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DirectX 9

Page 1: Are Premium Motherboards Worth The Money?
Page 2: Feature Discussion
Page 3: Mass Storage Controllers
Page 4: Audio Features
Page 5: Making The Budget Choice: 915PL Neo-V
Page 6: Going Premium: P4N Diamond
Page 7: Test Setup
Page 8: Benchmark Results
Page 9: DirectX 9
Page 10: Video
Page 11: Video, Continued
Page 12: Applications
Page 13: Synthetic, Continued
Page 14: Analysis

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