Motherboards
During Computex 2024, ASRock held an event to unveil some of its upcoming X870E motherboards, designed for AMD's Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series processors. ASRock's announcement includes a pair of Taichi-branded boards, the X870E Taichi and the lighter X870E Taichi lite, which uses AMD's X870E (Promontory 21) chipset for AM5. The current flagship model announced from ASRock's X870E line-up for Ryzen 9000 is the ASRock X870E Taichi. ASRock is advertising a large 27-phase power delivery through 110A SPS, suggesting this board is designed for overclockers and all-around power users. Two PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (operating in either x16/x0 or x8/x8) provide high-speed bandwidth for cutting-edge graphics cards and other devices. Meanwhile, ASRock has gone with 4 DIMM slots on this board, so system builders will...
nForce4 SLI Roundup: Painful and Rewarding
Is it as much fun as a root canal? Are the results worth your efforts? We compare all the top SLI boards in both single video and...
108 by Wesley Fink on 2/28/2005DFI nForce4: SLI and Ultra for Mad Overclockers
UPDATE: nVidia Actions. DFI delivers SLI and Ultra based on the same basic board with tweaking options that will put a smile on the face of any enthusiast.
114 by Wesley Fink on 2/5/2005FIRST LOOK: SiS 755FX for Socket 939 Athlon 64
We get our First Look at a Socket 939 SiS 755FX motherboard. How does performance compare with other chipsets for AMD Athlon 64?
29 by Wesley Fink on 12/16/2004915 Motherboard Roundup: Socket 775 for the Rest of Us
As 865/875 become more difficult to find, the 915 is becoming the only mainstream solution for an Intel CPU. We compare 915 Socket 775 motherboards to find the...
26 by Wesley Fink on 12/7/2004FIRST LOOK: Asus P5AD2-E - 1066FSB & DDR2-711
Asus updates their flagship P5AD2 to the 925XE chipset and 1066 FSB. Does the 1066 update deserve the title of top Socket 775 motherboard that was won by...
34 by Wesley Fink on 11/29/2004FIRST LOOK: Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI
Gigabyte delivers an exciting SLI board based on the excellent nForce4 K8NXP-9. How does the Gigabyte SLI compare?
58 by Wesley Fink on 11/24/2004FIRST LOOK - nForce4: Gigabyte K8NXP-9
Gigabyte is first to market with an nForce4 board. Is performance all that we expected? We look at a production nF4 board featuring PCI Express for...
49 by Wesley Fink on 11/12/2004FIRST LOOK: Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE
Abit launches a 1066 FSB 925XE board designed for gaming. Is it "Built to Kill" as Abit claims?
46 by Wesley Fink on 11/9/2004Industry Update - Q4-2004: AMD adds SSE3 Support, Intel's 925/915 not selling and more
Our most recent trip to Taiwan yielded some interesting information from AMD and Intel to ATI and NVIDIA.
61 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/3/2004Soltek K8TPro-939: Moving A64 to 939
Soltek is the latest to introduce a Socket 939 board, but this one is value-priced with full features. How does the K8TPro-939 stack up with other Athlon 64...
22 by Wesley Fink on 10/28/2004Epox 9NDA3+: A New Socket 939
The Epox 9NDA3+ arrives just in time for all the new 939 processors. How does the Epox compare to the best Socket 939 boards that we have tested?
36 by Wesley Fink on 10/25/2004Socket 754 Roundup, Part 3: Asus, Soltek & DFI
New Socket 754 boards from Asus, Soltek and DFI have appeared for the Athlon 64. We compare these boards based on the latest nVidia nF3-250 chipset to other...
39 by Wesley Fink on 9/14/2004DFI LANParty UT nF3-250Gb: Overclocker's Dream
The performance community has been eagerly awaiting DFI's latest design for Athlon 64. Is the shipping board all that was expected?
54 by Wesley Fink on 9/8/2004FIRST LOOK: Soltek 865Pro-775
Soltek introduces a very interesting motherboard that combines LGA 775 with the Intel 865 chipset, AGP 8X, and DDR memory? How does this hybrid board compare to the...
23 by Wesley Fink on 8/16/2004Intel 925X Roundup: Creative Engineering 101
The 925X sits at the top of the new Socket 775 line. So, how do these five top boards compare in performance? We take a closer look at...
30 by Wesley Fink on 8/12/2004nForce3-250: Which Boards Have On-Chip LAN?
There is huge confusion about which motherboards have nVidia's on-chip Gigabit LAN. We have been working with nVidia to provide a list of boards that have nVidia on-chip...
25 by Wesley Fink on 8/6/2004Socket 939 Roundup: Battle at the Top
UPDATE: The new Asus A8V Deluxe Revision 2 is tested and six top 939 motherboards are compared in the Socket 939 Athlon 64 roundup.
83 by Wesley Fink on 7/30/2004The Birth of an Abit NF7 - A Factory Tour
We take you behind the scenes of Abit's Suzhou manufacturing facilities outside of Shanghai. Pictures, primers and new products are inside.
20 by Kristopher Kubicki on 6/11/2004Fall 2004 Motherboard Preview: A Sea of New
New processors are coming from all directions and all of these new sockets need a home. We give you the low down on new motherboards featuring Intel 915/925X...
18 by Wesley Fink on 6/4/2004AGP on Intel 9xx chipsets? We explain how.
At Computex we saw at least two Intel 9xx based motherboards that featured an AGP slot, contrary to Intel's claims of no AGP support in their 9xx chipset line...
15 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/4/2004
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