KR7

[Coligeon]

I just checked out Viahardware.com and I see that Abit will be annoucing the KR7, it will be a KT266 motherboard, sweet. This may be just what I'm waiting for. Anyone got any thoughts or opinions on this upcoming motherboard? Looks awesome to me so far, but the benchmarks will tell once it arives, I hope it comes out sometime in July, because that is when a revisoon of the KT266 chip will take place. I'm either going to purchase the Msi K7T266 or see how the KR7 turns out, I'm sure it will be much more Money though, because of the 4 dim and plus it's Abit ^_^. Keep in mind though, we'll be getting that wonderful Softmenue3 bios, great for Ocers, this may be the motherboard that gets the KT266 chip off it's feet. Any thoughts are much appreciated. Can't wait to see the KT266 chip beat out the Amd760. Also, rumors have been getting around that companies don't like paying the extra Money to make the Amd760, so it may or may not stick around too much longer.

 

[Coligeon]

Noone cares about this at all? I find that hard to believe, come on.

 

[Coligeon]

Anyone.

 

[Coligeon]

Ok, how about information on the A7V266, Pricing, anything like that, these are much an tiscipated motherboards IMO. Thanks.

 

[zzzz]

Its via.
Did Abit announce sis 735 board yet?

 

[AppleTalking]

Well, I won't believe in the KT266 until I see some definitive benchmarks from reliable sites that show it to be a better performer and more stable than the AMD760. The initial release of the chipset had terrible performance, bad stability, and was overall just a weak attempt at a chipset. I hope that Via has learned its lesson and will come back with a better-tested and more thoroughly designed chipset. At the rate the Socket A market is moving, the KT133A is not going to be a viable solution anymore with the nForce and the SiS 735 coming out, so if Via doesn't make the KT266 into a contender, they'll be dead in the water.

As much as the motherboard manufacturers hate to pay the extra for AMD760 motherboards -- what with the 6-layer process and all -- AMD doesn't really want to be producing the chipset. They wanted to do it just to show the other manufacturers (ALi, SiS, Via, etc.) how to take advantage of DDR for the Athlon and really didn't expect to be shipping this many chipsets. They'd prefer to just sell the processors and let other companies take over making the chipsets.

As for the KR7, Abit will definitely wait until Via is ready to go with the new KT266, as they don't want what happened to the MSI K7T266 to happen to their board. If Via meets its schedule, the improved KT266 should be out around the middle of the summer, making late July (August more realistically) as a good target date to see motherboards like the KR7 hit the streets.

Performance-wise, we'll just have to wait for the benchmarks before we jump to conclusions. I for one won't believe it until I see it.

Nick

 

[Coligeon]

<< Well, I won't believe in the KT266 until I see some definitive benchmarks from reliable sites that show it to be a better performer and more stable than the AMD760. The initial release of the chipset had terrible performance, bad stability, and was overall just a weak attempt at a chipset. I hope that Via has learned its lesson and will come back with a better-tested and more thoroughly designed chipset. At the rate the Socket A market is moving, the KT133A is not going to be a viable solution anymore with the nForce and the SiS 735 coming out, so if Via doesn't make the KT266 into a contender, they'll be dead in the water.

As much as the motherboard manufacturers hate to pay the extra for AMD760 motherboards -- what with the 6-layer process and all -- AMD doesn't really want to be producing the chipset. They wanted to do it just to show the other manufacturers (ALi, SiS, Via, etc.) how to take advantage of DDR for the Athlon and really didn't expect to be shipping this many chipsets. They'd prefer to just sell the processors and let other companies take over making the chipsets.

As for the KR7, Abit will definitely wait until Via is ready to go with the new KT266, as they don't want what happened to the MSI K7T266 to happen to their board. If Via meets its schedule, the improved KT266 should be out around the middle of the summer, making late July (August more realistically) as a good target date to see motherboards like the KR7 hit the streets.

Performance-wise, we'll just have to wait for the benchmarks before we jump to conclusions. I for one won't believe it until I see it.

Nick >>


Yeah, you have good points AppleTalking, althought from Viahardware.com, the new chip is to launch early July, I hope so, I'm, getting tired of waiting and the KR7 is to launch in Quater2, can't wait to see how the KR7 and A7V266 will do. Thanks all. Oh and zzzz, Abit did anouce their Nforce motherboard, also Quater2, not sure on Sis though. Sorry.

 

[chainbolt]

3 or 4 months ago the KT 266 chipset was hot. But it did not deliver and most peeps are very disappointed.
Now a revision is coming, hut it seems too late. Somebody who is NOW considering to go for DDR is certainly waiting for the SiS and the Crush boards. These boards are a quantum leap and will outperform the any of the current DDR boards. Abit simply missed the right timing for their board. I would either go for an AMD 760 board now (these are proven performers) or wait maybe 2 months more for an SiS board.

 

[Coligeon]

<< 3 or 4 months ago the KT 266 chipset was hot. But it did not deliver and most peeps are very disappointed.
Now a revision is coming, hut it seems too late. Somebody who is NOW considering to go for DDR is certainly waiting for the SiS and the Crush boards. These boards are a quantum leap and will outperform the any of the current DDR boards. Abit simply missed the right timing for their board. I would either go for an AMD 760 board now (these are proven performers) or wait maybe 2 months more for an SiS board. >>


I can't wait any longer and I don't like the Amd760 chip at all. I've been waitng for long time, I've had mostly everything together for 1 month at least and now all I need is the motherboard. I like the idea backing up the KT266 chip a lot better. Nfoce and Sis, well I don't like the company Sis to say the truth, and Nforce looks to be Pricy, KT266 chip could be great, just needs some refining IMO. Can't wait to see the KR7 and A7V266 debut. At Cluboc.net, their New Ak31 on the KT266 chip beat out the competition, and the motherboarc cost a mere 102 Dollars at Mwave.com, a Steal, compared to Amd760 chips.

 

[Anaconda]

im waiting for the sis 735 and nForce chipsets, they seem promising

 

[Coligeon]

When will they Formily launch? And official dates, I've been waiting a long time, should I wait some more, I Hate to, but I guess if it's worth it I'll see how it is.

 

[compuwiz1]

Screw Abit, it's been a long time, since I've gotten all wet over any of their offerings.

 

[Coligeon]

<< Screw Abit, it's been a long time, since I've gotten all wet over any of their offerings. >>


Well, it does look appealing though...The A7V266 will have 2 DDR and 2 Sdram dims so I son't think I would want that. I think I might wait for Msi to release their revised K7T266.