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  • Review: HEXUS Dragon Tour - abit's wares for early '07

    3 January 2007, 09:00

    What you will see from abit at CES 2007, delivered now!

  • Dragon Tour 2006 - DFI profile

    11 December 2006, 10:39

    jThe welcoming committee was out in full force. In the middle is Jarry Chang, R+D manager of the current LANParty line, and one of the pivotal reasons for the growth ...

  • VIA adopts SPI bus for easy BIOS flashing

    22 November 2006, 15:16

    VIA's upcoming VT8237S south-bridge will implement a serial bus that will allow easy BIOS flashing for the likes of system integrators and motherboard manufacturers.

  • Review: Foxconn P9657AA-8EKRS2H Intel P965 motherboard

    22 November 2006, 01:24

    The Foxconn P9657AA-8ERS2H is a decent proposition in most respects and the low street price is a definite selling point...

  • Review: eVGA nForce 680i SLI LGA775 motherboard

    20 November 2006, 00:30

    680i SLI sports a brand new SPP designed not only to support the latest Core 2 Quad processors, but to overclock like nothing else before it and bring new levels ...

  • Architecture wars

    2 November 2006, 00:00

    Intel’s Core 2 Duo is now slugging it out against AMD’s Socket AM2 Athlon 64s with DDR2 memory support. So what is next on the roadmap from the two chip-vending ...

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  • Review: MSI K9A Platinum AM2 mainboard

    24 October 2006, 07:35

    We can't help feeling the K9A Platinum is a bit of a missed opportunity. It's a decent enough package, but for a performance board it doesn't take full advantage of ...

  • Review: Foxconn 975X7AB motherboard

    20 October 2006, 08:14

    You might think from our description so far that the Foxconn 975X7AB is a bit of a disappointment. Compared to Abit's AW9D Max it's not a tour de force. From ...

  • Review: abit AB9 Pro

    13 October 2006, 19:22

    Has the former darling of the enthusiast crowd created something akin to boards of old; something that can't be ignored? We've run it through the HEXUS mill to see, so ...

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  • Review: abit AW9D Max

    11 October 2006, 08:59

    So, AW9D Max it is then, packing i975X, ICH7R and abit special sauce. Best get on with finding out if it really is smokin' before someone notices the horror of ...

  • ATI RD580 set to star in AMD's '4x4'?

    6 October 2006, 17:33

    ATI's ageing AMD-oriented RD580 discrete chipset will soon be upgraded to support three graphics cards and two CPUs, it has been claimed. The part will join the upcoming RS690 to ...

  • A visit to ECS in ShenZhen

    5 October 2006, 09:52

    When prestigious international trade events take place, Team-HEXUS attends in force to bring the latest news to you, our dear readers. If that means flying all the way to Taiwan ...

  • ASUS exposes NVIDIA physics card product

    22 September 2006, 15:31

    Nvidia is developing a standalone games physics processing card, motherboard maker Asus has let slip.

  • MSI claims P965 CrossFire first

    19 September 2006, 17:11

    Motherboard manufacturer MSI has laid claim to being the first to enable CrossFire support on an Intel P965 chipset.

  • Review: MSI P965 Platinum

    13 September 2006, 08:14

    Supporting the aforementioned PCI Express, DDR2 and Intel Core 2 Duo processors, the P965 Platinum is the premium model in MSI's Intel P965 mainboard range. Can it pull a "P5W64", ...

  • Review: ASUS P5W64 WS Professional

    7 September 2006, 10:41

    Hello, dear reader. I have a few questions to ask you, if you've got a couple of minutes. You do? Brilliant, thanks for stopping by. Are you a high-end computer ...

  • Review: ASUS enthusiast AM2 motherboard duel

    3 September 2006, 10:10

    Enter two new enthusiast boards from ASUS, the CROSSHAIR and M2N32-SLI Deluxe, that just might be a pair of such killer boards. They certainly dish our their share of features ...

  • Review: ASUS M2R32-MVP Radeon Xpress 3200 CrossFire motherboard

    31 August 2006, 08:36

    On test today is an Xpress 3200 based board from ASUS. It's called the M2R32-MVP and it's got a reputation to maintain; we reviewed its Socket 939 counterpart some months ...

  • Review: ATI Sturgeon CrossFire Xpress 3200 AM2 reference board

    30 August 2006, 08:47

    ATI have created the 'Sturgeon' reference board for Socket AM2. It combines the new socket with RD580, and, crucially, their long-time-coming I/O ASIC, SB600

  • Review: ASUSTeK P5W DH i975X mainboard

    14 August 2006, 08:46

    Regardless of if you're a new user looking to build your first Intel-based system or you're an experienced overclocker, the ASUS P5W-DH Deluxe needs to be considered if you need ...

  • Crazy dev creates flight sim from Google Maps

    11 August 2006, 12:08

    Games creator Mark Caswell-Daniels has come up with an innovative use for Google Maps, having created a flight sim around the technology.

  • ASUS/Gigabyte merger confirmed?

    8 August 2006, 14:08

    They may not be merging in the strictest sense of the word but we can tell you that a new company is going to be formed by the two Taiwanese ...

  • Review: Foxconn P9657AA-8EKRS2H - First Look

    8 August 2006, 09:03

    Foxconn's P9657AA-8EKRS2H is shaping up to be a decent P965 board.

  • ECS launches mATX Intel Core Duo motherboard

    7 August 2006, 12:06

    Time for a reViival?

  • Review: ECS RS485M-M AM2 Radeon Xpress 1150 motherboard

    4 August 2006, 08:33

    Socket 939 isn't going anywhere for a while, and while we found ECS's RS482-M to have decent scope for upgrades, it stands to reason that based on AM2, the RS485M-M ...

  • Review: NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition

    3 August 2006, 09:00

    There's been no better time to jump on the Intel bandwagon than now. The world is going to embrace Core 2 Duo in a big, big way, so compliant chipsets ...

  • Review: ECS RS482-M Radeon Xpress 200 motherboard

    2 August 2006, 19:30

    In this case the board we're looking at is a budget offering, with integrated Xpress 200 graphics and Socket 939 processor support. Of course, it's a PCIe board and Socket ...

  • Review: Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965 mainboard

    24 July 2006, 08:23

    The GIGABYTE GA-965P-DQ6 looks impressive on paper... but have we unearthed limitations that make it difficult to justify its premium asking asking price? Find out in this comprehensive HEXUS.review...

  • abit AN9-32X motherboard recall

    21 July 2006, 17:26

    abit has identified a potential issue with certain AN9-32X and Fatal1ty AN9-32X motherboards, prompting the company to recall them.

  • Uniwill approves acquisition by ECS

    13 July 2006, 10:41

    Notebook manufacturer Uniwill is to merge with motherboard manufacturer ECS Elitegroup.

  • Review: abit KN9 SLI - nForce 570 SLI

    11 July 2006, 15:47

    Today it's time for us to take another nForce 570 SLI-based board for a spin. Rather than a K9N, it's a KN9 (now that's going to get confusing)... abit's KN9 ...

  • Review: MSI K9N SLI Platinum - nForce 570 SLI

    4 July 2006, 09:21

    In this review, we'll take a little look at what differentiates the 570 and 590 SLI, and then see what MSI have managed to create with the 570 SLI at ...

  • Foxconn ranks well in InfoTech 100

    26 June 2006, 12:41

    Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known to much of the world as Foxconn, has come second in Business Week's InfoTech 100 rankings.