Monday Reviews

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Coming into this review I had high hopes for the AV8's overclockability, primarily because of the success I've had with the KV8-MAX3 and the NF7-S Rev 2.0. Luckily, I did not leave dissapointed. With our Athlon 64 3800+ processor, we were able to achieve a stable overclock of 265MHz, an overclock that was 74MHz higher than what we were able to achieve with our MSI K8T Neo2-FIR board. We ran our Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness tests to see how the board performs when it overclocks.

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What strikes me most is the performance difference the entire range of product from both IHVs has over the outgoing generation of parts. They all make 9800XT and 5950 Ultra look very very silly indeed. Something for everyone from £200 upwards.

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If you\'re looking for a card that will allow you to capture video from anything with an S-video or composite video connection and do a little gaming on the side, then you should consider the Excalibur 9550 VIVO Edition. With its 256MB of DDR RAM you get smoooth playback of DVD movies and video clips, plus very few dropped frames during video capture.

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If the best of the best is what you're looking for, the Aeolus's no-nonsense approach translated into a keen price, makes the performance, features, image quality and noise seem very very attractive.

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The Mushkin PC3200 222 Level II Ver.2 (L2V2) 1Gb Dual Pack is another example of fine DDR modules coming out of tested and proven memory manufacturers. Expect this new entry from Mushkin to deliver the maximum performance for your system at DDR400. If its ultra low latency you want, then the L2V2 won’t disappoint.

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Hi guys, our turn to look at NV40 technology and feed it through our testing grinder. DOOM III results, lots of waffle, lots of naked board pictures. You know the routine.