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Computex 2003 - Day 4: XGI, Motherboards, and cheap Itaniums
More than anything else, Computex 2003 has been about fierce competition. The main competitive focuses at this year’s Computex were the launches of high-end desktop processors from AMD and Intel; AMD’s Athlon 64 FX and Intel’s Pentium 4 Extreme Edition. You’ve no doubt seen dozens of CPU reviews across the Internet comparing and contrasting these two high-end microprocessors in an attempt to… → Read More
Computex 2003 - Day 2: Motherboard and Video Coverage
As you know, AnandTech is at Computex this year and we are as excited as ever to be here. After a fairly uneventful Day 1 at Computex, Day 2 ended up being much more interesting, though many more eventful launches and benchmarks will be coming later this week for all to see. This year, a lot of different things are coming to fruition after much speculation. Unless something changes at the last… → Read More
Gigabyte 8S655FX Ultra (SiS 655FX): Price/Performance Reaches a New Level
Weeks ago, SiS introduced their SiS 655FX chipset to a rather uninterested crowd of enthusiasts who were already immersed with the latest 865PE and 875P motherboards. Understandably so, motherboard makers haven’t been too keen on the SiS 655FX because of Intel’s great success with the 865PE and 875P chipsets in the enthusiast market (though, Intel obviously didn’t have any competitors, until now… → Read More
ASUS P4P800S-E: Standing Out in the Crowd
With IDF coming up this week and the SARS-delayed Computex scheduled for the last week of September, there are tons of companies waiting in line to introduce their latest technology and products. Computex will have the most enthusiast-oriented product announcements later this month, with a big emphasis on Taiwanese manufacturers (motherboard makers, chipset makers, etc.). ASUS will be one of the… → Read More
ABIT KV7 (KT600): Budget Performance in a Small Package
As the computer hardware enthusiast world turns, so does ABIT, generally regarded as the leading enthusiast motherboard maker in the world based on their track record over the last two years. All motherboard makers produce an enthusiast motherboard that turns out to be a lemon. ASUS has done it, MSI has done it, Gigabyte has done it, and ABIT has done it. However, ABIT has been much more… → Read More
MSI KT6 Delta-FIS2R (KT600): Feature Packed Fun
Unlike their KT400A motherboard, MSI will be spending much more time and marketing money on their KT600-based KT6 Delta-FIS2R. This is true mostly because MSI knew that the KT400A would be a short-lived chipset, and they didn't feel that it would be worth their engineering resources because of KT400A's lack of official 400MHz FSB support, in combination with the KT400A's poor overclocking… → Read More
Gigabyte 7NNXP (nForce2 Ultra 400): Gigabyte Goes nForce
In terms of features and speed, Gigabyte’s first foray into NVIDIA chipset-based motherboards is no slouch by any stretch of the imagination. The Gigabyte 7NNXP is based on NVIDIA's latest and greatest Athlon XP chipset, dubbed the nForce2 Ultra 400. The nForce2 Ultra 400 is different from NVIDIA's earlier nForce2 chipsets in only one way; official 400MHz FSB support. Results from NVIDIA's… → Read More
Gigabyte 7VT600 1394 (KT600): More Fun with KT600
Another day, another KT600 motherboard. If you read our Epox 8KRA2+ review, you would recall that KT600 motherboards were not going to be any faster than nForce2 Ultra 400 motherboards. While this is only the second KT600 motherboard that we’ve reviewed here at AnandTech, our staff in Los Angeles is currently working with me on several other KT600 motherboards that show a bit more promise as… → Read More
Epox 8KRA2+ (KT600): KT600 Hits the Streets
Ever since the nForce2 chipset was introduced late last year VIA has been a distant second to NVIDIA in the minds of Athlon XP enthusiasts. Since nForce2’s introduction NVIDIA has enjoyed increased profits and market share from their CPU chipset business. Ironically, NVIDIA’s traditionally rock solid grasp on the video chipset market has waned over the last nine months due to a combination of… → Read More
865PE/875P Motherboard Roundup June 2003
Even after finishing our 5-way memory compatibility comparison that tested seventeen different Pentium 4 motherboards, we still had lots of work ahead of us. Today we bring you the first part of a two-part 865PE/875P roundup series. Part 1 includes twenty different 865PE and 875P motherboards, while Part 2 will include another thirteen to fifteen P4 motherboards. We will announce the runner-ups… → Read More
865PE & 875P Memory Guide
It's not often that we cover seventeen motherboards for just one memory article, but ever since motherboards based on Intel's 800MHz FSB series of chipsets were released at the end of April/beginning of May we felt the need to educate our readers on the severe memory-related issues that have plagued these motherboards. You'll remember from our 865 Chipset article we encountered a number of… → Read More
DFI PRO875 (875P): Introducing the LAN Party Series
Last month DFI introduced their new series of high-end motherboards targeted at enthusiasts, gamers and high-end users in general. They dubbed this new series of motherboards the “LAN Party” series. It became clear after meeting with DFI last month at E3 that DFI wants to take a good portion of their desktop motherboard lineup and market them to power users. Power users inevitably spend more on… → Read More
Albatron PX865PE Pro II (865PE): It's Springdale Time
After reading about Intel's latest mainstream desktop chipset most readers are now waiting to see how retail motherboards based on the 865 series of chipsets (specifically 865PE) will fare against motherboards based on Intel's high-end 875P chipset. To be accurate we should say most users have been waiting, as 865-based motherboards have been available since April. In fact three weeks ago I… → Read More
ABIT IC7-G (875P): Challenging the Overclocking Throne
After testing the MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R, we were very pleased with the way 875P motherboards were progressing in terms of features, performance, reliability/compatibility, and price. If you were an early adopter of most 875P motherboards, you probably have noticed that your motherboard maker has posted a BIOS update or two that carry several patches, some of which include ICH5/R Serial ATA fixes,… → Read More
MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R (875P): Our favorite thus far
Today we're kicking off this month with an 875P motherboard review, several more of which you'll be reading about in the coming weeks of May. As Intel begins to ramp up 800MHz FSB processor production as we speak, more and more users will be deciding which 800MHz FSB compatible motherboard they'll be choosing for a while. Does today's motherboard have what it takes? Let's examine our third… → Read More
ASUS P4C800 Deluxe (875P)
After having examined Gigabyte's 8KNXP Ultra yesterday, today we bring you yet another 875P review, this time from ASUS. ASUS has, in part, made a name for themselves by having a great track record for reliability, time to market, and cutting edge features. ASUS has produced some problematic desktop motherboards in the recent past (e.g. P4S8X and the P4T533 to an extent), but all in all… → Read More
Gigabyte 8KNXP Ultra: The 875P in Retail Action
Today we are bringing you just one of many individual 875P motherboards you will be reading about in the coming days. If you've already read our 875P chipset coverage from a few days ago, you'd know that Intel just launched their first dual channel DDR desktop chipset capable of memory speeds of up to 400MHz DDR. And today that is exactly what we are covering, a retail motherboard based on the… → Read More
ABIT BH7 (845PE): Entry Level 800MHz FSB
We were supposed to end our coverage of Intel's last single channel DDR chipset (845PE) with our January 13th review of the ABIT IT7 Max2 V.2 motherboard, but since then a few things have materialized, namely 800MHz FSB compatible 845PE motherboards. In particular, ABIT's new 800MHz FSB 845PE motherboard (BH7), the successor to the hugely successful BH6. We weren't surprised ABIT was planning a… → Read More
Gigabyte 7VAXP-A Ultra: The KT400A in Retail Action
Today we bring you one of the first reviews of a retail KT400A motherboard. Gigabyte was able to send us their KT400A motherboard before any other manufacturers, and best of all in total working order. The only other KT400A motherboard we've received has been from Soltek; you'll see a review of this board in the near future. In case you're interested in the exact differences between VIA's KT400… → Read More
Gigabyte SINXP1394 (SiS 655): More Dual Channel DDR for P4
After giving you an exclusive first look at MSI's 655 Max motherboard last Monday, we are happy to bring you yet another motherboard review based on SiS' 655 chipset. Today we take an in depth look at Gigabyte's SiS 655-powered motherboard, dubbed the SINXP1394 (formerly called the 8SQ800 Ultra2). As you will read in the coming pages, Gigabyte has combined a unique mix of features, performance… → Read More