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Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 12-06-2006 Category: Motherboards The Biostar TForce 590 SLI motherboard is an excellent purchase choice for those wanting a Socket AM2 platform for their next computer. The hype surrounding the new Intel Core2 CPUs means that most people wanting the high-end will
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 11-15-2006 Category: Motherboards The ASUS Striker Extreme Motherboard has all of the features that you would want from a motherboard today. The nForce 680i chipset is designed for the extreme overclocker and the ability to run two graphics cards in SLI mode is al
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 11-14-2006 Category: Motherboards As far as the 680i goes, I liked what we saw here in the lab, as stability was excellent, and its design is quite nice as well. For those wanting an entirely NVIDIA based motherboard and VGA combination for the Intel platform, thi
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 11-08-2006 Category: Hardware Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than ATI's most loaded, able to render millions of Pixels in a single bound, it's going to burn the comp, that's the plan and it's NVIDIA, yet once again. The GeForce 8800 series signal
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 10-09-2006 Category: Motherboards The first foray into the Intel 965 world has left me with a few very good positives. First, performance seems to have increased over earlier chipsets, due to the new memory controller. Second plus of the new chipset is the new Sou
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 09-29-2006 Category: Motherboards GIGABYTE has done a wonderful job with the GA-M59SLI-S5 motherboard. S5 stands for Silent Pipe, SLI, Speed, Smart and Safe. The board offers these features in spades. The addition of the Multiple SATA port adapter means that you c
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 09-07-2006 Category: Hardware With the announcement of the 7950GT and the 7900GS, NVIDIA looks to bring the 79xx series into the upper mid-range of the market with price points of $199 for the 7900GS. At this price point, you get all of the performance and fea
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 08-21-2006 Category: Motherboards The EVGA 123-K8-NF47-AX is an excellent example of the nForce4 SLI x16 platform. With the recent launch of the Socket AM2 platform, the Socket 939 CPUs will likely disappear over time. For those wanting to upgrade their nForce3 mo
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 08-18-2006 Category: Motherboards The ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe is an excellent example of NVIDIA's nForce4 for Intel x16 SLI motherboards. The fact that I was able to install and run an X6800 Core 2 Extreme CPU on the board is a definite plus, as the new Intel CPUs a
Author: Tulatin Date: 08-08-2006 Category: Hardware So what is it, you ask, that makes this unit stand out? Apart from everything I've listed above - the stable power, good looks, and handy modular capability - it's just that feeling of security, when working with the beefiest comp
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 07-19-2006 Category: Motherboards The FOXCONN board is the third AM2 platform motherboard on our test bench. In terms of features, the C51XEM2AA covers the bases nicely, with SLI, LinkBoost, SLI memory, Firewire and everything else you would expect from a modern m
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 07-18-2006 Category: Hardware Wow, not only did Intel make a comeback they have done it in a much cooler fashion, as the new X6800 and E6700 CPUs are not only fast and furious, they run at a much lower temperature threshold than the previous generation Pressle
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 07-11-2006 Category: Motherboards Feature-wise, the ECS KA3-MVP motherboard includes the ability to Crossfire two ATI cards, 7 SATA devices, a Gigabit Ethernet controller, and two Firewire ports. The minimal expansion on the board is a bit disappointing, but the m
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 07-06-2006 Category: Hardware One thing that sets EVGA apart from other companies is the support EVGA puts behind each and every product they sell. If you go onto EVGA's message boards, it is clear that they care about the customer. Lifetime Warranty, 24/7 Tol
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 06-06-2006 Category: Hardware As far as sheer performance goes, all I can say is WOW! At this moment in time, the XFX 7950GX2 XXX Edition is unchallenged as the fastest single out of the box 3D card in existence and will challenge most SLI systems as well. Aft
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 06-05-2006 Category: Hardware The X1900XTX is the best available video card on the market today in terms of image quality. The ability to use HDR+MSAA in games like Oblivion makes the X1900XTX the choice for the discerning high-end consumer. I've always felt t
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 05-16-2006 Category: Motherboards The ASUS P5WD2-E board supports a lot of features. So many features, in fact that it scored over 40 in our Features rating scale taking it off the charts so to speak. Crossfire is supported on the 975x platform if you are looking
Author: Tulatin Date: 05-03-2006 Category: Hardware Outlandishly fast, straight from the box. Perhaps the most impressive thing I've found to Corsair over time is that they've got a beautiful balance of a forgiving nature, and raw power in the products. With the sheer ease which I
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 04-09-2006 Category: Motherboards GIGABYTE has done a wonderful job with the GA-G1975X Turbo motherboard. Feature-wise it scores at the top of the features chart with 39 points on our scale. The ability of the board to do Crossfire and the inclusion of a SLI bridg
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 03-26-2006 Category: Hardware There are many liquid cooling solutions out there to choose from, the good things about the 3D Galaxy are it's really good looks, its ergonomic design and its price. As far as being the best cooling solution out there, no it's not
Author: Tulatin Date: 03-08-2006 Category: Hardware As with all of Swiftech's goods in their time, the blocks look great and perform just as well. Considering that GPU temperatures could be kept so low, even when the CPU was being clocked upward dumping heat into the loop, we can r
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 03-05-2006 Category: Motherboards The ABIT AN8 32X is a wonderful example of the nForce SLI x16 chipset. The board comes with every feature you would expect from an AMD Athlon motherboard today. ABIT includes every accessory needed to fully utilize the motherboard
Author: Tulatin Date: 03-03-2006 Category: Hardware Fast, Beautiful, Stable and Spacious. Things you'd normally say about a sports car or a luxury beast before being jerked back by the missus so you don't drool on it. That's exactly how we feel about this memory. This memory is pe
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 02-27-2006 Category: Motherboards For now, GIGABYTE has done a wonderful job with the GA-8N Quad Royal SLI motherboard and it stands out among the crowd. Features-wise the board has no peer, as the board scores over 50 points due to the inclusion of Wireless Netwo
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 02-14-2006 Category: Hardware There's still an upgrade market for the AGP user. After all there's literally hundreds of millions of systems based upon the old standard still in use today. The 7800GS AGP Extreme Edition is positioned to take advantage of the fa
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 01-31-2006 Category: Hardware The A-I-W X1900 is quite simply the fastest most feature-rich multimedia video card you can buy today. For a MSRP of $499, you get great performance, features, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Premiere, a TV tuner a FM Radio and mo
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 01-25-2006 Category: Hardware Overclocked, good looking and fast, that is my opinion of the new XXX 7800GT from XFX as it delivers what’s promised right out of the box. Package content is above the average and at least gives you a few decent game titles to wet
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 01-23-2006 Category: Hardware This monitor is an excellent product and some positives of the monitor include the ability to have 30 inches of viewable area horizontally, matching the highest end Cinema displays from Apple in the overall viewing area. If you wa Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 01-13-2006 Category: Hardware 6800GS cards are retailing for under $200 online, which is a good buy as it has similar performance to the 6800GT which was so popular at $399 last year. This forced ATI and their partners to lower the MSRP of their X1600 Pro to $
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 01-01-2006 Category: Hardware Feature-wise the A-I-W 2006 fully supports Shader Model 3.0, HDR and is the equal of it's bigger brother, the X1800 in most respects. The inclusion of Adobe's Premiere Elements is a $99 value, and is an excellent video editing pro
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