[H]ardNews 2nd Edition

More nForce2 Reviewage:

AMDMB is the latest to hop on the nForce2 review bandwagon. The fellas look at the MSI K7N2 flavor of nForce2 board which is like the base model for this product line. Long on performance, not as many extras.

The MSI K7N2 is another good addition to a line of nForce2 motherboards that are dominating the current AMD motherboard market. It has a slight performance advantage over the other motherboards that we tested for this review, but not enough of one to actually base your purchasing decision on. All of the nForce2 motherboards are showing themselves to be great in terms of performance – so it kind of leaves the user to make a much more difficult choice for their purchase.

Getting On TV:

Well, not like you think. Bjorn3D reviews the Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Deluxe today for people interested in getting TV on the PC. Well, it does other stuff too…not just the TV thing. The review itself is a quick and dirty one pager with mostly specs though, not a full blown review.

Crucial vs. Sapphire:

3DVelocity pits the new 9700Pro from Crucial against the 9700Pro from Sapphire. I don’t want to give away the winner of the catfight, but the truth is…if you can get a good deal, the winner is you with any 9700Pro right now.

Hopefully what we have shown here is that a top performance GPU needn't cost the earth. By cutting back on the extra's both Crucial and Sapphire have done an exceptional job of providing the end user with great value for money. Crucial in particular have produced the finest R9700 we have used thus far and done it for a far cheaper price than anyone else, a tremendous feat.