Sapphire ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Enthusiast MotherBoard

Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
edited March 2005 in Hardware
poached from XtremeSystems
Grayskull wrote:
Here is a list of features and specs of this board. It's aimed squarely at the enthusiast and holds back no punches.

CPU Power Delivery:
-4 phase CPU power supply with the ability to deliver 170+ Amps
-provision for passive, water block or active air cooled mosfets (heatsink form factor is the same as the northbridge)
-voltage range to 2.7V but artificially clamped to 2.0V
-voltage increments as fine as 20 mV

Memory Power Delivery:
-upto 30 Amps delivery potential
-voltage range to 4.0V
-voltage increments as fine as 20 mV
-adjustable VTT (memory termination voltage) to +/- 10% of memory VDD

NB Power Delivery:
-NB core has it's own power rail with 4 discrete steps

HT Power Delivery:
- HT I/O has it's own power rail with 4 discrete steps

PCI-E 1.2V Power Delivery:
- PCI-E 1.2V I/O has it's own power rail with 4 discrete steps

PCI-E 1.8V Power Delivery:
- PCI-E 1.8V I/O has it's own power rail with 2 discrete steps

Board Features:

Onboard Devices:
-twin Silicon Image SI3132 SATA II w/ NCQ chips connected via PCI-E, each chip providing 2 SATA ports. (8 SATA ports total; 4 are SATAI and 4 are SATAII w/NCQ)
-Marvel Gigabit LAN connected via PCI-E
-one general purpose single lane PCI-E slot (provisioned for 1 more single lane general purpose slot if one SI3132 is not populated as a build option)
-Azalia audio support via SB450 using Realtek codec
-POST code LED display
-Firewire support with ViaVT6306
-VGA and DVI outputs via Radeon Xpress 200G (enabling upto 4 monitor outputs using an ATI add in card and ATI Surroundview)
-onboard power and reset switches
-onboard VID code LED display

Overclocking Options:
-HTT frequency upto 500 MHz
-All relevant memory timings and adjustments including support for new Rev E CPUs
-HT link ratios X1, X2, X3, X4,X5
-Independent PCI-E overclocking for the graphics bus

Thermal Monitoring:
-thermal monitoring of CPU power delivery circuitry, CPU, NB and ambient

Comments

  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited March 2005
    There's a Water block on the CPU, Northbridge & Mosfets!!

    Waterblocks Custom made by DangerDen
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited March 2005
    my goal in life is now clear
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Re-educate me... what are mosfets again?

    And I cant tell what processor goes in that sob!!! Intel or AMD?!
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    W0W OMG Jeesh Holy Shikies Good god So gorgeous W0W

    I am so Happy I could Sh!t A kitten :D
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Gorgeous, funcitonal, and built with ATI technology? Yes, I'd like one of those.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    :canflag:
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    RWB wrote:
    Re-educate me... what are mosfets again?

    And I cant tell what processor goes in that sob!!! Intel or AMD?!

    The hypertransport references indicate socket 939 Athlon 64.

    MOSFETS = Metal Oxide Field Effect Transistors, IE the devices that regulate the flow of power and get really ****in' hot.
  • lemonlimelemonlime Canada Member
    edited March 2005
    primesuspect wrote:
    :canflag:

    I feel proud :D
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited March 2005
    Waterblocks Custom made by DangerDen
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited March 2005
    Man, who'd have even dreamed of something like this a few years ago? That board is a work of art. :D

    Make sure you click the link in Post #1 for more pictures.

    BTW: Excuse my ignorance, but what's the Canadian connection? :confused:
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Thrax wrote:
    The hypertransport references indicate socket 939 Athlon 64.

    MOSFETS = Metal Oxide Field Effect Transistors, IE the devices that regulate the flow of power and get really ****in' hot.

    Looks like it's time I spend some money I don't yet have! :thumbsup:
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    profdlp wrote:
    Man, who'd have even dreamed of something like this a few years ago? That board is a work of art. :D

    Make sure you click the link in Post #1 for more pictures.

    BTW: Excuse my ignorance, but what's the Canadian connection? :confused:

    ATI is a Canadian corporation.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited March 2005
    Thrax wrote:
    ATI is a Canadian corporation.
    Thanx, Thrax. :)
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    And the board is RED ON WHITE.. Canadian pride :D

    (I'm part canadian due to osmosis and physical proximity, plus I have a canadian governor here in michigan, so I'm allowed to have a bit of canadian pride)

    In fact, canada is south of detroit :tongue:
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    primesuspect wrote:
    And the board is RED ON WHITE.. Canadian pride :D

    (I'm part canadian due to osmosis and physical proximity, plus I have a canadian governor here in michigan, so I'm allowed to have a bit of canadian pride)

    In fact, canada is south of detroit :tongue:

    TRAITOR!!! :shakehead
  • rykoryko new york
    edited March 2005
    what chip is being passively cooled on that board? looks like the non-exisent a64 southbridge? SATA controller maybe? :scratch:

    p.s. i think the white pcb looks wierd....i would have like red pcb and white connectors better. at least it is the 1st white pcb i have ever seen. yeah for innovation!
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited March 2005
    ryko wrote:
    ...p.s. i think the white pcb looks wierd....i would have like red pcb and white connectors better. at least it is the 1st white pcb i have ever seen. yeah for innovation!
    I thought so too, at first glance. But then I got to thinking, what would that look like with some creative colorful interior case lighting and a nice side panel window to show off the result? :D
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited March 2005
    Holy crap. That thing is wicked. Imagine that beast with a UV light on it... :eek:

    I'm gonna build a new computer in a little over a year, with any luck. Sooner if I get off my ass and get a job. Definitely going with ATi. Maybe they'll make one for Intel?

    I'm not an Intel fanboy anymore, honest. But imagine 8 virtual processors in one computer... or more, but that'd be WAY too expensive. Hell, if 4 AMD cores can keep pace with 4 HT Intel cores, I'm all for it. But Intel looks to be shaping up in the future...
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