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Mainboards News
Friday, September 26, 2008
- 12:23 pm | Asustek Computer to Make New Mainboards More Affordable. Asustek Reportedly Cut Prices on Intel P45 Mainboards
Thursday, August 28, 2008
- 8:15 am | Rumours About Abit’s Exiting from Mainboard Business Resurrect. Abit to Stop Making Mainboards by Year End – Rumours
- 6:27 am | Nvidia Changes SLI Licensing Policy, Starts Mainboards Certification. Nvidia to Charge Mainboard Makers for SLI License
Friday, August 22, 2008
- 7:26 pm | Mainboard Makers Ready for Core i7 – Report. ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI Already Have LGA1366 Mainboards
- 11:34 am | MSI Readied P45-Based Mainboard with 8 DIMM Slots. Memory Lover Offers Maximum Flexibility of the Memory Subsystem
Mainboards
In January 2008 at the CES show Foxconn demonstrated for the first time a new Quantum Force mainboard on Intel X48 Express also known as Foxconn BlackOps. Today we are going to take a closer look at this unique product in our new review!
Today we are going to introduce to you a new DK mainboard series from DFI. Excellent functionality for a reasonable price, high reliability and good performance – this is what the new DK solution on Intel X48 Express has to offer. Read more in our review!
We have just tested one more mainboard on Intel P45 Express. This time it is a mainstream solution from ASUS supporting DDR2 SDRAM. Its specifications make it a potential hit, but how good this mainboard actually is? Let’s find out!
Today we are going to introduce to you a family of mainboards on Intel P45 Express chipset from MSI Company. WE will particularly dwell on one of the most vivid representatives of this lineup – MSI P45 Platinum that boasts excellent PCB layout and a number of truly unique and useful features.
Today we are going to discuss an entry-level mainboard from Gigabyte on Intel P45 Express chipset. The design of this solution is used as a base for the entire lineup including 14 models. Read about this product in our detailed review.
Our lab starts getting mass production mainboards based on the new Intel P45 chipset. Today we are going to talk about the first solution – a mainboard from ASUS that demonstrated very ambiguous results during our practical tests.
We will discuss another mainboard on Nvidia nForce 750i SLI chipset. During our first look type of tests we wrongly assumed it could not do well during overclocking. We are going to check out its real potential today and see how good it is.
Today we are going to discuss an excellent mainboard from ZOTAC based on the flagship Nvidia chipset: nForce 790i Ultra SLI. Find out what’s so good about this board and so bad about this chipset from our detailed review!
Nvidia announced new core logic set for LGA 775 processors supporting DDR3 SDRAM and SLI technology. E are going to take a closer look at the ASUS mainboard based on it in order to determine how good the chipset turned out to be or if we should stick to Intel chipsets for Intel platforms.
Today we are going to talk about an LGA 775 mainboard from ASUS based on Nvidia nForce 750i SLI chipset. We will not only checkout the board and its features but will also discuss the EPU technology and perform extensive power consumption tests.
Intel DX48BT2 is a mainboard for specialists and overclocking fans shouldn’t really pin any hopes upon it. Find out why from our today’s review.
Today we are going to discuss a very interesting solution from abit. The manufacturer calls their new inexpensive mainboard "Extremely OverSpeed". Let’s find out what it really means from our new review.
Today we are going to talk about an excellent product from Gigabyte, a mainboard that is almost ideal from many aspects. How can we make the word “almost” go away here? Find out from our article!
In our today’s article we are going to compare the DFI LANPARTY mainboard on the Intel X48 Express chipset with the predecessor. These products seem to be absolutely identical at first glance, but we will try to spot the differences. Join the game!
We are going to talk about a new ASRock mainboard that supports DDR2 and DDR3 memory, new 45nm processors including quad-core ones, 1600MHz FSB, WiFi, FireWire, eSATA. All these are indisputable advantages, but there are also a few serious drawbacks…
Intel X48 based mainboards are already starting to sell in stores and get the users pretty confused. Is the new chipset worth our attention or it is hardly that much different from the Intel X38? Our review dedicated to a new Gigabyte mainboard will help answer this question.
Excellent PCB layout, good accessories bundle, broad functionality of the Intel X38 Express chipset it is based on and diverse additional onboard controllers adding even more to this functionality. This is what Foxconn’s X38A mainboard from the DigitaLife series has to offer. But how good is it for overclocking? Let’s find out!
Let’s check out the PCB layout, BIOS features and overclocking potential of the new mainboard on Intel X48 Express chipset. In this article we are also going to investigate in detail such phenomenon as CPU degradation.
Today we are going to introduce to you a very interesting combo solution from MSI that is based on Intel P35 Express chipset and can work with DDR3 or DDR2 SDRAM. Find out what the pros and cons of this approach are from our detailed review.
Today we are going to talk about a new DFI solution from the LANParty series targeted for extreme enthusiasts and overclocking fans and based on Intel X38 Express chipset. In this article we will reveal all numerous unique features of this mainboard, show if it is suitable for a regular overclocker and can be used for "normal" non-extreme overclocking experiments as successfully as for extreme ones.





