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Nvidia's nForce 780a SLI chipset by Geoff Gasior — 8:00 AM on May 6, 2008 The nForce 780a SLI is the first Nvidia chipset to take full advantage of Phenom processors, and it comes with a novel motherboard GPU that... Type: Feature article Tags: Chipsets	52
Nvidia's nForce 790i SLI Ultra chipset by Geoff Gasior — 8:00 AM on March 18, 2008 In a bid for premium Core 2 chipset supremacy, Nvidia has packed a low-latency DDR3 memory controller and native PCI Express 2.0 connectivity into its... Type: Feature article Tags: Chipsets	49
Intel's X48 Express chipset by Geoff Gasior — 12:56 PM on March 14, 2008 Intel's new X48 Express chipset brings with it official support for a 1600MHz front-side bus, making it prime for not only the upcoming QX9770, but... Type: Feature article Tags: Chipsets	32
AMD's 780G chipset by Geoff Gasior — 8:01 AM on March 4, 2008 With the graphics core from a Radeon HD 2400, full Blu-ray decode acceleration, PCIe 2.0, and a new SB700 south bridge, AMD's 780G integrated graphics... Type: Feature article Tags: Chipsets	80
An update on AMD 790FX motherboards by Geoff Gasior — 11:13 AM on December 27, 2007 Our first impressions of the 790FX chipset were decidedly mixed. Were those impressions correct? We took a fresh look at 790FX motherboards... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	72
Nvidia's nForce 780i SLI chipset by Geoff Gasior — 8:00 AM on December 17, 2007 Nvidia's new nForce 780i SLI chipset melds PCI Express 2.0 to 680i technology on a new board design targeting Intel's 45nm Core 2 processors. ... Type: Feature article Tags: Chipsets	44
AMD's 790FX chipset by Geoff Gasior — 11:00 PM on November 18, 2007 With HyperTransport 3 and second generation PCI Express, AMD's 790FX chipset sits at the heart of the company's new Spider enthusiast platform. But can... Type: Feature article Tags: Chipsets	71
Intel's X38 Express chipset by Geoff Gasior — 11:00 PM on October 9, 2007 Intel's high-end chipsets have traditionally had a hard time living up to the standard set by their mid-range counterparts, but with PCI Express 2.0 Type: Feature article Tags: Chipsets	44
Intel's Stoakley platform and 45nm Xeons by Scott Wasson — 4:00 PM on September 18, 2007 The contest between next-generation CPU architectures has begun in earnest. Read on to see how Intel's 45nm Xeons match up with AMD's quad-core... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Chipsets	51
Can the E4300/G965 match AMD's low-power parts? by Scott Wasson — 2:32 PM on July 15, 2007 In the wake of our Athlon X2 BE-2350 review, the folks at Intel contacted me with a challenge. We had tested AMD's new low-power... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Chipsets	58
Five flavors of Intel's P35 Express compared by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on June 26, 2007 WHEN WE FIRST REVIEWED Intel's P35 Express back in May, we called the... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	52
Intel's P35 Express chipset by Geoff Gasior — 10:00 AM on May 21, 2007 INTEL HAS A LONG HISTORY of making good chipsets, the most storied of which... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	53
Intel's G965 Express chipset by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on April 6, 2007 AS AMD AND NVIDIA trade blows in a seemingly perpetual but always animated battle... Type: Feature article Tags: Chipsets	38
Nvidia's nForce 680i LT SLI motherboard by Geoff Gasior — 8:00 AM on March 26, 2007 NVIDIA LAUNCHED ITS NFORCE 680i SLI chipset late last year, and it arrived in... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	31
AMD's 690G chipset by Geoff Gasior — 5:00 AM on February 28, 2007 FOR YEARS, AMD'S ATHLON desktop processors have had to negotiate access to other system... Type: Feature article Tags: Chipsets	44
Nvidia's nForce 680i SLI chipset by Geoff Gasior — 1:00 PM on November 8, 2006 FOR MONTHS, ENTHUSIASTS WAITED for a version of Nvidia's high-end nForce 590 SLI chipset... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	37
Nvidia's nForce 590 SLI chipset for Intel CPUs by Geoff Gasior — 12:13 AM on October 23, 2006 ALTHOUGH THE nForce 590 SLI chipset for Athlon 64 processors was launched Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	29
Core 2 chipsets compared by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on September 21, 2006 INTEL'S CORE 2 DUO PROCESSOR has the chip giant enjoying a renaissance of... Type: Feature article Tags: Chipsets	53

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CampinCarl

I'm sorry but if there's enough market demand for 13.3" 3200x1800 screens, there's MORE than enough demand for 24" 2560x1600 screens.

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lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +27

Mourmain

Pet peeve: "would have been". +21

Star Brood

Meanwhile on the desktop scene: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=... +20

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