Review: IWill XP333-R
Introduction The XP333-R is IWill's second mainboard using the ALi MAGiK 1 chipset. The big difference to the older KA266-R is, that IWill's XP333-R already uses the revised C1 stepping of the ALi MAGiK 1 chipset. The PCB was completely redesigned and faster DDR333 memory is now officially supported -...
Review: Asus A7V266-E
Introduction The first Socket A mainboard we will take a look upon, is the Asus A7V266-E. This board was relatively common among VIA KT266A based motherboards and generally highly regarded. There are 4 models of the A7V266 (in ATX format) out there, which differentiate as follows: A7V266 First Edition, based...
Review: Asus A7M266
Introduction The A7M266 is one of these boards that newer really grew on me. There are several great AMD760 based motherboards out there, which either look exciting, have great features or even both of these aspects. The A7M266 falls in neither of these categories. It just hasn't got that little...
Review: Gigabyte GA-7IXE4
Introduction Gigabyte's GA-7IXE4 is a special motherboard in many regards. It is based on AMDs 750 “Irongate” chipset, which was originally developped for the Slot A Athlon “Classic” and the launch chipset for that platform. This also means, that the Irongate is roughly at least a full year older than...
Review: Asus A7A266-E
Introduction The Asus A7A266(/-E) is probably the most common ALi MAGiK 1 based motherboard and also the only model released by a major company. The -E Version of the board (which we are taking a look upon today) features the final revision “C1" of the ALi MAGiK 1 chipset. This...
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REVIEWS: Classic hardware revisited, reviewed and evaluated with today's knowledge of things.
Welcome to RETROHARDWARE-REVIEWS!
I spent the past ten months creating this place as well as enough content for the launch and decided to go live now, even though the content is only at ~95% of what I planned it to be for the start. But my promised, extended launch date was January of 2023, and I don't want to wait any longer.
For now, the reviews found here are limited to Socket A motherboards. For the future, you can expect a neverending stream of hardware (primarily graphics cards) that I collected in over 20 years. The main focus will be hardware from ~1997 to ~2007 and I can promise reviews of rare and interesting stuff and excessive comparisons and benchmarks, which weren't done in this kind of way yet.