A Performance Preview of the Via Cyrix III Cyrix, once a major supplier of microprocessors for the consumer desktop, has largely been silent since being acquired by the Taiwanese chipset maker Via Technologies. Soon to be released, however, is the new Cyrix III microprocessor targeted for the value segment. Via sent us a test system and we report our performance findings here. This time we have a look at a 'net cam'. Quickly it turned out to be a lot of fun for us big kids playing with this high quality camera and its good multimedia software package.
TV cards transform a PC into a multi-function device.
In addition to TV programs they also offer other functionality such as videotext or MP3 sound. We tested the latest TV cards. Finally there are more and more Athlon motherboards with VIA's Apollo KX133 chipset becoming available. Tom had an in-depth look at two interesting contenders and tested them under Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows 2000. Tom gives you some insight of what we can expect within the next 8 months.