sapphire pure performance radeon xpress 200

kelticknight · Nov 24, 2005, 07:43 PM

has anyone used this mobo or know anything about it
is it any good
any pros and cons
heres link
http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/produ...g.php?gpid=131

Lowfat · Nov 25, 2005, 01:29 AM

pretty crappy write-up on their site

kelticknight · Nov 25, 2005, 05:50 AM

how about this mobo
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...il.php?UID=651

The_Neon_Cowboy · Nov 25, 2005, 06:20 AM

The asus "A8R MVP" looks good

dipstick · Nov 25, 2005, 12:27 PM

The Sapphire is a CrossFire board while the MSI is a regular PCIe board capable of neither CF or SLi. If you are in the market for a CF board the Asus that Neon mentions is probably your best grab. The MSI is good if you plan to use just one gfx card.

kelticknight · Nov 25, 2005, 03:33 PM

not really my reason for looking at these mobo
first looking at pci-e
second/looking for 5 pci slot in new mobo
tne sapphire has 5 and msi has 4,need at least 4,5 being better

A1A9C1 · Dec 5, 2005, 01:51 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813154006
It's gone retail here finally!! ( ATX Radeon Xpress)
I've been looking forward to this since Nov.`04 when I read previews about it. Got an rev E A64 I bought in May that hasn't seen juice yet. It's old news now.
Thing is, I'm disillusioned by the problems I read about with the power regulation. I don't care about the usb performance not ranking at the absolute top level, but he// , my patience has reached incredible new levels.
I can wait for a few beta testers to report back to the forums about this one.

kelticknight · Dec 5, 2005, 05:11 PM

lm looking at PP-A9RS480 Specifications

Chipset: ATI� RADEON XPRESS 200 ATI RS480+SB400
Platform: AMD� Athlon64/FX/X2�Socket 939
FSB: 1000 MHz
Memory Bus: Dual DDR400*4 (4GB max)
Slots: 1* PCI-E x16, 1*PCI-E x1, 5* PCI
Onboard VGA: X300 DX9.0
4* SATA, SATA RAID 0/1 (4)
Audio: 6-channel Audio
Ports: USB 2.0 (4+4) / 2* IEEE1394 , SPDIF, 1*Com via header, 1*FDD, 1* Parallel, 2* ATA133
as it has 5 pci slots ,where the a9rx480 has 3 pci slots

A1A9C1 · Dec 5, 2005, 06:00 PM

It should be out soon since the flagship board that I mentioned is out in the states finally. But you know how ATI products fare with getting to the shelves.
I thought you might be interested in that news `cause it has the better southbridge with Azalia. You must have a nice soundcard or something to want more slots.
If I spot that one I'll give you a shout here.
I might as well just wait and see about the 580/650 setup. It supposedly wasn't dogged by the delays that hit the 480 chipset. If that's true it will only be until around the time of the superbowl before it comes out.

kelticknight · Dec 5, 2005, 06:07 PM

cheers A1A9C1
have alot of pci hardware,so need the slots
use for both work and fun
cheers

Lowfat · Dec 7, 2005, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by A1A9C1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813154006
It's gone retail here finally!! ( ATX Radeon Xpress)
I've been looking forward to this since Nov.`04 when I read previews about it. Got an rev E A64 I bought in May that hasn't seen juice yet. It's old news now.
Thing is, I'm disillusioned by the problems I read about with the power regulation. I don't care about the usb performance not ranking at the absolute top level, but he// , my patience has reached incredible new levels.
I can wait for a few beta testers to report back to the forums about this one.

damn that board is a piece of art.

Lowfat · Dec 7, 2005, 02:05 AM

looks like they are in canada too. I am very dissapointed Sapphire didn't use the ULi southbridge, as the ATI's USB is horribleon the SB450. They also are selling the Sapphire LG775 PC-I7RD400 board here in canada already, and i can't even find it on newegg. I want to know if it is nice and purdy like the S939 one, and if they put the intergrated graphics on it. Can't find reviews anywhere.