MSI plans to be selling Xpress 200 in 2 weeks

[Sylvanas]

According to Xbitlabs we'll see some of MSI's Xpress200 based motherboards appearing in two weeks.

if that is true, ill be one of the first customers

 

[Kovie]

While its nice that its coming out, a board that is said to have absolutely no overclocking options doesnt really appeal to me.

 

[Sylvanas]

no overclocking options? where have you got that information?

 

[Kovie]

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2004/msi/ms-7093/g1.htm

Could be just a prelim bios, or that its a hidden feature. Still, the board looks rather geared towards OEM's than anything else.

 

[Sylvanas]

hmmm i guess ill wait for the Abit/Asus/Giga revisions of the chipset.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Cool. I'm a bit more impressed with Nvidia's Nforce4 so far (mainly because I'd like to see ATI gain some clout and a reputation in the chipset industry first, and because Nvidia is supporting a bit more features in NF4 like SATA 2), and I wouldn't buy a motherboard for myself from MSI (usually stick to Asus/Abit), but I'm hopeful the Xpress 200 succeeds. What is ATI doing for chipset drivers (I forgot already if I ever knew)? Is it unified, like everything else these days?

 

[Sylvanas]

i guess Ati will have to be using unified drivers... maybe theyll release them when they officially announce the new X850 series (any day now?)

 

[btbam]

nice

 

[gobucks]

the MSI board is a micro-atx board, and is mainly gonna be used for OEMs/media centers and such. It's not meant to be an enthusiast board, as is evidenced by its lack of PCIe x1 slots.

As for those X850s, I can't really say I'm excited about them, given it's just a 3% clock boost, and they have to resort to dual-slot to accomplish it. Plus, the price of admission will go up $50, so you'll actually be getting LESS performance for your money, since for the old price ($450) of an X800XT (non PE) you can now only get an X850 pro, with a lower fillrate. Same goes for the X800XTPE versus X850XT (non PE). I know refreshes aren't usually that great, but usually they are a little more substantial than 3%, or at least add more memory. After seeing performance jumps of literally 100% or more with the NV40/R420 generation, I'm just not excited about 3%.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Sylvanas
According to Xbitlabs we'll see some of MSI's Xpress200 based motherboards appearing in two weeks.

if that is true, ill be one of the first customers

You can get in line for the IGP version now

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