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31 articles tagged as pci

20 Years On: Thief II

Rick returns to the best stealth game in existence.

April 2, 2020 | 15:00

Half-Life: Alyx Review

Half-Life is back! But how does the switch to VR stack up?

March 31, 2020 | 12:00

Mod of the Month February 2020 in Association with Corsair

We've picked some of the best projects recently completed in our project log forum.

March 25, 2020 | 14:00

PCI-SIG finalises PCIe 4.0 specification, teases early adoption

Hopes to have PCIe 5.0 ready early 2019.

October 27, 2017 | 10:52

HIS launches PCI Radeon HD 5450 512MB

HIS' 5450 Silence is the first PCI graphics card to feature native HDMI output.

December 24, 2010 | 07:30

Intel Z68 Express details leak

Details of Intel's Z68 Express chipset for Sandy Bridge processors appeared on a leaked slide.

November 22, 2010 | 10:29

Sony TransferJet devices coming soon

Devices implementing Sony's TransferJet short-range wireless technology are already available in Japan, and are coming to Western shores some time in the spring.

February 9, 2010 | 14:29

Akasa PowerMax 1000W Gaming PSU

We review Akasa's PowerMax kilowatt "Gaming" PSU to find out what makes it so gamer-worthy. Is its attractive price a boon, making it a great bargain, or is it cheap and not-so cheerful? Read on to find out...

September 8, 2008 | 11:11

Asus Xonar DX

Asus Xonar DX is the inexpensive version of the full fat PCI-Express Xonar D2X. Now featuring an extended emulated EAX in addition to Dolby features and high quality components, does this make the Xonar DX the ultimate soundcard?

May 26, 2008 | 08:45

Asus shows off its Radeon HD 3850 X3 Trinity

Yes, that's an X3 - three Radeon HD 3850s on a single PCB with watercooling as standard. We've got plenty of pics inside too!

March 28, 2008 | 07:29

Asus Striker II Formula

The original Striker was arguably the most popular motherboard in the Asus RoG series and now it gets a brother - the Striker II. It's based on the new Nvidia nForce 780i SLI chipset and has many tweaked features - we check it out to see what's changed.

January 25, 2008 | 07:49

Asus Xonar D2X - PCI-Express soundcard

Finally, an enthusiast's soundcard that supports PCI-Express is available, some four years after the interconnect's inception! We throw on some cans and take the latest Asus Xonar D2X with its funky lights and black EMI shield for a spin.

January 13, 2008 | 06:15

Shuttle SP35P2 Pro XPC

Not everything has to be built around a huge ATX case, and Shuttle's XPC range gets another revision to include yet more features: Oasis cooling, solid aluminium capacitors our favourite P35 chipset to make a potential teeny performance monster.

December 29, 2007 | 08:25

Asus Xonar D2

Asus has hit the sound card market with all guns blazing, but should the mighty Creative start sweating as another computing behemoth lands the heavyweight Xonar D2 into the PC audio market?

September 3, 2007 | 04:19

Gigabyte X38 and RD790-DQ6

Get your wallets ready as details and pictures of Gigabyte's Intel X38 and AMD RD790 DQ6 boards arise.

August 30, 2007 | 18:34

Abit Airpace WiFi PCI-E card

We grab Abit's Airpace WiFi card and take it through the motions to see if it can make wireless networking any less of a headache.

June 24, 2007 | 00:46

Asus soundcard launches, gets a name

COMPUTEX 2007: The Asus Xonar D2 now features a few more lights, and a lot more product details. We grabbed some pics of the final product, its box and the low down of what goes on inside.

June 8, 2007 | 01:40

P35 supports PCI-Express 2.0

COMPUTEX 2007: It turns out that there's yet another 'hidden' feature in Intel's P35 chipset, as Intel has now revealed that it supports PCI-Express 2.0.

June 6, 2007 | 05:42

Gigabyte anticipates quad CrossFire

COMPUTEX 2007: With AMD's RD790 chipset closer than you think, Gigabyte (among others) expects it to launch soon with quad CrossFire not far behind.

June 6, 2007 | 05:02

PCIe 2.0 to arrive by Christmas

PCI-SIG has said that PCI-Express 2.0 compliant products are on schedule to appear on the market in December.

May 22, 2007 | 13:39

Sounds of Asus heard in Hannover

CEBIT 2007: How about a PCI-Express x1 sound card? We've certainly been waiting for one ever since the first PCI-Express mobos came out back in 2004. Asus' soundcard could be what the doctor ordered...

March 16, 2007 | 06:54

MSI K9A Platinum

Today, we have a look at MSI's K9A Platinum based on AMD's 580X CrossFire chipset. Could this turn out to be a great bargain for budget gamers? Let's find out...

January 23, 2007 | 15:27

PCI-E 2.0 announced

The PCI consortium has ratified the next installment of PCIe. "More Power" and "Ludicrous Speed" are the words of the day.

January 16, 2007 | 15:22

HIS launches PCI Radeon X1300 with dual DVI

HIS has announced a silent PCI-based Radeon X1300. It’s a low profile card with a dual slot passive cooler and it comes with a pair of DVI ports, including one that is dual-link capable.

November 2, 2006 | 14:59

PCI SIG gears up for PCI Express version 2

If you haven't upgraded to PCI-E yet, your AGP system is about to get two generations out of date, as a new version of the connection standard is debated.

October 10, 2006 | 16:11