Biostar TA690G For most of its existence, the AMD processor platform has heavily depended on third party chipsets made by VIA, nVIDIA, ATI, ALI, or SIS. In 2006 AMD gobbled up the Canadian video card company ATi.

read more | digg story

Bookmark:

ASUS Deluxe/WiFi-AP DDR3 Motherboard ships with Skype Embedded Linux, Firefox
ASUS P5E3 Deluxe /WiFi-AP DDR3 x38 motherboard is one of the most innovative x38 DDR3 motherboards we have seen to date and it packs one very exciting and unusual feature. Embedded onto the ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP is a Linux environment that features a Firefox-rebranded web browser and the Skype VoIP client! Within five seconds of turning on you can be using Linux and surfing the Internet.

read more on the ASUS Deluxe/WiFi-AP | ASUS Motherboard Order To DAY

Bookmark:

    What makes a board an “enthusiasts board”?

Gamers around the world seek out motherboards which allow the user to adjust basic system values such as processor and memory speed. almost all motherboards allow some adjustments of these settings. These motherboards are typically the upper- end of the normal consumer line such as the DFI Infinity series and ASUS P5 line. The motherboards that gamers normally flock to allow several more adjustments including voltages to the CPU, ram and even north-bridge chip-set. these voltages are typically enough to squeeze out 20 - 50 % more performance than a stock configuration. For example typically a gamer will buy a mid-range CPU such as the sub- $200  E6400 from Intel which runs at 2.13 GHz stock, and by overclocking  the speed in bios can  fairly easily achieve 3.0 GHz or higher. the x6800 Extreme Edition cpu  in contrast operates at 2.93GHz and costs about $1000. As you can see the savings is $800 which is used for video cards, fancy peripherals etc.

 Another  type of motherboard are what are called “enthusiasts boards”. These boards offer adjustment to almost every possible voltage and timing setting imaginable. They are extremely complex boards and their price reflects that. The best Examples of this class is the DFI LAN Party series and the ASUS R.O.G. series. Almost every Enthusiasts board is capable of operating at twice the stock speed with proper adjustments. For most Enthusiasts boards the chip-set cooling as well as mosfets for power supply are cooled by exotic heat-pipe configurations due to the heat increase that is associated with raising the voltages and speeds. a good example is DfI’s Trans-piper as seen on the P35 model. A top enthusiasts board will also allow control of the memory systems latency settings, Manufacturers usually set these very loose to allow a greater compatibility between different brands and types of ram. adjusting these settings can allow a dramatic improvement in both speed and latency (Basically the time between a request for data and when the data is available). another invaluable asset of an enthusiasts board is the built in De-bug function, normally a two digit l.e.d. which displays the sequence code for the operations the board is performing during post. By watching the l.e.d.’s you can determine what stage of the post (power on self test.) the board is failing at.

Bookmark:

AMD RD790 Chipset

Looks like Gigabyte may be the first to market with AMD Newest RD790 Chipset. HardOCP is posting sighting of the GA-MA790FX-DQ6 in Europe. RD790 is the mainstream chipset for the new Socket AM2+ motherboards to launch with the AMD Phenom X2, X3, X4, and FX Series CPUs to be released Q4 2007 to Q1 2008. An interesting thing to note is the huge jumping in Hyper Transport Speed: 4000Mhz (4Ghz) and the 4 - PCI-E 2.0 x16 Slots on-board. The rumors of native Quad-Crossfire on the RD790 chipsets might not be rumors much longer.

Bookmark:

This came out about 1 Year a go.”Side by Side comparisons and Analysis of the Best MotherBoards for your Dollar”. So we where thinking we will do the Best MotherBoards or a Budget soon.

read more | digg story

Bookmark:

Intel’s new Bonetrail & Skulltrail boards are out for blood.

Intel is looking to break benchmark records with its new Skulltrail platform. Skulltrail, and its less expensive, X38-based, counter-part Bonetrail, are the new enthusiast boards from Intel. These successors of the Badaxe series of motherboards are looking to raise the bar in processing power, raw speed and performance. The Skulltrail, however, isn’t based on the LGA-775 socket like the Bonetrail. It’s using the Xeon-based LGA-771 Dual-socket, supports 1600Mhz FSB CPU’s, DDR3 DIMMs and Intel’s SMP Technology. Bundle that with the Intel QX9775, and consider the bar rose.

Bookmark:

X48 chipset

Intel has just released details on the new X48 chipset, due out Q1 2008, and motherboard production companies are expecting this to hurt current x38 chipset sales. The X48 Chipset is the first official chipset from Intel to fully support DDR3 only. This is expected to be a benchmark/enthusiast product and Intel isn’t worried about it affecting X38 sales. Considering the current price of DDR3 memory, and the lack of low latency DIMMs,
I don’t see X48 hindering X38 sales either.

Bookmark:

Usually we only talk about Motherboards, but it is October and Halloween is near. This is a cool Halloween site: Extreme pumpkins You can see how to make fake blood to even what tools work best. A cool site to check out, none the less.

Extreme pumpkins | Halloween IT

Bookmark:

DFI LanParty UT X38-T2R

We do not have an ETA for the DFI X38 at this time. As soon as we have one, we will post it immediately. Check back frequently for updates!

DFI LanParty UT X38-T2R-INTEL X38 Chipset,Socket 775 ,2 PCI Express, LAN, max 8GB, Audio, IEEE1394 X38 Motherboard Retail

DFI LanParty UT X38-T2R | HELP us and go DIgg this

Bookmark:

CPU3D review team, we’ll be taking a look at the Asus P5E3 Deluxe motherboard. Intel’s latest X38 chipset, and offers support for 1600FSB, DDR3 ram and future Penryn 45nm processors. This Asus motherboard is absolutely feature packed and our tests show that it overclocks extremely well. Find out more.

cpu3d.com | Come on and just digg IT

Bookmark: