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: EpoX EP-8KHAL+
Introduction The 8KHAL+ was a very affordable KT266A board. Compared to EpoX' flagship KT266A offering, the 8KHA+, it has only five PCI slots, lacks the POST code display and features only a 2-phase CPU VRM. Despite the fact, that the 8KHAL+ was a product that was clearly aimed towards the...
Retropic – KT133A Testsystem
Picture of my VIA KT133A-based test-system. Taken on my trusty Sony Mavica.
Review: EpoX EP-8K7A
Introduction Up for review is the EP-8K7A, EpoX's AMD760 based motherboard. Like all boards I know, which feature AMDs DDR chipset, it uses AMD's 761 northbridge and the VIA 686B southbridge. Typical for EpoX, the board is packed with OC features. But in contrary to the older 8KTA3 model, for...
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.