A8N Deluxe non SLI release?

[Penoir]

Does anyone know when ASUS was planning on releasing the A8N Deluxe non-sli motherboard? I'd really like an ASUS nforce4 motherboard for my new setup. I plan on building in February. I really have no interest in SLI, but I'd like an Nforce4. What about the Radeon chipset? That seemed to be pretty good.

 

[gobucks]

so far, the ATI chipset has only appeared in low-end boards, and lacks a whole lot of features, like PCIe x1 slots and overclocking tools. I don't think the mobo makers are giving it much of a chance, but we'll see. Personally, i find the features on the Xpress 200 to be a bit spartan or my tastes (i just ordered an A8N-SLI, which throws in everything but the kitchen sink), but if you want the basics, plus a cool integrated video with interesting multi-monitor possibilities, and the boards get cheap (currently they are $180 for that crappy ass micro-atx board), then go for it.

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

The ATI chipset paired with the ULI M1573 southbridge is a very nice combination, bringing hi-def audio to the AMD platform.

Review: http://www.ocworkbench.com/2004/uli/m1573/g1.htm
"The M1573 integrates a High Definition (HD) Audio/AC'97 Host Controller, 2-channel dedicated Ultra-66/100/133 IDE Master controller, SATA Host Controller (4 SATA ports that can support SATA RAID 0,1,0+1) supporting Native Command Queue, USB 2.0/1.1 Host controllers, IO APIC controller, as well as 1/10/100 Mb/s Fast Ethernet MAC layer and PCI Express interface."

Hopefully someone will make a decent mobo with it.

As for the ASUS board, the non-Deluxe version should be about $20 cheaper, which is a very good deal in my opinion.