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• ECS PF4 Deluxe   [Review, Hexus]
  At just under £105 including dreaded V.A.T in the U.K., it's the same price as an ABIT AG8 and significantly less than the DDR-II toting ABIT AA8 DuraMAX, with better performance, features and a better bundle. That's not all. It's nearly £50 cheaper than ASUS's DDR-II Grantsdale board which has a comparable feature set. Providing you've got no trouble investing in DDR-II memory, the ECS PF4 Deluxe looks to be the best LGA775 mainboard we've yet tested at HEXUS, by quite a distance.
   Thu, 19 Aug, 2004 | 27 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ASUS P5GD2 i915P & P5AD2 i925X Premium   [Review, Hexus]
  Intel's 900-series of chipsets attempt to modernise motherboard design from almost every angle. The cost of such modernisation is mediocre speed and, perhaps, limited overclockability. ASUS has done a good job in releasing a couple of boards that are packed to the rafters with useful features, from dual Gigabit LAN to integrated WiFi. Given the P5GD2 Premium's P5AD2 Alderwood-matching performance, it has to be the pick of the two. So if you absolutely want to run the latest cutting-edge kit, it's a good a choice as any. My reservations, however, lie more with Intel's chipset than with ASUS' efforts.
   Thu, 05 Aug, 2004 | 74 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Everything And The Kitchen Sink : Asus’s P5AD2 Premium 925X   [Review, GamePC]
  The Asus P5AD2 Premium is getting so much press due to its impressive amount of onboard components and functionality. The board goes above and beyond one's expectations of onboard peripherals, as it is loaded down with absolutely incredible array of features. Besides the basic Socket-775/DDR2/PCI Express functionality added by Intel's 925X chipset, Asus stuffs this platform with features such as dual PCI Express Gigabit LAN ports, 802.11G/B Wireless LAN, Dual Serial ATA/150 RAID controllers, Ultra ATA/133 RAID, Firewire 400/800, and 7.1 Dolby Digital Live High Definition audio, just to name a few.
   Thu, 05 Aug, 2004 | 35 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 AMD Athlon 64 motherboard review   [Review, a1-electronics]
  Is it us or are motherboards a whole lot better than they were say 5+ years ago. We think so, and this K8NSNXP-939 is yet another top quality performance motherboard from Gigabyte. If we have a grip it would be that the price of motherboards should be half.
   Thu, 05 Aug, 2004 | 56 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ABIT AA8 DuraMAX   [Review, Hexus]
  The new platform's inherent downsides all manifest themselves with the AA8, given that it implements absolutely everything new. DDR-II is underwhelming, scarce and more expensive than DDR, PCI Express graphics cards are rarer than rocking horse poop and LGA775 CPUs are either hot, rare and expensive (3.6 P4 560), or not worth bothering about since they already exist on Socket 478, a socket that has many a brilliant motherboard.
   Sun, 01 Aug, 2004 | 29 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ABIT AG8   [Review, Hexus]
  Given the AA8 as a base, the question to be asked of the AG8 is 'does its use of DDR memory make the platform any more attractive?' Again, personally, I have to answer that with a resounding 'no.' The only CPU you can get on LGA775, that you can't get on Socket 478, is the Pentium 4 560 at 3.6GHz. With that CPU costing as much as a very decent Socket 939 processor from AMD and the rest of the LGA775 CPU range available on Socket 478, the changes you'd need to make to move to the AG8, even taking your existing DDR memory with you, are too much of a sacrifice.
   Sun, 01 Aug, 2004 | 33 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ABIT KV8 Pro K8T800 Pro Motherboard   [Review, Hexus]
  This will undoubtedly be ABIT's cheaper S754 VIA K8T800 Pro motherboard. Expect a MAX3 model soon, and we're sure it'll be laden with various cooling gadgets and a few extra features. For most users, though, the regular Pro will more than suffice.
   Sun, 01 Aug, 2004 | 47 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ASUS P5AD2 Premium i925X Motherboard Feature Review   [Review, RojakPot]
  Boasting a new LGA775 socket, DDR2 support and the PCI Express bus, the new Intel i9xx chipsets usher in a new level of performance for the Intel Pentium 4 platform. Today, we will be taking a look at ASUS’ latest premium motherboard - the new ASUS P5AD2 Premium motherboard.
   Mon, 26 Jul, 2004 | 35 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ASUS A8V Deluxe Wireless Edition S939 Motherboard   [Review, Hexus]
  ASUS has waved its deluxe wand over a socket-939 motherboard with encouraging results. Deluxe means a horde of useful goodies. ASUS obliges with Gigabit Ethernet, 54g Wireless, FireWire400, on-chip and discrete SATA and decent sound. Packaging and presentation is usual ASUS, that is, first class. We were also pleased to report that the board ran flawlessly with the strictest memory timings. Performance, as our graphs have shown, was excellent, so much so that S940 is firmly relegated into third place, behind our test Model 3800+ and the S939 FX-53.
   Sun, 18 Jul, 2004 | 91 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Albatron PX875P Pro   [Review, ViperLair]
  We take look at Albatron's high-end Pentium 4 motherboard based on the 875P chipset.
   Sun, 20 Jun, 2004 | 19 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Chaintech Zenith ZNF3-250   [Review, Hexus]
  Being first to market with a particular product, if done correctly, can often pay huge dividends. New chipset iterations are followed by a flood of motherboards from anyone who's anyone, so getting it right immediately puts a manufacturer in the driving seat. That's exactly what Chaintech has sought to do by releasing one of the first commercially available nForce3 250 boards. Ryszard took a look at the chipset, here, so familiarise yourself if need be.
   Sun, 20 Jun, 2004 | 81 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Asus A8V Deluxe "Wireless Edition"   [Review, HotHardware]
  It has been barely over a week since we first took a look at AMD's new Socket 939 Athlon 64s, and motherboards equipped with the new socket have already started to arrive in the HotHardware Labs. The first motherboard to land on our test bench is the fully-loaded Asus A8V Deluxe "Wireless Edition". The A8V Deluxe is powered by VIA's excellent K8T800 Pro chipset, and sports a host of useful features like SATA RAID, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi and 8-Channel audio with digital outputs. It's also "Cool 'N Quiet" capable and has wide array of BIOS options geared towards novice and advanced overclockers alike. Looking at the feature set, it seems like Asus is trying to make a big splash in the Socket 939 market from the get go. However, as we've said many times before, features, bells and whistles are great but stability and performance are king. So, let's fire her up and see what this baby is made of.
   Fri, 11 Jun, 2004 | 104 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.0   [Guide, RojakPot]
  As promised, here is the new Interim Release 9 of the FREE BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.0! If everything goes according to schedule, this will be the FINAL interim release! The next update will finally complete the most comprehensive update of the BIOS Optimization Guide. With the completion of the BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.0, we will being posting the translated versions of the guide. So, yeah, plenty of exciting developments on the horizon!
   Thu, 03 Jun, 2004 | 102 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• THG Puts 13 Bleeding-Edge Memory Modules, 14 Mobos To the Match-Up Test   [Roundup, TomsHardware]
  The results of our previous double-sided memory test conducted earlier this year with Athlon64 mobos prompted us to dig much deeper. We now subject 14 Athlon64 motherboards and more than a dozen memory modules to over 500 application-oriented tests. The results speak for themselves.
   Thu, 03 Jun, 2004 | 54 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• The K8T800 Goes Pro : Abit’s KV8 Pro Athlon64 Motherboard   
  Abit looks to be the first motherboard maker to hit the market with a VIA K8T800 Pro chipset with their KV8 Pro motherboard. With a price tag of a little over $100, Abit is looking to attract Athlon64 gamers on a budget, but they have been able to do so without sacrificing any major functionality from the K8T800 Pro platform. Can this board get the most from AMD's Athlon64 processors? Let's take a look.
   Thu, 27 May, 2004 | 49 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• VIA K8T800 Pro: Asus A8V Deluxe First Look   [Preview, AMDZone]
  Since our P5A we have been Asus fans. Yes, that is some time ago. We are always excited to see a new Asus board delivered to the Zone. Their latest is the Socket 939 VIA K8T800 Pro based A8V Deluxe that miraculously showed up shortly after our KT8T800 Pro preview stated waiting till a 939 comparison to the nForce 3 250 was needed before we concluded which was our favorite slice of silicon to secure you CPU next to. We can't offer a review with 939 benchmarks as of yet, and instead offer this tantalizing first look.
   Thu, 27 May, 2004 | 71 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• FIRST LOOK: Foxconn 755-A01 for Athlon 64   [Review, AnandTech]
  When we found out that Foxconn was also shipping an Athlon 64 motherboard based on the SiS 755 chipset, we wanted to take a closer look. How does the Foxconn 755-A01 compare to other Socket 754 motherboards for the Athlon 64? Is it worth considering as your next Athlon 64 motherboard?
   Tue, 11 May, 2004 | 40 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• FoxConn 875A02-6EKRS 875P Motherboard   [Review, BigBruin]
  Up for review today is the FoxConn 875 Series (875A02-6EKRS) motherboard based on the Intel 875P+ICH5R Canterwood chipset. This ATX form factor board supports Intel Pentium 4 and Celeron Socket 478 (Willamette/Northwood/Prescott) processors, up to 4GB of dual channel PC3200 DDR memory, and includes a host of attractive onboard features.
   Tue, 11 May, 2004 | 44 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• VIA K8T800 PRO: PCI/AGP Lock and 1000 HyperTransport for Athlon 64   [Review, AnandTech]
  VIA finally adds PCI/AGP lock to a PRO version of the K8T800. The K8T800 PRO is also VIA's first chipset with 1000 HyperTransport. While this version is launching on Socket 940, it is the same chipset that we will see next month on Socket 939.
   Tue, 11 May, 2004 | 34 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Gigabyte does SiS - 655TX hits the shelves for Pentium 4   [Review, TweakTown]
  The 655TX is the latest creation to come from SiS, a rather small member of the chipset community now Intel has its own breed of DDR chipsets. Once the savoir of the Pentium 4 with the 645 series of chipsets, SiS has faded into the background somewhat these days. The 655TX is aimed to change all of that. Today we will see the Gigabyte adoption of this chipset and just how well it can perform against the highest powered chipsets available today, the Intel 875P and VIA PT880.
   Tue, 04 May, 2004 | 24 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail