Speed Isn't Everything: P4/2800 Meets Athlon XP 2600+ By Frank Völkel published 26 August 02 Intel responds with the P4/2800, making life hard for AMD. Can the Athlon XP hold up against the pressure? We bring you the biggest test so far!
DDR400 Kills Rambus: Shooting Star SiS 648 for P4 By Frank Völkel published 20 July 02 No other chipset offers more than this: DDR400 and AGP 8x, along with a stable P4 platform and serial ATA. Also, we take a look at the first of the SiS648 motherboard series from Shuttle.
Warp Speed with Rambus: Six Boards for PC1066 By Frank Völkel published 24 June 02 The fact is that only RDRAM is capable of bringing out the very best in Intel's P4. We put six new boards with the i850 E chipset to the test, using brand new 32 bit RDRAM.
At Last: A Hardware Decoder For MPEG-4 By Frank Völkel published 21 June 02 Until now, only reasonably fast PCs could play MPEG-4 videos smoothly. In this review, we test the first video decoder board for older computers.
Unstoppable: DDR400 vs. Rambus By Frank Völkel published 1 May 02 We pit the fastest memory modules (DDR 400, DDR333, DDR266 and DDR200) against Rambus. Which one helps your PC system attain the highest performance level?
Overburning: 100 Minutes On An Audio CD By Frank Völkel published 11 April 02 How much will fit on a CD? In our test, 890 MB of data or up to 100 minutes of music. We also take a look at special burners, blank CDs, software and the Asus CRW-3212A.
The Final Battle: P4/2400 vs. Athlon XP 2100+ (2400+) By Frank Völkel published 2 April 02 The new P4 challenges its rival, the Athlon XP 2100+. We tested a total of 25 CPUs and we also bring you exclusive benchmarks for the Athlon XP 2400+
The Dual Trap: Athlon MP 2000+ vs. Xeon 2200 By Frank Völkel published 13 March 02 AMD Athlon MP 2000+ attacks Intel Xeon 2200. And what's up with Intel's Hyperthreading technology, which virtually doubles the number of CPUs?
THG Visits AMD: The First PCs With The Hammer CPU By Frank Völkel published 27 February 02 We've got exclusive photos showing you a first glimpse at the AMD "Hammer". And, within a short period of time, we were able to evaluate the first two PC systems running on this platform.
Behind The Silicon Curtain: Exclusive Test Of The P4/2666 With 533 MHz Rambus By Frank Völkel published 25 February 02 Tom's Hardware Guide infiltrates the Intel Empire and gets a glimpse of things to come: we show you how the Intel P4/2666 with 533 MHz Rambus stacks up.
DDR333 For Athlon: VIA KT333 vs. KT266A By Frank Völkel published 20 February 02 New memory modules and chipsets bring the promise of greater speed and more features for AMD processors. Our test shows the advantages that the KT333 offers in comparison to its competitors.
3.2 GHz Athlon Power: Dual Boards From ASUS and MSI By Frank Völkel published 11 February 02 Are you ready to go dualie? Does a dual Athlon system consistently work to its full performance potential, and is it worth the cost?
