Review: Asus A7N266-C
Introduction The Asus A7N266-C in this review features nVidia's very first motherboard chipset, called “nForce”. The chipset is a classic two-chip solution, with several versions existing of both the northbridge and the southbridge. Asus brought various versions of the A7N266 to the market, with different combinations of the available north-...
ATI Xpert 2000 (Rage 128 GL) (109-68100-01)
Overview / Specs Chip Type: Chip Clock: Memory Clock: Memory Size: Memory Type: Memory Interface: ATI Rage 128 GL 79 MHz 79 MHz 32 MB SDRAM 64 Bit This is one of the slowest Rage 128 cards out there. While it is spec-wise a VR card, it has a full...
Retromachine: RHR Benchmarking System Super Socket 7
This system comes to use when it fits the hardware being tested and represents the lower end of a 3D retrogaming PC. It is fast enough for early 3D titles, but is also very useful for exhibiting CPU bottlenecks when compared to faster systems with the same graphics card. The...
ATI Rage Fury Pro SDR (Rage 128 Pro) (109-63100-10)
Overview / Specs Chip Type: Chip Clock: Memory Clock: Memory Size: Memory Type: Memory Interface: ATI Rage 128 Pro 118 MHz 140 MHz 16/32 MB SDRAM 128 Bit There are also 32 MB models of this card with the same P/N around. Both 16 and 32 MB cards have a...
Review: Abit KT7A-RAID
Introduction Next up in our Socket A reviews, we have the Abit KT7A-RAID. It is based upon the VIA KT133A chipset and the revision of our sample is 1.1. Four revisions of the KT7A(-RAID) exist (1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3), of which only revision 1.3 is compatible with the Athlon...
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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.