Tech News
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SOYO CK8 Dragon Plus Review @ Motherboards.org
Published: Tuesday, December 9, 2003 | By: DennisHere is Soyo's latest Dragon board based on the nVidia nForce3-150.
"The board comes overclocked by default from the factory making it a board that runs faster than its peers as it is running faster. The chip itself comes factory locked so overclocking is not really a stock option as far altering the clock speed but you can adjust the memory and FSB speeds to get a faster overall system speed."
I've really liked Soyo boards ever since the release of the original DRAGON some years ago. The onboard features and processor controls were very welcome during that time. Though lately many reviewers have mentioned that overclocking hasn't been great on many of the new Soyo Dragons, thus losing some of their enthusiast flair.
For us here at Ninjalane "the jury is still out". (catchy phrase huh?
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DFI Motherboard Reviews
Published: Tuesday, December 9, 2003 | By: DennisI have to admit that I haven't posted many reviews to DFI boards lately, believe me I had every intention to.
- DFI Lanparty NFII Ultra Rev B Review @ FastLaneHW
- "LanPary" Pro 875B Review @ Gamers Depot
- DFI News List @ DFI.com.tw
The DFI Lanparty series is a pretty impressive high-end motherboard offering that covers all of the major performance chipsets. We have reviewed quite a few DFI boards here at Ninjalane, you can find a quick list of them below.
- DFI Infinity 865PE (Springdale) Motherboard Review
- DFI LanParty Pro875 (Canterwood) Motherboard Review
- DFI LanParty NFII Ultra Motherboard Review
- DFI LanParty KT400A Motherboard Review
These are all Rev A boards so stay tuned, the Rev B boards are on their way.
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Review Pulled
Published: Tuesday, December 9, 2003 | By: DennisHello everyone, for those that may have checked this site this morning and saw the Soltek Sl-K8AV-R review it has been pulled in light of some new developments. If all goes well it will be posted again later tonight.
I just needed to do some minor updates.
-- Update --
Review is posted again.
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PCI Express P4 chipset in January
Published: Tuesday, December 9, 2003 | By: Dennis"VIA Technologies will begin sampling the PT890, an 800MHz FSB (front-side bus) Pentium 4 (P4) chipset supporting dual-channel DDR400 DDRII and PCI Express, next month.
Motherboards using the PT890 chipset are expected to be exhibited at CeBIT in March, the company said."
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Soltek SL-K8AV-R "Black Thunder" Review Posted
Published: Tuesday, December 9, 2003 | By: DennisThe Soltek SL-K8AV-R plays an integral entry-level part in the Black Thunder series by providing a very cost effective and classy motherboard to the budget-minded consumer moving to the Athlon64 platform.
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Corsair TwinX XMS4000PRO Review @ Tweaknews
Published: Monday, December 8, 2003 | By: Dennis"If you don't already know by now, good quality memory is absolutely an essential part of a stable high performance computer. As the main component transferring data from the CPU to the rest of the computer, it more often than not can be the weak link in the computational chain if a user is experiencing poor overclocking, performance and stability."
I agree, you should keep in mind that these modules have very relaxed timings that enable them to run so fast. For those of use that don't overclock very often you might look into getting a pair of XMS3200LL Pro Modules instead. -
I have never wronged VIA or D-Link
Published: Monday, December 8, 2003 | By: DennisThat is what Jeffery Chang said in an interview with Digitimes over his corporate espionage accusations.
"Q: One of the controversies involved in this case is your resigning and rejoining VIA. Can you talk about your career path?
A: I have worked for 15 years. Before joining VIA in 1994, I worked in the computer network product-related field. I left VIA in March 2000 because of the work pressure, the same reason why I left D-Link."
Some are saying that the media is blowing this out of proportion though it will be interesting to see how this turns out. -
Shuttle SB62G2 XPC Review @ MetkuMods
Published: Monday, December 8, 2003 | By: DennisSFF cases are gaining in popularity in the east due to the small size and flexibility. I know of a few Americans that have made the switch to SFF though case size hasn't really been a concern.
"There are many wrong beliefs about these small barebones and I hope that I can correct some of them in this review. After this, you should be able to judge for yourself if these little boxes are not usable at all or should you go and buy one to replace that big tower on your desk or on the floor."
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AOpen AK77-600 Max Review @ Legit Reviews
Published: Monday, December 8, 2003 | By: DennisI keep thinking of MC Hammer when I see this site.
I just hope they don't do their reviews in parachute pants.
"While the overall performance was not shock and awe, it was expected as the Via KT600 chipset has been found to be very picky on the settings it likes to run at. We have had a number of KT600 motherboards around here and the AK77-600 MAX has been found to be the most stable KT600 we have ever looked at."
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Mach4 NVIDIA nForce 2 Ultra Review @ NextGen Electronics
Published: Monday, December 8, 2003 | By: DennisI met up with XFX at Computex not to long ago and was quite impressed with their line of motherboards, hopefully we'll have a few samples in house before too long.
"I'm a big AMD guy and definitely think that the nVIDIA nForce2 boards are the way to go - I haven't been quite as impressed with other chipsets as I have consistently been with this board's features."
