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ECS NFORCE4 A939 REVIEW - "ECS Nforce4 A939 (Nforce4) and Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 (ULI M1695) Review. The ECS Nforce4 A939 is an inexpensive motherboard for Socket 939 processors with limited overclocking ability but still delivers good performance. The Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 is also a budget motherboard but is very feature packed with Sata2, the cpu upgrade slot for Socket AM2 and the ability to run 8x AGP or 16x PCIE video cards."

ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2 REVIEW - "Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 review testing this powerful feature packed motherboard using the ULI M1695 chipset against the Gigabyte K8NS Pro. The Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 is the motherboard everyone has been waiting for, full speed AGP 8x support and PCI Express 16x all on one motherboard, Sata2 support and the Future CPU Slot for easy upgrading."

GIGABYTE K8NS PRO REVIEW - "Gigabyte K8NS Pro review featuring the AMD Sempron 3100 processor and the Athlon XP 3200 equipped Asrock K7S8XE+ with both motherboards using the powerful MSI NX6600 GT video card. The following software was used during testing, Half Life 2, Doom 3, Tribes Vengeance, Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War, Scrapland, Unreal Tournament 2004, Q3, 3dmark 2003 and 3dmark 2005."

ASROCK K8 UPGRADE 760 GX REVIEW - "Asrock K8 Upgrade 760 GX review testing the feature packed Asrock K8 Upgrade 760 GX against the Asrock K7S8XE+. This motherboard is compatible with Socket 754 processors but can also use the latest Socket 939 processors when used with the Asrock 939 CPU Card. It has all of the latest features such as Sata, Lan etc and also includes the DirectX 8.1 supported Mirage2 integrated graphics."

NFORCE2 ULTRA 400 vs SIS748 REVIEW - "Another chance to see the battle between the MSI K7N2 Delta-L (Nforce2 Ultra 400) and Asrock K7S8XE+ (SIS748) to see which is the best value for money and offers the best performance. We used 14 different software titles such as SiSoftware Sandra 2004, 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Glxcess, Doom 3, Serious Sam SE, UT2004, Comanche4, Desert Rats vs Afrika Korps, Far Cry, Haegemonia, Painkiller, Unreal 2 and X2 The Threat."

MSI K7N2 DELTA-L REVIEW - "MSI K7N2 Delta-L review also featuring the Asrock K7S8XE+ using the AMD Athlon XP 3200 processor and MSI GeForce 5900 XT video card. Software used for benchmarking is as follows:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, CPU Bench 2003, Glexcess, Metabench, Quake III Arena, SiSoftware Sandra 2004, Unreal Tournament 2004 and X2 The Threat."

ASROCK K7S8XE+ BIOS REVIEW - "Asrock K7S8XE+ Bios review feauring the Asrock K7S8XE+ motherboard with the official and unofficial bios to find the fastest! Software used was:- Aida32, Sisoftware Sandra2004, 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Quake III Arena and Unreal Tournament 2004."

ASROCK K7S8XE+ SIS748 REVIEW - "Asrock K7S8XE+ SIS748 compared to the Asrock K7S8X SIS746FX. Software used for benchmarking was:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Comanche4, Quake III Arena, Unreal Tournament 2003 and X2 The Threat."

ASROCK K7S8X SIS746FX REVIEW - "Asrock K7S8X SIS746FX review also featuring the Asus K7S333 motherboard which uses the older SIS745 chipset. Software used is 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Quake III Arena, Serious Sam SE and UT2003."

ASUS A7S333 SIS745 REVIEW - "ASUS A7S333 SIS745 review also featuring the Asus KT266A motherboard. Software used for this review is 3dmark 2001 SE, Quake III Arena and Return to Castle Wolfenstein."

ASUS A7V266-C KT266A REVIEW - "ASUS A7V266-C motherboard review also featuring the Jetway 663AS Pro. Software used for this review are Max Payne, Quake III Arena and Serious Sam."

ECS K7S5A SIS735 REVIEW - "ECS K7S5A SIS735 motherboad review also featuring the Jetway 663AS PRO. Software used was Max Payne, Quake III Arena and Serious Sam."

PC100 SDRAM vs PC133 SDRAM REVIEW - "Memory comparison showing the performance gain you will experience going from pc100 to pc133 sdram, is it worth upgrading?"



LATEST REVIEWS

"Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 review which also features the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 has 17% higher clock speed and 45% higher memory speed than the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2."

"The Asus GeForce GTS 250 review also featuring the Pov GeForce GTX 260. The Asus GeForce GTS 250 has a 25% faster clock speed, 1% higher memory speed but the Asus GeForce GTS 250 has 64 less Pixel Shaders."

"XFX Radeon HD 4770 review also featuring the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. The XFX Radeon HD 4770 has a 17% higher clock speed, 38% higher memory speed but 20% less Pixel Shaders compared to the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. The XFX Radeon HD 4770 does have a disadvantage which is the 128Bit Memory Interface which is half that of the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. How will this effect the performance?"

"BFG GeForce GTX 275 OC review also featuring the Gainward GeForce GTX 275. The BFG GeForce GTX 275 OC is a Factory Overclocked version of GeForce GTX 275 which means that it has a 3% faster clock speed, 2% higher memory speed and 240 Pixel Shaders."

"Gainward GeForce GTX 275 review also featuring the XFX Radeon HD 4890. The Gainward GeForce GTX 275 has a 26% lower clock speed, 42% lower memory speed and 460 less Pixel Shaders compared to the XFX Radeon HD 4890. The Gainward GeForce GTX 275 is going to have to work hard!"

"Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 review which also features the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 has 4% lower clock speed, 30% higher memory speed and an extra 320 Pixel Shaders compared to the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 does have a disadvantage with the 128 Bit memory interface due to the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 having a 256 Bit interface. How will this effect performance?"

"XFX Radeon HD 4850 review also featuring the EVGA GeForce GTS 250. The XFX Radeon HD 4850 has 15% lower clock speed, 5% lower memory speed, 800 Pixel Shaders and DirectX 10.1 Support. The XFX Radeon HD 4850 does not have any disadvantages just raw performance!"

"Inno3D GeForce 9800 GT review also features the Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770. The Inno3D GeForce 9800 GT has a 20% lower clock speed, 44% lower memory speed and 528 less Pixel Shaders. The Inno3D GeForce 9800 GT does have an advantage and this is the 256Bit Memory Interface which is twice that of the Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 which uses a 128Bit Memory Interface."

"Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 review also featuring the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830. The Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 has a 24% higher clock speed, 44% higher memory speed and the same 640 Pixel Shaders as the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830. The Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 does have a disadvantage which is the 128Bit Memory Interface which is half that of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830. Will the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?"

"XFX Radeon HD 4890 review also featuring the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. The XFX Radeon HD 4890 has a 11% higher clock speed, 9% higher memory speed and the same 800 Pixel Shaders as the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. This means the XFX Radeon HD 4890 will be atleast 10% faster than the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. Another advantage for the XFX Radeon HD 4890 is the extra 512MB Memory which will definately increase game performance."

"EVGA GeForce GTS 250 review also featuring the Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+. The EVGA GeForce GTS 250 has a 3% higher clock speed, the same 2200 Mhz memory speed and 128 Pixel Shaders as the Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+. This means the only real advantage the EVGA GeForce GTS 250 has over the Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+ is an extra 512MB Memory."

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