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Xabre Graphics Card Reviewed

Posted by timothy on from the first-fun-to-read-graphics-card-review dept.

Daniel Rutter writes: "Graphics cards using the SIS Xabre chipset don't seem to have quite made it to the retail market in most of the world yet, but they're on sale now here in Australia. I've checked out Triplex's shiny XabrePRO card. It's weird. Not just because it's silver, in typical Triplex fashion. It's also got weird drivers. Not bad drivers. Just... weird. And it makes a weird noise. Seriously." Check out those screenshots, and wonder.

3 of 120 comments (clear)

  1. Bad pun alert! Bad pun alert! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So is the noise they make just Xabre rattling?

  2. Re:whats so wired about it? by tetro · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know why it's weird, when i tried setting up the resolution, it had "High Quality Porn" as a setting

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  3. Curse of AOTC ... by tjwhaynes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perfect, Nvidia's drivers aren't. About as good as you can get, they are.

    Reviewer like Yoda speak, yes? Graphics chip reviews inverted sentences need like head with hole ... hmmm?

    Cheers,

    Toby Haynes

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