[H]ardNews 2nd Edition

Perfect 10 Review:

AT7-Max2 a perfect 10 mainboard? Hexus seems to think so. We like the Max2 series as much as the next guy…but we tend to reserve our “perfect 10” ratings for the ladies and not the hardware.

During all these tests, the test system did not crash once.

...and there you have it, a perfect 10.

Radeon 9700 Reviewage:

The fellas at OCAddiction have the Radeon 9700 on the test bench today. With brands of the Radeon 9700 coming in around the $300 mark if you look around ( about $310 online ), it is impossible to beat.

The 9700 is the card to have. PERIOD. It runs any current game, and doesn’t even break a sweat with all the bells and whistles on. ATI has grabbed the golden ring from nVidia with the 9700, and if they have their way, they will hold onto it into 2003.

EPoX Mainboard Review:

Further proof the world is coming to an end, we had ATi reviews by NVIDIA based site, now our buddies at EnvyNews are busting out EPoX mainboard reviews. Heh…well, maybe not “end of the world” stuff, but the review is worth checking out.

I was able to get my 2.4G up to 2.7G much like I did with the 4G4A+, on the other side with stability both the 2700 and 3200 DDR options ran, but by sacrificing either overclocking or onboard options. However I have not given up on the performance and overclocking with these two options, I need to get my hands on a couple different manufactures of higher speed DDR and find out if it is the memory, motherboard or the pairing of the memory with the motherboard.