what boards are dual opteron with agp?

[Boonesmi]

anyone have a link, or know have a good list of dual socket940 boards with agp slot?
or feel free to post replies with boards that you know of that fit the bill

im putting together another cad/cam workstation for my brother in law in a few weeks and im wanting an idea of what boards will be available


msi K8T Master2-FAR link $230
tyan tiger K8W (S2875) link $??
tyan thunder K8W (S2885) link $490
iwill DK8X link (very odd placement of the agp slot ) $??
rioworks HDAMB link $400

any others i should be looking at?

 

[Actaeon]

My friend has the HDAMB, very weird motherboard... It was reporting wrong temps and voltages (wasn't sure at the time if it was inaccurate readings, or if it was just overvolting), so I spent a while trying to fix that. Motherboard Monitor couldn't detect any settings. I couldn't change the BIOs (Some weird memory thing going on), then somehow he got it changed, and it now reads accurate temps.

But other than the weird BIO's things, it seems to be okay. Lots of features, built in Ethernet and Sound (SATA is optional). They had pretty good tech support, my friend had to use them a few times, and they helped him out.

But as always, I suggest going with the larger manufactors like Tyan and MSi.

 

[Sheriff]

The Iwill features PCI-X which is/will be faster then AGP so I would imagine that is why those slots are placed above the AGP for short tracing route and faste note (sic)

 

[Goose77]

where did u get the price for the tyan thunder? also, what os would u use for the thunder?

 

[Boonesmi]

Originally posted by: Goose77
where did u get the price for the tyan thunder? also, what os would u use for the thunder?

several stores had it listed on pricewatch when i ran a search for "S2885", so i just used the price from there

and it will be running winxp pro for the time being (i know it wont be a 64bit OS)

 

[Ladybug7709]

keep shopping around for the S2885, they can be found for as low as $430. it's definately a sweet board, i'd liek to get my hands on one of those.

 

[LordOfAll]

Well only the 2885 and the Iwill have memory connected to both of the processors, and of the 2 i would go with the Tyan 2885.

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: Actaeon
My friend has the HDAMB, very weird motherboard... It was reporting wrong temps and voltages (wasn't sure at the time if it was inaccurate readings, or if it was just overvolting), so I spent a while trying to fix that. Motherboard Monitor couldn't detect any settings. I couldn't change the BIOs (Some weird memory thing going on), then somehow he got it changed, and it now reads accurate temps.

But other than the weird BIO's things, it seems to be okay. Lots of features, built in Ethernet and Sound (SATA is optional). They had pretty good tech support, my friend had to use them a few times, and they helped him out.

But as always, I suggest going with the larger manufactors like Tyan and MSi.

RioWorks is a large manufacture. They manufacture Intels ServerWorks boards IIRC. They were mainly manufactures for OEMs, but have recently tried their hand at the consumer market.

 

[redhatlinux]

Gotta go with Tyan, they have soooooo much experience with 'dualli' mobos. Don't expect much o/c but rock solid reliability.