Abit’s Fatal1ty brand of motherboards has finally hit AMD’s Athlon 64 processor line. The Fatal1ty AN8 is geared for gamers/enthusiasts for whom they toss in features and BIOS options capable of pushing hardware to its limits. SLI isn’t available on…
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Hexus.net has some thoughts on the BTX case form factor Intel had been pushing over the past year. The layout attempts to improve airflow and CPU cooling while keeping noise levels at a tolerable level. It works well although very…
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amdgamer has a look at the eVGA e-GeForce 6800 Ultra cards in an SLI setup. The cards host Nvidia’s current top-end chip and when it’s paired with a similar card on an SLI supporting motherboard all sorts of speed records…
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hardCOREware has a review of the Soltek SL-K890 Pro939 motherboard. The board uses VIA’s PCI Express capable K8T890 chipset. The chipset does not support Nvidia’s SLI technology but it’s capable of mathing the nForce 4 chipset’s performance when using single…
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AnandTech has a review of the OCZ VX DDR memory kit. The memory is rated to run at low latencies at moderately high speeds, unfortunately you’d need a motherboard that supports high voltages to the memory or make some warranty…
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HardwareZone somehow manage to maintain their sanity long enough to post their shootout between 17 motherboards based on Intel’s 915P chipset. DDR vs DDR2 doesn’t appear to make a huge difference although several of the boards do enjoy higher scores,…
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AnandTech has gathered four motherboards from a number of manufacturers which support Nvidia’s SLI graphics technology. Each board has its own distinct feature set and layout making it a bit more difficult to choose the right SLI board. Great choices…
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Neoseeker has a look at what all the fuss is about surrounding the DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D motherboard. The board foregoes the old serial and parallel ports for modern features. All sorts of speed records have been set with…
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HardOCP has a review of the DFI LANParty SLI-DR motherboard. The board features the Nvidia nForce4 chipset with SLI support tied to extensive BIOS options and voltage settings giving it plenty of headroom when overclocking. DFI has garnered a number…
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FastLaneHW has a review of the Soyo KT880 Dragon 2 motherboard. The board makes use of VIA’s KT880, its only dual channel chipset for the AMD Athlon/Sempron Socket A CPUs. The board is not the fastest available but it looks…
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Hardware Analysis has an interesting article on the perceived “quirkyness” of chipsets for AMD’s various CPUs. Third party companies such as VIA, Nvidia, ATI, and SiS create system chipsets that allow AMD CPUs to communicate with the rest of a…
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