Review: EpoX EP-8KTA2
Introduction My first Socket A machine was already based on the VIA KT333, so I missed the whole “Thunderbird / SD-RAM” era, with which Socket A began. Sure, I used at least two KT133A-based machines for a longer period of time in the past years, but I never really used...
ATI Xpert 2000 (Rage 128 GL) (109-66500-11)
Overview / Specs Chip Type: Chip Clock: Memory Clock: Memory Size: Memory Type: Memory Interface: ATI Rage 128 GL 80 MHz 119 MHz 32 MB SDRAM 64 Bit There are many different model numbers for Xpert 2000 cards. They all have a core clock of 80 MHz, 32 MB VRAM,...
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: EpoX EP-8KTA3
Introduction I was really looking forward to do this review. The EpoX EP-8KTA3 is part of my Win98 testing machine for many years now, where I test older graphics cards, soundcards and so on. I also use it to test SDR memory. It literally never let me down and never...
Review: Soyo K7V Dragon Plus!
Introduction Soyo released some very interesting boards in the early 2000s with their line of D.R.A.G.O.N. motherboards. The DRAGON naming derives from its rich feature list: D - DDR R - RAID A - 6-channel Audio G - AGP Pro O - Overclocking N - Networking
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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.