Abit's Athlon64 Mobo

a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
edited September 2003 in Science & Tech
http://www.abit-usa.com/news/2003/20030905.php

The KV8-MAX3
Built on the long-anticipated Athlon 64 CPU and based on VIA's high performance KT800 chipset, the KV8 MAX3 promises to bring AMD fans the ultimate platform for gaming, multimedia and insane overclocking. Being a MAX product, the KV8 is loaded with features including 6 channel serial ATA RAID, 6 channel audio, gigabit LAN, SPDIF In and Out, USB 2.0 and Firewire. The KV8-MAX3 also comes with the ABIT OTES thermal solution for the PWM mosfets and capacitors, ensuring that your system will stay cool and stable, even under the most extreme overclocking missions.

kv8.jpg

Comments

  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited September 2003
    The board looks awesome. 6 Channel SATA Raid?!? Hot Damn!

    These'll go nice with the new WD 72GB Raptors just announced!
    :celebrate: :kneel:
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Does anyone have any benchmark on the K8T800 yet? :skeptic:
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited September 2003
    There's an embargo on Athlon64 info until Sep 23rd

    <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11385&quot; target=_blank>The Inq: AMD's plans for Athlon 64 press reviews</a>
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    :shakehead
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    I am so happy to see this as it will save me from going to an P4 system just because I was so drawn to the looks of the IC7-Max3 board. This is soooo much better! Now I know what I want for Christmas! ;)
  • LIQuidLIQuid Raleigh, NC
    edited September 2003
    :woowoo: at Abit!!! giga lan and 6 channel sata omfg
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited September 2003
    must ... get ... now ... screw paying for COLLEGE and FOOD, need A64!
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    I just revised my shopping list.
    Now to see how long it takes them to straighten out the drivers.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    It's a VIA chipset. Perhaps you mean "Get the KT800A out?" ;D
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2003
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*gasp*OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*gasp*OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*gasp*OOOOOO!!!!!!

    WHY A VIA CHIPSET? WHY GOD, WHY?!? :bawling:

    If it didn't have a Via chipset, I'd consider it. But I'll betcha THIS one won't work with my Audigy2 either... :banghead:
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    That would be the fault of the Audigy 2 which we all advised you not to purchase.

    Not that you haven't heard this before. ;D
  • LIQuidLIQuid Raleigh, NC
    edited September 2003
    **** i dont care if its a via chipset or not... yeah im sure the "A" version will pwn the original , but they make good ****... ;)

    I think its good enough to buy! cuz im sure as hell not gonna wait until the "A" version to come out, that will be a while
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2003
    //Begin OT//

    Thrax, most likely. But I like blaming Via better because it worked fine in my ASUS A7M266, A7N8X-DX, and MSI K7D... it's just the KX7 it didn't like. Conclusion: It doesn't like Via chipsets (with the apparent exception of the 686B southbridge...)

    Besides, it's Creative, so it must be better. After all, we all know Intel is good and AMD sucks, right? The same thing must apply to sound cards... ;D;D;D

    //End OT

    Liquid; I'll wait for the Tyan E-ATX board with the AMD chipset and AGP to come down in price a bit, or for single-cpu boards with AMD chipsets or updated nforce3s... Besides, it's S754, and from what I understand, the best route for ultimate performance is going to be S939/940, since Athlon 64's won't do dual channel DDR. Or am I wrong? I haven't kept up on it that much so...

    On another side note- Omega, those 73GB Raptors will probably be upwards of $500 each. That's my guess anyhow, based on the current price of the 36GB Raptors, 36GB 10k SCSI drives and 73GB 10k SCSI drives...
  • LIQuidLIQuid Raleigh, NC
    edited September 2003
    i just dont want to be forced into using ECC ram... and thats what i understand is going to be used on the A64-FX platforms
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited September 2003
    Live works with my KX7.

    And why would you want to use an Audigy when it already has 6 channel sound?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2003
    Since when does the KX7 have 6 channel sound? *Geeky1 runs off to check specs again* @ any rate, the only decent onboard sound (IMO) is the nVidia stuff, and the newest stuff from Intel is probably OK too... other than that tho, I have no interest in using onboard sound.

    //Edit... I just realized something: Since when does the KX7 have sound period? I'm too lazy to try to figure out where the hell mine is right now (Believe it or not, it is possible to loose an ATX-size motherboard. Don't believe it? Check the "Post your desk" thread...)
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited September 2003
    a2jfreak said
    http://www.abit-usa.com/news/2003/20030905.php

    The KV8-MAX3
    Built on the long-anticipated Athlon 64 CPU and based on VIA's high performance KT800 chipset, the KV8 MAX3 promises to bring AMD fans the ultimate platform for gaming, multimedia and insane overclocking. Being a MAX product, the KV8 is loaded with features including 6 channel serial ATA RAID, 6 channel audio, gigabit LAN, SPDIF In and Out, USB 2.0 and Firewire. The KV8-MAX3 also comes with the ABIT OTES thermal solution for the PWM mosfets and capacitors, ensuring that your system will stay cool and stable, even under the most extreme overclocking missions.

    kv8.jpg

    Thats about time they are producing a Athlon 64 board. It even uses OTES cooling. However, hasn't it been currently proven through benchmarks that the current nForce 3 chipset is much slower than the KT800?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2003
    Maybe that's why the board uses the KT800 not the nForce3... Personally tho, the fact that the nForce is slower doesn't overcome the fact that the KT800 is still a Via chipset...
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited September 2003
    Geeky1 said
    On another side note- Omega, those 73GB Raptors will probably be upwards of $500 each. That's my guess anyhow, based on the current price of the 36GB Raptors, 36GB 10k SCSI drives and 73GB 10k SCSI drives...

    On Pricewatch...
    WD Raptor 36GB are ~$140
    SCSI 10K 36GB are ~$140 (Maxtor)
    SCSI 10K 72GB are ~$150-300 (Maxtor)

    You can expect the WD Raptor 72GB to be $200-$300 on intro. Not upwards of $500
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited September 2003
    Geeky1 said
    Since when does the KX7 have 6 channel sound? *Geeky1 runs off to check specs again* @ any rate, the only decent onboard sound (IMO) is the nVidia stuff, and the newest stuff from Intel is probably OK too... other than that tho, I have no interest in using onboard sound.

    I meant the KV8-MAX3 has onboard sound but it may not be Soundstorm tho.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    At this time, I think I'm going to wait until march/april of next year before I buy an Athlon 64/Opteron machine.

    Give nVidia time to produce a C3 revision nForce3, and VIA to produce a KT800A. ;D

    It'll also give time to wait for platform drivers to mature, faster chips to arrive, etc.
  • LIQuidLIQuid Raleigh, NC
    edited September 2003
    thats a good idea but thats a long time ;[
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    It sure is.

    But it's better than trapping myself in the EPoX 8RDA+ (Boards failing en masse)/NF7-S 1.2 (Poor speed and overclockability) debacle again.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited September 2003
    Yeah thats what I would do as well. Prices will drop too.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2003
    Omega- WHOAH! I guess I haven't been keeping up with SCSI drive prices as well as I thought... my mistake...
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