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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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MSI Admits to FSB OverclockingMay 22, 2003 - in Reviews
Yesterday, THG showed in its Intel 865 test that MSI dynamically overclocks the FSB of its 865 Neo 2. The consequences that this has on the benchmarks: unrealistic results. Here's what MSI Taiwan has to say about it.
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One Tough Cookie: 10 Boards with Intel i875P Chipset: Part IMay 19, 2003 - in Reviews
Dual DDR400 finally ousts Rambus from the top of the Intel heap. The Intel i875P chipset promises the best performance yet for the Pentium platform. The THG lab tests 10 high-end boards in this two part review, and discovers both strengths and weaknesses.
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More Speed = More Performance? Fast DDR Memory from TwinMOS and Buffalo Technology Put to the TestMay 8, 2003 - in Reviews
More and more manufacturers are luring customers with fast RAM modules. DDR433 und DDR466 are the latest creations to breathe a touch more performance into today's computers. So what are the advantages of fast memory in practice?
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Overclocking: 875 = 7205 + XApr 29, 2003 - in Reviews
Unofficially, Intel's old chipset offers similar features to the new high-end 875 Canterwood. 200 MHz (800 MHz) FSB is no problem for the old platform. So who really needs the expensive 875?
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nForce2 Dethroned? VIA's KT400A Chipset ReviewedApr 17, 2003 - in Reviews
Only a few months before the release of VIA's new dual-channel Athlon chipset, a new version of the KT400 was released. The KT400A comes with an improved memory interface called FastStream64, and aims for the Socket A crown. Is it fast enough to get it?
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All Aboard! P4 with 200 MHz FSB and the i875P Dual DDR400 ChipsetApr 14, 2003 - in Reviews
With its 875/ Canterwood, Intel increases its bandwidth to 6.4 GB/s through Dual DDR400. The Pentium 4 takes off with 200 MHz Quad-FSB and declasses Rambus to the lower ranks. Serial ATA is now integrated on the ICH5, and Gigabit LAN has migrated to the Northbridge.
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Rambus Is Alive: SiS 658 In An Exclusive TestMar 31, 2003 - in Reviews
Alive and kicking, SiS/Rambus challenge the DDR chipsets from Intel. Does 850E and the dual platforms still have a chance? We put the latest RDRAM platform with PC1200 to the test.
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Compact All-Rounders: VIA's Eden Mini ITX Format BoardsMar 26, 2003 - in Reviews
They are the size of a book, and yet they have all the functionality of a modern PC. We are talking about VIA's ultra-compact Mini ITX format motherboard based on the C3 processor. The latest generation works with DDR RAM and is said to handle multimedia well. We checked it out.
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Twice The Power: SiS655 With Dual DDR333Mar 12, 2003 - in Reviews
The Taiwanese manufacturer SIS follows Intel's footsteps with a Pentium 4 chipset that supports two DDR channels. The SiS655 has been developed from the Sis648, and it now has APG 8X. Unlike the Intel E7205, it not only supports DDR 266 but DDR 333 as well, finally. This gives the newcomer an edge, at least on paper. Can it live up to expectations?
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Then and Now: Athlon Platforms ComparedMar 3, 2003 - in Reviews
Up till now, there has been four generations of Athlons; the fifth, called Barton, has just begun. Equally important, however, is the platform: there's a total of 11 chipsets, from KT133 to nForce2, which have contributed much to the success of Socket A Athlon. We put these chipsets in a side-by-side comparison in order to take a look at the progress made with regard to the platform.
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More nForce2: New Boards from Abit, Biostar and MSIFeb 14, 2003 - in Reviews
Three more boards with NVIDIA's nForce2 chipset arrived in our lab. Abit, Biostar and MSI now have to show how they stand up to the established competition, Asus, Chaintech and Leadtek.
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Pentium 4 with Dual DDR: Endurance Test of Seven Motherboards with the Granite Bay ChipsetFeb 3, 2003 - in Reviews
Intel's E7205 chipset (alias Granite Bay) is descended from its E7500 server counterpart and is supposed to speed up the Pentium 4 by means of a dual-channel memory interface. And this workstation chipset really does offer the best performance of any DDR-SDRAM-based product. We rounded up seven of today's boards in our lab for a test of strength.
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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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The Economical Way to a Pentium 4 System: Five Motherboards with the SiS648 ChipsetDec 4, 2002 - in Reviews
SiS has done its homework: five boards with the 648 chipset get ready to rumble with confidence. Do these boards offer the ideal combination of price and performance?
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Dual DDR For Pentium 4: Intel E7205 Chipset Put To The TestNov 25, 2002 - in Reviews
Three motherboards - Asus, Gigabyte and Tyan - run Intel's new Granite Bay chipset through its paces in the THG laboratory. Also: First server board with E7500 for dual Xeon from Tyan.
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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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