Intel P45 Motherboard
Posted by Simon Whiston in Motherboards on 30. May, 2008 | No Comments
Intel will shortly be releasing their latest Motherboard chipset the P45 the descendant of the P35 chipset. The release will be announced along with the boards full specification at the Computex convention later this month.
The Motherboard comes with DDR2 memory controller, for a start this isn’t promising. We must understand the current processors and motherboards [...]
Nvidia’s Tegra APX & CSX 600/650 Processors
Posted by Simon Whiston in Microprocessors on 29. May, 2008 | No Comments
I know I keep posting about Nvidia and Intel but the battle is still strong between both vendors. Nvidia will be releasing two actual CPU’s (Central Processing Units). As I’m aware Nvidia primary concern has always been graphics based hardware, where did the move to main processing start?
In June Nvidia will be releasing the Tegra [...]
P45 Intels New Motherboard Chipset DrMos
Posted by Simon Whiston in Motherboards on 27. May, 2008 | No Comments
The p45 Intel ChipSet is the latest board created from MSI and other vendors. The motherboard will compete against Nvidia’s latest Chipset the 790i. I wont be comparing the differences between both boards but explaining how Intel are trying to hit back at Nvidia.
When Nvidia’s latest motherboard chipsets were released the high end versions came [...]
Abit AM2+ AX78 & EVGA 8800 GS
Posted by Simon Whiston in Compatibility, Graphics, Motherboards on 24. May, 2008 | No Comments
I recenty created a mainstream/ enthusiast computer based on the Dual Core AMD processor, AM2+ board and the 8800 GS graphics interface. In theory the computer should perform brilliantly in all circumstances of computation. I then realised this was not the case.
Relating Issues:
Half Life 2 based gaming crashes - Freezing once connection has been made [...]
Nvidia GT200
Posted by Simon Whiston in Graphics on 23. May, 2008 | No Comments
Funnily enough I dont have any news on the new ATI graphics products but I do have information on Nvidia’s new Graphics card. Nvidia have already spat out the 9000 series so why bother bringing out another graphics card so early?
Well my theory is that Nvidia basically used a 8800 series architecture for the Nvidia [...]
Nvidia, ATI and all things AM2
Posted by Simon Whiston in Graphics, Microprocessors, Motherboards on 23. May, 2008 | No Comments
Its yet another Friday afternoon, the only thing keeping me going now is the bank holiday weekend! Over the last week I built a AM2 + based system using ATI’s chipset along with Nvidias Graphics. I’ve had many issues regarding this specification. I will be posting an article regarding the issues so users can help [...]
