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ASUS A7V880 Mainboard Review. First Look at VIA KT880 Chipset

[ 04/19/04 | by Ilya Gavrichenkov]

VIA KT880 chipset with the dual-channel memory proves the fact that Athlon XP shouldn’t be pushed into oblivion yet. If AMD Athlon 64 is the latest and greatest AMD offspring, then Athlon XP with the contemporary chipsets also can offer quite an attractive bunch of features and opportunities. With the launching of KT880 VIA hopes to finally outpace NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 due to the implementation of two memory channels and a bunch of additional functions. Let’s see if this is the case!

First Mass Mainboard on NVIDIA nForce3 250: Chaintech Zenith ZNF3-250 Review

[ 04/07/04 | by Ilya Gavrichenkov]

Today we would like to offer you a review of the first mass mainboard on NVIDIA nForce3 250 chipset. Finally the so long-awaited product appeared in the mass market and we can see what it is capable of.