ETA on non-nf4 s939 boards?

[Mephistopheles1101]

Well, I've been looking around for some non nForce4 motherboards for s939 to build a new rig, and so far the VIA K8T890 looks to be a very appealling chipset. I was just wondering when we can expect mobo's based on it to be available/reviewed?

 

[Waylay00]

the ASUS A8N-E is already out

 

[jabronidan89]

Originally posted by: Waylay00
the ASUS A8N-E is already out

The A8V-E you mean. The A8N-E is the nForce 4 Ultra board that may never come out.

 

[Mephistopheles1101]

does anyone know of any reviews of the a8v-e or ati xpress 200 based motherboards?

 

[AnnoyedGrunt]

Check out the Abit AX8. I think there might be some reviews floating around, but it is not quite available unfortunately.

Also, the Albatron K8X890 looks pretty good. It uses the Via Envy sound chip so it might have very good onboard sound (if the electrical layout is decent).

http://www.albatron.com.tw/eng...ication.asp?pro_id=186

The info screen still says Nvidia PCIe, so it looks like @ one point they were planning on using the NF4 chip, and then changed their minds.

Also, it says the board is for 754 Athlons, but it's also dual channel, so I think they still have some work to do on the info. Unfortunately, maybe that means the Envy stuff is wrong, or maybe it means it is still a ways off from being released. Not to mention that is also supposedly supports the latest INTEL 1000 FSB processors. Somebody obviously did a pretty bad cut and paste job to make the info sheet. Still, maybe some of it is true

One thing I like about the Via chipset is that they seem to use passive coolers and place the chip out of the way of the graphics card. I wish more NF4 mobos used passive coolers.

Anyhow, right now I am liking the Abit and the Albatron boards.

-D'oh!

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

The Soltek looks very nice, there are reviews on it already (links in some other thread).