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VIA KT266A Motherboard Roundup

AMD plays the PC game much differently than Intel. Intel will not only develop CPUs but also the platforms they run on and not to mention all of the other technologies that are now further enabled by the processors. A very good example would be the launch of the Pentium 4; Intel has done their best to outfit all market segments with Pentium 4 chipsets from the i850 and i845 with DDR SDRAM to the… → Read More

Socket-A AMD 760 Motherboard Roundup: Farewell to a Beauty

Introduction AMD's 760 chipset was the first to bring DDR SDRAM to the PC's main memory subsystem. VIA and ALi quickly followed with their own Athlon DDR chipsets, but neither of those platforms were able to keep up with the AMD 760. AMD had originally intended to introduce DDR SDRAM for the Athlon, then slowly let the 3rd parties take back the Athlon chipset market. With VIA and ALi falling… → Read More

Intel 850 Motherboard Roundup: September 2001

Introduction Not too long ago, we looked at the new Intel Tualatin processor, which is essentially the 0.13 micron version of the good old Pentium III processors. With the way Intel is pricing the desktop Tualatin, it’s clear that this new Pentium III is aimed primarily at the mobile sector – at least in its current form. By the end of this year, the Pentium III will be all but completely phased… → Read More

Value Dual Socket-370 Motherboard Roundup

Introduction Just a few years ago, the phrase "dual processor system" was nothing more than a dream for most of us in the hardware community as it was mostly reserved for high-end servers or workstations. The simple reason, of course, was the prohibitively high price of such a system, which was the result of a few different factors. For starters, the processors prices were still relatively high,… → Read More

Buyer's Guide: Value Systems

Introduction You do the research on the products. You read all the reviews. You even discuss with friends. But even with all that information, building a perfect, personalized system from scratch can be quite a daunting task. With that in mind, it's no surprise that we've had request after request to provide some system recommendations. With the third edition of the AnandTech Buyer's Guide, we… → Read More

NVIDIA nForce Computex 2001 Preview

Rumors have been circulating for quite sometime about NVIDIA's foray into the chipset market with the Crush 11/12, but this year's Computex serves as the launch pad for the platform. NVIDIA officially announced the chipset earlier today as the nForce and it's quite possibly the biggest step forward in chipset technology we've ever seen. How was NVIDIA able to accomplish all of this with the… → Read More

VIA KT133A Motherboard Roundup

Introduction It has been five months since VIA released the KT133A chipset and most motherboard manufacturers have released their corresponding solutions as well. If you are thinking about upgrading a current system, dropping in a KT133A based motherboard is one of the most cost effective ways to do it, since you will be able to reuse existing PC133 memory. However, being the most cost effective… → Read More

Buyer's Guide: High-End Systems

Introduction You do the research on the products. You read all the reviews. You even discuss with friends. But even with all that information, building a perfect, personalized system from scratch can be quite a daunting task. With that in mind, it's no surprise that we've had request after request to provide some system recommendations. With the third edition of the AnandTech Buyer's Guide, we… → Read More

Computex 2001 Day 1

Introduction The show is just getting started, but we've already seen enough to give you guys a bit of brief live coverage, as well as some information on what to expect from the rest of the show. Over the course of this week we will be bringing you even more live coverage, including full reviews of some of the products being introduced at this year's Computex. Among those are NVIDIA's Crush and… → Read More

Computex 2001

We've almost got all of the information we need to completely cover the show and it couldn't be at any better of a time since we leave the island of Taiwan later today. Over the next few days we will bring our coverage to a close, summarizing all of the new technology and products you will be able to see in the near future. A Peaceful Resolution Computex 2001 kicked off for its second day today… → Read More

17th Hong Kong International Computer Expo – Computer 2001

Every year there are quite a few computer trade shows around the world, with one of the biggest being Computex in Taipei. Computex takes place in June and attracts a considerable number of people since many companies take this chance to announce their newest products and technologies, just like at Comdex. The difference is that there tends to be more of a focus on computer components at Computex… → Read More

Gigabyte GA-7ZXR (Rev. 2.2) Socket-A KT133A ATX

The motherboard industry is currently in one of those transition periods, where lots of new technologies are being introduced, but nobody really knows for sure which is the best or which will survive. On one hand, Intel’s Pentium 4 is pounding its way into the market with the i850 chipset’s dual channel RDRAM to provide sufficient memory bandwidth for their flagship processor. On the other hand,… → Read More

Gigabyte GA-8TX i850 Socket-423 ATX

Finally, six months after its first debut, the Intel Pentium 4 has reached 1.7GHz, a speed that delivers very competitive performance against AMD’s Athlon 1.33GHz. Combined with the recent dramatic price cuts on the Pentium 4, the idea of owning a Pentium 4 system is no longer a strange one. A few weeks ago, we looked at the ASUS P4T, the first Pentium 4 motherboard we have reviewed so far.… → Read More

Gigabyte GA-6VXD7 Dual Socket-370 Apollo Pro133A ATX

Dual processor systems are getting much attention these days. Over the past six months we have been seeing quite a few dual Socket-370 motherboards entering the market, mainly using the VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipset. On the higher-end of the spectrum, Intel's new Xeon platform has just been released and 760MP systems from AMD are on the way. Despite being older and not as feature filled as some… → Read More

ASUS P4T i850 Pentium 4 ATX Motherboard

Introduction Back in November 2000, when Intel announced the release of the Pentium 4 1.4GHz and 1.5GHz CPUs, its high price and disappointing performance drove people away from buying the Pentium 4 for their systems. The performance was barely on par with the Pentium III 1GHz and slower than the 1.2GHz AMD Athlon in most benchmarks, not to mention the fact that they were associated with a $1000… → Read More

Buyer's Guide: Value Systems

Introduction You do the research on the products. You read all the reviews. You even discuss with friends. But even with all that information, building a perfect, personalized system from scratch can be quite a daunting task. With that in mind, it’s no surprise that we’ve had request after request to provide some system recommendations. With the third edition of the AnandTech Buyer's Guide, we… → Read More

ASUS CUV266 Socket-370 Apollo Pro 266 ATX

Introduction DDR SDRAM is making a strong push as the memory of the future, especially in the Socket-A motherboard market thanks to chipsets from AMD, VIA, and ALi. Pro 266For those Intel CPU fans out there, a viable DDR solution has not been available until the recent introduction of the VIA Apollo Pro 266. As we found in our VIA Apollo Pro 266 Review, from a performance point of view, there’s… → Read More

Iwill DVD266-R Dual Socket-370 Apollo Pro266 Preview

Dual CPU systems are becoming more common these days and they are not limited to workstation or server applications anymore. One of the main reasons for that is the VIA chipset, which significantly lowers the cost of the dual socket motherboards. We looked briefly at the MSI 694D Pro as our first dual processor Apollo Pro 133A motherboard and found it to be a very impressive setup. We'll be… → Read More

VIA's KT133A - Overclocking w/ the 133MHz FSB: The "Issue"

Introduction In the summer of 1999, AMD announced the original Athlon and has never looked back. Besides just having a superior CPU, one of the reasons for their success, as most hardware enthusiasts have known, is the overclocking ability of the chips. Shortly after the release of the Slot-A Athlon, the secret to modifying the clock multiplier was revealed and the famous Gold Finger Devices… → Read More

EPoX EP-3SPA3 i815EP Socket-370 ATX

Introduction Last November Intel finally revealed the long awaited Pentium 4, but it felt more like a product preview than a real competitor to AMD Athlon. As shown in our Intel Pentium 4 review, the 1.5GHz version of the chip was easily outperformed by the 1.2GHz Athlon in most cases, not to mention that the 1.2GHz comes in at a much lower price. With the Pentium 4 not being the right choice… → Read More