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BIOS from A to ZJan 4, 2006 - in Reviews
Turn on hidden power functions, boot faster, speed up RAM and your CPU, tune your chipsets, deactivate unused functions... Secret BIOS settings can make Windows XP better, faster, and more stable.
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Asus, DFI, MSI Give Mobos The Crossfire TreatmentDec 26, 2005 - in Reviews
ATI's Crossfire graphics platform is now available after NVIDIA's dual card SLI has had over a year to find its way in the channels. We look at three Crossfire ready motherboards from Asus, DFI and MSI to see whether it has been worth the wait or not.
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Dual Graphics Platforms, Part IIDec 15, 2005 - in Reviews
There is a lot more to dual card graphics than the extra frame rates ATI and NVIDIA's respective Crossfire and SLI platforms offer. Besides their overclocking potential, we look at the storage interface performance of ATI Crossfire and the NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 platforms. We've also included VIA's new K8T900 dual graphics chipset in our lineup.
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The Dual Graphics Platform Battle, Part 1Nov 29, 2005 - in Reviews
ATI calls it Crossfire. NVIDIA calls it SLI. In Part I of our comparative look at dual-card graphics, we detail the two graphic giants' chipsets and what you get by investing in an Asus Crossfire or SLI motherboard.
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Intel Goes Dual Graphics With 975X ChipsetNov 14, 2005 - in Reviews
Intel's 975X does not increase system performance, nor does it introduce additional features. Still, it finds perfect justification for existence, simply by being the first core logic product Intel has specifically targeted at the dual graphics market.
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One Gigabyte Motherboard, Four Graphics CardsOct 4, 2005 - in Reviews
It's the coolest nForce4 SLI motherboard you have ever seen. The GA-8N SLI Quad is capable of running as many as four (!) x16 PCI Express graphics cards, and allows the attachment of ten displays!
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The Pentium Elite, Part 2: 955X versus nForce4 IESep 26, 2005 - in Reviews
In this second article in a two-part series, we complete our comparison test of the best premium motherboards on the market, by examining five high-end boards based on the Intel 955X chipset.
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BIOS for BeginnersSep 22, 2005 - in Reviews
Are you not sure how to tune up your BIOS, or how to get starting with overclocking your PC? Here is a step-by-step guide to setting BIOS parameters, using a popular Asus motherboard as an example.
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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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ASRock 939Dual-SATA2: With AGP and PCIeSep 16, 2005 - in Reviews
ULi's M1695 chipset shines thanks to simultaneous support of AGP and PCI Express. The first motherboard to use the platform comes from ASRock - can the budget Asus brand exploit the chipset's potential?
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The Value Connection of 6 Intel 945P MotherboardsSep 1, 2005 - in Reviews
Intel's chipset family has come a long way to offer the broadest feature set ever. And yes, we're making it official: Intel is closing the price/performance ratio gap vs. AMD. Our tests involving six 945P motherboards tell the story.
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Budget And Premium Motherboards At The CrossroadsAug 15, 2005 - in Reviews
Sometimes a single manufacturer offers a wide selection of motherboards, all able to host your desired processor. This leaves the user with an essential question: are premium motherboards worth the extra money? We compared MSI's budget motherboard with its highest-end model to find out.
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Intel's 955X Dual-Core Chipset Better For Business Users Than NVidia's nForce4Jun 29, 2005 - in Reviews
With dual core processing support, a faster DDR2 controller, more PCI-Express lines, RAID5 and Active Management, Intel clearly threw in everything it had in the design of its latest high-end chipset. But does the 955X really cut it vis-à-vis its ambitious specs?
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THG's Secret Test Sauces RevealedJun 13, 2005 - in Reviews
Many vendors live and die by THG's benchmarks. But what methodology do we use when we run our benchmark tests? THG offers its first ever behind-the-scenes look.
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The Game Pros: SLI Motherboards For Athlon 64May 31, 2005 - in Reviews
The combination of two fast GeForce graphics cards enables fluid 3D display at the highest resolutions with maximum picture quality. We took a look at four of the latest motherboards offering NVIDIA's new dual-card feature.
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Life in the Fast Lane: New Boards for the Athlon 64May 13, 2005 - in Reviews
Ten motherboards for Socket 939 and PCI Express hit our test bench to fight it out, with chipsets from ATI, NVIDIA and VIA in the running. Which brand will carry the day?
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The Elitegroup PF88 Extreme: An Athlon 64 or Pentium 4 MotherboardApr 27, 2005 - in Reviews
There was plenty to say about the PF88 Extreme when it debuted at CeBIT earlier this year: its capability to accommodate either an Athlon 64 or Pentium 4 and many other features that come with a high-end motherboard. Our tests tell the rest of the story.
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4 AMD Socket 754 MicroATX Motherboards: Getting the Job Done on the CheapApr 15, 2005 - in Reviews
They have almost everything a high-end motherboard offers, except they're really cheap. While not designed for CPUs to build your screaming game machine or home theater system, a new crop of AMD Socket 754 plus SiS 760GX motherboards can get almost any other computing job done.
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AOpen Powermaster: The Motherboard of All CPU Power-Saving Solutions?Apr 7, 2005 - in Reviews
We've written a lot about CPU liquid coolers and power saving technologies, but what can the motherboard offer? According to AOpen, its i915Pa-PLF's Powermaster does the job of reducing power consumption by regulating the system clock speed according to demands of the CPU's workload.
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NVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition Sets Its Sights on Intel 925XEApr 6, 2005 - in Reviews
Today, NVIDIA announces the nForce4 Intel Edition chipset for socket 775, featuring dual core processor support and the option of SLI dual graphics. In addition to offering a host of advanced features, it also kicks Intel's 925XE off the top of the performance heap.
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Asus A8N-SLI Premium Allows SLI to be Enabled in SoftwareMar 23, 2005 - in Reviews
The Premium version of Asus' A8N-SLI motherboard allows you to turn on or off SLI in software, rather than requiring you to open your system case. Will this new feature help alleviate one of the issues that some people have with SLI?
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SiS Enters The Fray: The SiS 756 PCI Express Chipset For Athlon 64Mar 21, 2005 - in Reviews
On the heels of NVIDIA and VIA, SiS is now also offering a PCI Express chipset for the Athlon 64. The 756 offers modern features at a fair price, but is that enough to make the grade against such stiff competition?
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Market Survey, Part 2: Six Premium Pentium 4 LGA775 BoardsMar 7, 2005 - in Reviews
In this second part of our Socket 775 comparison test, we take a close look at some premium boards made by Asus, Intel, Gigabyte and MSI. Unfortunately, not all that glitters here is gold.
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Market Survey, Part 1: A Comparison Of The Latest Pentium 4 MotherboardsFeb 7, 2005 - in Reviews
SpeedStep alleviates the heat problems of the fast P4 processors, while even faster models are on the horizon. At the same time, DDR2 memory is becoming reasonably affordable, and boards have now had 6 months to age. It's time for our big comparison test, which we kick off with a look at seven different models from companies challenging the market leaders.
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VIA Arming the PCIe/AGP PT880 Pro Chipset For P4 Upgrade BusinessJan 31, 2005 - in Reviews
The long-anticipated PT880 Pro chipset is finally here, and it offers users what they have been waiting for: both PCI Express and AGP 8X graphics interfaces, which you can even use simultaneously. How does the ambitious design of the PT880 Pro stack up against Intel's 915P?
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TriGem's Kloss KL-I915a: Power Aplenty and Almost No NoiseJan 17, 2005 - in Reviews
A nifty design isn't the only thing this small form-factor PC has going for it: A very clever heat management solution renders the KL-I915a nearly noiseless. Should Shuttle and other top-gun makers be worried?
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Finally Available: Nine Socket 939 Athlon64 Motherboards!Jan 3, 2005 - in Reviews
After months of users being forced to choose from only a small selection of models, numerous manufacturers are now jumping on the Socket 939 bandwagon. And it's about time! The architecture features high performance and is even supposed to be suitable for tomorrow's dual-core Athlons. We put nine of the latest models through their paces, using both AGP and PCI Express.
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Quick and Quiet: Pentium M Desktop Boards by AOpen and DFIDec 24, 2004 - in Reviews
Do we really need PCs with processors that use over 100 watts of power? AOpen and DFI don't think so. They have started to ship new motherboards that allow you to use Intel's power-saving mobile Pentium M platform in desktops. How well do they work?
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Abit's Fatal1ty: Motherboards Go PremiumDec 8, 2004 - in Reviews
Many high-end PC enthusiasts and gamers have high expectations that the Abit Fatal1ty series will set new milestones for power and overclockability. We took a look at the first board available, the Fatal1ty AA8XE, based on the 925XE chipset.
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Gigabyte Creates a 915P Motherboard With SLINov 30, 2004 - in Reviews
Finally, somebody did it: Gigabyte sent us a motherboard based on Intel's 915P chipset with two physical x16 PCIe connectors. By merging the ICH6's four x1 PCIe ports into one physical slot, an NVIDIA SLI graphics solution on the Intel architecture is now a reality.
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