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Talking Heads: Motherboard Manager Edition, Q4'10, Part 2Nov 9, 2010 - in Reviews
Alright, enough about integrated graphics. We don't think they're taking over the world, either. This time, our industry insiders talk to us about the new AMD Operton offerings, SFFs, netbooks, future motherboard designs, and product diversification.
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Talking Heads: Motherboard Manager Edition, Q4'10, Part 1Oct 20, 2010 - in Reviews
We've already talked to product managers representing the graphics industry. But what about the motherboard folks? We are back with ten more unidentified R&D insiders. The platform-oriented industry weighs in on Intel's, AMD's, and Nvidia's prospects.
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Quick Look: Gigabyte 790GX MotherboardAug 8, 2008 - in Picture Story
A picture story of Gigabyte's 790GX offering.
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The Southbridge Battle: nforce 6 MCP vs. ICH7 vs. ICH8Jan 3, 2007 - in Reviews
The nforce 680i may be the enthusiast's darling, but what about the chipset's interface capabilities? We scrutinize its RAID and USB 2.0 performance and compare it to other chipsets from Intel as well as Nvidia.
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Three Premium nForce4 Motherboards from Gigabyte, Jetway, and MSISep 21, 2005 - in Reviews
Which chipset: Intel or NVIDIA? We start our big comparison test of the best premium motherboards on the market with three nForce4-based Pentium motherboards.
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The Athlon64 Radeon Xpress: ATi's Latest Stab as a Chipset MakerNov 8, 2004 - in Reviews
ATi attempts to make it in the chipset world again, this time with an Athlon64 processor, the Radeon Xpress. While ATi does not tack on bells and whistles like Nvidia's GbE controller, we see how well ATi manages to pull off its meat and potatoes effort in the fast track Athlon64 chipset market.
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For Sempron and Athlon XP: Soyo KT880 Dragon 2Aug 24, 2004 - in Reviews
Socket A is not dead, not even close - Soyo offers a board boasting premier features, as well as a VIA KT880 chipset, and it supports Athlon XP and Sempron processors.
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The End User Pays: 13 Boards With Intel 845GE/PEDec 9, 2002 - in Reviews
The boards with the 845 GE/ PE chipset are fully developed and have a wealth of functions. But which one should the customer choose? Our critical test sheds some light on the subject.
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Athlon On The Fast Lane: Three Motherboards with nForce2-Chipset and Dual-Channel DDRNov 11, 2002 - in Reviews
The nForce2 platform is the first dual-channel DDR solution to enter the mainstream - beating Intel's upcoming chipsets to market and giving the Athlon the platform it needs to compete with the upcoming Pentium 4 CPUs. nForce2 also offers support for 333 MHz FSB and a wealth of features that is currently unmatched. Is this chipset able to keep its promises and put Athlon back to the very top? We took a pretty close look at the first three motherboards from Asus, Chaintech and Leadtek.
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The Next 'BX': 13 Motherboards For Pentium 4 With Intel's 845 Chipset and Socket mPGA478Jan 30, 2002 - in Reviews
Teaming up a Pentium 4 with a SDRAM might seem like a horrible idea to anybody who cares about performance, but the industry has accepted the i845 chipset just fine. As a matter of fact, this duo has brought Pentium 4 systems to an attractive price point, which is crucial for the OEM business. For this article, we took a look at 13 motherboards with the Brookdale chipset.
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Intel Goes DDR - Do We Really Care?Dec 17, 2001 - in Reviews
Intel is never shy of doing really weird things. Today marks the 're-release' of Intel's 845 Pentium 4 chipset. It's the same silicon as the i845 released in summer, only that now Intel 'allows' motherboard makers to use its DDR-support. Intel's marketing department calls this old new chipset i845D. We compared this wannabe newcomer to the other five established Pentium 4 chipsets.
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Mega Test: 14 Boards with KT266A and nForce 420DNov 26, 2001 - in Reviews
Maximum performance for AMD Athlon: How do VIA Apollo KT266A and Nvidia nForce 420D (Crush 12) stack up on the latest motherboards?
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Crème De La Crème: Special Edition 815 Boards and Useful Add-OnsMay 7, 2001 - in Reviews
The times when just attractive features, stability and performance defined a successful motherboard model are long gone. Motherboards from different companies resemble each other in many points. The only way to differentiate from ordinary products is to offer special editions and valuable add-ons. AOpen, Asus and Azza sent us their latest inventions.
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Tabula Rasa: Six Boards for the Pentium 4Mar 21, 2001 - in Reviews
The successor of the i820/Camino and the i840/Carmel chipset is i850/Tehama. We tested six boards for the Pentium 4.
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Athlon Boosters - Three AMD 760 Boards for DDR SDRAMMar 14, 2001 - in Reviews
Three boards with the new AMD chipset line up for comparison: The Asus A7M266, the Biostar M7MIA and the Gigabyte GA-7DX. One question remains however. Will motherboards with this chipset soon become collectables? Will AMD continue to produce the 760 chipset once VIA's KT266 becomes widely available?
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SiS Back On Stage: The SiS730 Chipset for Duron and AthlonJan 9, 2001 - in Reviews
The new 730s from SiS is highly integrated, as one chip hosts almost everything you can imagine, including UltraATA/100 interface, graphics engine plus an AGP 4x slot, 100 MBit LAN and also support for 133 MHz Athlons. Will it be enough for SiS to beat VIA's KT133 and gain the AMD budget market?
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AMD's Super Bypass - AMD Improves their 750 ChipsetDec 29, 1999 - in Reviews
AMD quietly enables a new feature in their recent Northbridge. This new enhancement reduces some of their memory bottlenecks within their 750 chipset.
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Micron's Upcoming Samurai DDR Chipset - First LooksDec 16, 1999 - in Reviews
This upcoming DDR SDRAM chipset will offer high memory bandwidth with a much more reasonable memory cost versus RDRAM platforms.
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The RDRAM Avenger - Intel's i840 ChipsetDec 15, 1999 - in Reviews
So you want to have Coppermine and you decided to spend big bucks on RDRAM. Then don't make the mistake and buy i820-platforms! i840 is what Coppermine plus RDRAM needs!
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BCM QS750 Athlon Motherboard ReviewDec 8, 1999 - in Reviews
BCM makes a bold entry into the Athlon Motherboard Realm with their QS750!
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Intel's New CC820 Motherboard ReviewDec 3, 1999 - in Reviews
Intel's CC820 Motherboard, one of the first i820 based platform that supports PC100 SDRAM!
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Athlon Motherboard ReviewNov 10, 1999 - in Reviews
ASUS and BIOSTAR jump on the Athlon train with new Motherboards!
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Intel i820 Chipset ReviewOct 5, 1999 - in Reviews
Intel stumbles just before releasing its long awaited i820 Chipset. Does the i820's performance compare to the 440BX and VIA Apollo Pro 133 chipset?
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Early Athlon Motherboard ReviewAug 18, 1999 - in Reviews
Five of the newest BX motherboards are put to the test. THG covers their performance, unique features, and of course the overclockability.
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Preview of Intel's Upcoming 'Camino'-ChipsetJun 22, 1999 - in Reviews
There's still 2 1/2 months to go until Intel will launch the new i820-chipset, also known as 'Camino'. However, the early days in the life of Camino are long over
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440BX Motherboard Review - Fall 1998Nov 9, 1998 - in Reviews
High end users don't have much of a choice: Regarding performance there is no alternative for Intel's BX chipset.
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Review of Socket 8 MotherboardsDec 8, 1997 - in Reviews
The Pentium Pro is around now for several years and still it never made it to a best seller as its siblings Pentium, Pentium w/MMX and Pentium II
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Enhancing PerformanceJan 23, 1997 - in Reviews
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