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Corsair 2048MB-TWINX4000PT Review @ PC Modding Malaysia
Published: Thursday, April 13, 2006 | By: DennisNow this is funny. PC modding Malaysia is reporting that 2 gigs of memory doesn't show much of an improvement over 1 gig. We did a similar review of the same memory and found the opposite.
"Overall the Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT is a decent high capacity DDR SDRAM DIMM. Although the 2 GBytes capacity doesn’t show much improvement from the 1 GBytes capacity during our testing, but sooner or later the 2 Gbytes memory is a must when especially for hardcore gaming such as Battlefield 2 or running the yet to be released Window Vista. The price for 2 Gbtyes Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT is not that expensive, just around USD220 (RM820) so most of us should able to afford it." -
ECS C19-A SLI nForce4 SLI Intel Edition Review @ PCstats
Published: Thursday, April 13, 2006 | By: DennisSLI has gotten quite a bit of press on the AMD side of things but what about Intel? Do they get SLI too? Why yes they do..
"The ECS C19-A is full size ATX motherboard (30.5 x 24.4 cm) that mounts to the case via nine screws. The layout of components on the board is pretty good, although the four DDR-2 RAM slots may not be entirely accessible with the primary PCI Express x16 videocard installed." -
Patriot PDC22G8000+XBLK PC2-8000 DDR2 Memory Review @ PC Stats
Published: Monday, April 3, 2006 | By: DennisBadass black, thats all I got to say.
Also be sure to check out the sexy red version featured in our latest review.
"What sets this pair of PC2-8000 DDR2 memory apart from the competition is that it's capable of three different frequency & timings settings. Patriot Memory's PDC22G8000+XBLK DDR-2 is rated for a CAS Latency of 3 at DDR2-667 speeds, CAS 4 at DDR2-800 speeds, and to reach DDR2-1000 speeds a CAS Latency of 5. This pair of RAM is so utterly new, so bleeding edge that you can't get them yet... so consider this your sneak peak!" -
Thermaltake Silent Boost RX K8 @ Pro-Clockers
Published: Monday, April 3, 2006 | By: DennisThe silent boost cooler for the AthlonXP was actually one of the better ones we have ever reviewed. The cooler featured a new fan design and thin fin heatsink which made it light, quiet, and cool.
Wadda you think? did Thermaltake messed up on the K8 edition? -
SuperTalent PC2-6400 2GB Dual Channel Kit @ Viper Lair
Published: Monday, April 3, 2006 | By: DennisUmm... WTF?
"SuperTalent does a nice job of exceeding my expectations, getting all of the way to 880MHz, while maintaining 4-3-4-8 timings. I did have to juice them to 1.9V but lets be serious here, I put my OCZ modules at 2.0+V frequently (I must note however that the OCZ heat spreaders are much more substantial then those SuperTalent uses, of course there is yet to be proof of any value to overclocking performance, I digress however)."
I will agree this is some pretty sweet memory and for once the photos aren't all washed out or color fuxX0red. -
Asus A8R32-MVP review @ Neoseeker
Published: Monday, April 3, 2006 | By: DennisI have no idea what this really means but I think they are bitch slappin ATI.
"The A8R32-MVP's general motherboard performance is directly on-par with the established top-dogs, including the DFI LANParty nF4 SLI-DR and ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe, and it has proven itself extremely reliable. While we're on the topic of performance, I'm going to point out that the A8R32-MVP is still only in line with a one-year-old motherboard. The performance records set by the DFI board a year ago have yet to really be beaten by any board we've seen out there. Given all of ATI's design choices in the RD580, and ASUS' design experience, there simply isn't a dramatic leap in performance
over year-old chipsets and hardware."
On a side note I really want to get a few of these Alife boards in the Ninjalane labs. -
Abit AN8 32X motherboard @ The Tech Report
Published: Monday, April 3, 2006 | By: DennisGo Abit!
"The first step in Abit's bid to reclaim the enthusiast market could be the AN8 32X, a Socket 939 Athlon 64 motherboard based on NVIDIA's nForce4 SLI X16 chipset. One of only three X16 motherboards available for sale, the AN8 32X doesn't mess around with cheesy gimmicks or Fatal1ty branding. Instead, it's equipped with useful peripherals, passive chipset cooling, loads of overclocking potential, and best-in-class fan speed control and hardware monitoring." -
Foxconn Winfast NFPIK8AA Motherboard Review Posted
Published: Monday, April 3, 2006 | By: DennisIt's a proven fact that 90% of all enthusiast computer hardware is designed with really one purpose in mind, gaming. However it doesn't always have to be that way, in fact aside from overclocking and various BIOS and/or board level modifications enthusiast hardware can be considered just about anything, including the original high performance system, the workstation.
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BFG nForce 4 Ultra Motherboard @ The Tech Lounge
Published: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 | By: DennisB-F-G, its Dino-Might.
Is it just me or does the layout of this board look strikingly similar to the Chaintech version? Ya I thought to too, It might be worth a shot to get to the bottom of this and see what really happened.
"Wouldn’t it be nice to buy a BFG motherboard to go along with that BFG video card? But BFG doesn’t make motherboards, do they? Why yes, they do! BFG sells a single motherboard model based on the NVIDIA nForce 4 Ultra series chipset. This single model thing is certainly odd for a company that lists so many different video card options on their product list, but hey, it’s their first shot at this, so give ‘em a break. This board is perfect for BFG to cut its teeth on and get a foot in the door of the motherboard market." -
NL: Review Block - MSI Strikes Back
Published: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 | By: Dennis"Our review of the latest high-end socket 939 motherboard from MSI, based on nForce 4 SLI X16 chipset and coming with a hi-quality vacuum tube-based on-board audio!"
- MSI K8N Diamond Plus Motherboard Review
"SEEMINGLY CONTENT TO MAKE DO with the original nForce4 SLI, motherboard manufacturers have been slow to adopt NVIDIA's nForce4 SLI X16 chipset. For months, Asus' A8N32-SLI was the only Socket 939 motherboard capable of feeding 16 lanes of PCI Express to each of a pair of graphics cards in SLI, giving enthusiasts seeking gobs of graphics bandwidth few options."
- MSI's K8N Diamond Plus motherboard
Everyone seems to forget that the nVidia Pro Series chipset for the Opteron had been doing dual 16x PCIe from the beginning. (m0re on that soon)
