What Happened to SiS 745 Mainboards???

[AGodspeed]

The SiS 745 chipset is just an updated version of the SiS 735 plus some DDR333 support and native Firewire support. So far, all I see is the same ECS mainboards based on the SiS 745. Reports on the web indicate that SiS has just been having trouble ramping up production of the SiS 745 chipsets.

I'd actually consider a SiS 745 based board if it was made by someone other than ECS. What about MSI? Where the hell is the Socket A SiS support? I see Socket 478 support up the wazoo, but no where to be found in Socket A land.

Native Firewire support has got me pretty interested, but I'd rather spend a few bucks more on an MSI SiS 745 board than the same ECS stuff.

And what about SiS 746, has that disappeared too?

 

[Theslowone]

To bad on the ecs 745 board, they took off the onboard lan, not a big feature but was something that was appealing and don't cost much more for them.

 

[JellyBaby]

I'd also like to see more companies using SiS products. I'd also like to see SiS chipsets bench a little better but that's not really a big deal. Then I might bite someday.

btw Xbit has a small piece on them.

 

[Goosemaster]

I think the fact that the kt266A and kt333 have proven to be such compatable and high-preformance choices just made the market

for SiS CHipsets just DiSISapear..


forgive the pun...just wanted to make my posts flamaboyant in nature

 

[nortexoid]

MSI DOES have a board...check out their webpage..wait, i'll get the linkie

here

and it comes with optional firewire..finally, someone that actually utilizes the features of the damn chipset...sweet!

 

[RanDum72]

The only mobo maker I've seen so far that actuallt has a product out to the dealers is ECS. I think the SIS745 has a future. Its a technologically advanced chipset with great features such as one-chip design that has greater bandwidth compared to traditional North-south bridges. All they need is a maker that will come out with a tweaked board with OC friendly BIOS (such as Abit).