Did the Anandtech Soltek single channel nforce2 review come out yet?

[Macro2]

Have you had this board a week Evan? WHat's the verdict?

 

[First]

I'm doing a bunch of video stuff as well as a couple KT600 boards right now. I'll have one of my benchmark guys check out the Soltek board today if you'd like though.

 

[mechBgon]

Yeah, and the nForce3 Pro 150 too? We want something to drool over!

Macro2, I did just do some testing of an Asus A7N8X-X here at home, including playing UT2003 Demo with 63 bots It performed well, all things considered (CPU ain't so fast, just a 1700+).

Interestingly, the audio was quite good despite having just the MCP southbridge, and the audio driver is still nVidia, not third-party (I used nForce2 2.03 drivers). I used Hardware 3D Audio + EAX in UT2003 Demo, sounded good to me (and my usual gaming board is my A7N266-VM, with the full nVidia APU). Overall, it felt quick (and yes, I did have IE and Windows fully patched-up, so it's not just that it had a raw, unencumbered Windows installation).

A couple other random notes on the A7N8X-X: it has no gameport, nor a gameport-on-a-stick bracket; it has an S/PDIF header (hmm!); it has three fan headers despite what the manual says; and it has holes around the CPU socket for bolt-down coolers.

 

[Macro2]

Evan, the single channel Soltek would make a nice comparison with the the single channel KT600 and while your at it throw in a dual channel nforce2 board...

 

[Macro2]

Evan?

 

[bootoo]

MechBgon, and anyone else who knows, what's the comparison between o/clocking options on the a7n8x and the a7n8x'x if you don't mind my asking? I heard the vcore etc. would be limited. Do you know if there will be vdd and vdmm options? Thanks and sorry all for hijacking the thread a bit but thought it might be somewhat on topic.