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IDF Spring 2005: Manufacturing Enhancements to CMOS Technology

1 March 2005, 00:00

Another Spring, another IDF, without doubt at this IDF we will be bashed about with Dual Core and Vanderpool technology, as well as Intel screaming at us about how well ...

Review: ASUSTeK A8N-SLI Deluxe -vs- DFI LanParty UT nF4 SLI-D

28 February 2005, 00:00

Both come recommended, but the DFI has strings to its bow that you will not find elsewhere. Go forth and purchase, there's absolutely no finer Athlon 64 mainboard at the ...

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Review: Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI

14 February 2005, 00:00

Buying an SLI capable nForce4 motherboard, you know you are paying a premium for the cutting edge technology it represents, and thus expect a lot for your money. The GA-K8NXP-SLI ...

Review: ASUS P5AD2-E Premium

12 February 2005, 00:00

ASUS has taken the simple step of updating its already impressive 925X Premium board with this incarnation. It's fast, solid and overclocks well. Users looking to migrate to a 925XE-based ...

Review: EQS A58XK9-ALF Radeon Xpress 200P motherboard

11 February 2005, 00:00

While I wasn't expecting this particular motherboard to offer a plethora of overclocking options, as it simply isn't aimed towards that market, what I would expect is at least the ...

Review: VIA's PT880 Pro and PT894 Core Logic Preview

31 January 2005, 00:00

Starting with PT894, setup alongside VT8251, it\'s clear that VIA have created a low-cost, feature-rich alternative to Intel\'s premium core logic products. PT894 supports the same memory, CPU and graphics ...

NVIDIA's nForce4 Professional Launch

30 January 2005, 00:00

Socket 940 just got sexy again. Uniprocessor Opteron and Athlon FX systems get PCI Express and arguably the best disk and networking controllers on the market. SMP Opteron gets everything ...

Review: ECS KN1 Extreme

10 January 2005, 00:00

Performance wise, the KN1 Extreme is good without being stellar, finding itself unable to match a board equipped with the Radeon Xpress 200 chipset, but still often finding itself ahead ...

Review: Soltek 8KAN2E-GR nForce3 250Gb S754 Motherboard

14 December 2004, 00:00

There are quite a number of decent S754 motherboards crowding the marketplace right now. Soltek, I feel, has added to that crowd by producing a stable, solid board which is ...

Review: EPoX 9NDA3 S939 nForce3 Ultra

1 December 2004, 00:00

EPoX has manufactured a solid nForce3 Ultra motherboard with the 9NDA3+. The problem that currently exists in Socket-939 land is that nearly everyone else can produce a solid, stable, and ...

Review: ATI XPRESS 200

17 November 2004, 00:00

ATI has designed a multi-purpose chipset that will appeal to a wide range of users. On the one hand, the enthusiast has the choice of opting for a competitive chipset ...

Review: ASUS P4S800D-E Deluxe

5 November 2004, 00:00

We're more than pleasantly surprised by the P4S800D-E Deluxe, in fact we're positively enthusiastic about its price/performance showing. We're happy to recommend it and be sure to put it on ...

Review: ASUS K8N-E Deluxe

3 November 2004, 00:00

We've come away from our evaluation of the K8N-E very impressed. Given AMD's announcement recently of the budget Sempron line on Socket 754, along with low cost 2800+ and 3000+ ...

Review: Intel 925XE chipset and 3.46GHz Extreme Edition CPU

31 October 2004, 00:00

AMD has moved on but Intel's top-level performance has remained largely the same, so whilst I'm a fan of all the good aspects of 925X/XE chipsets, I find it hard ...

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Review: BIOSTAR K8NHA Grand nForce3 250Gb

29 October 2004, 00:00

Considered in absolute isolation, the K8NHA Grand isn't a bad board by any means. The problem is just how well the competition is doing right now, in terms of price, ...

Review: Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 Pro

25 October 2004, 00:00

VIA's K8T800 Pro chipset powers the most popular Socket 754 boards on the market and when that core logic was released, it was no surprise to see the major Tier-I ...

Review: NVIDIA's nForce4

19 October 2004, 00:00

It's a really excellent bit of core logic for AMD CPUs. I know many of you have been waiting for nForce4 before you upgraded to PCI Express graphics cards. It's ...

Review: ECS 915P-A

11 October 2004, 00:00

Supporting LGA775 processors, it's by far the most interesting board in ECS's current line-up, squarely targetting the user who wants to upgrade to LGA775, but in the smallest steps possible. ...

VIA's PCI Express plans for late 2004

24 September 2004, 00:00

First to the initial PCI Express and AMD punch - with a product they strongly hinted to us would launch soon when we met them at ECTS - are VIA, ...

Review: Jetway PT800TWIN

13 September 2004, 00:00

It\'s a specialist product that works well, but there are a lot of caveats to take into consideration before you\'d do so. You\'ll know straight away if a MagicTwin system ...

ATI set to kickstart PCI-Express in the mainstream enthusiast sector?

9 September 2004, 00:00

HEXUS have managed to track down several people who are ‘in the know’ to find out more about ATI’s up coming technology.

ATI seem to have a ...

HEXUS at the ABIT Hardware Festival

6 September 2004, 00:00

HEXUS.net was out in force at the ABIT Hardware Festival and Fatal1ty Shootout. Today we have coverage from the event.

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ABIT Hardware Festival: VIA: PC Speed Building Competition

6 September 2004, 00:00

Drama ensues as this point, as Spode desperately tries to make up ground. He attempts to install the drive cage, but unsuccessful and enraged, rams the cd drive half way ...

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ECTS 2004: VIA Stand

2 September 2004, 00:00

At ECTS, over on the VIA stand there's a large crowd gathered, watching some of gaming's greats take on all challengers and thoroughly humiliate them.

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Review: Chaintech Summit SK8T800 Motherboard

20 August 2004, 00:00

Let\'s be clear. The SK8T800 doesn\'t pretend to be an enthusiasts\' board in the least, but a little voltage wouldn\'t have gone astray. Every product should be evaluated with due ...

Review: ECS KV2 Extreme

19 August 2004, 00:00

Two out of three ECS boards tested, two out of three really excellent products. The PF4 impressed and so does the KV2. Again, the price, feature set and basic performance ...

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Review: Gigabyte K8 Triton GA-K8NS Pro

13 August 2004, 00:00

For me, choosing the K8NS Pro lies on how much ATA devices you want to attach to the board. It offers more ATA-based flexibility than the ASUS K8N-E, keeping almost ...

Review: ECS PF4 Extreme

11 August 2004, 00:00

Providing you've got no trouble investing in DDR-II memory, the ECS PF4 Extreme looks to be the best LGA775 mainboard we've yet tested at HEXUS, by quite a distance.

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Review: ASUS P5GD2 i915P & P5AD2 i925X Premium

2 August 2004, 00:00

Intel\'s 900-series of chipsets attempt to modernise motherboard design from almost every angle. The cost of such modernisation is mediocre speed and, perhaps, limited overclockability. ASUS has done a good ...

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Review: ABIT AG8

28 July 2004, 00:00

Given the AA8 as a base, the question to be asked of the AG8 is does its use of DDR memory make the platform any more attractive. Again, personally, I ...

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Review: ABIT AA8 DuraMAX

28 July 2004, 00:00

The new platform's inherent downsides all manifest themselves with the AA8, given that it implements absolutely everything new. DDR-II is underwhelming, scarce and more expensive than DDR, PCI Express graphics ...

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Review: ASUS A8V Deluxe S939 Wireless Edition Motherboard

14 July 2004, 00:00

Paired with low-latency memory and a high-end graphics card, the ASUSTeK A8V Deluxe provides excellent performance right across the board. If you\'ve set your heart on a power system and ...

Review: ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe WiFi

28 June 2004, 00:00

If you've got anything recent as far as Socket A goes, you're not going to see much to tempt you to the -E Deluxe, unless WiFi is your thing. Enthusiasts ...

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