Graphics Boosted: 790GX's Side-Port Explored By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 9 December 08 AMD's 790GX and 780G support onboard memory to help improve the performance of integrated graphics. Is it worth paying a bit extra or is the feature a mere gimmick?
Power-Saving Motherboards: Fact Or Fiction? By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 14 November 08
Editor's Corner: GeForce 9300 On The Web By Chris Angelini published 16 October 08 We follow up our GeForce 9300/nForce 730i coverage by addressing a couple of reader questions and adding detail from two other reviews that went up for the launch.
Atom, Athlon, or Nano? Energy-Savers Compared By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 3 October 08 We compared Intel’s Atom 230 and VIA’s Nano L2100 processors hoping to find the best product for low-power applications. VIA is in the vanguard of performance. Is this enough to beat Atom?
AMD and Nvidia Platforms Do Battle By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 18 July 08 AMD's 780G versus Nvidia's GeForce 8200. Both platforms turn integrated chipsets into hybrid graphics solutions. We look at microATX boards from ASRock to find the best all-in-one AMD platform.
X48 Motherboard Comparison, Part 2 By Thomas Soderstrom published 10 June 08 With all the commotion concerning Intel’s upcoming “mainstream” chipset, it’s easy to forget that the X48 Express continues to be the company’s top pick.
High-End Chipset Battle By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 29 May 08 We compare Intel’s X48 and Nvidia’s nForce 790i Ultra SLI enthusiast chipset features, performance, overclocking, power consumption and interface capabilities
Tom's Ultimate RAM Speed Tests By Patrick Schmid published 9 April 08 We compare all popular DDR2 and DDR3 speeds on both a fast Core 2 Duo and an older Pentium 4 single core. The big question is a simple one: what memory speed do you really need?
