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Ah, here we are with yet another (dare we hope) interesting article from a line of tests measuring performance scaling of one of the most successful cards in the low-mid gaming segment this year - AMD HD 4770 512MB GDDR5. Today were going to measure a two cards against three in CrossFireX mode. But that's not all…
This week we have for you one excitingly interesting test about performance scaling of HD 4890 against 2x HD 4890 in CrossFire mode, with two of the most popular processors in the gaming class of Intel and AMD - Core i7 920 and Phenom II 955 BE. Expect not much talking though, we'll get straight to the tests and their…
Here it is - the newest and fastest AMD processor - Phenom II 955 Black Edition. Based on the successful 45nm Deneb core, this new model is running at 3.2GHz, with support for the newest AM3 AMD platform too, while still having not only DDR3 memory controller but an additional DDR2 one too, for compatibility with the…
We already introduced a detailed overview of the new generation Intel processors – Core i7 with Nehalem core as well as a X58 based motherboard. Today we will review the capabilities of another such motherboard, DFI Lan Party UT X58 T3eH8. Our friends from Solytron were kind enough to provide a X58 based motherboard…
Release of the first 45nm quad core AMD processors - Phenom II 940 and 920 in the beginning of the year was the most important event for the company and was the first significant success for the company processor division in quite a while. The new processors offered splendid performance for their price, and users…
If you are a hardware enthusiast you're probably familiar with the name and ideology behind the brand of DFI. The Taiwanese manufacturer is well known with the "LanParty" series motherboards, the company being the only one creating motherboards solely for overclockers and hardcore gamers. Ever since the long forgotten…
The last three years were kind of tough for AMD. Ever since acquiring ATI the company struggled in each and every of its major business segments. Intel Core 2 ruled over the hearths and minds of increasing mass of users (and especially the ones with more specific needs like gamers, overclockers and enthusiasts) and…
Recently we did a review on the newest Intel processor - Core i7, powered by the Nehalem core. Now is time to look closely at the motherboard that we used with it - ASUS P6T Deluxe. And start by that a series of reviews in which we'll test the abilities of the most interesting motherboards for the new Core i7…
The long awaited new generation of Intel processors - Core i7, based on the new Nehalem core are finally available. Farewell FSB, hello QuickPath. Still we need to find out how does the new architecture fares to the older quad and dual core processors in various applications an are the great expectations of the user…
Through the last year Intel P35 became famous for its capabilities and vast overclock potential. So when in the middle of June the first motherboards with its heir - P45 became available, hardware enthusiasts all over the globe were eager to find out how is it performing. well, now with us we have an MSI P45 Platinum,…
Micro-ATX is a rather comfortable motherboard format. Characterized by its somewhat compact size, it usually is an ordinary motherboard with everything you need, and that at a lower price that its full ATX brethren. Today we'll review to such MSI motherboards, one with the Intel 945GC chipset and the other with the…
Today we present to you our review of the MSI K9A2 Platinum motherboard and the 790FX+SB600 chipset. As one of the leading motherboard manufacturers, MSI offers a high end solution targeting the enthusiasts, this motherboard combines the newest technologies on the market, ones such as AM2+ socket, PCI-E 2.0,…
We always sympathized to companies with good marketing departments and aggressive market strategy. A bright example for this are Jetway and their Kuroshio BI-100 motherboard, based on the popular P35 chipset. Let's see exactly what we're getting for the... well, economical price. For some days now I'm feeling…
Intel's Yorkfield is near, but the company decided a bit earlier to renew its Core 2 series not only in the high end half. That is why from the beginning of the week in the price lists of the Bulgarian distributors you can find the first Intel Dual Core Celeron processor, marked as E1200. The most observant of you…