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Features
The New Build
Part 1 is here - April 23, 2008.
Part 2 is here - April 24, 2008.
The Future of Warfare January 12, 2008
OS Shootout 2007 - Win XP Pro vs Vista Ultimate September 3, 2007
Building the Perfect PC Cabinet June 7, 2006
The
Ribbstick Cougar Mod March
9, 2006
My
First PC February 20, 2006
The
CH Products Pro Throttle with the "Semi-Franken Potato"
Mod January 31, 2006
Dueling
Dual Cores: 955 vs. FX-60 January
10, 2006
Building a
New Computer:
Part 1 is here
- August 18, 2005.
Part 2 is here
- August 19, 2005.
Shader
Profile Performance Differences in Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory August
5, 2005
Dueling
Dual Cores: AMD vs. Intel June
8, 2005
Setting
Up Multiplayer: A Comprehensive Guide February
14, 2005
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Simming at Sea April 12, 2004
Utilities July 29, 2003
Sim
OS Shootout (1 MB)
by Doug "guod" Atkinson - July 22, 2002
COUGAR HOTAS
by Dan "Crash" Crenshaw - Thrustmaster/Guillemot
- June 11, 2002
GPU DOGFIGHT ATI
8500LE vs. NVIDIA Ti4200
by Bubba "MasterFung" Wolford - April 15, 2002
CPU Roundup
by Bubba "MasterFung" Wolford - January 17, 2002
AMD XP vs Intel
P4 "DOGFIGHT"
by Bubba "MasterFung" Wolford - January 16, 2002
Windows XP Sim Survival and Optimization
Guide
by Doug "guod" Atkinson - December 12, 2001
AMD Extreme Performance
Project
by guest writer Christy Holmes - October 25, 2001
AMD 1.4 Ghz Game
System
by Dan "Crash" Crenshaw - August 10, 2001
Surround Sound
Speaker Shootout
by Dan "Crash" Crenshaw - March 22, 2001
Building an Intel
PIII 800EB Game System
by Dan "Crash" Crenshaw - June 27, 2000
3dfx / nVidia Shootout
by Dan "Crash" Crenshaw - June 12, 2000
Networking 101
by Dan "Crash" Crenshaw - March 17, 2000
Must Get List v3.0
by Ed "Skater" Lynch - June 2, 1999
Ultimate Simulation
System v1.2
by Ed "Skater" Lynch - February 18, 1999
Must Get List v2.0
by Ed "Skater" Lynch - February 10, 1999
Ultimate Simulation
System v1.0
by Ed "Skater" Lynch - January 22, 1999
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Previews
Intel's Core™ 2 Extreme QX9770 Performance Preview November 19, 2006
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad-Core November 2, 2006
NVIDIA
GeForce 7800 GTX June 22,
2005
Intel
Dual-Core Pentium Performance April
25, 2005
The
SimSit October 21, 2004
Shadow
Ops: Red Mercury for AMD 64-bit Processors September
17, 2004
Towards
More Controller Realism April
12, 2004
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(634 kb).
ATi
Catalyst 3.8 Software Suite October
10, 2003
ATi
Radeon 9800, 9600, 9200 March
6, 2003
Wildcat VP Announcement
- 3DLabs
by Bubba "MasterFung" Wolford - June 24, 2002
Matrox Parhelia-512
- Matrox
by Bubba "MasterFung" Wolford - May 14, 2002
VisionTek GeForce4
Ti4600 FSAA vs 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 FSAA
by Bubba "MasterFung" Wolford
Screenshots - March 01, 2002
GeForce4 - NVIDIA
by Bubba "MasterFung" Wolford
Preview - February 22, 2002
Aimsworth Viper I - Aimsworth
February 11, 2002
GeForce4 - NVIDIA
IL2 Sturmovik Screenshots - February 09, 2002
EPoX EP-8K3A+ Motherboard
- EPoX
Screenshot - February 09, 2002
Xtasy GeForce4 Announcement - VisionTek
Preview - February 06, 2002
ATi Radeon 8500/8500LE
128MB - ATi
Preview - February 04, 2002
Matrox Millennium
G550 - Matrox
Preview - May 21, 2001
nVidia GeForce
3/Operation: FlashPoint - nVidia
Screen Shots, Set 4 - May 3, 2001
nVidia GeForce
3/Flanker 2.5 - nVidia
Screen Shots, Set 3 - April 27, 2001
nVidia GeForce
3/JF/A-18 - nVidia
Screen Shots, Set 2 - April 25, 2001
nVidia GeForce
3/Typhoon - nVidia
Screen Shots - April 23, 2001
nVidia GeForce
3 - nVidia
March 08, 2001
HOTAS 2000 - Guillemot/Thrustmaster
February 14, 2001
Aimsworth F-16
Cockpit Simulator - Aimsworth
Production Preview - November 9, 2000
PRO THROTTLE USB
- CH Products
First Look - September 12, 2000
HOTAS 2000 - Guillemot/Thrustmaster
First Look - September 7, 2000
Aimsworth Cockpits
- Aimsworth
First Look and Response Form - July 28, 2000
Voodoo5 5500 AGP
- 3dfx
Flanker, GPL, RB2, LB2 - May 1, 2000
Voodoo5 5500 AGP
- 3dfx
F-15, USAF, WW2F - April 26, 2000
Voodoo5 5500 AGP
- 3dfx
MiG Alley - April 25, 2000
Voodoo5 5500 AGP
- 3dfx
April 24, 2000
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Reviews
SimHQ’s Spring ’08 Midrange GPU Roundup May 15, 2008
AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 April 25, 2008
AMD Phenom™ X4 9850 "Black Edition" March 27, 2008
Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition December 5, 2007
Intel Core™ 2 Extreme QX9650 October 29, 2007
ButtKicker Gamer April 13 , 2007
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ February 20, 2007
CH Products Multifunction Panel February 5, 2007
NaturalPoint® TrackClipPROT December 29, 2006
Part 4: Logitech G25 December 1, 2006
Part 3: Logitech G25 November 30, 2006
Part 2: Logitech G25 November 29, 2006
Part 1: Logitech G25 November 28, 2006
FSX Performance Tests November 2, 2006
ATI
Radeon X1950 XTX October 10, 2006
Logitech DriveFX™ Racing Wheel September 6, 2006
Z Fang Gamepad July 21, 2006
Intel Core 2 CPUs July 14, 2006
Corsair's TWIN2X2048-6400C3 Memory June 12, 2006
AMD
and DDR2: The AM2 Athlon 64s May
27, 2006
ATI
Radeon X1900 XTX May 8, 2006
Matrox TripleHead2Go April 18, 2006
Emagin’s
Z800 Head Mounted Display March
27, 2006
ATI
Radeon X1800 XT CrossFire February
13, 2006
The
Radeon X1600 XT and Radeon X1800 XT: ATI's Ultra Threaded
Architecture January 30,
2006
NaturalPoint's
TrackIR 4 December 5, 2005
AMD
Athlon™ 64 FX-57 September
20, 2005
Falcon
4: Allied Force - Part 5: Performance Roundup August
5, 2005
AMD
Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ August
1 , 2005
Intel
Pentium 4 670 3.8GHz May
26, 2005
Windows
XP Pro x64 Edition Performance Analysis May
11, 2005
AMD
Athlon™ 64 X2 4800+ May 9,
2005
Saitek
X52 HOTAS March 24, 2005
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(268 kb).
Intel
P4P 660 and 3.73 Extreme Edition February
21, 2005
TrackIR
3™ Vector Expansion™ February
7, 2005
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(178 kb).
CH
Products Throttle Quadrant USB February
4, 2005
Download a PDF of this review here
(236 kb).
ATI
Radeon X700 XT 128 MB PCIe December
16, 2004
Download a PDF of this review here
(386 kb).
Intel
P4 3.46EE CPU and 925XE Chipset October
31, 2004
Download a PDF of this review here
(1.96MB).
ATi
Radeon X800 XT PCIe October
27, 2004
Download a PDF of this review here
(528 kb).
AMD
Athlon™ 64 4000+ and FX-55 processors October
19, 2004
Gainward
GeForce™ 6800 Ultra / 2100 Golden Sample October
6, 2004
Download a PDF of this review here
(300 kb).
TrackIR
3-Pro™ by NaturalPoint July
27, 2004
Download a PDF of this review here
(192 kb).
NVIDIA
GeForce 6800 GT PCI Express July
19, 2004
Download a PDF of this review here
(471 kb).
AMD
Athlon 64 3800+ Review July
6, 2004
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(305 kb).
Intel
925X Express Chipset and Pentium 4 3.4 EE CPU June
30, 2004
Download a PDF of this review here
(350 kb).
Intel
3.40E GHz and 3.40GHz March 22,
2004
AMD
Athlon 64 FX-53 Launch March
18, 2004
Intel
P4 Prescott and 3.40GHz "Extreme Edition" February
3, 2004
TrackIR2
by NaturalPoint February
2 , 2004
Download a PDF of this review here
(1.87MB).
AMD
Athlon 64 3400+ CPU January
6, 2004
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(881 kb).
Pentium
4 3.20GHz CPU June 23, 2003
AMD
Athlon 64 FX-51 Launch September
23, 2003
VisionTek
Xtasy 9800 PRO June 23,
2003
AMD Athlon
XP 3200+ Part
1 Part
2 June 5, 2003
875P
"Canterwood" Motherboard and P4 3GHz w/HT
April 14, 2003
AMD
Athlon XP 3000+, FSB 333MHz and A7N8X February
10, 2003
Leadtek WinFast
A250 Ultra Ti4600 - Leadtek
June 6, 2002
Gainward GF4 PowerPack!
Golden Sample 700XP - Gainward
May 15, 2002
VisionTek Xtasy
Ti4400 - VisionTek
May 8, 2002
Intel Pentium 4
2.40B and 2.53GHz w/533 FSB - Intel
May 6, 2002
Intel Pentium 4
533MHz FSB with 2.40B and 2.53GHz - Intel
May 6, 2002
Intel Pentium 4
2.40GHz - Intel
March 13, 2002
AMD Athlon XP2100+
- AMD
March 13, 2002
MSI 845 Ultra Motherboard
- MSI
February 18, 2002
EPoX Pentium 4
Motherboard Roundup - EPoX
February 08, 2002
ABIT Siluro GeForce3
Ti200 - ABIT
January 31, 2002
SiXPack 5.1+ -
TerraTec
January 30, 2002
SoundBlaster Audigy
Player - Creative
January 29, 2002
Hercules 3D Prophet
II Titanium - Hercules
January 28, 2002
Intel Pentium 4
2.2 GHz - Intel
January 07, 2002
AMD Athlon XP2000+
- AMD
January 07, 2002
Leadtek WinFast
A250 Ultra Ti4600 - Leadtek
June 06, 2002
Gainward GF4 PowerPack!
- Golden Sample Ultra 700XP - Gainward
May 15, 2002
VisionTek Xtasy
Ti4400 - VisionTek
May 08, 2002
PNY Verto Ti4600
- PNY
April 30, 2002
CH
Products USB Joysticks - CH Products
by Vince "Beer Camel" Putze
April 11, 2002 - Updated April 24, 2006
ATi Radeon 8500
- ATi
March 22, 2002
Intel Pentium 4
2.40GHz - ATi
March 22, 2002
Leadtek WinFast
A250 TD (Ti4400) - Leadtek
March 20, 2002
AMD XP2100+ - AMD
March 13, 2002
VisionTek GeForce
4 Ti4600 - VisionTek
March 04, 2002
MSI 845 Ultra Motherboard
- MSI
February 18, 2002
EPoX Pentium 4
Motherboard Roundup - EPoX
February 8, 2002
MSI GeForce3 Ti200
Pro-VT - MSI
February 4, 2002
Gainward GF3 Ti550
XP VIVO - Gainward
February 1, 2002
Gainward GF3 Ti450
Golden Sample - Gainward
February 1, 2002
ABIT Siluro GF3
Ti200DVI - ABIT
January 31, 2002
Hercules 3D Prophet
II Titanium - Hercules
January 28, 2002
AMD MP1900+ Dual
Processor System - AMD
December 26, 2001
Altec Lansing 641
Speaker System - Altec Lansing
December 18, 2001
eDimensional 3D
Glasses - eDimensional
December 14, 2001
Front-X from Front-X
December 11, 2001
Leadtek GeForce3Ti200
- Leadtek
November 26, 2001
AMD Athlon XP1900+
- AMD
November 5, 2001
Matrox Millennium
G550 - Matrox
November 1, 2001
IntelliMouse Explorer:
Wired and Wireless - Microsoft
October 29, 2001
Hercules Sound
Card Family Roundup - Hercules
October 24, 2001
PNY Verto GeForce
3 - PNY
October 17, 2001
AMD Palomino MP1800+
- AMD
October 15, 2001
AMD Athlon XP1800+
- AMD
October 9, 2001
ELSA Gladiac 920
GF3 - ELSA
October 2, 2001
Intel Pentium 4
2.0 Gig - Intel
August 27, 2001
Leadtek GeForce
3 TD - Leadtek
August 21, 2001
Intel Pentium III
Tualatin 1.2 Gig - Intel
July 30, 2001
Altec Lansing ATP5
Speakers - Altec Lansing
July 19, 2001
Hercules Kyro II
- Hercules/Guillemot
July 17, 2001
Intel Pentium 4
1.8 Gig - Intel
July 2, 2001
TrackIR - Eye Control
Technologies
June 7, 2001
AMD 1.4 Ghz Thunderbird/760
chipset/DDR RAM - AMD
June 6, 2001
1.2GHz Athlon MP
Dual Processor system
with 760MP Chipset and DDR Memory - AMD
June 5, 2001
VisionTek GeForce
3 - VisionTek
May 14, 2001
P8000 (PC Dash
2) - Saitek
April 27, 2001
Intel Pentium 4
1.7 Gig - Intel
April 24, 2001
The Claw - Ferraro
Design
March 27, 2001
BattleChair - BattleChair
Interactive Seating
March 23, 2001
Surround Sound
Speaker Shootout - Altec Lansing/Boston Acoustics/Klipsch
March 22, 2001
AMD 1.2 Ghz Thunderbird/760
chipset/DDR RAM - AMD
February 19, 2001
Intel Pentium 4
1.5 GHz - Intel
February 7, 2001
Aimsworth F-16
Cockpit Simulator - Aimsworth Corporation Co., Ltd.
January 12, 2001
TOPGUN Afterburner
- Thrustmaster
December 5, 2000
Intel VC820/Kingston
RDRAM - Intel / Kingston
November 27, 2000
Game Commander
2 - Mindmaker/Sontage
November 17, 2000
Fox 2 Pro - Thrustmaster
Novemebr 2, 2000
Sidewinder Strategic
Commander - Microsoft
October 27, 2000
Sidewinder Force
Feedback 2 USB - Microsoft
October 24, 2000
Sidewinder Game
Voice - Microsoft
August 17, 2000
Saitek X36 USB
- Saitek
August 10, 2000
Voodoo5 5500 PCI
- 3dfx
August 7, 2000
Altec Lansing ADA885
Surround Sound Speaker System - Altec Lansing
August 4, 2000
Intel PIII 800EB
- Intel
June 27, 2000
GLADIAC GeForce2
GTS - ELSA
June 6, 2000
FlightSim Yoke
LE / CH ProPedals USB - CH Products
March 9, 2000
Kenwood 72X TrueX
CD-ROM - Kenwood
February 22, 2000
Digital Chip Upgrade
for Thrustmaster - Stickworks
February 21, 2000
Voodoo3 3000 PCI
- 3dfx
February 18, 2000
ProMedia v.2-400
speaker system - Klipsch
January 1, 2000
ProMedia v.2-400
- Klipsch
December 26, 1999
HOTASS - FighterSystems
December 14, 1999
X-Keys Programmable
Keypads - PI Engineering
December 3, 1999
3DfxCOOL's Line
of Cooling Fans - 3DfxCOOL
December 2, 1999
LAN 0334 Case -
AMK
December 1, 1999
IntelliMouse with
IntelliEye and IntelliMouse Explorer - Microsoft
October 25, 1999
SFS Controller
and Throttle Combo - Suncom
August 3, 1999
FlightSIM Yoke
- CH Products
June 11, 1999
Sidewinder Force
Feedback Wheel - Microsoft
March 8, 1999
F16 FLCS, F22 PRO,
and F16 TQS - Thrustmaster
October 13, 1998
Sidewinder Force
Feedback Pro - Microsoft
November 26, 1997
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Interviews
An
Update On AGEIA October 20,
2005
StarForce
Responds August 6, 2005
An
Interview with Intel's George Alfs May
28, 2003
Jim
Richardson on NaturalPoint January
6, 2003
Matrox Parhelia
512 Interview with Sebastian Macdougall
May 16, 2002
Interview: Steve
Sims and Brian Burke NVIDIA
March 14, 2002
Bubba Wolford on
3dfx's upcoming cards
March 24, 2000
Rod Toll and Paul
Newson on ShadowFactor's Battlefield Communicator
October 5, 1998
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