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The past couple of days I?ve had a chance to get familiar with Shuttle?s new AV61 motherboard based on the VIA 133 chipset. I hit a few speed bumps along the way, but ended up pleased. This board has a strong list of features, at a fantastic price point, so if your itching to replace your BX mobo, and the i820/RAMBUS combo is too...
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The Shuttle AK11 KT133A Based Motherboard Too bad this isn't a DDR board! By, Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta July 19, 2001 The VIA KT133A has long been the darling of the Athlon overclocking community. With excellent performance, compatibility and stability, at a great price point, is there any question why? With the recent reduction...
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Soyo's SY-TISU Motherboard All Overclockers Welcome By, Jeff Bouton August 20, 2001 With the July release of Intel's new Tualatin processor, we are seeing an ever increasing number motherboard manufacturers incorporating support for the new processor into their designs. And why not? The PIII Tualatin CPU, based on a 0.13-micron...
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The Soyo SY-6ICA Motherboard Soyo's RAMBUS Driven i820 Offering By, Dave "Davo" Altavilla - 5/17/00 Here we are again with yet another look at a motherboard from a top notch supplier based on Intel's controversial chipset, the i820. Whether you are interested in SDRAM supported designs with Intel's infamous MTH (memory transfer...
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Soyo's SY-K7VTA - KT133 Motherboard AMD Socket A Technology From Soyo, Solid As A Rock By, Dave "Davo" Altavilla 10 / 25 / 2000 Motherboard offerings are really beginning to get overwhelming. Why is this you ask? Well, for starters Intel finally has true competition with AMD firmly perched in the heart of its mainstream...
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Soyo's SY-7VMA - PM133 Socket 370 Motherboard The i815 should be nervous... By, Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta 12/7/00 Competition. It seams like that is one of the first words to come to mind when discussing the current PC hardware scene. When you think of video, the competition between 3dfx and nVidia always comes up. Think...
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Transcends TS-ASL3 - i815E Motherboard Straight Shooting Socket 370 Performance By Dave "Davo" Altavilla 12/5/00 It seems like the folks at Transcend only came into the PC Motherboard scene within the last year or so. However, they have been in business making Memory Modules and Motherboards since 1988. Perhaps the reason...
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Abit's VP6 VIA Apollo Pro 133A Dual-CPU Motherboard Worth the trouble? By Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta February 22, 2001 Being afflicted with an addiction to PC hardware, I'm always on the lookout for my next major computer upgrade. Recently, Intel's Pentium 4 arrived on the scene but for me personally, that meant converting over to...
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Preparing For a Dual-Processor PC Know what you're getting into... By, Marco ?BigWop? Chiappetta 1 / 11 / 2001 Hello Folks. Today we?re doing something a little different here on H.H. We normally focus on straightforward hardware reviews but while working on my most recent project?a review of the Abit VP6?I hit a little...
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The Romtec Trios RX-910T6 IDE Hard Drive Selector Something a Little Different By Jeff Bouton 7/05/2001 Working as a hardware reviewer can be both a rewarding and exciting experience. Where else can a person get regular exposure to the latest innovations in the technology world? From new motherboards boasting the latest chipsets...
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3/7/00 Introducing ATI's Next Generation Technology The ATI Charisma Engine and Pixel Tapestry Architecture Things are beginning to heat up for this years Game Developer's Conference. With only a day to go before the event, manufacturers are releasing the news on their latest technology in what seems like flood level proportion. ...
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Elsa Gladiac 920 Video Card More GeForce 3 Action! By, Jeff Bouton October 11, 2001 When it comes to graphics cards, there is no arguing that ELSA is among the industry leaders. For over 20 years they have been producing top quality graphics cards, as well as other computer peripherals geared toward both the commercial...
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The Gainward GeForce3 Power Pack !!! Golden Sample Tastefully Selected GeForce3 Goodness By Dave Altavilla 9/10/01 GeForce3 cards are in total abundance these days. As an OEM, to compete in this space and get more than your fair share of the market, one must differentiate. With the plethora of "reference design" cards...
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MSI's GeForce 3 Powered Starforce 822 ViVo Not Just a GF3...It May Be "The" GeForce 3! By, Marco Chiappetta November 8, 2001 NVIDIA's new Titanium line of cards and ATi's new Radeons have been commanding most of the spotlight these days. With the release of these "next generation" products, attention shifted focus,...
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The GeForce3 Ti 500 and nVidia's Fall Lineup...New Hardware & Software Enter the Detonator XPs and Titanium By - Marco Chiappetta Edited By: Dave Altavilla October 1, 2001 NVIDIA is at it again. Just when we were all getting used to the idea of a new chipset standard from the 3D graphics giant...
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Taming The Beast A Look At The Hercules Terminator Beast Super Charged! Hercules Computer Technology Inc. is one of the oldest manufacturers of...
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The 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 AGP Update! New Drivers, Benchmarks and Full Review Rating! By Dave "Davo" Altavilla 5/12/00 Welcome back folks! This is an update to our initial Voodoo5 PREview article on 4/24/00. We aren't going to spend a lot of time with flowery verbage here. You came here for one thing. You...
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Sharp's Internet Viewcam - Size Matters... Whoever came up with the saying, "size doesn't matter" was living in a dream world. This is a family show here at Hot Hardware, so we won't get into the specifics of the saying's origin. :-) However, as with most things in life, size DOES matter especially when it comes to...
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Dueling DVD New Video2000 Results From The Majors In Graphics The Online Hardware Review Media community has a solid focus on 3D Graphics performance and technology as a whole. This goes without saying. Too often the Digital Video Subsystem of a particular graphics card goes untested and evaluated. Perhaps this is because...
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The GeForce2 GTS Has Arrived! And A Look At Leadtek's Winfast GeForce2 GTS 4/26/00 By Dave "Davo" Altavilla This week has been relentless. It is as if the WinHEC conference is the designated battle ground for the PC Graphics Industry and the war has been waged with a vengeance. Now if only we media types can keep...
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Enlight's Bare-Bones AMD / KT133 System Mid Sized Socket A Athlon Performance By Dave Altavilla - November 10, 2000 These days, many "build-it-yourselfers" and PC Systems Integrators are looking for pre-configured products that take some of the busy work out of putting together a system. Hence the "Bare-Bones"...
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How do you properly cool a Pentium III ? The TennMax P3 TF Cooler These days most custom PC enthusiasts, tend to use some sort of third party Heat Sink and Fan combination for proper cooling of their CPU. Stock Heat Sink / Fans from Intel and other CPU vendors are usually only adequate for operation of the CPU within normal specs. Obviously,...
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