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Today we're looking at the Albatron GeForce4 Ti4200P Turbo with 128MB of DDR Ram. This card was initially intended to be a part of our 64MB Ti4200 roundup but due to a miscommunication between Albatron and us they sent their 128MB version of the popular 4200. Since we couldn't review this against the 64MB cards, we figured we'd take a look at this card alone and compare it head o head with a 64MB version of the same card.

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The Atlantis Pro invokes images of ancient ruins and deep waters, and it's apparently associated with the old Greek god of the sea, Neptune. A professional dead civilization with-random-obsolete-deities-thrown-in kind of video card? Ah, I'll never really understand the logic behind marketing and it doesn't really matter, what matters is the hardware in the box (and the box does look cool), which is probably all they were going for.

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It should have hopefully become apparent that there are many pitfalls when deciding on a new computer system, for both home users and businesses alike. As always, technical details are buried under a big pile of marketing. Minor advancements in technology that in reality, do nothing are heralded as the "next big thing". A quick look under the surface however, shows this not to be the case.

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Stephens goes on to predict the direction engines will move in the future: "One hundred passes might be a little bit extreme, but 10 or 20 passes per polygon will not be uncommon. Having the additional passes will make games look like they have more polys even if there are no additional polys." The result? Organic, realistic shapes and objects that have textures so real you feel like you can reach through your television or PC monitor to touch them.

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Stephens goes on to predict the direction engines will move in the future: "One hundred passes might be a little bit extreme, but 10 or 20 passes per polygon will not be uncommon. Having the additional passes will make games look like they have more polys even if there are no additional polys." The result? Organic, realistic shapes and objects that have textures so real you feel like you can reach through your television or PC monitor to touch them.

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The basic premise to achieve this is incredibly simple; essentially you take a case fascia, remove the part that would normally attach it to the case and proceed to fix it to the tray of the CD drive. That said there are a number of things to be aware of when carrying this out which I'll do my best to cover below.

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How Well Does It Overclock? Well... With the OCH watercooling setup I received earlier this month it is currently running at 44c (idle) and 49c (load) with 2.05v @ 2300MHz. Those are pretty impressive temps! It seems to be true that this CPU is cooler running then the last XP incarnation.

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As our trend into system cooling continues, this time I will take a look at the graphics sector. Most individuals already know the importance of overclocking, and keeping the system cool is one of the more important tasks in this day and age, given the powerful devices each contributing to the overall heat buildup in our systems. This time, I will be taking a look at the ZM50-HP VGA Heatpipe Cooler. This cooler works by the use of a heatpipe, which is simply a completely closed pipe that contains a fluid. When this fluid is heated, it evaporates, and proper positioning of the pipe will allow the gas particles to move to the top of the pipe, warming the air around it. In doing so it loses enough heat so that it condenses back into a liquid, ready for the process to repeat itself. The warm air is then expelled by the exhaust fan, so an inherent advantage is that one less fan (meaning less noise) is used, provided that your card originally included a fan.

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The top-level manufacturers prefer producing several motherboard models based on the same chipset. As a result, a separate model is aimed at a specific group of users. Therefore, a whole spectrum of potential buyers is covered who are given a wide selection of motherboards from the cheapest and plain, with a minimum set of features, to the most expensive, "wired" models. And Gigabyte company strictly adheres to this principle. Almost immediately after the announce of the KT400 chipset, the company announced 3 models

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A strong +12 line is one of the first things you should look for in a power supply. For today's high end systems, I would recommend no less than 12 Amps on the +12V rail as a minimum to ensure that all of your components get clean, solid power and keep a little bit of head room. The next thing to take note of is the +5V rail. This is another very important rail, as it is the rail from which your processor will draw power from. It is recommended that for AMD CPUs you have a minimum of 18 Amps and for P4's at least 20 Amps. As you can see, this one has 47 which should be more than enough to cover all of today's processors and the next generation.

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So many cases these days just look like clones. Sure, for £25 you can go out and pick up a perfectly good case, but it'll be the same as almost any other case on the planet. Even the £100+ cases are clones of many others, no matter how much you spend on a pre-built case, there will always be someone else out there with exactly the same case as you. Some get around this by adding simple mods such as windows, cold cathodes, blowholes and multicoloured LEDs, which can work very nicely, but there's no getting around the fact that this is a computer. It is square. It is beige. It has openings for your drives on the front, along with a power button and assorted LEDs. It has removable side panels and some bolts on the back to keep it all in place.

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"The Abit AT7-MAX2 Motherboard is an overclockers dream and there's more onboard stuff than you can imagine (Firewire, USB2, LAN, Audio, RAID, etc). If you are in the market for a new AMD based motherboard that is simply over the top then you can be assured that this motherboard will satisfy completely! Watch the Video to find out more..." ~3dGameMan.com

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