http://www.mhardware.net Your source for hardware reviews Tue, 06 May 2008 14:58:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Techgage reviews the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66 GHz quadcore processor which comes with 12 MB cache and is build in 45nm. Techgage writes in the final thoughts: As we expected, the Q9450 is a fantastic processor all-around. It offers a nice clock speed, improved characteristics over the previous 65nm ... http://www.mhardware.net/2008/05/cpu/intel-core-2-quad-q9450-cpu-review-techgage/ Bjorn3d reviews the XFX GeForce 9600GT XXX graphics card which comes factory overclocked. The final rating for this card is 9/10. Here's a part of the final words: There are two ways to look at performance; Absolute performance, which places this card in the middle of the pack under the 8800GT ... http://www.mhardware.net/2008/04/uncategorized/xfx-9600gt-xxx-review-bjorn3d/ Pro-Clockers reviews the Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4 Socket 775 motherboard and gives it the 'Must Have'-Award, writing in the conclusion: So, overall the GA-EX38-DS4 performed pretty damn well in our test lab, coming away with a great overclock, which while not the highest we have seen in terms of FSB, is definitely one ... http://www.mhardware.net/2008/04/motherboard/gigabyte-ga-ex38-ds4-review-pro-clockers/ Techgage reviews the ASUS EN9600GT TOP edition graphics card which comes already overclocked by the manufacturer.  What Techgage likes most is the performance and the overclocking ability of this card. Here is an excerpt of the final thoughts: The ASUS EN9600GT retails for an average of $180, while the TOP version ... http://www.mhardware.net/2008/04/graphics/asus-en9600gt-top-review-techgage/ Overclockersclub reviews the PowerColor HD 3450 entry-level graphics card and writes in the conclusion: The HD3450 is designed as a next generation card supporting all of the newest techlologies and that it does well. This card is not designed for the gaming market and you will not be playing games at ... http://www.mhardware.net/2008/04/graphics/powercolor-hd-3450-review-overclockersclub/ Motherboards.org reviews the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 dual core CPU and writes in the final thoughts: The E8500 is a worthy successor to the Core 2 Duo CPUs released earlier by Intel, with faster clock speeds, higher amount of L2 cache and all of the technologies that are supported by ... http://www.mhardware.net/2008/03/cpu/intel-core-2-duo-e8500-review-motherboardsorg/ Tweaktown reviews the Zotac GeForece 9800 GX2 graphics card and gives it a final rating of 93%, writing in the conclusion: ZOTAC have done some magic with the package as well by including not only a full version game but also a decent length HDMI cable for those of you who ... http://www.mhardware.net/2008/03/graphics/zotac-geforce-9800-gx2-review-tweaktown/ Hardwarezone reviews the MSI N9600GT-T2D512-OC graphics card which is powered by nVidia's GeForce 9600GT GPU. This MSI card comes pre-overclocked and features an improved two-slot cooler. Hardwarezone gives a final rating of 4.5 out of 5 and writes in the conclusion: To distinguish itself, MSI has gone through its book of ... http://www.mhardware.net/2008/03/graphics/msi-n9600gt-t2d512-oc-review-hardwarezone/ Tweaktown reviews the Palit GeForce 9600GT Sonic Edition graphics card and gives it an impressive final rating of 96%. Here is an excerpt of the conclusion: This card is just truly kick ass, and Palit have gone out of the way to offer something that stands out from the competition. There ... http://www.mhardware.net/2008/03/graphics/palit-geforce-9600gt-sonic-review-tweaktown/ Bit-Tech reviews the XFX nForce 780i SLI motherboardand gives it a final rating of 7/10, writing in the conclusion: The nForce 780i SLI suffers from stuff that just hasn't been updated; no solid aluminium capacitors, no re-FABed chipsets on a cooler process, no updated BIOS flashing utilities, no overclocking safe guards ... http://www.mhardware.net/2008/02/motherboard/xfx-nforce-780i-sli-review-bit-tech/