The Birth of an Abit NF7 - A Factory Tour
We take you behind the scenes of Abit's Suzhou manufacturing facilities outside of Shanghai. Pictures, primers and new products are inside.
20 by Kristopher Kubicki on 6/11/2004Future Format Frenzy: Digital Audio and You
With Intel's newest 8-channel digital audio process only a week or so away, we have some more info on DVD-A, SACD, BluRay and Azalia.
23 by Kristopher Kubicki on 6/11/2004Your DVD Burner is Obsolete
We have 16X burn speeds, BluRay information, 100GB optical storage and recorder chipset information inside.
29 by Kristopher Kubicki on 6/10/2004Weekly Buyer's Guide: Entry Level System - June 2004
This week, we continue with our weekly Buyer's Guides, for entry level systems this time around. Not much has changed in the last month on the entry level front...
41 by Evan Lieb on 6/9/2004Samsung 172X: 12ms Response Time for 17" LCD
Samsung's retail 17" LCD breaks the 16ms response time barrier, but can they compete with existing 16ms and 20ms LCDs?
19 by Kristopher Kubicki on 6/8/2004Q2 2004 Desktop Hard Drive Comparison: WD Raptor vs the World
We're finally ready to bring back hard drive reviews, and for good this time. Read on to see what our new test suite is like and how the latest...
50 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/7/2004Computex 2004: Graphics Cards Galore
With tons of vendors scattered throughout the show floor, we did our best to round up as many shots of the latest and greatest graphics cards as we could.
16 by Derek Wilson on 6/5/2004Fall 2004 Motherboard Preview: A Sea of New
New processors are coming from all directions and all of these new sockets need a home. We give you the low down on new motherboards featuring Intel 915/925X...
18 by Wesley Fink on 6/4/2004AGP on Intel 9xx chipsets? We explain how.
At Computex we saw at least two Intel 9xx based motherboards that featured an AGP slot, contrary to Intel's claims of no AGP support in their 9xx chipset line...
15 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/4/2004Apple's In-Ear Headphones and Sony's MDR-EX71SL - Searching for Decent In-Ear Headphones
We are after the best pair of in-ear headphones, and we have come back shopping with two of the most popular options currently in stores. Read on to find...
18 by Andrew Ku on 6/3/2004Computex 2004: BTX at the Show
After much searching, we finally got the BTX information and pictures we were looking for. Read on to get the BTX at Computex experience, without traveling half-way across...
28 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/2/2004Socket 939 Chipsets: Motherboard Performance & PCI/AGP Locks
The new Dual-Channel Socket 939 has landed. How do VIA K8T800 PRO and nVidia nForce3-250Gb Ultra perform when driving the new processor? We also take a closer look...
20 by Wesley Fink on 6/2/2004New ATI Products Confirmed: The X Series Line-up
Today, ATI fills out their new X series with three new PCI Express parts based on current technology that we are seeing. We will learn about a new process...
10 by Derek Wilson on 6/1/2004Computex 2004 Update: NV45 Mystery Solved
We've asked a number of questions about NV45 today, and we've finally got all of the answers...including what that darn power connector happens to be.
8 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/1/2004AMD Athlon 64 3800+ and FX-53: The First 939 CPUs
Today marks the launch of the long awaited Socket 939 platform for AMD's Athlon 64 line of processors. With 939 comes dual channel memory controllers for unbuffered DDR RAM...
38 by Derek Wilson on 6/1/2004Computex 2004 Update: More NV45 Information
We weren't about to stop with our NV45 coverage from earlier, here's some more information and pictures detailing NVIDIA's elusive NV45.
9 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/31/2004