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Title: MSI K9N Diamond (nVidia nForce4 590 SLI)
Pros: Excellent stability and good performance;, Support for SLI (two PCI Express x16 slots);, Support for Serial ATA II (6 channels; 2x RAID);, Support for Parallel ATA ( 1 channel; RAID);, Two Gigabit LAN controllers and 8-channel Creative Audigy audio;, Supp
Cons: Price a bit too high;, Flaws in the software.
Verdict: During the tests, we had no special complaints about MSI K9N Diamond. The product offers a good package bundle, good expansion options (including the full-fledged audio Creative Audigy), a set of MSI proprietary technologies, and powerful overclocking fea
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Title: MSI K9N Ultra (NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra)
Pros: Excellent stability;, Good compatibility to memory modules;, Support for SerialATA II (6 channels, RAID);, Two Gigabit LAN controllers;, 8-channel High Definition Audio;, Support for the USB2.0 interface (10 ports);, A set of MSI's proprietary utilities (
Cons: Very scarce package bundle.
Verdict: Chipsets of the NVIDIA nForce 5õõ series are the most powerful and functional products for the AMD Socket AM2 platform to date. Coupled with the latest AMD processors, this allows manufacturers to set higher prices. For instance, MSI K9N Ult
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Title: Product Reviews: MSI K9N Platinum
Verdict: The K9N Platinum offers a reasonable number of features but its relatively steep price and limited overclocking options stop it from excelling.
Summary: Making overclocking matters trickier is the fact that the MSI's BIOS is somewhat conservative. You can only increase its CPU voltage for example up to a maximum of 1.450V while its memory can be taken up to a top setting of 2.10V. This pales in comparison
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80/100 |
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Title: MSI K9N Diamond
Verdict: However, without focusing too much on the average overclocking performance of the K9N Diamond, this is a very good motherboard overall. The price tag alone is impressive for such a high quality nForce 590 SLI motherboard. The Creative Sound Blaster Live 7
Summary: During late May of this year AMD released their latest AM2 processors while Nvidia released the chipsets to support them. There were a total of four Nvidia nForce 500 chipsets released, all of which are slightly different in their own way. The most powerf
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Title: MSI K9N Platinum
Verdict: Both NVIDIA and AMD knew it would be hard to ask $200 US per motherboard and then the same for a decent processor when the performance had not improved. Therefore, the typical nForce 570 Ultra motherboard and AMD Athlon64 3800+ processor should retail for
Summary: Whoever said time flies as you get older, was actually right! How do I know this? I know this because just 5 years ago now, the very first NVIDIA chipset being the original nForce was released. Just think, in the computer industry a new generation of prod
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Title: Review: MSI K9N SLI Diamond motherboard
Pros: Passively cooled; well designed
Cons: Not as fast as the 590 chipset version
Verdict: : A good motherboard for those wanting to build a quiet gaming system
Summary: Another AM2 motherboard to has made in into the Labs in the form of the K9N SLI Diamond from MSI....
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80/100 |
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Title: MSI K9N Platinum (nForce 570 Ultra)
Summary: MSI's K9N Platinum is one of the first mid-range Socket AM2 motherboards to hit retail from a major motherboard manufacturer. The K9N Platinum has all the power of the nForce 570 Ultra without any of the initial kinks of a new chipset implementation. This
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90/100 |
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Title: MSI K9N SLI Platinum
Summary: With a tight budget, the MSI K9N SLI Platinum motherboard just might have the price and performance when you need it.
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Title: MSI K9N SLI Platinum
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Title: Review: MSI K9N SLI Diamond motherboard
Pros: - Impressive route re-calculations - Maps supplied for all of western Europe - Big touch-screen
Verdict: : A good motherboard for those wanting to build a quiet gaming system
Summary: A passively cooled AM2 motherboard for quiet gaming machines
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80/100 |
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Title: MSI K9N SLI Platinum
Verdict: A disappointing debut for NForce 570
Summary: Unless you've been living like a hermit in a cave for the last six months, you'll already know that AMD is launching a new range...
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