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Albatron's Latest Board Brings Phenom Power to HTPCs

Albatron has just announced a new Mini-ITX motherboard that will enable system builders to create higher-performance Home Theater PCs (HTPC) using some of the latest technologies currently available. The company, which is also one of NVIDIA's many board partners, has just introduced the new KI780G, a Mini-ITX mo...

2 October 2008
03:24 GMT

EVGA Takes Overclocking to the Next Level

EVGA, one of NVIDIA’s most important board partners, has recently rolled out a new product that is meant to provide overclocking enthusiasts with just enough features to keep them occupied until those Intel X58-based motherboards finally make their debut. Based on the company's earlier released nForce 790i...

1 October 2008
03:04 GMT

ASUS Officially Details First X58 Motherboard

It looks like the first motherboard to feature Intel's latest generation X58 chipset has officially been introduced by Taiwanese manufacturer ASUS. The company's new P6T DELUXE mobo is touted as featuring Intel's latest desktop platform, although there's no direct specification of that being the X...

30 September 2008
09:55 GMT

Motherboard Makers Almost Ready with X58 Mobos

Details on Intel X58-based motherboards have been popping up on the Internet for some time now, somehow despite the fact that these boards aren't expected to be released until sometime in mid-November, along with Intel's lineup of the next-generation Core i7 processors. Now, it looks like several major moth...

29 September 2008
04:13 GMT

MSI Is Ready for Core i7 - Are You?

With each passing day, we are getting closer to the official unveiling of Intel's next-generation Core i7 processors, developed using the Nehalem architecture to deliver a never before seen performance level. Given all this anticipation, it’s only understandable why motherboard makers are lining up their o...

26 September 2008
08:13 GMT

Gigabyte Announces Ultra Durable 3 Motherboard Technology

Gigabyte, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, has just announced its new, revolutionary Ultra Durable 3 technology, which is going to be enabled on several of the company's motherboards built on Intel's P43 and P45 chipsets. The underlying innovation of the new technology developed by...

23 September 2008
13:21 GMT

Core i7 and X58 Mobos Almost Ready to Launch

After pictures of Intel's upcoming Nehalem-based Core i7 Extreme 965 processor have surfaced on the Internet, it appears that one of the yet to be announced X58 motherboards has also “posed” for the camera. More specifically, we’re talking about one of Gigabyte's soon to be unveiled mobos...

23 September 2008
13:01 GMT

NVIDIA to Finally Launch MCP7A IGP Chipset in September

NVIDIA's upcoming Intel-supporting IGP chipset has been delayed several times until now. Of course, this statement is true only if we also take into account the many rumors that surfaced in the meanwhile, indicating that the MCP7A IGP chipset was about to be rolled out on the market. To add more fuel to the fire...

12 September 2008
04:39 GMT

ASUS Intros New AMD Ready Serverboard

Aside from delivering some of the most successful netbooks on the market, Taiwanese manufacturer ASUSTek is also known for developing some of the best platforms for both consumer and professional market segments. The company, which has seen its share of favorable reviews with products such as the Striker and Rampage...

10 September 2008
10:54 GMT

ECS Already Has GeForce 9300-Enabled Motherboard

Following yesterday's post on MSI's upcoming Intel-supporting, NVIDIA-based motherboard, it looks as though yet another manufacturer is getting ready to announce its very first mobo featuring NVIDIA's GeForce 9300 chipset. ECS has already listed the upcoming board, although the company is yet to unvei...

9 September 2008
10:00 GMT

MSI to Announce P7NGM GeForce 9300 Motherboard

Micro Star International is planning to release a new motherboard aimed at providing support for the latest Core 2 processors from Intel. The Taiwanese manufacturer has designed the new mobo on a black micro-ATX PCB, which uses an NVIDIA chipset. Not that many details are available right now to go on but, from the lo...

8 September 2008
09:51 GMT

ASUS Z7S WS Is Workstation-Ready

Before becoming one of the most successful manufacturers of netbook systems, Taiwan-based ASUSTek was best known for its high-end motherboards. With renowned products such as the Striker and follow-up Striker II mobos, the ASUS brand is a common choice for a high number of computer enthusiasts. Recently, the Taiwanes...

3 September 2008
10:07 GMT

X58 Mobos to Include Native SLI Support

It appears that after the NVISION event, which took place on August 25-27 in San Jose, California, NVIDIA gathered a number of reporters to disclose a rather surprising business decision. The company seemingly plans to enable its SLI multi-GPU technology for upcoming X58-based motherboards, without the need of t...

28 August 2008
06:42 GMT

Gigabyte's Core i7-Supporting Mobo at NVISION 08

As the release date for Intel's Core i7 processors is nearing, this can only mean one thing – namely that a number of motherboard manufacturers are also getting close to coming out with their own versions of Intel's x58-based platforms. As we already informed you, pictures of an MSI X58 board have alr...

26 August 2008
17:44 GMT

MSI to Launch 8-DIMM P45-Powered Mobo

Judging by the six Intel P45-based motherboards in MSI's product lineup, one could easily say, and not be in the wrong when doing so, that the Taiwanese manufacturer is really fond of Intel's chipset. So much so that it has decided to roll out a new mobo, based on the same P45 chipset mentioned above. Howev...

22 August 2008
07:00 GMT

MSI's X58 Board in Its Final Development Stages

Ladies and gentlemen, judging by the high number of pictures and details that have recently surfaced on Intel's upcoming Nehalem-supporting, X58-based mobos, we can say that we are getting close to an official unveiling. According to some of the most recent rumors, Taiwanese manufacturer MSI is in the final stag...

22 August 2008
05:14 GMT

ASUS Talks X58 and Nehalem

ASUS, one of the leading manufacturers of motherboards and the creator of the famous Eee PC, has announced in a recent interview that it has high-hopes regarding the release of the upcoming X58 and x58 NF200-based motherboards. According to the Taiwanese company, it will become the world's first manufacturer to ...

18 August 2008
05:20 GMT

VIA Announces First Nano-ITX Platform with VX800

VIA, one of the leading manufacturers of power efficient x86 processor platforms, has announced today the VIA EPIA N700 Nano-ITX board, designed for compact, industrial PC and embedded automation devices.The platform comes with a 1.5GHz VIA C7 or 500MHz VIA Eden processor and is the company's first Nano-ITX boar...

15 August 2008
08:32 GMT

Intels's New Mobos to Wake Up on Phone Calls

According to the most recent rumors regarding Intel's motherboard business, the Santa Clara-based leading chip maker is expected to release a new line of mobos. These will presumably enable PCs to make use of a certain functionality, while still being in a power-saving sleep mode and consuming potentially less t...

15 August 2008
05:28 GMT

Intel to Release New B43 Express Chipset

After announcing that its upcoming Nehalem architecture will be branded as Intel Core i7, the Santa Clara-based chip manufacturer is rumored to be working on a new chipset, which will be targeted at the small and medium business users. The rumors are yet to be confirmed but, from the looks of it, the company will be ...

11 August 2008
04:48 GMT

Foxconn Announces World's First 790GX and SB750 Solution

It's official: AMD's latest chipset has finally landed. Consequently, as expected, a number of motherboard manufacturers have already announced their brand new AM2 -based mobos. Over the next few days, we are probably also going to see quite a few 790GX-based platforms being announced. One step ahead of the...

6 August 2008
04:28 GMT

AMD's 790GX Platform Officially Launched

Advanced Micro Devices, better known just as AMD, has officially launched its latest and highly anticipated mainstream chipset. Based on one of the company's earlier products, the 780G, the 790GX comes in a better and improved package. Now that the official release took place, this can only mean that the next co...

6 August 2008
03:30 GMT

NVIDIA Throws in the Towel - No More nForce

Most recent reports on NVIDIA seem to indicate that the Santa Clara chip maker is far from doing well. All of the company's business sections have to deal with one or another significant issue and, from the looks of it, all of them will most likely leave their mark on the company's overall performance. So m...

1 August 2008
09:16 GMT

New Intel-based NVIDIA Chipset to Arrive in August

Even if most news items about NVIDIA place the green company in not too bright a light, we must not doubt that it will continue to release new products. And that's besides the highly anticipated 55nm GeForce cards, which should virtually put the Santa-Clara based chip manufacturer in the leading position in the ...

18 July 2008
03:47 GMT

ZOTAC Announces New NVIDIA-based Motherboard

Although the Santa-Clara based company isn't doing so well these days, its channel partners are confident in its technology. As if to prove this, if proof is required, they are releasing a number of products based on NVIDIA's latest chips. One of the manufacturers in question is ZOTAC that, besides having r...

10 July 2008
03:32 GMT

NVIDIA Uses VIA to Get to Intel

These days, NVIDIA is almost constantly in the news, but not because it necessarily has something to brag about. It seems rather unfortunate that today's current leading graphics manufacturer is faced with so many things that it has to deal with. As we told you last week, the company had to cope with an impressi...

8 July 2008
11:07 GMT

MSI Announces Wind Board for Nettops

Micro Star International is one of the leading manufacturers of computer motherboards and its products have been highly awarded worldwide. The company's recently released Wind netbook has placed it in the spotlight, especially since its product has been said to be the best Eee PC competitor. On that note, MSI ha...

4 July 2008
09:04 GMT

AMD's Upcoming Chipsets Could Bring PCIe 3.0 support

It seems that today's news is all about AMD and that should make one wonder what the future of the computing industry holds. With all of the company's on-going projects, AMD is bound to make a serious impact through the release of its new product lineup.This time around, we are talking about a possible PCIe...

2 July 2008
10:42 GMT

Price Cuts for ASUS P45 Motherboards

It is a known fact that ASUSTek likes to pride itself as being one of the leading manufacturers of motherboards and even of consumer electronics. As if that wasn't enough, the company's ego might have just received a sudden boost from the recent "quarrel" with fellow Taiwanese competitor, Gigabyte, a feud t...

19 June 2008
03:07 GMT

Foxconn Trying to Improve Performance for AMD Boards

It seems that AMD's Spider platform might become a real competitor in the race for high-performance desktop computers. At least this is what users should expect from Foxconn's upcoming AMD-based motherboards. Apparently, the Taiwanese manufacturer is working with Advanced Micro on a relaunch of the company&...

9 June 2008
04:36 GMT

MSI Board Supports 5GHz Overclocked CPU

This year's Computex show held in Taipei, Taiwan is just the place to be for all of you overclocking enthusiasts. That is, only if we're to trust the statements of the Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer, MSI, according to which it's prepping an impressive overclocking show. As indicated by a recent pre...

4 June 2008
08:16 GMT

MSI Unveils Its P45-based Motherboard Lineup

MSI has decided to step forward with its latest high-end motherboard lineup and has unveiled its P45 series motherboards. The Intel P45 Express-based mobos will provide a number of innovative features, as well as some of MSI's already known technologies. Featuring the server-class "DrMOS" technology, the recentl...

4 June 2008
03:10 GMT

Biostar Launches Intel 4-series-based Mobos

The famous motherboard manufacturer Biostar Microtech International has recently announced the launch of a number of Intel 4-series-based mobos. The newly announced products also include the company's TPower I45 motherboard. With the release, the company will step next to its competitors, which have already ann...

2 June 2008
07:49 GMT

Abit Officially Denies Leaving the Motherboard Market

Two days ago, we brought you news about motherboard manufacturer Abit rumored to phase out of the market. For some of you, the news might have come as a shock, as Abit is preferred by a large number of enthusiast users worldwide. Moreover, the company has received a number of awards for its products, being rated as s...

30 May 2008
10:56 GMT

Gigabyte Will Publicly Apologize to ASUSTek

Gigabyte has agreed to publicly apologize to competitor ASUSTek, in Taiwan newspapers on June the 1st. The news comes after ASUS took its case to Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission and initiated legal proceedings against Gigabyte.The public quarrel between the two Taiwanese hardware manufacturers was initiated by Gi...

30 May 2008
09:06 GMT

Foxconn Pushes the Envelope in AMD Desktop Performance

Foxconn, one of the leading manufacturers of motherboards, graphics cards, chassis and coolers, has just unveiled its first AMD platform motherboard in its high performance Quantum Force product range. Dubbed the "Destroyer", this mobo has been designed to pack some serious high-performance punch, based on the NVIDIA...

29 May 2008
06:34 GMT

Gigabyte Unleashes Its P45 Motherboards

Gigabyte, one of the leading manufacturers of computer hardware products and consumer electronics, recently announced that it would be joining the manufacturers that provide Intel P45-based motherboards. The company, which at the moment is in dispute with ASUSTek, has announced a new lineup of Intel P45 chipset based...

28 May 2008
11:17 GMT

Abit Rumored to Give up Its Motherboard Product Lineup

Abit is considered by many as one of the best manufacturers of motherboards. Apparently, this isn't enough to overcome the rumors according to which the maker is thinking of leaving the motherboard market. The main reason for Abit's rumored actions seems to be related to the low performance its Intel 4 seri...

27 May 2008
11:46 GMT

ASUS Is Getting Ready for 140W CPUs

One of the leading manufacturers of hardware components, ASUSTek, is getting ready for the next generation 140W CPUs. The company, which at the moment is entangled in a public and legal dispute with Gigabyte, has released a wide range of high-performance motherboards. These new products are expected to offer support ...

26 May 2008
09:28 GMT

Asustek Fires Back at Gigabyte in Motherboard War

Gigabyte's allegations regarding the fact that Asustek is artificially marketing its motherboards as more energy-efficient than similar products, have just been refuted by the Taiwanese Eee PC manufacturer. As previously presented, Gigabyte claims that Asustek's EPU technology is mostly related to software ...

16 May 2008
11:08 GMT

Gigabyte Claims that Asus Is Deceiving Its Customers on Motherboards

Gigabyte engineers claim that hardware manufacturer Asustek is willingly deceiving its customers with low-quality motherboards built with "technologies" that don't bring any improvements. The allegations were accompanied by slides demonstrating that Asustek lied about its motherboard offerings.According to a rep...

16 May 2008
06:29 GMT

MSI's Motherboards Come With Full 125-Watt CPU Support

The vast majority of motherboards built around AMD's 780G chipset currently come without support for 125-watt processors. As previously reported, more motherboard models produced by top-tier manufacturers fail when paired with high TDP processors, such as AMD's Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition.MSI faced the sam...

14 April 2008
06:13 GMT

AMD's Phenom 9850 BE, Not Supported on 780G-Based Mobos

AMD seems to have gone wrong again, despite the fact that it started to deliver the promised Barcelona chips, after seven months of delays. Rest assured, there is no problem with the silicon, as you would have expected. In fact, the problem occurs in Barcelona's neighborhood, the Phenom family.Although the Pheno...

10 April 2008
08:47 GMT

VIA Introduces Thin Server NAS Motherboard

Chip manufacturer VIA has just introduced a new thin motherboard dedicated at the small business server applications, such as network-attached storage devices. Thin server systems are becoming more and more popular thanks to their low-energy consumption and high reliability.The VIA NAS 7800 motherboard sports up to e...

31 March 2008
10:43 GMT

ASRock Unveils World's First DisplayPort Motherboard

VESA's half-baked DisplayPort digital interface seems to become more an more popular with LCD display and graphics cards manufacturers. However, ASRock has just announced their new A780FullDisplayPort motherboard offering, world's first DisplayPort device of its kind.The company's allegations are only ...

27 March 2008
05:28 GMT

Nehalem-Ready "Smackdown" Mobo, Spotted in the Wild

Intel's upcoming micro-architecture for x86 processors, called Nehalem, will arrive on the market later this year. Although there is a long way ahead before we are able to get a fully-functional Nehalem-based computer on our desktops, things seem to move forward at the chip manufacturer's headquarters.Accor...

24 March 2008
12:46 GMT

Foxconn Introduces High-Definition Integrated Sound Motherboards

Foxconn has announced a strategic agreement inked with digital audio expert DTS to deliver onboard digital sound with the DTS CONNECT and DTS Surround Sensation technologies into its upcoming motherboard products. "DTS CONNECT™ ensures simple installation of groundbreaking audio capabilities for the PC, breathing new...

7 March 2008
11:08 GMT

Abit's New Motherboards: More than Intel's Newest Chipset

Abit has been missing lately in the high-end market, but it surely knows how to put things together to create a state-of-the-art motherboard. The company will soon release their IP45 Pro to take over the older IP35 Pro, while the IP45 GT3 will come with full support for the new DDR3 memory. The IP45 Pro and the IP45 ...

6 March 2008
08:56 GMT

Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 Motherboard

The entire P35 motherboards series from Gigabyte has recently been revamped with the new EP35 series which contains motherboards that feature DES (Dynamic Energy Saver) hardware/software combination which can adjust the CPU power phase on the fly, maximizing the efficiency of the power subsystem. This means that it ...

26 February 2008
13:04 GMT

AMD Updates its Supported Motherboards, Gets Ready for Phenoms

Advanced Micro Devices has just issued an update to the list of motherboards that support AMD Phenom processors. The list is comprised of all the AM2 motherboards that can work with the latest Phenom processors.The Phenom-Ready certification shows the users that the recommended motherboard is fully functional when u...

12 February 2008
10:51 GMT




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