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Motherboards.org Articles Author: Ben Sun Date: 11-15-2009 Category: Tech-planations To sum it up, we have revamped our test suite a bit to update the tests to the latest versions available for each test and added CineBench to the test suite. Updating the test system took a lot of time benchmarking but it is more ... Author: Ben Sun Date: 11-15-2009 Category: Tech-planations To the right is the temperature gauges for the Ambient, the CPU and the PCH. The Ambient temperature is the temperature of the system as a whole. The temperature for the CPU read 70C as the accompanying screenshot shows. This is w...
Author: Jeremy DeLong Date: 06-03-2009 Category: Guides The game reminds me a lot of Silent Hill and Resident Evil series in the overall "feel" of the game. I watch numerous horror films going way back and I very rarely am scared to the point that I actually jump. I was even scared to ... Author: Andy Marken Date: 04-20-2009 Category: Guides Rationalize all you want but if you are good in your chosen field or profession you’re selling all the time. You are selling your ideas…your words…your ability to look at problems and opportunities from every angle…your reputati...
Author: Zach Shook Date: 04-06-2009 Category: Guides Samfind is a pretty nice tool to have, actually. It's malleable, but crude. It is user intensive, meaning you've got to invest a good amount of time into the reform of your toolbar if you intend to use it and cycle data through it...
Author: Zach Shook Date: 02-13-2009 Category: Guides Let me say, though, that LargeSoftware Password Manager is a solid program if you've got the patience to put your efforts into it. I just may not have been patient enough with it. Well, I wouldn't say that. I invested a few solid ...
Author: Zach Shook Date: 02-11-2009 Category: Guides With all the one click solutions and options available to this program, I can see why it is user friendly. I have seen many of these come and go, but I think Large Software's software platform is easy to use, and is available at a... Author: Ben Sun Date: 02-09-2009 Category: Guides Mirror's Edge is one of the first titles that fully use the PhysX effects available on NVIDIA cards throughout the game. Previous games like Half Life 2 and Unreal Tournament 3 used physics in areas like ragdoll physics or on part... Author: Doc Overclock Date: 01-26-2009 Category: Tech-planations Hardware based physics in a game has only been lightly touched by games like Unreal Tournament 3 and games based upon that engine. Mirror’s Edge takes full advantage of the PhysX physics engine with a persistent, physical world th... Author: Travis Bradberry Ph.D. Date: 09-27-2008 Category: Guides Squawk! How to Stop Making Noise and Start Getting Results is the new book by Dr. Travis Bradberry, the award winning coauthor of the best selling Emotional Intelligence Quick Book. Through the lively and entertaining story of Cha... Author: Vlad Mihaiescu 01/29/2008 Date: 01-29-2008 Category: Tech-planations And now, SEGA is at it again, just releasing their latest title, Universe at War – Earth Assault. Partaking in the genre of RTSs (Real Time Strategy), Universe at War – Earth Assault will try to dominate all the other mediocre RT... Author: Randy Zlobec Date: 11-01-2007 Category: Tech-planations In order to get around the dead horse of SEO standalone, you need to be ready to add links, backlinks and quality backlinks. You need to be able to do more than string three words together. Today’s readers are savvy. They want rea...
Author: Chris Gump Date: 10-23-2007 Category: Tech-planations For the first game to be reviewed on Motherboards.org, Id Software’s Enemy Territory Quake Wars is a great choice. This product easily wins itself and Editor’s Choice award for being one of the best team-based shooters that I have...
Author: Evan Oliver Date: 10-03-2007 Category: Interviews Gamers from all over the country will be attending. If you are a so-cal gamer you have no excuse to miss this event. If you haven't already signed up, make sure you visit their official website to register for the BYOC. One thin...
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 09-27-2007 Category: Guides About a month ago we released an article about the inability of SYSmark 2007 preview to install or work in our lab tests, and we received a lot of feedback and response from that article from many different sources. So much covera... Author: Niso Levitas Date: 09-25-2007 Category: Tech-planations This year Intel celebrated the 10th anniversary of IDF (Intel Developers Forum) with over 5000 visitors attending. Unfortunately for me, it was my eighth year attending to the forum. Since 1997, each year all the geekiest engineer...
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 08-13-2007 Category: Tech-planations At the moment SYSmark 2007 is a headache at best to techs/reviewers and a waste of money to those who have to purchase it. I would really feel bad for the poor soul who shelled out the $499.00 of hard earned cash for this only to ...
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 07-30-2007 Category: Tech-planations Every single Ultra Durable 2 Motherboard is equipped with quality components such as Low-RDS MOSFETs, Ferrite Core Chokes and Japanese All-Solid Capacitor to help reduce heat dissipation and significantly increase motherboard life...
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 07-25-2007 Category: Interviews Remember that company called Diamond MultiMedia? You know the company famous for the Viper, the Voodoo3D, the TNT and the Monster line of video cards. Well this company has gone through some changes and now is back in the saddle a...
Author: Elric (Doc Overclock) Phares Date: 03-25-2007 Category: Interviews This company should only grow stronger and as BFG once again plays its name changing game and goes under EVGA still stands strong, making only XFX the remaining (NVIDIA Only) strategic partner in America. EVGA is company you can t...
Author: Jon Gerow Date: 08-10-2006 Category: Guides Modular power supplies have become very popular as of late. Some companies have refused to manufacture modular power supplies and have even taken the effort to spread fud over the very concept of modular power supply connectors b...
Author: Jon Gerow Date: 06-26-2006 Category: Guides Watts, amps, volts, rails, PFC, efficiency; there's a lot of buzzwords flying around there and hardly anyone seems to know what they all mean. Well, now's your chance to finally become a power supply guru. I am going to try to exp...
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 04-26-2006 Category: Guides Planning and executing your plan is really what this is all about as lets face it, this is not rocket science by any means, just time consuming and sometimes a bit tedious when working in tight spaces. Beyond that, it is really an...
Author: Tulatin Date: 08-26-2005 Category: Guides The 530J CPU from Intel has shown promise as a solid overclocking component. Join Tulatin on a journey into the heart of extreme overclocking and find out just how far a low-end processor can be pushed.... Author: Heather Skinner Date: 06-27-2005 Category: Tech-planations Many factors contribute to a computer's performance. Beyond the processor speed, motherboard bus speed, and hard disk drive capacity (and speed, too), a system's memory plays an important role....
Author: D'arcy Lemay Date: 02-21-2005 Category: Guides Slipstreaming is the process of taking that old, non SP2 copy of Windows XP and upgrading it to a fully patched version that can be installed in one-step....
Author: D'arcy Lemay Date: 01-26-2005 Category: Tech-planations Currently the high end 130 and 90nm chips have issues with outrageous heat dissipation, to the point where the fastest Pentium4 processors aren't capable of running their fastest speed under load without aftermarket cooling being ... Author: D'Arcy Lemay Date: 12-30-2004 Category: Tech-planations The grand scheme of PCI Express is to be like the One Ring in JRR Tolkien's tale, "one bus to rule them all". In the end though, "one bus" isn't a really good descriptor of how PCI Express works. "One protocol" would be a more apt... Author: MoboCop Date: 11-12-2004 Category: Tech-planations The form factor determines the general layout, size, and feature placement on a motherboard. Different form factors usually require different style cases.... Author: MoboCop Date: 10-30-2004 Category: Tech-planations Most computer users have probably heard the term motherboard, but if you are unfamiliar with the role of the motherboard within the overall PC architecture, or if you are not quite clear about the components that make up a motherb... Author: Doc Overclock Date: 10-13-2004 Category: Guides Many people in different walks of life have different needs and goals when it comes to their PC. We take a look at some of the common simple upgrades you can do as well as help you determine if it is better to upgrade or just buil... Author: MoboCop Date: 10-06-2004 Category: Tech-planations Expansion slots on a motherboard are designed to accept peripheral cards that add functionality to a computer system, such as a video or a sound card. Over the years the expansion slot bus has been a major system bottleneck, and j...
Author: MoboCop Date: 08-25-2004 Category: Tech-planations Take a quick tour on the history of the motherboard starting in 1924.... Author: Doc Overclock Date: 12-01-2003 Category: Guides So what constitutes a good benchmark? Why do I use Aquamark 3 in a review instead of Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness? Why is it important to change the benchmark one uses at least once in a while?...
Author: Niso Levitas Date: 08-05-2002 Category: Guides An in depth guide on how to install and setup a basic network This installment covers setup for Windows 98SE....
Author: Niso Levitas Date: 08-03-2002 Category: Guides An in depth guide on how to install and setup a basic network This installment covers setup for Windows XP....
Author: Niso Levitas Date: 08-01-2002 Category: Guides An in depth guide on how to install and setup a basic network This installment covers selection and installation of hardware....
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 06-17-2002 Category: Guides One of the main and seldom looked into performance enhancments comes from your memory/RAM settings. In this article we explain some very easy and understandable terms along with a liitle information on what makes your memory perfo...
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 06-14-2002 Category: Guides Overclocking has evolved from being a basically unknown and risky adventure to becoming one of the mainstream and highly acceptable techniques for getting the most out of your CPU. We went all out with Swiftech to show you just ho... Author: Doc Overclock Date: 04-26-2002 Category: Guides Installation of a video card can be done in a couple of different ways depending on your particular situation. I will describe in detail the steps involved for both procedures. ...
Author: Niso Levitas Date: 03-07-2002 Category: Interviews In this installment we look at the future of memory, gigabit ethernet on the desktop, Pentium 4 Mobile solutions, and the PC in 2003....
Author: Niso Levitas Date: 03-06-2002 Category: Interviews Technology: A Look 2 to 5 Years in the Future: 3GIO the PCI killer, BBUL packaging, Codename Prescott, E7500 Chipset, and Serial ATA.... Author: Doc Overclock Date: 10-31-2001 Category: Guides An in depth, step by step tutorial on how this procedure is done and to make things easier for those who are new to system building but want to try it anyways...
Author: Aussie Date: 07-20-2001 Category: Guides It certainly may appear to the inexperienced that there is some "black magic" involved in the art of motherboard identification but really it only involves patience, determination and a little common sense in most cases....
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 04-06-2001 Category: Guides A lot of people find themselves pulling their hair out trying to save and transfer their email when buying or building a new system. With this easy method we hope to eliminate the headache usually associated with this task....
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 03-14-2001 Category: Interviews Molex and Agilent are two of the foremost companies in the cooling solutions business, and both work closely with Intel to bring the best technology available to light in the form of their high-end cooling products. Both companies... Author: Doc Overclock Date: 03-13-2001 Category: Interviews Shuttle computer group is a company that has been around for quite awhile now, and has had its share of ups and downs in this ever changing market. Established in 1983 in Taiwan, Shuttle has been a constant pulse in the computer i...
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 12-29-2000 Category: Tech-planations DDR is a common term for Double Data Rate. This is a type of memory that has been used in different applications, but more frequently in the video card market. DDR as referred to here is a type of SDRAM that supports data transfer... Author: Doc Overclock Date: 12-18-2000 Category: Interviews Established in 1988, Transcend Information, Inc. (Transcend) is one of the world's largest memory product manufacturers, with a current range of over 2000 memory products. It was the first company in Taiwan to gain the ISO 9001 ce...
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 12-12-2000 Category: Guides The BIOS is a firmware driven device which controls the functions of your motherboard, and is usually updated as new fixes and new support are added to the features of the board. BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output System. Updating... Author: Doc Overclock Date: 12-11-2000 Category: Interviews Epox was first started by Steve Chow in Taiwan in 1995, and moved into the American marketplace in 1996 in Brea, California. Steve was previously a lead technical designer for a few major companies before forming the company Epox....
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 12-11-2000 Category: Guides Overclocking can be done by changing the FSB (front side bus) of the motherboard, but the Athlon doesn't respond well to overclocking that particular way. To get your Athlon CPU ready to be overclocked requires a slight modificati...
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 11-14-2000 Category: Guides Doc's 4th quarter 2000 motherboard hot list.... Author: Doc Overclock Date: 11-06-2000 Category: Guides The first thing you need is a clean, level place to work. You will also need a Phillips head screw driver, some needle nose pliers, all of your device cables (IDE UDMA 66 /33 and Floppy), and about six screws and washers. ... Author: Doc Overclock Date: 11-01-2000 Category: Guides Overclocking on this motherboard is a breeze. The setup is all done through the Award BIOS, and is a very stable solution for the overclocker....
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 09-24-2000 Category: Tech-planations When considering the purchase of a new computer many questions will arise, but the type of user you are is the most important. There really are only about four different categories in the mainstream computer market.... Author: Doc Overclock Date: 07-10-2000 Category: Guides Absolutely awesome motherboard. Great for the overclocker. The stability and flexibility here are amazing; even at 150MHz FSB this board ran beautifully and all the games played great.... Author: Doc Overclock Date: 06-07-2000 Category: Guides Setup on this board was easy as apple pie, no jumpers to mess with and no problems to speak of (kind of scary). So far this is the most trouble free board that I have worked with yet. Setting up the CPU is done by SoftMenuTM, whic... Author: Doc Overclock Date: 06-01-2000 Category: Interviews Your AGP speed is two thirds (2/3) the speed of your front side bus. So, with the FSB set to 100MHz the AGP clock is 66MHz, but at 133MHz 2/3 is 89MHz, way out of spec for most video cards.... Author: MoboCop Date: 01-01-2000 Category: Tech-planations The BIOS (Basic Input Output System) is the program that enables a PC to boot after power-up. The BIOS is a built-in set of routines that serve as an interface between the computer's operating system and hardware devices.... Author: MoboCop Date: 01-01-2000 Category: Tech-planations The motherboard has one or more sockets or slots into which the processor is inserted. The type of processor that can be used is defined by the type of socket or slot present on the motherboard.... Author: MoboCop Date: 01-01-2000 Category: Tech-planations The BIOS String ID number is assigned to every motherboard made. It is not always unique but there is usually some good info hidden in the string. The most useful is the portion which identifies the manufacturer of the motherboard... Author: S. Louis Thomas Date: 01-01-2000 Category: Guides No matter what happens with the technology involved, there is always one problem that plagues the DIY system builder: choices. Since we, the power builders, are usually building for exactly that reason, it's ironic that it is also... Author: Billy Newsom Date: 01-01-1998 Category: Guides A step by step guide on how to install a motherboard. Please check for our more recent installation guides unless you are installing a board from 1998 or earlier.... Author: Billy Newsom Date: 01-01-1997 Category: Tech-planations A list of chip manufacturers. From CPUs and chipsets to ICs and RTCs.... Author: Billy Newsom Date: 01-01-1997 Category: Tech-planations Those of you who know personal computers know that the most important major component in the PC is the motherboard. Not the hard disk, not the video card & the most important single component on the motherboard? The CPU, right...
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