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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.

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  1. It would really help if people could spell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I really hate the way people misspell words just to look cool. It all started with the English, and the way they spell "Shoppes." Maybe the next time your kid fails a spelling test, you'll take notice of this problem.

    It's spelled Sabre, folks.

    1. Re:It would really help if people could spell by nickgrieve · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      You can't trademark real words.

    2. Re:It would really help if people could spell by lostchicken · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      If you hate the British spellings so much, why promote it?

      sabre (sbr)
      n. & v. Chiefly British
      Variant of saber.

      'Sabre' is one of the alternate commercial spellings you seem to hate so much.

      It spelled saber, if we're feeling picky and trollish. Get your facts right.

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      -twb
    3. Re:It would really help if people could spell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Microsoft Windows
      Microsoft Word
      Microsoft Outlook
      Microsoft Excel
      Microsoft Access
      Microsoft Publisher
      Microsoft Passport

      These are the official trademarks. You can't legally trademark common words like 'word' or 'windows', as the Lindows case has shown.

  2. strange... by SlugLord · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's so weird!

  3. Correction: Shouldn't that be.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Correction: Shouldn't that be SABER for us non French speaking folk?

  4. Re:Driver GUI by xx01dk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here! Here! I totally agree! I mean, I revel in the amount of obscure geek knowledge I posess, but it would be nice if some things were explained in plain English right from the outset, without having to research what everything may or may not mean. But then, I guess that's what separates the Net users from the AOL lusers. So, Long Live ambiguousity! Um, or something. Slashdot rules!

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    There is simply too much glass..
  5. Re:Yeah, umm, how about X? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well now, if it can make Tea and Toast for you in the morning, it has some use to you as a Tea and Toast maker, doesn't it?