Review: Gigabyte GA-7DXR
Introduction Prior to the GA-7DXR, Gigabyte released another AMD760 based motherboard - the GA-7DX(C). While the name suggest, that “the R" is just a slightly refined version of the vanilla GA-7DX (which was one of the first, if not the first overall AMD760 based motherboards released in its “C” version),...
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 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...
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: Abit KR7A-RAID
Introduction If you were after a high-performance Socket A board in early 2002, you probably had the Abit KR7A(-RAID) on top of your list. Abit's KT266A board is a true classic of its generation and among the best OC boards of that time. It was brought to market several weeks...
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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.