Monday Reviews

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With the ever increasing hope to cover all ends of the market share we have seen graphics card entering the market lately that range from high-end to low-end. The Gigabyte FX 5700LE that we're reviewing to today is one that perhaps would be on low end of the scale, but it does have more MHz left in than meets the eye. After running it through a battery of benchmarks we came away very satisfied with just what this card was capable of doing.

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The Ultra Dual Channel Kit is clearly a budget kit as it’s quite affordable and comes in a very nice box you’ll never use again. If you don’t plan on overclocking your FSB very much then this kit would be an ideal low budget decent performance alternative to the Corsair, TwinMOS, OCZ modules.

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It overclocked well and the stock reference cooler isn't the loudest in the world. Should you wish to partake in a little next generation graphics action, you could do worse than give XFX that considerable chunk of change.

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The tiny button that you see on the back panel is for clearing the CMOS which can come in handy if your overclocked system fails to boot up after you’ve fitted all your components and have the casing closed. Instead of re-opening the casing, simply press that button for a couple of seconds and you’re up and running again.

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The EPIA MII features some new technology that is fairly innovative. One such feature is built right into the VIA C3 processor, the Via Padlock Advanced Cryptography Engine (ACE). Via Padlock is an encryption and decryption engine designed to be used with the US Government approved Advanced Encryption Standard.

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The MII10000 reviewed today is practically the same as the M10000 other than the included CompactFlash, Cardbus and Firewire capability. The Firewire should remain an EPIA staple whereas the Cardbus and the CompactFlash wouldn't be missed by most of its targeted audience. Other than that, if you are in the market for a cheap