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  • ABIT AN8 Fatal1ty S939 Motherboard

    24 May 2005, 00:00

    £120 is a lot to pay for a motherboard these days, and ABIT's Fatal1ty AN8 isn't the most feature-rich out there. What you're paying for, in essence, is a board ...

  • MSI P4N Diamond nForce4 SLI I.E Mainboard

    22 May 2005, 00:00

    In summary, then, MSI's taken on NVIDIA's nForce4 SLI Intel Edition chipset and incorporated a sensible array of features that make the P4N Diamond into a true deluxe mainboard. General ...

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  • ECS PF88 Extreme Hybrid Mainboard

    12 May 2005, 00:00

    ECS has brought something very new to the table - a motherboard that carries a number of modern features and one that opens up the way for multi-CPU support. In ...

  • ABIT Fatal1ty AA8XE i925XE Mainboard

    3 May 2005, 00:00

    Ask yourself exactly what you want out of a motherboard. Do you want the best feature set for £150? If so, look elsewhere. Do you want a board that, other ...

  • ABIT AX8 VIA K8T890 Mainboard

    26 April 2005, 00:00

    ABIT, then, has taken VIA's K8T890 core-logic and engineered a stable, fast, and inexpensive motherboard that carries a reasonable feature-set. Presentation, as usual, is excellent, and enthusiast-orientated options are up ...

  • Gigabyte's GA-8AENXP-D Mainboard

    17 April 2005, 00:00

    If I have to say something bad about the board, it's that the aesthetic makes me decidedly unwell. Go forth and seek, should high-performance, feature-packed, well-presented Pentium 4 be your ...

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  • EPoX EP-5LWA + i925XE Mainboard

    11 April 2005, 00:00

    The most important decision a potential i925XE purchaser needs to make is whether they really need third-party SATA/PATA RAID and wireless networking integrated into a motherboard. If you do, look ...

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  • NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition

    5 April 2005, 00:00

    NVIDIA has made a successful transition of its SLI tech. over to an Intel-based platform. SLI works exactly in the same way it does on a current AMD machine, and ...

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  • Gigabyte 8IPE775-G 'Springdale' Motherboard

    24 March 2005, 00:00

    But if you've got your heart set on Socket-T in the near future and have decent RAM and at least a midrange AGP graphics card already in your system, the ...

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  • DFI LANPARTY 925X-T2

    24 March 2005, 00:00

    There\'s plenty of decent 900-series boards doing the rounds right now, and DFI\'s 925X-T2 is decent. The problem is, as far as I can see, that other manufacturers now offer ...

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  • ECS ELITEGROUP 915-A Mainboard

    22 March 2005, 00:00

    Not a horribly bad board, but unless you desperately want the GMA900 in order to do dual display with another discrete card, there's no reason to consider it, given other ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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+ ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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, ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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. ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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  • 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.

  • 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 ...