Advantages: Mindblowing speeds. Maxed out frame rate. Looks beautiful. TV out!!
Disadvantages: None.

...And it won't even gain a tremendous amount of weight and end up in Vegas late in its life! Seriously though, the X800 Pro lives up to its extensive hype. It does more than live up to it, after around two and a half hours testing the thing I had to literally tear my eyes away from the thing. But before I come to all that, first the tale of how I came to acquire his highness... Introduction As I mentioned in a previous review, I recently was assigned the task of building a top of the range computer for a good friend of mine. I don't just mean some jolly old 2600xp with a 512 and some mid-range card to top it off either. My buddy wanted the finest computer this side of the UK - best processor, memory, hard drive, sound, input components, and of course : graphics, I even had to persuade the guy against modding the case! Having... Read review

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Advantages: Pleasant smell
Disadvantages: Overall disappointment

...Liking other Pantene products when I saw a 200ml bottle of Pantene Pro V Classic Care Ultra Mild shampoo (what a mouthful!)for 89p, I decided that at that price it was definately worth a go. The bottle said it would make fragile hair strong and as I have my fair share of split ends, I thought this shampoo was not only cheap, but might also do my hair some good. The bottle itself is much like any other Pantene bottle, big and white, but in this case it has a blue rim. Although the bottle isn't going to win any design awards I do like the fact that it is as wide at the top as it is at the bottom which means that when the bottles nearly finished you can turn it over to get the last dregs out without having to perform an elaborate balancing act. The shampoo itself smells nice and fresh, abit like apples and handcream. That might sound... Read review

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Advantages: Super stable, cheap, fast, TV-Out
Disadvantages: VGA [no DVI] slow by todays standards

...has 4 different levels of speed, the lowest, GTS, followed by the Pro, then the Ti (for Titanium I believe) and finally Ultra. Whilst the GTS and Pro make do with 800 MegaPixels a second rendering, the Ti and Ultra have 1 GigaPixel a second rendering. But the better you get, the higher the price. There is quite a drop from Pro to GTS performance wise, and the Ti and Ultra are vastly more expensive than the Pro. Thus the Pro is the best choice Bang-For-Buck wise. And it gets better.. This little beauty of a card is overclockable. Get hold of the right software you can increase the RAM and Core GPU speeds on the fly. I've had the 350 MHz RAM running at 402 MHz, that's a 14% increase for FREE! Then you have the issues of cooling the RAM, so I bought little heatsinks to stick onto the the chips to stop them overheating and crashing... Read review

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Advantages: Quick relief from pain, no upset tummies
Disadvantages: Price

...p normally. Just two of these capsules nearly equate to what I pay for 16 tablets in the supermarket. Due to this pricing, I only used the 6 I had before switching to my normal brand, so I cannot say what these are like as a long term product. I have to admit to really liking these as a painkiller but the price is simply too much for me and many others to purchase regularly when these are pretty much identical to other ibuprofen brands. Yes these do offer a slightly quicker relief from pain, but if you have severe pain anyway, you may be taking something stronger in any case, which couldn't justify the price. I would love to keep a pack in the medical cupboard but I think in the first instance, I'd try my cheaper brand and maybe take these at every other dose. I do recommend Anadin Ultra wholeheartedly; however, I don... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, looks good, sounds good
Disadvantages: hard to get to lower controls, confusing battery position.

...different distortion pedals from this one, included are the, Ultra metal 300 and the Ultra distortion 100. I happen to have some other Behringer pedals and sound equipment and I find it great quality for the price. How to tell them apart On a dark stage at a gig, you might wonder how a guitarist can tell his affects pedals apart from each other. What Behringer and many other companies have done to solve this problem is they have made the different types of pedals in different disguising colours. This means that on dimly lit stages you can easily tell apart the pedals. In the Case of the UM100 the colour is a red/pinkish colour. To be honest I was worried about the colour, it was kind of pinker looking in the picture when I bought, and I thought my friends would slag me but, now they just want to use the pedal! How is it powered... Read review

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Advantages: The closest thing you will get to real football
Disadvantages: Licenses and commentary

...in the next installment. I picked the game up for £29.99 from www.amazon.co.uk. It is superb value for money and I highly recommend it. Personal Opinion In my opinion, this game is an abosulte must if you want ultra realistic football. People will always like Fifa 07 because of its licesnsed kits, music and graphics. However, those three components do not make a football game. The game itself runs very smoothly, with a wide array of game modes. The online mode is second to none and you will play this for months. I have played this and also FIFA 07 on the XBOX 360 and I have to say, Pro Evolution Soccer has delivered the goods - there is no better, purer or exciting football game than Pro Evolution Soccer 6. Konami have hit the back of the net once again.... Read review

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Advantages: Fast for a older gen card & stable thx to excellent driversupport
Disadvantages: too expensive compared to newer series of cards

...becourse its 55nm TSMC compared to the 80nm on the x1950pro & also some feats. such as UVD (Unified Video Decocer) that improves hardware acceleration when playing movies with a program that can let you enable HWA (Cyberlink PowerDVD 7.3 Ultra), especially DVD/HD & Blu-ray material. What this means in short is that your CPU is taking a smaller performance hit due to the fact that the grapicscard accelerates the material played resulting in smoother framerates in formats such as 720p/1080p.Now the x1950pro also provides HWA even though it´s not as efficient as UVD, yet acceptable .Oh I almost forgot the HDseries also supports sound via HDMI. So yes the radeon HD series are better/faster & very cheap especially the HD3850 256MB version & I can therefore not really justify shelling out about the same cash amount for the older x1950pro even... Read review

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Advantages: Teeth feel cleaner, Timer, Three settings (including for sensitive teeth).
Disadvantages: Quite Big and Bulky, Difficult to Clean.

...***INTRODUCTION*** I was never really interested in using an electric toothbrush as I was quite happy just using a disposable. That was until my mum bought me an Ultra Sonex for Christmas a couple of years ago. The first time I used it I wasn't at all impressed as I found it difficult to use and the pressure felt uncomfortable on my teeth....However after a few days I became quite impressed with this toothbrush. ***FEATURES*** - Three settings: high speed with ultrasound (18,000 strokes a minute), low speed with ultrasound (9,000 strokes a minute) and just ultrasound for sensitive teeth/gums. - Three minute timer: the toothbrush pauses after every 30 seconds to indicate that you should move the brush to another area in your mouth.....After three minutes the toothbrush turns off. - Spare brush heads. - Mains... Read review

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Advantages: keeps you awake.
Disadvantages: keeps you awake when you wanna sleep

...I imagine that we all have days that we are knackered not able to have any sleep and still need to get though the whole day! So sometimes we (well I) resort to easy answers that in this case is pro plus, to keep me going. ***** So what is pro plus? ***** Well they them selves state that they help relieve your tiredness to keep you on track! Suggesting that this caffeine boost is what you need to keep you going. Every pill contains 50mg of caffeine, caffeine has been proven to heighten alertness and temporarily boost energy levels. Although it is relevant to say that according to “caffeine corner” contrary to popular opinion there is no more of the stimulant substance in one pro plus pill than there is in the average cup of coffee. However, the pill form makes it easier to take extremely high doses, and achieve... Read review

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Advantages: extremely powerful, flexible, easy to use, support of standards
Disadvantages: lacks JPEG2000 support in Windows version

...If you're a photographer, whether using a digital camera or scanning in slides and negatives, you'll know the problem of keeping track of all those images. In many cases you'll get by quite nicely with any of the various cataloguing and thumbnailing tools available. However, if your needs are a little more sophisticated, you'll want something that goes above and beyond the norm. Enter iView's Multimedia's Media Pro 2. Installation Media Pro 2.5 can be downloaded direct from the manufacturers web site or bought boxed from the usual retailers. Unlike many of its peers, it is available in both Mac and Windows formats. The former tends to arrive first and the Mac version 2.5 has been available for a little while now. Newer on the scene however is the Windows version and a welcome arrival it is too. The program can check... Read review

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