Keeping an eye out for ATI Xpress 200 based motherboards.

mkk · Dec 26, 2004, 03:24 AM

Let's keep an eye out for them.

The first one I've seen appear in any vendor lists here in Sweden is the MSI RS480M2-IL, wich is a micro-ATX board. Preliminary date for coming in is Feb 1st (komplett.se).

9.60 in.(L) x 9.60 in.(W) Micro-ATX Form Factor
Supports 64-bit AMD® Athlon64/64FX processor (Socket 939)
Supports four 184-pin DDR SDRAMs up to 4GB memory size
Supports Dual Channel DDR400*/DDR333 DDR SDRAM
On-board Graphic shared up to 128MB
One PCI Express 16X slot
Three PCI 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots.
Can connect up to 4 Serial ATA drives
6 Channel software audio codec Realtek ALC658C
Supports 8 USB2.0 ports (Rear x 4 / Front x 4)
Supports upto 2 x 1394 ports.
10/100Mbit LAN

***Zardon*** · Dec 26, 2004, 04:20 AM

I thought they might have made it for Jan.......

Sargentwhitey · Dec 27, 2004, 02:25 PM

I'm looking out for this one for my next upgrade to S939. Im thinking I'll keep my old system intact though.. I'm sick of giving them up.

Geminiwave · Dec 27, 2004, 04:30 PM

why would you want integrated graphics?

tEckniks · Dec 28, 2004, 12:01 AM

is this sorta like a nforce ati version?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 28, 2004, 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geminiwave

why would you want integrated graphics?

cost ... intergrated PCI expess grahics with "Hyper Memory" support

Geminiwave · Dec 28, 2004, 01:31 PM

yeah but even if "hyper memory" is so great, its still going to be a slow as sin graphics card.

seriously I mean if you're getting an A64, its for gaming...so why integrated graphics? You'd be better off getting the nforce2 with the geforce4 integrated. :P

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 28, 2004, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geminiwave

yeah but even if "hyper memory" is so great, its still going to be a slow as sin graphics card.

seriously I mean if you're getting an A64, its for gaming...so why integrated graphics? You'd be better off getting the nforce2 with the geforce4 integrated. :P

not that slow acually and far better then any current intergrated soultion for desktops.

Alot of people can't afford to upgrade all at once.... easpecally after forking out a fortune for AMD 64 system...

mkk · Dec 28, 2004, 04:03 PM

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/RadeonXpress/

Other than its decent performance level it can be a real lifesaver today when the migration to PCIe is being forced upon most system upgraders. Having to buy at the very a new CPU, motherboard, maybe also some RAM and then a mid-range PCIe graphics card is quite a step. Especially as the graphics card can easily be the most costly part in the equation. And the listed price of the MSI RS480M2-IL is a hint towards that these motherboards probably won't be significantly more expensive than any others.

mkk · Jan 30, 2005, 11:04 AM

The MSI board is now out on the market, so they made January after all.

It's still the only ATi Xpress board I can find listed at swedish online retailers, but at least now there is one. Though I've yet to read a review it seems good enough to build a budgetline Socket 939 system around.

Lowfat · Jan 30, 2005, 04:33 PM

anyone know if ATi is making a chipset that doesn't have integrated graphics? or SLI capablilities?

Lakevren · Feb 1, 2005, 04:01 PM

ATI xpress 200s already available in www.monarchcomputer.com , the MSI ones.
MSI RS480M2-IL

K8T890s and nforce4s too.

Grab some while you still can.

I wish I had more money... then I'd get a 3500+ 90nm with it too.