Star Wars Battlefront II Review

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The best part of Star Wars Battlefront II is its massive online battles. You can locate your buddies and track stats as you fight alongside more players than ever, and new multiplayer modes such as Capture the Flag virtually guarantee unlimited replayability.

HL2 Lost Coast HDR Performance: Crossfire vs SLI

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We have updated our HL2 Lost Coast high dynamic range lighting benchmarks with the addition of single X850XT PE and 7800GT benchmarks in addition to the Crossfire and SLI 16X tests. We were able to confirm that there is a performance issue with Crossfire as the single X850 outperformed two in all but one test.

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Call of Duty 2 & Quake 4 Reviews @ FiringSquad

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Quake 4 is the long-awaited sequel to both Quake III: Arena and the older Quake II. It continues the Quake II storyline while - supposedly - delivering more and better multiplayer. Does it succeed? Read on, Quakefan! Oh, and don't forget to check out 92 sizzling hot screenshots.

3D Performance with Quake 4: Part 2 Mainstream Cards

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After evaluating Quake 4's performance with a handful of high-end cards, today we're here to take a look at the cards in the mainstream price segment. This includes ATI offerings ranging from the RADEON X700 PRO all the way up to the X800 XL (including ATI's X1600 XT) as well as GeForce cards ranging from the GeForce 6600 GT up to the 6800 GT.

New Encahnt Arm Trailer for the Xbox 360

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A new trailer for Enchant Arm, an RPG by developer FromSoft with Xbox Live support, high-def visuals, and other features. The game will be released simultaneously with the Xbox 360 Japanese release.

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Running Infinite Loop of a Quake 4 Demo

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It seems there is no direct way to make a Quake 4 demo file run again and again itself automatically with the timedemo command... and since there are not much "heavy" OpenGL games suitable for stability testing we have to think of some kind of a workaround. We've prepared a simple batch (.bat) file that can turn Quake 4 into a great PC hardware stress test.

Quak4 v1.0.1b

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tertsi has released an updated version of his awesome Quake 4 graphics tuning tool Quak4 v1.0.1b. Quake 4 supports the G70, NV40, and NV30 series of GPUs from NVIDIA and the latest version contains the following new features:

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FEAR & Quake 4 Tweak Guides

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I've finished my full FEAR Tweak Guide, and it comes complete with all the known tips and tweaks for FEAR. The guide includes screenshot comparisons of some of the harder-to-spot setting differences, more detailed setting descriptions, all the working advanced tweaks, and a ton of links to useful resources for troubleshooting FEAR problems.

Quake 4 Console Guide

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The console and .cfg file have a host of tweaks and tricks ready for the user to explore. We outline some of the basics you should know.

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F.E.A.R. CPU Shootout: AMD vs. Intel

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Wondering which processor is best for Monolith's horror-themed shooter F.E.A.R.? Perhaps you'd like to know if upgrading from 1GB to 2GB of memory will help your performance?

Download Quake 4 Demo File

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This is HWspirit's custom recorded demo file for Quake 4 that we are using for benchmarking different video card / system configurations. We created this file and are sharing it with you, because in Quake 4 there is no default demo file included within the game (unlike in Doom 3). You are welcome to download and try this demo on your PC and compare the results with ours. Download Quake 4 HWS demo (.torrent file, you'll beed BT client)

Quake 4 High-end Graphics Shootout

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Up to this point, NVIDIA's GeForce cards have easily outperformed ATI's RADEON cards in OpenGL games such as DOOM 3, but thanks to a recent driver update, ATI believes they've taken the lead.

Black and White 2 Review

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Peter Molyneux's Black and White earned critical acclaim from reviewers worldwide due to its unique take on the role-playing/strategy genre.

Quak4 Tuning Tool Coming Soon

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tertsi, the author of the popular Doom 3 tuning tool 3dmood for NVIDIA's G70/NV40/NV30 GPUs, is working on a similar tool for Quake 4.

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3D Performance with F.E.A.R. Part 1: Mainstream Cards

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With its advanced graphics engine, F.E.A.R. will push your graphics card like never before. In this article we take a look at F.E.A.R.'s performance with mainstream graphics cards including the RADEON X800, X800 XL, X700 PRO, and X1600 XT, while NVIDIA cards compared include the GeForce 6800 GT, 6600 GT, and GeForce 6800 256MB.

Oblivion interview - Gavin Carter of Bethesda

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As role-playing games go, none will be more highly anticipated that the next in the Elder Scrolls series and follow-up to Morrowind, Oblivion. Elite Bastards have sat down with Gavin Carter, one of the producers of this PC and Xbox 360 title, and asked him a slew of questions regarding various facets of this fantastic looking game, including getting some pretty exclusive information that will excite fans of the game in the process!

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Earth 2160 Demo

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3D Gamers is co-premiering the playable demo for Earth 2160, allowing you to try out this sci-fi 3D real-time strategy sequel by Reality Pump that's already been out in Europe for several months and is now expected States-side next month via Midway. This demo contains one level from the Eurasian Dynasty campaign and one level from the Lunar Corporation campaign, each limited to 45 minutes of play time.