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• ABIT AV8 Motherboard   [Review, LegitReviews]
  This board brought me a lot of satisfaction! Once I got the ABIT AV8 set up and running, it was fast and enjoyable to work with. ABIT has built another quality board that is a great performer! The board overclocked very well, and with faster ram, I am sure we could have even pushed it higher with the memory at 1:1...
   Sat, 04 Dec, 2004 | 45 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ASUS K8N-E Deluxe   [Review, Hexus]
  It's the features that drive this mainboard more than anything. The use of the 250Gb nForce3 variant, bringing with it GigE and those highly useful hardware firewall features for the home user, combined with plenty of USB2.0, FireWire400 and six SATA ports, means that ASUS push almost all the right buttons. Eight channel audio rounds things off.
   Sat, 20 Nov, 2004 | 45 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• FIRST LOOK - nForce4: Gigabyte K8NXP-9   [Review, AnandTech]
  We couldn't wait to run the production K8NXP-9 through our benchmarks, so we decided to do a "First Look" to bring you the news as fast as possible. We were also very interested in testing the performance and stability of the Gigabyte nForce4 compared to the nF4 Reference board. Our review of the earlier Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939, based on the nForce3 Ultra, did not find it to be one of the top boards in our Socket 939 Roundup: Battle at the Top. Have things improved? There have also been many end users who have reported issues with memory on the earlier Gigabyte nF3 Ultra board, so we wanted to see if that area had also improved in the nForce4 update.
   Sat, 20 Nov, 2004 | 97 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• FIRST LOOK: Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE   [Review, AnandTech]
  Abit has partnered with Fatal1ty "to develop PC gaming hardware with no equal". The Fatal1ty boards and graphics cards are "Built to Kill" according to Abit - they are designed to be the "best of the best" for gaming. There is no doubt that Abit knows enthusiasts, gaming, and overclocking as they are the brand most mentioned when computer users are asked to name a good board for overclocking. Over their years of catering to the Enthusiast, Abit has also been an innovator in overclocking, introducing features like Soft Menu that became the standard for the industry. Abit understands this market, so the launch of the Fatal1ty series seems an ideal fit with Abit strengths.
   Sat, 20 Nov, 2004 | 90 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Intel's Long Awaited BTX Form Factor   [Article, AnandTech]
  Intel released news of their Pentium 4 570J just yesterday when they lifted the NDA (non-disclosure agreement) on it. Check out our benchmarks here. Today, a day after they released their 3.8GHz Prescott, Intel lifts their NDA on the longed for details of their new BTX form factor.
   Sat, 20 Nov, 2004 | 45 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• BIOSTAR K8NHA Grand nForce3 250Gb   [Review, Hexus]
  BIOSTAR has carved out a niche market in producing budget boards based on most currently available chipsets. Stability, decent performance, and, usually, a sub-£70 asking price has made them a genuine alternative to other companies' boards that often retail at the wrong side of £100. Their associated bundles may not be as esoteric as DFI's and the BIOS often lacks fine-tuning available with, say, ABIT boards, but with S462, S478, and S754 now enjoying true budget processors, BIOSTAR reckons there's a significant market for feature-rich boards that don't break the bank.
   Sat, 13 Nov, 2004 | 32 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP Duo   [Review, Bjorn3d]
  Of course, companies like Gigabyte like to get in on the action in the enthusiast market. It's the area where margins are higher and where a company can really get noticed. To that end, Gigabyte developed its flagship 8Sigma line of motherboards. This family of motherboards is billed by Gigabyte as a 'Fusion of Top Innovations', and it features support for Intel's LGA775 Pentium 4 processor, DDR and DDR2 memory, Intel's High Definition Audio, dual gigabit ethernet, and Gigabyte's patented U-Plus D.P.S. eight-phase power circuit. I have been fortunate enough to get my hands on the GA-8GPNXP Duo from the 8Sigma line, and that is what we will be taking a look at in this review.
   Sat, 06 Nov, 2004 | 34 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Asus’s NCCH-DL 875P Xeon Platform   [Review, GamePC]
  Those who are looking for a low-cost Xeon system should not write off Asus just yet, as they are introducing a new Xeon motherboard which is by far the least expensive "Nocona" ready Xeon platform we've ever seen to date. This board is their new NCCH-DL, and utilizes a hybrid of new and old technologies to give nearly all of the functionality of the NCT-D in a package which costs almost half as much. In addition, the NCCH-DL might even be more attractive to some, as one does not have to purchase new DDR2 memory modules and PCI Express graphics cards in order to utilize it.
   Sat, 30 Oct, 2004 | 140 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ECS 915P-A Motherboard -- LGA775, DDR1 & 2, AGP & PCI-E   [Review, Hexus]
  Giving the upgrader to Intel's new P4 platform the means to take two of the most important and expensive of their existing components with them, the 915P-A hits the spot, and hits it hard. The performance of the AGP Express slot leaves a little to be desired, but it's nothing you can't stomach if you have a decent graphics card already. It also brings flexibility to your display configuration Performance is competetive with either DDR or DDR-II memory installed and you get all the benefits of the ICH6 southbridge and HD Audio technologies and features.
   Sat, 30 Oct, 2004 | 39 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• PowerColor A350A-VF (ATI) motherboard   [Review, Bjorn3d]
  Motherboards using NVIDIA, VIA and Intel chipsets can be found everywhere. Today however, I take a look at a motherboard from PowerColor that uses the ATI RADEON 9100 PRO IGP( RS350) + IXP 300 chipsets.
   Sat, 30 Oct, 2004 | 16 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ABIT AA8 DuraMAX Motherboard (Intel 925X)   [Review, Bjorn3d]
  ABIT is probably not a name that many of you are unfamiliar with. Always innovating and striving for top performance, ABIT has been an industry leader for over 15 years. When you think about the top enthusiast-oriented motherboard and video card manufacturers, ABIT will definitely make the list. The company produces many of the best performing products on the market.
   Sat, 16 Oct, 2004 | 30 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ASUS PEG Link & NVIDIA   [Article, Rojakpot]
  ASUS was initially very tight-lipped about the mysterious PEG Link Mode. But recently, they have been forced to announce and even hype it up! In fact, they now promote it as "a new graphics enhancement technology" for their i915P- and i925X-based motherboards. Today, we will take a look at the ASUS PEG Link Mode and see what it’s all about. We will also run a few tests to see what it does for NVIDIA cards! Come and check out the results!
   Sat, 16 Oct, 2004 | 34 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• VIA's PCI Express plans for late 2004   [Article, Hexus]
  The K8T890 Pro is everything the normal variant is, but with one extra twist. It support dual PEG16X graphics cards on a pair of PEG16X electrical interfaces, but those interfaces share a full PEG16X lane implementation, giving each graphics card eight dedicated lanes. Four up and four down means 2GB/sec in each direction, concurrently, per graphics board. Think AGP8X in both directions, per card, in the same system. With NVIDIA's nForce4 touting the very same feature, almost in exactly the same way (possibly with some switching fabric between the boards and the PEG16X host on the northbridge), it'll be interesting to see how that all pans out.
   Sat, 16 Oct, 2004 | 17 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ASUS P5AD2 Premium i925X LGA775 Motherboard 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.
   Tue, 05 Oct, 2004 | 54 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Albatron PX915P Pro   [Review, Bjorn3d]
  Albatron's PX915P Pro features Intel's 915P Express chipset, which includes support for PCI-Express, an 800 MHz front side bus, Intel High Definition Audio, and four SATA ports. The PX915P Pro also features two ethernet controllers (one supporting gigabit ethernet), eight USB 2.0 ports, and IDE RAID. The onboard RAID controller supports RAID 0, 1, and 0+1 and JBOD modes. Since this motherboard is based on an Intel chipset, it obviously is designed for Intel processors. With its Socket T (a.k.a. Socket 775) interface, the PX915P Pro supports Intel's latest Pentium 4 Prescott CPUs.
   Tue, 28 Sep, 2004 | 25 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Jetway PT800TWIN   [Review, Hexus]
  It's a specialist product that works well, but there are a lot of caveats to take into consideration before you'd do so. You'll know straight away if a MagicTwin system is for you, otherwise I'd maybe look elsewhere. Cool to look at and very specialist in nature, it's hard to score the PT800TWIN. As a hardware implementation for MagicTwin, it scores pretty high, but given the bigger picture, it's harder to award it something similar. I'll refrain from scoring it outright, consider the pros and cons hard before making a PT800TWIN purchase
   Tue, 28 Sep, 2004 | 24 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Abit AV8 AMD Athlon 64 socket-939 motherboard review   [Review, a1-electronics]
  This Abit AV8 motherboard does come with all you need including Gigabit LAN and plenty of USB ports and has been designed for those of you looking for an overclocking high performance motherboard with its super BIOS and mass of overclocking options.
   Wed, 15 Sep, 2004 | 74 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Gigabyte K8 Triton GA-K8NS Pro   [Review, Hexus]
  The K8NS Pro felt every inch the solid Gigabyte mainboard that they're famous for. It didn't miss a beat during testing, BIOS operation was flawless and stability was excellent. After that, and given that the ASUS K8N-E is just as good at those things, it's the feature set that determines what you purchase for your Athlon 64 CPU these days, with performance being so derivative and tied to the CPU itself.
   Wed, 15 Sep, 2004 | 294 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Chaintech Summit SK8T800 VIA K8T800 Motherboard   [Review, Hexus]
  Chaintech's Summit SK8T800 is an interesting board in many ways. It's clear from the outset that features have to play second fiddle to cost. In that case, and at the time of production, Chaintech chose, correctly we might add, VIA's K8T800 chipset as a base. Every feature emanates from the feature-filled southbridge. That means RAIDable on-chip SATA, 10/100 LAN, USB2.0, and decent AC'97-supplied sound. It just feels like a board that's destined for the OEM market. Not bad for a package that currently costs $80 in the States.
   Wed, 08 Sep, 2004 | 45 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ECS KV2 Extreme VIA K8T800 Pro   [Review, Hexus]
  While the KV2 isn't quite the feature-fest that defined the PF4 Deluxe, it's close. The only things (besides the obvious difference in processor and memory types) that differ are SATA port count, where the PF4 supplies two more ports than the KV2 (ECS opted not to hookup a SATA PHY to the VT8237 for four ports), and that the KV2 doesn't ship with the USB WiFi networking device.
   Wed, 08 Sep, 2004 | 54 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail