Friday Reviews

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What happens when two different companies use the same IC on their modules? Is there a huge performance difference? Find out as I take my new Gigaram sticks out for a test drive.

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The Madshrimps take Corsair latest memory for a spin on an Athlon 64 and Intel Prescott system. Do tight timings still provide the best performance? Read on to find out.

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It's quite amazing to realize the extent to which Nvidia and ATI dominate the mainstream computer graphics market. Easily 95% of video cards reviewed over the past four years are using technology from one of these two giants. Since the death of 3DFX, only a few blips from Matrox, Savage and SIS have registered on our radar. Now XGI Technology has spawned itself from the ashes of SIS's graphics division and launched into the competition for the 3D graphics throne.

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Should you decide the 9550 is for you, then you really can't go wrong with the HIS Excalibur 9550 ViVo Edition, and since the iFan version doesn't add to the sound levels at all, that's the version I would personally go for. HIS have a great overall package here, a decent card and without useless software/games added, everything included is actually useable.

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Every time I hear the name BFG, two things come to mind: the gun from Doom/Quake and a company that makes great video cards. BFG has been making video cards based on NVIDIA GPU’s since the days of the GeForce Ti4600, and after talking with their marketing folks, it sounds like they plan on staying with just NVIDIA for the foreseeable future. This is a good move for BFG because NVIDIA is smart enough to make sure they take care of their loyal AIBs (AIB= Add-In-Board manufacturer).