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After finishing up the nForce2 roundup a couple days ago, I've decided to conclude our 845PE coverage with a 13-way roundup this month. I feel this 845PE roundup will serve as a good reference for people looking for P4 boards over the next 3 months, as Intel's successor to 845PE (Springdale PE) won't be arriving until Q2 2003, which means April 1st at the very earliest. Perhaps Granite Bay will become significantly cheaper soon, we'll have to see, but since Granite Bay has been targeted as a workstation chipset (at a workstation price) from the outset, I suspect that the first real affordable dual channel DDR Intel chipsets won?t be arriving until Q2 2003 with Springdale-P/PE/GE (Canterwood will take over the spot 850 currently occupies).
Anyway, as should be expected, our 13-way 845PE roundup will include the seven other 845PE reviews we've done so far, but we'll be adding six other 845PE boards, which includes IWILL, ABIT, Albatron (PX845PEV Pro II), DFI, Acorp, Soltek, Soyo and Chaintech. So hopefully, by posting this roundup, you guys will only have to refer to a single article for all the 845PE info you could want.
Here's a couple new things I'll be adding to this article off the top of my head:
1. A table illustrating how the 845 has changed since it debuted as a PC133-only part over a year ago.
2. Comparison to SiS 648 and VIA P4X400 (perhaps E7205 too) in terms of performance, price, features, overclockability, etc.
What else would you guys like to see? All suggestions are welcome.
On a side note, as of right now I'm in the middle of preparing for finals, so you won't be seeing too many new things in the next two weeks or so. For the month of December and into mid-January, don't expect to see more than an 845PE roundup, a SiS 655 first look article and an nForce2 IGP first look article. And FYI, as of right now, KT400A, P4X600 and SiS 655 look to be February products, which is why you won?t see much into January (except perhaps 655).
I'll update this thread with stuff I decide to include in the roundup as time goes on.
Anyway, as should be expected, our 13-way 845PE roundup will include the seven other 845PE reviews we've done so far, but we'll be adding six other 845PE boards, which includes IWILL, ABIT, Albatron (PX845PEV Pro II), DFI, Acorp, Soltek, Soyo and Chaintech. So hopefully, by posting this roundup, you guys will only have to refer to a single article for all the 845PE info you could want.
Here's a couple new things I'll be adding to this article off the top of my head:
1. A table illustrating how the 845 has changed since it debuted as a PC133-only part over a year ago.
2. Comparison to SiS 648 and VIA P4X400 (perhaps E7205 too) in terms of performance, price, features, overclockability, etc.
What else would you guys like to see? All suggestions are welcome.
On a side note, as of right now I'm in the middle of preparing for finals, so you won't be seeing too many new things in the next two weeks or so. For the month of December and into mid-January, don't expect to see more than an 845PE roundup, a SiS 655 first look article and an nForce2 IGP first look article. And FYI, as of right now, KT400A, P4X600 and SiS 655 look to be February products, which is why you won?t see much into January (except perhaps 655).
I'll update this thread with stuff I decide to include in the roundup as time goes on.
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