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• A Matter of Import: PS3 Games from the Land of the Rising Sun*
  Tuesday 28 November 2006 – 08:29
  The PlayStation3 is a rarity in the world of home game consoles: a piece of hardware that doesn't lock out foreign software. We take a look at some Japanese titles that could be worth importing to your American PS3.
• Does Chipset-to-GPU Matching Matter?*
  Wednesday 4 April 2007 – 06:05
  Experienced users might already know that Nvidia and ATI chipsets support competing-brand graphics cards, but is there a performance penalty to such mismatched combinations? We put the latest chipsets and graphics cards to the test to find out.
• Intel's 925XE: Does Beating the 1 GHz FSB Barrier Matter?*
  Tuesday 12 October 2004 – 07:00
  We managed to secure early samples of Intel's P4 Extreme Edition 925XE chipset, complete with a 1,066 MHz speed FSB. So while the 1 GHz FSB speed barrier gets beaten, our benchmark course unmasks whether or not Intel's yet-to-be launched device is really something to get excited about.
• LCD Technicalities: Do Contrast Ratios Matter?*
  Thursday 26 February 2004 – 06:00
  Like response times and dead pixels, contrast ratios are based on an ISO 13406-2 standard. While most agree that contrast ratios serve a purpose, impressive contrast ratios do not make screens more reliable. We look at how contrast ratios are measured, as well as what they really signify.
• 10 Mammoth CPU Coolers: Size Does Matter*
  Tuesday 7 June 2005 – 07:00
  Is the sky the limit when it comes to the size of coolers? These behemoths unleash hurricane-force winds on CPUs, but does that always mean they are effective? THG's review of 10 new coolers should be a breath of fresh air.