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Mainboards 
ECS GF8200A black edition mainboard review
Posted by: on: 05/02/2008 02:00 PM [
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The ECS GF8200A black edition mainboard is a 70 USD/EUR mainboard comes with Hybrid graphics, (integrated GeForce 8200), VGA output, HDMI output, HD audio integrated, Gigabit Ethernet, PCI-Express 2.0, Serial ATA (RAID 0,1,10) DDR2 memory up-to 1066 MHz and all that for a price hovering at roughly 70 bucks ! That's just electrifying. Say you want to build a HTPC capable of decoding 1080P Blu-Ray. Well, purchase this mainboard, slap some memory on it and get a budget processor. Because the integrated graphics core will handle the HDMI and even media VC-1/h.264 decoding for you (Blu-ray / HD-DVD). See this is just a very cheap alternative.
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EVGA nForce 750i SLI FTW For The Win review
Posted by: on: 04/16/2008 02:00 PM [
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eVGA decided to make a new cheaper mainboard opposed to 780/790, designed it l33t, sexy yet offer two or maybe three features less than these sub 300 USD counterparts. And they named their new baby the eVGA nForce 750 FTW. Where FTW literally means "For The Win". Now if you send a product with "FTW" in the actual name then as a company you need to have some pretty big balls, as any reviewer will see if that product lives up-to the reputation. You know what, you need balls as big as an NVIDIA colored bull.
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NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI review (eVGA)
Posted by: on: 03/17/2008 03:00 PM [
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In this article we'll cover all that you need to know about the nForce 790i Ultra SLI. This is the mainboard that applies to you guys. We'll do the review in Guru style. Meaning the real hands-on experience combined with all data you like to learn, gamers style. Obviously we'll test and compare a little as well. But first let me show you the technical specifications of the NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI before we attack it with red peppers and drive it to the extreme. NVIDIA made sure that the nForce 790 series is one of the if not the best overclocking platform available. But you will pay top dollar for it, yet by overclocking you will gain that invested revenue back, that's a guarantee.
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NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI review - XFX
Posted by: on: 12/15/2007 03:00 PM [
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The industry has been moving forward and we now see slow adoption of PCIe 2.0, new Intel Penryn (45nm) Core 2 processors are close to it's release and then of course the launch of NVIDIA's 3-way SLI last week which for 780i meant adoption of (3x) 16x PCIe slots. Time for the good old nForce68-i to get an upgrade to the all new nForce 780i.
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ECS G31T-M Mainboard (G31/ICH7) review
Posted by: on: 10/01/2007 02:00 PM [
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Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) recently announced the release of two G31 chipset series motherboards the G31T-M and P33T-A, along with the 945GCT-M2/1333. All three motherboards support Intel processors based on FSB speeds up to 1333MHz. Our review today will focus on the ECS G31T-M.
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Jetway M2A692-GDG 690G mainboard review
Posted by: on: 09/11/2007 02:00 PM [
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Jetway recently released a AMD 690G chipset based mainboard. And as the previous Jetway review revealed .. they offer a lot for very little money. Today we'll show you once again a great little mainboard that will give you heaps of performance and functionality at a top dollar pricing level.
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Albatron 680i SLI mainboard review
Posted by: on: 06/02/2007 02:00 PM [
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The Albatron nForce based 680i SLI even since it's release is an amazing mainboard series. It's simple .. if you want to overclock your PC, chances are large that you at the very least are opting a 680i mainboard with Core 2 Duo processor and some good memory.
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Jetway 966PDAG-PB mainboard review
Posted by: on: 05/25/2007 02:00 PM [
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Hey all and welcome to a mainboard review from the guys at Jetway. Recently they released the 966PDAG -PB Jetway INTEL G965 + ICH8 based mainboard that comes with a good feature set, and really .. offers good performance. Now for the 80 bucks this mainboard has a couple of extra's as well, how about two x16 PCI-Express slots.
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NVIDIA eVGA nFORCE 680i LT SLI
Posted by: on: 03/25/2007 02:00 PM [
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Let me put it simple .. The 68i SLI LT mainboard is a regular 680i SLI mainboard in all it's ways yet to cut costs there have been several functions stripped. For example .. you'll have to miss out on the 3rd "graphics" PCI-Express slot (the 8x one), you'll only have one GBit/s Ethernet connector, you lost the passively cooled SSP and MCP, it's now done with active fans, you loose LinkBoost and some tweaking options in the BIOS. Other stuff you'll miss are the black PCB, diagnostic LEDs, reset and power off/on micro switches in the mainboard PCB and some other small stuff. We'll explain ... click me !
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eVGA nForce 680i SLI mainboard review
Posted by: on: 03/03/2007 03:00 PM [
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We started using this mainboard pretty much the minute we received it which was early November and ever since it has become the #1 mainboard for testing graphics cards. Intense stability, hefty tweaking features and massive performance. These are the three things I immediately think about when we talk about the 680i mainboards.
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NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Intel preview
Posted by: on: 08/08/2006 07:00 AM [
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Reason enough for NVIDIA to release the nForce 500 series for Intel's processors (Core 2 Duo as well). Today we'll be taking a brief look at the reference NVIDIA NFORCE 590 SLI mainboard. It by all means is test done with a reference board that is not 100% finished and unfortunately we did not receive a final product from a board partner like ASUS. Nonetheless .. even with this very Beta reference mainboard I was shocked by the combination of Conroe and NFORCE 590 SLI for Intel, in very positive way I must add.
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Albatron K8SLI mainboard
Posted by: on: 08/16/2005 07:00 AM [
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Albatron decided toe ease the pain a little. They introduced a mainstream SLI mainboard based on the NFORCE 4 SLI chipset that is quite affordable and offers a more than enough of functionality versus excellent performance. Being an affordable mainboard costs can be cut a little. Next to that one of my personal wishes finally was introduced .. as stated you need to enable SLI mode on the mainboard if you are using two GeForce graphics card in a SLI setup, which normally can be done with that little SLI card that sits securely on your mainboard and needs to be be flipped around. Some manufacturers ditched that SLI card and allow that change from the BIOS or even automatically. Albatron is such a company, and this mainboard has a digital switch, you seriously don't have to do a thing. Lovin' it!
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ABIT AA8XE mainboard review
Posted by: on: 06/07/2005 07:00 AM [
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The ABit AA8XE mainboard. armed with an orange PCB and stacked with a lot of extra features we are taking a look at the AA8XE which of course is based on Intel's 925 XE mainboard chipset. This is the "Vanilla" version as you might call it as there is a version out with a 'Third Eye' and also the Fatality version.
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NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition
Posted by: on: 04/27/2005 07:00 AM [
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So it was 2004, November if I'm not mistaken, when a press-release came in. NVIDIA announced a cross license agreement with Intel that hold multiple products and more important for the future, product generations. Exciting news for sure, but I did not expect that NVIDIA would have something ready so darn quickly. Intel and more importantly Intel's processors are a huge chunk of the processor market, and NVIDIA can now have a small take of that. The first Pentium 4 chipset mainboard chipset that they've released is of course the product we'll take for a quick spin today.
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Gigabyte G1975X G1 Turbo
Posted by: on: 02/08/2005 09:00 AM [
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This "backplane" is designed for their new G1-Turbo series of mainboards which is targeted at overclockers and hardcore gamers. The Gigabyte G1-Turbo combine the finest from Intel & Gigabyte and have more functions than a Swiss-knife. This mainboard is the firstborn from that G1-Turbo series.
Featuring the latest Intel 975X Express chipset, it support the latest Intel Pentium Dual-core & Extreme Edition with an FSB frequency up to 1066MHz. The new 975X chipset is in many ways similar to the 955X but now has official support for dual PCI-E graphic cards for and even better gaming experience.
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Intel 925XE Express Chipset
Posted by: on: 12/20/2004 09:00 AM [
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Today we are looking at Intel's D925XECV2 mainboard equipped with the seriously breathtaking yet unfortunately rather expensive 3.46GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition to try out for a couple of weeks. But let's focus on that mainboard versus chipset. Key primary feature you need to keep in mind is that this mainboard is capable of a lovely 1066 MHz system bus. Your average Pentium 4 mainboard these days run on the quad pumped 800 MHz front side bus, this one can handle a bit more (266 MHzx 4), yes 1066 MHz.
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Albatron Mars PX915P/G Pro Mainboard
Posted by: on: 10/12/2004 07:00 AM [
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Today mainboard is one from the fine folks at Albatron, we will have a peek at their latest PX915P/G Pro mainboard from their 'Mars' series. Armed with Intel's 915G North Bridge (MCH) ICH6 South Bridge chipset and integrated graphics card solution this mainboard offer heaps of goodies for not a lot of money
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Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro2 W review
Posted by: on: 02/09/2004 09:00 AM [
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The GA-8IPE1000 Pro2-W is part of Gigabyte's P4 Titan series and with this mainboard is thus next to it's Gigabit network Intel PRO/1000 CT solution adding Wireless LAN to it. This is handled through a IEEE 802.11b compliant and Wi-Fi compatible GN-WBZB-M USB wireless LAN card, You hook up the little adon towards an internal USB connector, install some software and bam .. 11 Mbit/s Wireless now belong to your options.
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Gigabyte 7NNXP nFORCE 2 review
Posted by: on: 08/19/2003 07:00 AM [
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Gigabyte known for their reputation of making quality computer hardware recently shook hands with nVIDIA again. Today we are going to talk about the powerful nVIDIA nFORCE2 Ultra (SPP / MCP-T) based 7NNXP from the Gigabyte K7 Triton series mainboards, a mainboard that can deal with the new 400 MHz FSB Athlon processors.
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Albatron PX865PE-PROII
Posted by: on: 07/01/2003 07:00 AM [
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The mainboard based on Springdale 865P chipset we are reviewing today comes from Albatron. The mainboard is called the PX865PE ProII and is a friggin swiss-knife under the mainboards.
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Albatron PX845PEV-800 Mainboard
Posted by: on: 05/26/2003 07:00 AM [
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The product we are going to review today is a special anniversary mainboard called the PX845PEV-800, a limited edition. As you already figured out this is an Intel chipset based mainboard with using the 845PE chipset which is know for the excellent performance and stability. This mainboard even supports the newer Pentium 4 processors running an 800 Front Side Bus. What makes the anniversary edition so special ?
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Gigabyte GA-8PE667 Ultra Review
Posted by: on: 03/10/2003 09:00 AM [
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A-8PE667 Ultra 2 delivers great features for gaming and media enthusiasts, most important integrated functions however are Silicon Image Serial ATA, Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller, RAID + ATA133 function, USB 2.0, DualBIOS, unique EZ-Fix AGP 4X and memory DIMM slot with Anti-Burn design and lots more. Let's quickly discuss these features one by one.
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