According to a press
release, DFI today released a new AM2 board based on the NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI chipset. This much anticipated motherboard combines mean looks, an excellent layout, and great performance.
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Taiwanese firm
Abit today announced the release of it's brand new AW9D Max motherboard. The board is based on the flagship Intel 975X northbridge and hence, natively supports crossfire. This is, dare I say it, the best looking Core 2 Duo motherboard I've seen. The layout is well thought out, however the presence of only 1 PCI slot may be an issue to some.
Pricing is unknown as of yet, but keep visiting Maxit. We hope to be able to bring you a full review and head to head soon in our continued search for the perfect Core Duo 2 motherboard.
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Who says good things don't come in small packages. Well the UC Babes for starters. The Tyan Tomcat h1000S (S3950) motherboard might just be the exception to the rule.
Featuring support for a single AMD "AM2" socket processor and based on the Broadcom® HT-1000 chipset, the S3950 also provides PCI-X and PCI card support, dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, SATA RAID (0, 1, 5, 10), remote management options with IPMI 2.0, all in an ATX form factor.
The Tyan Tomcat h1000s Motherboard has lots of excellent features, is stable, and performs very well. This motherboard is based on the socket Broadcom HT-1000 chipset and supports the AMD AM2 and AM2 Opteron 1000 series processors. It accepts up to 8GB of ECC or NON-ECC UNBUFFERED DDR2 memory. It's not an overclocker's motherboard though. Rather, it's intended for the non-tweakers, a workstation, or server environment. Watch the Video to find out more
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Micro Star International (MSI), a leader of motherboard manufacturers, formally launched P965 series motherboards based on Intel P965 Express Chipset (code: Broadwater) at Computex Taipei 2006. The motherboards are featured with all functions of the new generation Intel platform, fully support the new generation Core 2 processor. They completely meet the highly demanded requirements of the Intel platform. After the enthusiastic expectation by many, the products have finally appeared.
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These days, Core 2 Duo articles are all you find on computing sites. Although most of us have got over excited about Intel's new processors, AMD loyalists who have chosen to build rigs based on AM2 platforms are not forgotten.
Lets have a look at MSI's latest offering for the AM2 bandwagon, dubbed the K9N SLI Platinum nForce 570 SLI *gasp*
"The nVIDIA nForce 570 SLI chipset is busting to the seams with a whole
bunch of features that position it just behind the high end nForce 590
SLI chipset. With the nForce 570 SLI you get 8-channel High Definition
audio, onboard dual Gigabit Ethernet network connections, six Serial
ATA channels and of course the option to take advantage of SLI via dual
PCI Express x16 slots! On top of all that, the MSI K9N SLI Platinum
motherboard PCSTATS is testing today includes three PCI slots, two PCI
Express x1, a single IDE channel and a staggering 10 USB 2.0 jacks.
With the nForce 570 SLI chipset you do not get nVIDIA's LinkBoost but
you do get several new technologies such as FirstPacket, DualNet,
MediaShield and an assortment of network connection tweaks that can
make gaming a hell of a lot faster over the internet! "
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FOXCONN, the global leader in the design and manufacture of computer, communications and consumer electronics components, today announced the release of its most enthusiast-oriented motherboard to date, the C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H.
Based on the NVIDIA® nForce 590 SLI MCP for AMD’s just-announced Socket AM2 processors, the Foxconn C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H is set to light up review benches around the world with its advanced BIOS features, layout, choice of extremely high quality components, and enthusiast features never before seen in a desktop motherboards.
Foxconn and NVIDIA engineers worked closely to produce what looks to be one of the most outstanding enthusiast motherboards to date.
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G.Skill,
a leading memory manufacturer from Taiwan launches two new modules:
The
G.Skill F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR
completes the choice of products of the DDR2-800 - series. It
will be available as a 2048 MB dual kit (2x 1024 MB), with latency timings of
5-5-5-15. This
F2-6400 memory module offers the possibility to all-round users to take
advantage of the new DDR2-modules
at a reasonable price-performance ratio. As always with G.Skill the visual effect
is not neglected and therefore the heatspreader will be
coloured in bright green.
The
G.Skill F2-8500PHU2-2GBHZ -
a DDR2-1066-RAM - is likewise designed as a 2048
MB dual kit (2x 1024 MB), with latency timings as low as CL 4-4-4-5. These latencies
signify that the module currently has to be recognized as the fastest high-end memory
available worldwide. The heatspreader will be coloured in black.
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ASUS has announced its new Republic of
Gamers series of motherboards. The Republic of Gamers (ROG) series was
displayed at Computex 2006 as the Pluto concept. It will be catered
towards the gaming and enthusiast crowd much like DFI's LANParty series. Most
of the features found on the Pluto concept will make it onto production ROG series
motherboards. These features include the LCD Poster which is a diagnostic
readout placed on the rear I/O panel. Unlike traditional debugging readouts
which require users to look up a debug code, the LCD Poster displays the
boot-up process and errors in full text for easier diagnostics.
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The official release date of Conroe and Allendale CPUs - respective codenames for the 4 MB and 2 MB L2 Cache versions of Intel Core 2 Duo processors is nearing fast and has created a lot of excitement among PC enthusiasts worldwide. The new CPUs will require motheboards with new chipsets. The 975X chipset has been around on motherboards for sometime, but most of the current boards sporting the flagship chipset will be incompatible with Conroe due to VRM changes. The 975X chipset aimed at the enthusiast sector, and commands a relatively high price tag as far as motherboards go. This has always been the case with motherboards based on premium Intel chipsets. Fortunately, Intel has brought out a new chipset called the 965P to cater for the mainstream crowd. The Abit AB9 Pro is one of the first motherboard utilising the 965P chipset.
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Abit has been showing signs of returning to the
good old days ever since the USI takeover that resolved all of the company's
financial problems.
MAX is Abit's flagship brand for
overclockers - the MAX series boards are primarily designed with enthusiasts
looking to overclock in mind, whereas the Fatal1ty series are primarily
designed for rock solid stability and gaming - everything else is secondary.
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If you're looking for a fully featured micro ATX workstation style motherboard, ECS might have just the board for you. The ECS RS480-M is based on the ATi CrossFire Xpress 200 chipset, so you know that the onboard video will be a class above the alternatives. The motherboard comes with the basics which include a Gigabit network card, 5.1 channel audio controller, assorted Fireware and USB, and four SATA ports.
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