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Motherboards.org Reviews
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 12-29-2006 Category: Motherboards EPoX has done a good job with the 570 Ultra chipset. It has many of the features of last year’s nForce 4 Ultra chipset. The only real glaring omissions from the board is the lack of a second PCI Express x16 slot, but the ordinary Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 12-15-2006 Category: Motherboards Positives of this board include the integrated graphics, dual monitors without the need for an external graphics card and support for the AMD Live digital home. While gamers will want to steer away from any integrated graphics on
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 12-12-2006 Category: Motherboards The abit IL9 Pro is an interesting mix of a board. The board is not an enthusiast board but is available on Newegg for under $85, matching or lower than the price of some available 945P boards. The IL9 Pro is a good choice for tho
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: 11-30-2006 Category: Motherboards This is a great board for those seeking a workstation class motherboard that has multiple-monitor support. Stability and options are the P5W64 WS Pro’s stand-out features. The lack of any PCI-X slots for 32-Bit SCSI may be dauntin
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 11-26-2006 Category: Motherboards The ECS KN3-SLI2 board retails online for a mere $119 at the time of this writing. At this price point, the board makes a compelling argument as you get the performance and features of the nForce 590 SLI chipset without having to
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 11-16-2006 Category: Motherboards Performance on the AB9 Pro board was excellent, typical of the 965 chipset series motherboards seen thus far. Overclocking on the board went well, with uGuru clocking the CPU up to 10% above default with no stability issues and th
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: Benjamin Sun Date: 10-30-2006 Category: Motherboards Intel is set shortly to announce their first Quad Core CPUs, according to their roadmaps. abit has assured me that the AW9D-MAX will support the Kentsfield CPUs. The AW9D-Max is an interesting mix of a 975X motherboard performance
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 10-26-2006 Category: Motherboards The ASUS M2N32 WS Professional board is unique in several ways. First it's about the only board on the market today with PCI-X slots on the Socket AM2 platform. PCI-X can use both the PCI-X devices and PCI devices, meaning you los
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 10-17-2006 Category: Motherboards The M2R32-MVP is a good solid choice without all the frills that a Deluxe or an ASUS Premium Edition board would carry. Things like a Wi-Fi AP Solo or extra SATA ports are not included, but the pricing should reflect this. Feature
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 10-13-2006 Category: Motherboards With the release of the new BIOS that fixes the issues with the P5B Deluxe motherboard and Crossfire on the Prescott CPUs, there isn't a reason not to recommend this board for the included features, as it scores over 40 on our Fea
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 10-10-2006 Category: Motherboards ABIT has done a wonderful job with the Fatal1ty AN9 32X board. The board scored over 40 points on our features scoring system, with SLI, Firewire and other features making it one of the most feature-rich boards on the market. Perf
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: 08-31-2006 Category: Motherboards Features on the K9A Platinum come just short of the 40 point maximum that is possible on our chart. Performance is right there among the best of the AMD AM2 platform so far. The retail bundle of the K9A Platinum is a bit of an unk
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: Benjamin Sun Date: 08-04-2006 Category: Motherboards ABIT has done the job well with the KN9-SLI motherboard. The board retails on Newegg for $130 USD, the price point is excellent. The performance is below that of the nForce 590 SLI boards that we have tested, but those boards are Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 07-21-2006 Category: Motherboards The AW8D board is an excellent example of an Intel 975X board with one rather big exception. Total lack of support for the new Core 2 Extreme and Core 2 Duo CPUs means that those wanting this motherboard are limited to the current
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: 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: 06-20-2006 Category: Motherboards FOXCONN hass done a good job with the NF4SLI7AA-EKRS2 motherboard. The board supports CPUs up to the 8xx series, with the 9xx series requiring a nForce 5 for Intel board instead or a 975 board from Intel Otherwise, for the street
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 06-13-2006 Category: Motherboards GIGABYTE has done an outstanding job in most respects with the M57SLI-S4 motherboard. Performance on the board was below that of the nForce 590 SLI board, but that is to be expected as the 590 is the enthusiast model and the 570 i
Author: Doc Overclock Date: 05-31-2006 Category: Motherboards This board has a lot to offer the user as it has anything you might need to get up and going including a Wireless Wi-Fi connection that in today's world is a real plus feature. Everything you can ask for in a board is available on
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: 05-07-2006 Category: Motherboards Well, in the end, the integrated video did take a hit out of the overall performance, but not enough of one to slow this machine down all too far. For the money, the 945G-M3 proves to be a good investment for your basic machine, o
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 04-30-2006 Category: Motherboards As a Digital Home Entertainment platform, VIIV has a heck of a lot going for it. Intel's High Definition Audio standard, plus the other features makes it a compelling value addition to any motherboard bundle. The GIGABYTE GA-8I945
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 04-21-2006 Category: Motherboards In terms of features, the PC-A9RD580 motherboard from Sapphire is in a decent position, due to the inclusion of Crossfire support, 8 SATA ports, and generally high performance for the AMD Athlon 64 platform. This Crossfire platfor
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: Tulatin Date: 03-22-2006 Category: Motherboards A solid board backed by a good price, sprinkled with much needed features in the way of exotic options, and you've got yourselves a winner here from ECS. While it may not be destined to take the top of the crops in the record book
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 03-13-2006 Category: Motherboards EVGA is still earning their merits in the motherboard arena as they are known primarily as a kickass provider of NVIDIA based video cards. The 133-P4-NF51-AX is their fourth motherboard. In general, the board performs very well an
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: Doc Overclock Date: 03-01-2006 Category: Motherboards From what we have seen so far the new ATI Xpress 3200 chipset has a lot to offer the enthusiast motherboard market. Featuring the first true Dual-16X technology and geared for the CrossFire VGA card setup the Asus A8R32-MVP may be
Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 02-28-2006 Category: Motherboards ASUS has done a wonderful job with the A8R-MVP motherboard. The board came with all the features, performance and bundle that you want from a Crossfire motherboard today. The features chart shows the A8R-MVP to be among the highes
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: Tulatin Date: 01-29-2006 Category: Motherboards While the gaming performance on the 915 platform are far from neck breaking, this motherboard offers something unique - the ability to build a low cost, low noise and high speed media center, without the need to splash out and pur
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