CPU News July 1997 By Thomas Pabst published 25 July 97 News from Intel, AMD, Cyrix/IBM and IDT about their CPU plans.
100 MHz Motherboard Clock Frequency for Socket 7 - First Results By Thomas Pabst published 21 July 97 A quick look at Intel's latest road map and AMD's promises at Cebit 97 leave no doubts that the times of 66 MHz system clock frequency
Intel's Roadmap: Processor Roadmap By Thomas Pabst published 14 July 97 A list of Intel's processors and chipsets through the 2nd half of 1998
The 75/83 MHz Bus Speed Project By Thomas Pabst published 3 July 97 The first time that we all heard of 75 MHz bus speed was, when the Cyrix 6x86 P200+ was launched
The Return of the Jedi: Cyrix and IBM's 6x86MX CPU By Thomas Pabst published 30 May 97 Since in the beginning of April almost the whole computer world was looking at AMD, when the glorious K6 CPU was launched
Review Socket 7 Boards By Thomas Pabst published 22 May 97 Get the latest on Socket 7 Boards with the 440TX Chipset.
Review of Slot One Boards with 440FX Chipset By Thomas Pabst published 21 May 97 Get the latest on four Slot One Boards with the 440FX Chipset.
Intel's Enemy No. 1: The AMD K6 CPU By Thomas Pabst published 6 April 97 For quite a long while we didn't hear too much from the Texan CPU manufacturer, that used to give Intel so much trouble in the days of the 386 and 486
Tom's Blurb: Intel's Press Incident and What Else You Should Know By Thomas Pabst published 10 March 97 The Intel Press Incident, Strong Arm Tactics - The Best Way to Reign the Computer Industry? Hardware Testing Samples for the Computer Press - How Do these Guys Get them?
The Intel Pentium II ('Klamath') CPU By Thomas Pabst published 1 March 97 What is it all about with the new Pentium II ('Klamath') and what can we expect from this new Intel CPU?
Does the Pentium MMX Live up to the Expectations? By Thomas Pabst published 27 January 97 15 days after its official release I eventually received my very own Pentium MMX 200. It was actually a kind donation of Erik Wagner from Nutek Systems USA, IL.
Enhancing Performance By Thomas Pabst published 23 January 97 Check out these steps to help increase your system performance
Motherboard Review - ABIT IT5V By Thomas Pabst published 14 January 97 Here is the latest review of the ABIT IT5V
Motherboard Review - ABIT IT5H By Thomas Pabst published 12 January 97 Motherboard Review - ABIT IT5H - Features and Specifications
CPU Guide By Thomas Pabst published 1 January 97 Whether you're crunching numbers or rendering dimly lit hallways in Quake, the capability of your system to get the job done relies first and foremost on its CPU.
The Chipset Guide By Thomas Pabst published 1 January 97 Slot 1 AGP, Socket 7 AGP Chipsets, Socket 7 PCI Chipsets
The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) By Thomas Pabst published 1 January 97 The performance of the motherboard is highly depending on the memory timing you adjust in your BIOS setup
Motherboard Review - Asus P/I-P55T2P4 rev. 3.0 and 3.10 By Thomas Pabst published 3 December 96 Recent informations about problems with this board could not be duplicated by me, the problem seems to be of minor nature and is easy to be remedied
All Bananas By Thomas Pabst published 10 November 96 Problems with the Cyrix 6x86's cache under Windows NT have forced Microsoft to more or less high-handedly reconfigure the processor
Tom's Monster Truck Madness Frame Rate Benchmark By Thomas Pabst published 3 November 96 After lots of testing and discussions, Fredi Gross and me came to a final version of the FIRST REAL WORLD DIRECT3D BENCHMARK
The ctcm Motherboard Benchmark Page By Thomas Pabst published 19 September 96 The little ctcm program from the German ct-Magazine is an extreme helpful tool to find out about your motherboard performance