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With computer technology soaring into a the future, yesterday's PCs are becoming obsolete especially if you want to play the latest games. At the heart of this is the way in which your graphic card has become perhaps the most important component in the average PC. Where once there was a few players on the graphics card market, the stores ...  Read the complete review

Yes, the VisionTek GeForce 3 is ultra fast and ultra expensive. Is it worth it? I think it really depends on the type of monitor you have. The GeForce 3 is not design to run your games at 1024x768. Leave that to lessor GeForce cards. No, the GeForce 3 is made for 1600x1200x32 bit gaming with antialiasing on and here`s the problem. Most people ...  Read the complete review

quite handy but i think that the instrution manual could be better - Advantages: very handy - Disadvantages: complecated to set up

Important stuff you’ll need to know about what to look for in a nice graphics card. A basic graphics card consists of one main thing: the chipset. This is the heart of the graphics card, much like a processor to a computer. It does all the calculations, and greatly determines the card’s speed, and price. The chipset ...  Read the complete review

There is a number of companies using the Nvida Geforce 2 MX 32Mb chip set for their video cards. The companies range from Elsa, Creative Labs and Nvida themselves. It does not matter with one you buy. The only difference you may get is that some companies put just heat sinks on and others put an additional fan as well, but the chip set is the ...  Read the complete review

Graphics cards receive a considerable amount of attention on websites and in computer magazines. For computer gamers the graphics card is arguably the single most important component, and can make the difference between enjoying your software or going to bed with a vision-related headache! For non-gamers there is little reason ...  Read the complete review

The GeForce3 is a powerful card, and there is no denying that. With many features unavailable on any other card, coupled with sheer speed this card is a gamers dream. But, is it worth splashing out on? When its launched here it will be somewhere in the price range of £500. This card doesn’t come cheap. Whilst only available on the ...  Read the complete review

One of the major devices inside a PC nowadays is the graphics card. Currently in this day and age, the processor speed is slowly no longer making a difference to the speed gain, but the graphics card is now making more of an impact. The reason for this is the fact that the graphics cards of today are designed to take the workload away ...  Read the complete review

You mean you've never o/c your graphics card ? shame on you ;o) Most cards can be overclocked very sucessfully and with much less risk than o/c a CPU ! At worst it will freeze and you'll have to reboot. I will base this guide on Nvidia cards but the principles are the same for all. First does your card have a heatsink & ...  Read the complete review

There are a few things to consider when you decide whether to buy a new graphics card.. Q1 - How large is your monitor? This is not as dumb as it sounds. If you only have a 15" monitor then there isn't much point in buying a graphics card that will allow you to play Quake 3 at 1600 x 1200 in 32 bit. Best resolutions for ...  Read the complete review

Choosing a video card is a very important decision when you come to parting with your hard earned cash. What video card you go for depends drasticly on what you require and what you are willing to spend. If you are a gamesplayer, then the sort of card you should be looking at is one that excels in 3d rendering and other 3d tests. FPS (Frames ...  Read the complete review

Nvidia GTS2 Review. Graphics cards come and go, and at the moment there are only 2 in the running, they being Nvidia with its 2GTS gpu (GTS= Giga-Texel Shading), and 3Dfx with its voodoo5 series. at the moment there is only one winning this war and thats Nvidia. The chip is far more superior than the 3Dfx chip (but not to take anything ...  Read the complete review

i recently purcased myself this bargain graphics card from a computer fair for £53.00 i found it worked perfectly with my problem but i have heard a lot of socket 7 users have had a lot of problems using this graphics card. in 3d mark 2000 i managed to get a score of 2,400 with my amd duron with 128 mb sdram wich shows it is well worth ...  Read the complete review

So you are on the market to buy a graphics card, but you don’t know what you are looking for. You really need to ask yourself a few simple questions. 1) Does anybody use your system for 3D games? Very important point, this will change the type of card you buy from a graphics card with plenty of 2D features such as video in ...  Read the complete review