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  • Review: MSI K8N Neo Platinum Edition nF3 250Gb

    27 May 2004, 00:00

    We just need a revised BIOS that allows the enthusiast really push the board to the limit. The AGP/PCI lock is in place but it\'s of questionable value when multiplier ...

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  • Review: MSI GeForce FX 5950 Ultra-VTD 256MB Card

    14 March 2004, 00:00

    The conclusion actually simplifies well. If you absolutely, positively want a GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256MB card and don't mind shelling out, MSI's is as good as any we've seen. ...

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  • Review: MSI GeForce FX5600 Ultra

    1 October 2003, 00:00

    Given a price of ~£160, this card will represent a good buy. MSI give you a nice bundle, VIVO, decent overclocking and good base performance for your money. IQ is ...

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  • Review: MSI KT6 DELTA-FIS2R KT600

    15 September 2003, 00:00

    If MSI can market this board at, say, £20 lower than a similarly specified nForce2 Ultra 400, we can see a number of OEM system integrators opting for it. The ...

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  • Review: MSI GeForce FX5900 Ultra

    31 July 2003, 00:00

    The feature set gets the thumbs up. VIVO is a nice addition to the high end hardware, making the card capable of that little bit more than usual, for your ...

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  • Review: MSI i865PE Neo2 FIS2R

    9 July 2003, 00:00

    Another decent board from the MSI Deluxe stable. Brimming full of usable features and having a BIOS that's a tad scary, it does most things right. This MSI is for ...

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  • Review: MSI GeForce FX5900

    29 June 2003, 00:00

    So, is it quicker than 9800 Pro? Is it quicker than 9700 Pro? Well, yes to both for the most part. On the tests that I consider to be the ...

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  • Review: MSI MegaPC

    24 June 2003, 00:00

    The mini PC market is getting very crowded; potential buyers have plenty of choice at the moment. MSI have exactly the right approach and have created something different with unique ...

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  • Review: MSI Hermes 845GV Barebones

    19 June 2003, 00:00

    In short, a featured, well-designed base unit with a number of possible uses. The business sector will appreciate its versatility, but it may well get shunned by the enthusiast crowd ...

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  • Review: 3-way Canterwood comparison

    14 May 2003, 00:00

    What\'ll sell each respective board is brand loyalty, features and price. At the outset we alluded to the difficulty in manufacturing a \'bad\' Canterwood. With a wealth of features and ...

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  • Review: MSI 850 Pro5 Motherboard

    10 May 2003, 00:00

    While it's only the first P4 solution I've used, we all have to start somewhere and I would recommend the 850 Pro5 if it fits your present and future expansion ...

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  • Review: MSI GNB MAX2-L Granite Bay

    25 March 2003, 00:00

    As the GNB MAX2 range contain a number of different motherboards touting certain features, our sample seemed to be aimed at both the enthusiast and workstation sector. The former would ...

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  • Review: MSI 655 MAX

    9 March 2003, 00:00

    MSI are the first motherboard manufacturer we have seen to utilise the new SIS 655 Chipset. This chipset is set to give Intel’s Granite Bay a run for its money ...

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  • Review: MSI K7N2-L

    5 March 2003, 00:00

    I like the board, it's just hard to recommend despite the price. For the truly budget user looking to get in on some nForce2 action it's a decent board.

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  • Review: MSI GeForce4 Ti 4800-SE

    24 February 2003, 00:00

    I\'d like to commend MSI on producing another excellent package. The massive software bundle, the latest Philips 7108AE TIVO chip, splitter, DVI-to-VGA converter, and a massive heatsink help to ensure ...

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  • Review: MSI K7T266 Pro2

    10 December 2002, 00:00

    Building on the KT266 chipset that hasn't been the success that VIA would have liked, they now offer the KT266A to the masses as an AMD DDR solution. It's this ...

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  • Review: MSI GNB MAX Granite Bay

    19 November 2002, 00:00

    The feature set on the MSI is up to their usual standards. The full retail motherboard will provide you with more brackets and extras than you can shake the proverbial ...

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  • Review: MSI 845PE MAX2 FIR

    15 November 2002, 00:00

    Along with ABIT's MAX series of boards, the MSI 845PE series would be high on my prospective motherboard list if I was looking for a fast, feature-packed, and stable platform. ...

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  • Review: MSI 648 MAX Motherboard

    25 October 2002, 00:00

    If you're happy running your processor at default speeds, and want a motherboard that's fast, stable, and cheap without sacrificing stability or true value-adding extras, the MSI 648 MAX would ...

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  • Review: MSI KT3 Ultra2-BR Mobo

    29 July 2002, 00:00

    The MSI KT3 Ultra-BR can be thought of as a seasonal update rather than a radically new motherboard.It carries over much of what we\'ve already seen in the MSI KT3 ...

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  • Review: MSI 845E MAX2-BLR Motherboard

    18 June 2002, 00:00

    It was only natural for most manufacturers to update their Intel 845 DDR motherboards once Intel themselves announced a move from a 400 to a 533 MHz FSB for their ...

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  • Review: MSI GeForce4 Ti4200

    15 June 2002, 00:00

    If you were to ask the average computer user their ideal graphics card, you would probably get responses that centre around maximum performance for minimal monetary outlay. Undoubtedly, most people ...

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  • Review: MSI SiS645DX 645E MAX-LRU

    2 June 2002, 00:00

    It seems as if just a few short months have passed since SiS (Silicon Integrated Systems) launched their competitive SiS645 Pentium4 DDR chipset to critical acclaim. SiS showed that there ...

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  • Review: MSI G4Ti4600-VTD

    20 May 2002, 00:00

    The upgraded clock speeds simply meant that you could turn up the detail to maximum and not have to worry about frame rates. 1600x1200x32 became a playable reality for those ...

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  • Review: MSI G4Ti4400-VTD

    8 April 2002, 00:00

    Performance as you can see is very very similar to the Visiontek board sharing the same GPU. It simply annihilates the Ti500 at high resolution. The brute force fillrate of ...

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  • Review: MSI SiS 645 Ultra

    3 April 2002, 00:00

    The pricing of the 645 Ultra is keen, too. We've been scouring the online retailing community and have seen it as low as £76, an excellent price for such a ...

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  • Review: MSI G4MX440-T

    25 March 2002, 00:00

    The card overclocked marginally worse than the Abit, mostly due to the inferior memory modules used. Out of the box performance however was slightly but measurably higher than the Abit ...

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  • Review: MSI KT3 Ultra ARU

    13 March 2002, 00:00

    We at Hexus like to see just how far we can push our kit. MSI, historically, have not paid too much attention to the overclocking community. This seems to have ...

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  • Review: MSI 845 Ultra ARU

    23 December 2001, 00:00

    MSI has taken the chipset and ran with it on this motherboard. New technologies, especially USB 2.0, are a welcome inclusion and ATA133 RAID will keep some people happy who ...

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  • Review: MSI 845i Pro2

    17 December 2001, 00:00

    Overall it\'s another great effort from MSI. It\'s the best i845 board we\'ve seen as yet and since there are no more on the pile at Hexus it\'s the board ...

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  • Review: MSI nForce Motherboard

    11 December 2001, 00:00

    With nForce having been around for a little while but not in serious quantity, we were eager to get our hands on a board. MSI were happy to oblige with ...

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