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ASUS P4R800V DeluxeJun 8, 2004 - in Reviews
Asus puts the ATI IGP 9100 chipset onto this inexpensive Pentium 4 board to deliver more than just DirectX-8.1 entry-level graphics. In addition, this model offers S-video out.
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NVIDIA's nForce2 Ultra Boosts AthlonXP's Chipset Power BaseMay 25, 2004 - in Reviews
NVIDIA has packed more features into its latest nForce2 chipset, including Gigabit Ethernet and Serial ATA capabilities. THG shows how the design does the AthlonXP justice.
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Six Dual Xeon Motherboards on the CheapMay 21, 2004 - in Reviews
THG looks at six dual Xeon mobos and their cooling solutions. For as little as $250, boards from Asus, Intel, MSI and Tyan have much to offer.
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Two Xeon CPUs Are Better Than One Intel P4 Extreme PlatformMay 14, 2004 - in Reviews
Who would have thought? A Dual Xeon system is often cheaper and frequently offers higher performance than a Pentium 4 Extreme platform. Our analysis and benchmark tests for Intel's dual-processor E7505/Placer chipset show why.
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VIA's K8T800 Pro Bumps up HyperTransport Speed, But Lacks PunchMay 5, 2004 - in Reviews
The Pro version of the K8T800 boosts the chipset's HyperTransport bus speed from 800 MHz to 1 GHz, and has a couple of other tweaks as well. But do the improvements translate into noticeable performance gains?
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ATI's Radeon 9100 Pro IGP Takes Aim at Intel's Chipset LaunchMay 3, 2004 - in Reviews
The Pro version of ATI's 9100 IGP chipset is loaded with new features. But will improved memory compatibility, better AGP performance and a new Southbridge design be enough to go head to head with Intel's upcoming 915 chipset?
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Gigabit Ethernet: On-Board Chips ReviewedApr 30, 2004 - in Reviews
Vendors are increasingly adding Gigabit Ethernet controllers to their mobos. Tests show performance gaps vary from one vendor to another, while Gigabit Ethernet is becoming a must-have for the enduser.
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MSI KT880Apr 22, 2004 - in Reviews
MSI has launched the first AthlonXP mobo with a VIA KT880 chipset. Does the in production version live up to the prototype's promise?
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New and Improved: NVIDIA nForce3 250 Gb ChipsetApr 20, 2004 - in Reviews
It took awhile, but NVIDIA's nForce3 250 Gb has eliminated the weak points of its predecessor, the nForce3 150, and offers a host of new features to boot. Serial ATA support with RAID, gigabit Ethernet ports with an integrated hardware firewall and other features should serve to shake up the competition as our tests showed.
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Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 Pro2-WMar 15, 2004 - in Reviews
Gigabyte has introduced its first motherboard with integrated 802.11 access capabilities. Designed for Intel's 865PE/Springdale chipset, the motherboard also has an expansion card that occupies an internal USB connector for 802.11b connectivity.
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Swansong for the XP Era: VIA KT880 Chipset Challenges nForce2Mar 8, 2004 - in Reviews
VIA's KT880 dual-channel memory chipset shows that the AthlonXP processor still has a lot of fire power left in it. While the Athlon64 represents AMD's latest and greatest processor, AthlonXP based chipsets, especially those with dual-channel memory, still have much to offer. With its introduction of the KT880, VIA also hopes to eat some of Nvidia's nForce2 Ultra 400 lunch with its AthlonXP, dual-channel memory chipset offering.
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Sneak Preview: Intel Alderwood/Grantsdale ChipsetsMar 1, 2004 - in Reviews
This is a year of change. The Alderwood and Grantsdale chipset launch, with its numerous innovations, represents the biggest technological advance since the introduction of the PCI bus. We take a look at Intel's socket 775, DDR2 memory, the new BTX form factor and PCI Express. Did we forget to mention that we have also recorded the first benchmarks for an Alderwood system?
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Athlon64 Boards Found Lagging in Memory SupportJan 12, 2004 - in Reviews
We put all of our previously-tested Athlon64 mobos, in addition to new boards from Abit and Soyo, to memory-performance tests to see how they accomodated different memory modules from Corsair, Infineon and TakeMS. The results were nothing to write home about.
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The King of the Heap: 4 Chipsets for the Athlon64Jan 5, 2004 - in Reviews
NVIDIA and VIA were the first Athlon64 chipset vendors on the block; now, ALi and SiS are also mixing it up. Except for their layouts, the four chipsets are technologically identical. But how do they perform in real life? We give you the low down in a comprehensive round up.
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The SiS, VIA and Intel Showdown at the Performance Chipset CorralDec 15, 2003 - in Reviews
At the beginning of next year, Intel will launch faster Pentium 4 processors based on the well-known Socket 478. This should unleash a fresh round of debate about what is the best performance chipset, since a fast processor should also have the support of a platform that's as speedy as it can be. The newset product vying to unseat the Intel 875P is the 655TX from SiS. We also pitted it against the production version of the VIA PT880.
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Generation Change: Eight Motherboards For The Athlon 64Dec 1, 2003 - in Reviews
We have already demonstrated in reviews past how AMD's Athlon64 convinces and shines next to its predecessor, the AthlonXP. We now subject eight new Athlon64 boards to our traditionally thorough and exhaustive benchmarks. Guess what? Out of the eight boards we tested, a clear winner emerges, based not so much on performance, but on features offered.
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Avant-Garde: Four boards for AMD's Athlon 64 FXNov 17, 2003 - in Reviews
The Athlon 64 FX has been out for only a few weeks, but the 64 bit contender has already made a name for itself. But because of the few unit counts in the market and the uncertainty factor over a new technology, many boardmakers remain hesitant about jumping in. We tested Athlon 64 bit boards from the big three that have taken the plunge: Asus, Gigabyte and MSI - thus divide up the market between them. Here is what we found.
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Cost-Defying Single-Channel Platforms: Chipsets from NVIDIA and VIANov 7, 2003 - in Reviews
With its dual-channel RAM interface, NVIDIA's nForce2 Ultra 400 is still the performance champion. But not everyone can afford to spring for a new processor, a motherboard and two DIMMs in one fell swoop. We tell you how to cut costs by using a cheaper single-channel platform.
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Intel Brings Low-Cost 848P to Budget MarketNov 3, 2003 - in Reviews
Intel has modified its 865 chipset for FSB800 and single channel DDR400 memory. The result is the low-cost 848P that will compete in the SiS and VIA budget chipset sector. Its benchmarks also offer some surprises.
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Affordable Alternatives: DDR400 Dual-Channel Chipsets for the Pentium 4Sep 29, 2003 - in Reviews
These days, products with VIA's new PT880 and the SiS 655FX are becoming available. Both are meant to slam Intel in the performance desktop chipset segment, both are more attractively priced and both eventually herald the Serial ATA era, since they come paired with new Southbridges. We checked their performance compared to Intel's 875P and 865PE top runners.
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Six Athlon Boards With The KT600 ChipsetSep 8, 2003 - in Reviews
Low-cost boards for AMD Athlon XP: The best of six well-equipped mainboards starting at $77 (€70).
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The Best of Both Worlds: Asus PC-DL with 875P Chipset for Intel's XeonAug 27, 2003 - in Reviews
With its 1 MB L3 cache, Intel's Xeon was poised to take the workstation market by storm. Unfortunately, the Intel E7505 chipset isn't the greatest match for the CPU, as it only supports dual DDR266. Asus decided it needed to tackle this problem. And tackle it did: it developed a board that aims to enhance performance with an 875P desktop chipset and dual DDR333.
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Big Business: 18 P4 boards In Price / Performance Face-OffAug 25, 2003 - in Reviews
We asked the leading motherboard makers to send us their best and brightest for a no-holds bar price/performance test. We received boards with Intel's 875, 865, 845; VIA's P4X400 and P4M266A; and SiS' SiS648FX chipsets, which we promptly put to the test. We determine who offers top-of-the-line features and performance at a reasonable price.
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Socket 478 Exhausted: Pentium 4 With Dual DDR500 Running At 1000 MHz FSBAug 12, 2003 - in Reviews
Corsair, Kingston and OCZ Technology already supply DDR memory with clock speeds up to 500 MHz, which provides us with enough of an excuse to run the new modules through a few hoops. But in addition to a new DDR 500 MHz memory upgrade, what can the Pentium 4 do with a 1 GHz FSB?
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Athlon Hit Parade: 10 mobos with the nForce2 Ultra400Jul 21, 2003 - in Reviews
The graphics specialist nVIDIA still offers the fastest platform for the Athlon XP. With an FSB clock rate of up to 200 MHz, the latest version, which goes by the name of nForce2 Ultra 400, can serve even the fastest Athlon XP 3200+. We ran a total of ten motherboards through our tests. The Shuttle XPC Mini-PC was also there at the starting line.
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Mobo Tsunami! 24 Boards with the 865/875P ChipsetJul 7, 2003 - in Reviews
THG labs does a monster test of 24 mobos from the leading manufacturers. This is one of our biggest and most extensive mobo tests ever.
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Preview: ATi Radeon 9100IGP (RS300) for Pentium 4Jun 24, 2003 - in Reviews
ATi wants to secure its shares in the PC and notebook markets with two new chipsets whose focus is on 3D performance. It'll be more than another month until ATi starts delivering, but we already have some early benchmarks from the RS300 to show you.
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Metamorphosis from Springdale to CanterwoodJun 3, 2003 - in Reviews
With new information, we update our coverage of the work Asus has done in emulating PAT optimization on the 865PE chpset. The technical details made available to us by Asus leave open the possibility that other mobo vendors can follow suit. Will Intel have to play the 800 pound gorilla with Asus, or have the floodgates been opened? At the end of the day, you may end up the ultimate winner, paying less for more power.
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Upgrading to Hyper-Threading? The PL-iP4 Adapter from PowerLeapMay 27, 2003 - in Reviews
Intel's Pentium 4 with performance-boosting pseudo-dual processing, called Hyper-Threading (HT), can be run on almost all boards with socket 478; but the HT mode is only enabled if the chipset and BIOS support it. PowerLeap takes on one of the obstacles to this. Its latest creation is supposed to allow HT to be enabled - even on older mainboards.
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Faster and Faster, nForce2: The Latest Boards Put to the TestMay 23, 2003 - in Reviews
Performance-hungry users still can't bypass NVIDIA's nForce2 chipset. Thanks to a dual-channel memory interface, it represents the best platform for the Athlon XP. The first boards featuring the new version of the chipset, the nForce2 Ultra 400, are already available. What are the new boards capable of?
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