cooler, mild overclock, basic RGB - worth it over Founders?

December 4, 2019 | 12:00

Asus ROG Zenith II Extreme Review

Can the new Asus monster ROG board handle AMD's mighty 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadrippers?

November 29, 2019 | 12:00

Battlefield 2: Graphics and Gameplay

Is Battlefield 2 the pinnacle of team-based multiplayer gaming? Lock & load as Wil Harris explores the gameplay, graphics and performance of Digital Illusions' latest shooter.

June 24, 2005 | 15:12

NVIDIA's GeForce 7800 GTX

It's finally here: NVIDIA's latest GPU, the GeForce 7800 GTX, is put through its paces by Tim Smalley. How much faster is it than SLI? Find out...

June 22, 2005 | 14:01

Inside the GeForce 7800 GTX

What lies beneath the heatsink of the GeForce 7800 GTX? Tim Smalley pops the hood and explains all the new technology inside.

June 22, 2005 | 14:00

PowerColor X700 Bravo

The Bravo is an X700 from PowerColor that sports a passive cooler and some souped-up clocks. Can it compete with with a 6600?

June 14, 2005 | 00:00

Shuttle SN25P

Today, Richard Swinburne has a look at Shuttle's SN25P barebones chassis. It is based on the NForce 4 MCP and is capable of supporting video cards with dual-slot cooling solutions.

June 13, 2005 | 10:26

Interview: ATI and the Xbox 360

We talk to industry luminary Richard Huddy about ATI's work with Microsoft on the Xbox 360. We cover the Xenos graphics architecture in some depth, as well as considering its relative merits against the PS3's RSX chip. What does all this technology mean for us PC enthusiasts?

June 10, 2005 | 08:52

OCZ PC5000 EL (DFI nF4 Special)

Today we have a look at OCZ's PC5000 EL Platinum memory modules - they're specifically tuned for the DFI LANPARTY nF4 series motherboards, rated at an astonishing 625MHz DDR.

June 6, 2005 | 10:07

ATI CrossFire Preview

Earlier this week, ATI announced its rival to NVIDIA's SLI technology, dubbed CrossFire. Here, we give you an introduction to the technology behind the dual graphics solution from the Canadians.

June 2, 2005 | 18:40

Computex coverage Index

Take a look in here for an index to all our show-floor Computex coverage this year. Now includes: dual-chip graphics cards, DDR RAM hard disks, G70 pictures, CrossFire, motherboards with three graphics slots... Now with added Nvidia integrated graphics chipset and AMD BTX board!

June 2, 2005 | 11:37

XFX XGear Gamepads

Fed up of playing Need For Speed on your keyboard? Can't hang with your console-owning mates on Tony Hawks? XFX have a couple of new cut-price gamepads that could be just the ticket.

June 1, 2005 | 10:06

Arisetek Accent case

We take a look at this full-size home theatre case from Arisetek. The Accent is a full-size ATX case that will look great on your A/V rack.

May 30, 2005 | 10:48

Preview: IWILL ZMAXd2 SLI SFF

IWILL have upped the power stakes with their latest SFF box sporting not only dual AMD Opteron processors, but also NVIDIA SLI. We take a sneak peak at the mean, green machine ahead of Computex next week.

May 25, 2005 | 15:39

Watford Aries 6435 system review

In our first ever review of a full-system, we take a look at a mid-range PC from Watford, designed specifically to be upgradeable and appealing to modders.

May 25, 2005 | 11:40

AMD and Lucasfilm: Making Episode III

With Episode III achieving popular and critical acclaim, we talk to AMD and Lucasfilm about the computer technology that has enabled the animatics for Revenge of the Sith to be taken to the next level.

May 24, 2005 | 11:24

Domination - hardware gaming review

We take a look at the new title from developers Wargaming.net, Domination. Building on the Massive Assault universe, Domination is a turn-based strategy wargaming title. We take a look at how good the game is, and also look at how well it plays on different PC hardware.

May 23, 2005 | 11:10

NVIDIA's SLI Pt. 5: Tying loose ends

We collect our thoughts, together with NVIDIA and its partner's thoughts, in an editorial that looks at the raw deal that some buyers might be getting if they choose to buy one card now, and another later. We also sum up our conclusions from the week of SLI coverage.

May 21, 2005 | 11:36

NVIDIA's SLI Pt. 4: CPU selection

We look at how far SLI is limited by your CPU speed. We match up a pair of 6800GTs with bleeding-edge, mid-range and low-end processors to see how real-world gaming performance scales.

May 19, 2005 | 13:48

NVIDIA's SLI: Part 3 - 6800 & 6600 GT

The third part of our extensive look at NVIDIA's SLI takes us to evaluating the more affordable GeForce 6800 Std and GeForce 6600 GT SLI solutions.

May 18, 2005 | 14:54

NVIDIA's SLI: Part 2 - 6800U & 6800GT

Yesterday, we had a look at four NForce 4 SLI motherboards for Socket 939. Today we continue with SLI, covering the basics of getting SLI to work, while also evaluating the real-world gaming experience delivered by the GeForce 6800 Ultra and GeForce 6800 GT in SLI.

May 17, 2005 | 09:06

NVIDIA's SLI: Part 1 - Motherboards

After a number of false starts, we finally begin our journey on NVIDIA's Scalable Link Interface. The motherboard is an important part of building a stable and powerful gaming machine. We take a look at four feature-rich NForce4 SLI based motherboards for socket 939.

May 16, 2005 | 09:31

Sony PSP - a month later

After grabbing an early Sony PSP and playing it non-stop for over a month, Wil Harris thinks that he's about got the measure of the portable gaming super-console.

May 12, 2005 | 11:21

ECS PF21 Extreme

Richard Swinburne evaluates a rather interesting motherboard from ECS: the PF21 Extreme. It's based on Intel's 925XE and ICH6R chipset, and advertises a 1.2GHz front side bus.

May 11, 2005 | 10:21