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ATI ‘cheating’ benchmarks and degrading game quality, says NVIDIA  
By Justin Robinson | 16:08 Sep 15, 2010 | Comment Now 
Atomic investigates NVIDIA’s long-ignored accusation: Is ATI using FP16 demotion to artificially inflate benchmark scores?
 
OCZ's RevoDrive 3 X2 even faster, if you can believe it 
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By John Gillooly | 15:03 Nov 7, 2011 | Comment Now 
Review: Insane morphs into really insane, as OCZ's RevoDrive gets a serious performance boost.
 
Patriot's Wildfire 120GB SSD - no surprises, just fast 
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By John Gillooly | 11:51 Sep 22, 2011 | Comment Now 
review: We get impressively Zippy SATA 6Gbps performance from Patriot's latest solid state offering.
 
Kingston's Hyper X 240GB SSD is a solid bet 
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By John Gillooly | 14:23 Sep 9, 2011 | Comment Now 
Review: Kingston's new Hyper X SSD delivers blindingly quick SATA 6Gbps performance.
 
HD7970 vs GTX 780: the future of graphics cards in 2012 
By Alex Whitehouse | 11:13 Jan 31, 2012 | Comment Now 
We explain why the 28nm process is the biggest thing since sliced PCB. In a word, size - after investigation by Atomic - sadly appears to matter.
 
OCZ's Vertex 3 240GB SSD impresses 
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By John Gillooly | 09:34 Sep 19, 2011 | Comment Now 
Review: OCZ's latest solid state badboy delivers blazingly fast SATA 6Gbps performance. Zoom!
 
AMD's FX-8150 simply disappoints 
By John Gillooly | 14:25 Oct 31, 2011 | Comment Now 
Review: Bulldozer seems more apt if you think of a sleeping bovine than useful heavy machinery.
 
AMD redefines mobile gaming 
By John Gillooly | 09:39 Jun 15, 2011 | Comment Now 
AMD's new 'llano' Fusion APU makes Sandy Bridge look decidedly yawnworthy as a gaming platform. We take a closer look at why.
 
NVIDIA GTX580: a Fermi saver? 
By John Gillooly, Justin Robinson | 10:16 Feb 4, 2011 | Comment Now 
After coming close to screwing up Fermi the first time round, has NVIDIA finally released a card that can redeem it? Read our review!
 
XFX RADEON HD 7970 Black Edition Double Dissipation is as good as it looks 
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By John Gillooly | 10:36 Jan 10, 2012 | Comment Now 
Review: The RADEON 7970 is finally hitting stores, and XFX has delivered one hell of a high end card.
 
EVGA's GeForce GTX 580 3GB a touch too much 
By Vito Cassisi | 16:18 Sep 8, 2011 | Comment Now 
Review: Reference design = reference performance? We reveal the truth behind EVGA's GTX 580.
 
 
17:26 Jan 14, 2010 | Comment Now 
The most powerful energy drink we've ever had.
 
Designing the Perfect PC 
By Vito Cassisi | 15:06 Dec 2, 2008 | Comment Now 
PC Design 01100101 with Vito Cassisi. And yes, that is binary for 101.
 
AMD's A8-3850 APUs are a surprisingly good bit of silicon 
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By John Gillooly | 10:50 Sep 15, 2011 | Comment Now 
Review: Fusion finally hits the desktop, as AMD produces a remarkably good chip for gaming on.
 
AMD Radeon 6870 benchmarks show performance improvement - and loss 
By Justin Robinson | 15:48 Oct 18, 2010 | Comment Now 
The launch of AMD's new graphics cards is preceded by a few leaked screenshots, showing mixed performance in 3DMark Vantage.
 
ASUS HD 7950 Direct CU II vs XFX R7950 Black Edition 
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By Matt Wilson | 12:20 Jan 31, 2012 | Comment Now 
AMD's new RADEON HD 7950 is finally official, and we pit ASUS and XFX's offerings against each other. Read on to find out which is Hot and which is not.
 
AMD's new chip: what a load of Bulldozer 
By John Gillooly | 15:16 Oct 18, 2011 | Comment Now 
Like many we've been finding AMD's Bulldozer to be underwhelming... and it is. Just don't expect a magic bullet to fix it.
 
ASUS Matrix Platinum GTX580 
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By Vito Cassisi | 10:39 Sep 26, 2011 | Comment Now 
Review: Many buttons for itchy fingers! ASUS' latest GTX580-based card is an enthusiast-grade beast.
 
AMD's RADEON HD 6990 - our silicon love 
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By John Gillooly | 11:45 May 30, 2011 | Comment Now 
Review: AMD runs rings around NVIDIA with its 6990, holding on to the fastest video card in the world tag for another generation.
 
RAID Theory 
By Ashton Mills | 10:52 May 19, 2008 | Comment Now 
Also RAID setup, RAID benchmarks, RAID considerations, RAID software, RAID hardware...
 
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Issue: 133 | February, 2012

Atomic is a magazine aimed squarely at computer enthusiasts, gamers, and serious PC upgraders.

Every month we bring you the latest reviews of new technology and PC components, in depth features on everything from overclocking to console hacking, and gaming previews and interviews.
 
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