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Zotac's H67-ITX motherboard by Geoff Gasior — 5:04 PM on January 26, 2011 Zotac's H67-ITX is the first Mini-ITX motherboard capable of hosting Intel's new Sandy Bridge CPUs. We pit it against a stack of desktop... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	31
A quick look at chipset PCI Express performance by Geoff Gasior — 10:23 AM on January 14, 2011 Finally, Intel has a mid-range chipset with proper PCIe 2.0 lanes. We test the P67's PCIe implementation to see how it stacks up. Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	57
Sandy Bridge motherboards from Asus, Gigabyte, Intel, and MSI by Geoff Gasior — 6:05 PM on January 4, 2011 You'll need a new motherboard to run a Sandy Bridge CPU. We look at four from Asus, Gigabyte, Intel, and MSI in search... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	61
Asus details Sandy Bridge motherboard lineup by Geoff Gasior — 11:49 PM on November 14, 2010 Early last week I had a look at Asus' 6-series motherboards. Keep reading to see what the world's biggest mobo maker has in store... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	41
A closer look at AMD's Brazos platform by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:01 PM on November 8, 2010 Last week, I flew down to AMD's Austin campus for enchiladas and some hands-on time with the Brazos platform, which will hit ultraportables, netbooks,... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics Chipsets	61
AMD's SB800-series fan speed controller exposed by Geoff Gasior — 11:00 AM on October 26, 2010 We've long bemoaned the sorry state of BIOS-level fan speed controls, but AMD's SB800-series south bridge chips have a lot to offer on that... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets Cooling	66
Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI tackle AMD's 890FX chipset by Geoff Gasior — 1:39 PM on April 29, 2010 With 44 Gen2 PCIe lanes and six 6Gbps SATA ports, AMD's new 890FX may be the finest high-end chipset on the market. Join us... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	65
AMD's 890GX integrated graphics chipset by Geoff Gasior — 12:30 PM on March 2, 2010 AMD's 890GX chipset features a hopped-up Radeon HD 4290 graphics core and an all-new SB850 south bridge with a 6Gbps Serial ATA controller. We've Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	147
Intel's Core i3 and i5 dual-core processors by Scott Wasson — 3:48 AM on January 4, 2010 Intel's Nehalem microarchitecture has gone entirely mainstream with the arrival of the dual-core processors code-named Clarkdale. This release also marks two major milestones: the... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Chipsets	148
Intel's next-gen Atom arrives in Asus' Eee PC 1005PE netbook by Geoff Gasior — 11:01 PM on December 20, 2009 Intel didn't intend for its Atom CPU to revolutionize the ultraportable notebook market, but it happened anyway. Today, the next-gen "Pine Trail" Atom platform debuts... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Chipsets Mobile computing	122
GPU acceleration comes to Flash video by Scott Wasson — 11:08 PM on December 7, 2009 At long last, playback of Flash videos on YouTube, Hulu, and elsewhere can be GPU-accelerated. Join us as we take three different low-power... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Chipsets	62
Intel graphics drivers employ questionable 3DMark Vantage optimizations by Geoff Gasior — 11:02 AM on October 12, 2009 Intel's latest graphics drivers for Windows 7 appear to violate Futuremark's optimization guidelines for 3DMark Vantage. We investigate, and make some interesting discoveries in... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Chipsets	121
Intel's P55 Express chipset by Geoff Gasior — 12:29 AM on September 8, 2009 Lynnfield requires a new motherboard based on Intel's P55 Express chipset. We've rounded up three examples from Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI to see how... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	67
Just fix the AHCI already, AMD by Dustin Sklavos — 12:21 PM on August 17, 2009 I've been partial to AMD for a long time. The first PC I built for myself had an Athlon Thunderbird running at a blistering 1.4GHz,... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	108
AMD's 785G integrated graphics chipset by Geoff Gasior — 11:00 PM on August 3, 2009 AMD has a new 785G integrated graphics chipset designed for Socket AM3 CPUs and sub-$100 motherboards. Join us as we explore whether the 785G... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	64
High-end Socket AM3 chipsets under the microscope by Geoff Gasior — 10:53 PM on June 17, 2009 The Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition makes a compelling case for Socket AM3, particularly now that LGA775 has no real upgrade path. Which chipset... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	46
Nvidia's Ion platform by Geoff Gasior — 8:00 AM on February 3, 2009 Intel has often been criticized for pairing its Atom CPU with anemic 945G-series chipsets, but now there's an alternative in Nvidia's Ion platform. Read... Type: Feature article Tags: Chipsets Systems	100
A couple of Core i7 motherboards compared by Geoff Gasior — 3:39 AM on November 3, 2008 If you want one of Intel's swanky new Core i7 processors, you're going to need a motherboard upgrade. But which one? We've faced off... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	36

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