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Published on Thursday, January 8 2009 1:20 pm by Shamino

EVGA X58 SLI Classified Preview

VR-Zone today takes a Sneak Preview at the new X58 Motherboard from EVGA, the EVGA X58 SLI Classified. It is powered by X58+ICH10R chipset with NVIDIA nF200 X16 and supports 6 DDR3 SDRAM DIMM sockets up to 24GB memories.


Published on Monday, December 29 2008 9:37 pm by cf

MSI K9N2GM, Micro-ATX motherboard review

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Most motherboard manufacturers nowadays create bigger and bigger motherboards loosing their sense of compactness. The current review though will focus on a micro-ATX jewel bearing the MSI product logo - namely the K9N2GM. The micro-ATX standard is relatively comfy from modder's point of view for creating quite compact works of art. But enough talk, let's see what action can the small guy dispense.


Published on Tuesday, December 23 2008 11:47 pm by Visionary

ECS Releases A790GXM-AD3 For Phenom II

ECS today releases the A790GXM-AD3 Black Series motherboard disclosing the extraordinary gaming performance of AMD’s latest Dragon platform. Supporting the latest AMD Phenom™ II processors, ATI CrossFireX™ technology, and the dual channel DDR3 memory architecture, ECS A790GXM-AD3 unleashes the full potential of hardware components that gamers are always eager for.



Published on Friday, December 19 2008 5:36 pm by elladan

Winter 2008 Gaming Rig Buyers' Guide

Out to get the most eye candy in the latest games regardless of the cost? Or looking to squeeze every last drop of value out of a limited budget? VR-Zone's guide will help you to maximize your enjoyment regardless of how much you are prepared to fork out...


Published on Thursday, December 18 2008 2:09 pm by elladan

First Look: Foxconn Blood Rage

We give you a peek at Foxconn's take on the X58 chipset - the top-end Blood Rage motherboard.


Published on Thursday, December 18 2008 12:51 pm by cf

Jetway NC92 Series Mini-ITX

Downsizing PC's are the way of the future and you can start on your trek today with the Jetway NC92-230-LF ITX Motherboard. This Motherboard is an all in one setup with CPU, graphics and other features already on the board making it easy for you to be on your way. Can this all-in-one do what you want it to do? Modders-Inc finds out...



Published on Tuesday, December 16 2008 6:12 pm by Visionary

DFI LP JR X58-T3H6 MicroATX Board Details

DFI is preparing a microATX board based on Intel X58 chipset slated for release in January 2009. The PCB is black in colour and has 6 layers measuring at 245x245mm size. With 6 phase digital PWM design, it supports the LGA1366 processors from 4.8 to 6.4GT/s QPI. There are 6 DIMM slots on the board to allow up to 24GB DDR3-800/1066/1333 memories and two PCIe x16 slots for 2-way SLI and Quad Crossfire.


Published on Tuesday, December 16 2008 12:55 am by Visionary

Nvidia Chipset For Intel Atom Supports SLI

VR-Zone has learned that Nvidia is preparing a special version of their MCP7A chipset to support Intel Atom processors. More interestingly, the chipset offers support for SLI technology by offering two PCIe x8 links. The MCP7A chipset can support up to 4 DIMM slots with DDR2-533/667/800 memories. Other features include HD Audio, 6 SATA ports, 12 USB 2.0 ports, one PCIe x1, one PCI slot, IEEE 1394, Gigabit LAN. Nvidia too has another chipset, MCP79 for Atom on a Pico-ITX board for Nettop supporting single channel DDR3 SO-DIMM, HDMI, DVI-I, LAN, USB, SATA etc.

Published on Monday, December 15 2008 12:21 pm by cf

Intel Core i7 920, Core i7 965 EE and Intel DX58SO


Long awaited Nehalem architecture got its official name: Core i7. InsideHW have
tested two CPUs based on this architecture along with one motherboard based
on X58 chipset also signed by Intel. Code name for X58 chipset is "Tylersburg".
This chipset is made in 65 nm manufacturing process and it is direct descendant of X48 chipset, which means that it belongs to Intel Extreme chipset series.



Published on Monday, December 15 2008 10:57 am by Visionary

Does Your nForce Board Supports 45nm Phenom CPUs?

Here's a chart to show you which nForce chipset supports the new 45nm cores (Deneb, Heka, Regor). Basically, MCP68 based boards will not support the new processors while MCP61, MCP72 and MCP78 will be able to support. You can head over here to check the list of motherboard models that support the new CPUs.