Introduction Today, AMD officially unveils the new “spider”platform. Properly read, what they knew only of the major competitors of Intel and there mainly only from the mobile sector, is AMD now in the desktop sector to: the connection between the processor, chipset and graphics card to a fixed network. Let’s start with the CPU. With the new Phenom models AMD introduces the first native quad-core processors for the desktop...

Introduction With the x5x-chip record series Intel heralded a 2008 a new era at the end of the year. The X 58 chipset for the Bloomfield processors started as the first representative. As the only chip set of the series, the X has 58 (codename: Tylersburg) over a three-chip design of processor, Northbridge and southbridge. In September 2009, the products for mass came with the P55 chipset and socket LGA1156. The list of the chipsets with H55,...

Introduction Mid-2004 the SLI technology with which had launched nVidia nForce 4 chipset again, ATi with its CrossFire technology followed by end May 2005 on the chipsets of RD400 (Intel) and RD480 (AMD) and Intel also read to his i955X for ATI’s CrossFire technology license and sent last week without great attention to the i975X chip set in the race, which can drive two graphics cards now elegantly on the Northbridge. And VIA? ...

Introduction Although the mere sight of new mainboards from ASUS home ever the mouth watering converge – can one at least those PC users that not enough OnBoard ports on their Board find the motherboards equipped up to the limit in daily tests, speed test, as well as in the compatibility test to prove themselves. At least the expectations of today’s users are and also the competent tester for a limited period of time for the tests...

Introduction With release of 8xxer-chipset series, AMD end of April this year has replaced the elderly 7xxer series from November 2007. Time so, to take a broader look at the new series. After the last motherboard test four H55 Board we take four representatives of 890GX more closely scrutinized for this purpose. All together put on HD4290 as internal graphics chip. This added 700 MHz and provides connectivity via VGA, DVI, HDMI or...

Foreword Shortly before the end of gates, then still an i875P (Canterwood) mainboard from ASUS home flapped us: the P4C800 Deluxe. And so we set about us immediately, to take this Board for you more precisely under the microscope, so that we today can present also a motherboard with the i875P chip set you apart from the Intel Pentium4 3,0C with 800 MHz FSB. Considered first comparison and therefore the results of P4C800 Deluxe at least...

Introduction The shock was deep for many nForce 2 owners. Since you had brought with the brand new chipset by nVidia of not only one of the fastest maybe mainboards in his private collection and obliterated the forever reviled manufacturer VIA one, also with the guaranteed future of it looked rosy. Shortly before the launch of nForce 2 had launched AMD the FSB333 in life and in this combination, the team showed what performance from the...

Introduction The MSI K8N diamond plus is available in Japan and the United States already for some time and after his performance in January it has found some time later his way Germany. MSI provided us with a test pattern. As counterparty, a mainboard from Elitegroup and thus the first motherboard of this manufacturer that we undergo a test, is used to. While the Elitegroup KN1 SLI is extreme based on the nForce 4 SLI, this is MSI K8N...