Monday Reviews

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While the price sits artificially high since it's a brand new generation of GPU and performance, even at £323 it's nearly tempting me into making a purchase of my own for my own PC. My only hesitation is with the (hopefully) imminent introduction of NVIDIA's 6800 GT variant into mass market retail. Benchmarking the 6800 GT reference board indicates greater than X800 PRO performance in a number of tests.

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If you're going to be running at PC3200 speeds, in which case we've always recommended lower latency modules, you CAN tweak the HyperX PC4300. At PC3200, I managed 2.5-3-3-5 timings, which isn't super, but it isn't too bad either.

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Hardware Avenue have today reviewed Nvidia’s Geforce 6800 128MB (non ultra) reference sample. Coming in at an expected RRP of $US 300, they compare the 6800 to ATi’s 9800XT, which is not only less impressive feature wise and generally slower, but is also still more expensive than the 6800. Find out why the 6800 makes previous 3D chip generation leaders irrelevant in today’s videocard market in their review!