Soyo Dragon+ Ultra - Can this be the next motherboard

[NicColt]

The perfect motherboard. what would you replace or add.

200/266MHz System Interface Speed AMD Socket-A based VIA KT266A ATX Motherboard
Supports AMD XP2000+ Processor
Provides 6 High-speed USB 2.0 ports (2 rear, 4 front)
Three 184-pin DDR333 SDRAM 2.5V DIMM sockets Support up to 3GB
DIMM voltage adjustable
AGP Pro voltage adjustable
On board CMI 8738 Audio chip to provide 6 channels audio solution
Supports optical output & SPDIF output
CPU FSB, core voltage & multiplier adjusted via BIOS setup
CPU FSB Frequency can be setup by 1MHz increment
Embedded Promise IDE RAID chip, provide ATA/133 IDE RAID 0,1 function
Built-in front Smart Card and Flash Card Readers
On board 10/100 Mbps Ethernet function by ICS PHY controller
Two RS-232 Serial Ports (16550 UART compatible)
One Parallel Printer Port (SPP/EPP/ECP mode)
One FDD port (supports 3 mode, 1.2/1.44/2.88 MB FDD)
Four independent channels for eight IDE devices (two for Raid)
Supports up to PIO mode 5 & UDMA 33/66/100/133
Two PCI bus mastering ATA E-IDE ports
Supports multiple-boot from E-IDE/SCSI/CD-ROM/FDD LS120/ZIP
2M byte Flash ROM

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

Nice, but I would add RAID 0+1 on the 2 RAID channels, plus I like that USB key thing that comes with the MSI K7T266 Pro2-RU board. Plus I would prefer is be made by MSI so it could havd the D-LED feature and the Live Bios. Let's hope it's available with the KT333 chipset?

 

[DefRef]

Where is this listed and when's it coming out? The Ultra on the Soyo site is for P4 only. I'm getting a D+ in a couple of weeks and need to know if I should wait.

 

[Parser]

I think he just invented it so don't get your hopes too high.

It does sound good though but most of the changes you made are for future proofing the dragon and not really all that important for right now. I'd like to see the dimm voltage adjustable and the 1/5 and 1/6 pci dividers but I'll survive with what I've got.