ATI RD580 Motherboards from Asus, DFI, and Abit

Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
edited March 2006 in Science & Tech
Anandtech has an ATI RD580 chipset Motherboard Preview featuring offerings from Asus, DFI, and Abit. The Asus A8R32-MVP, the DFI RD580 and the Abit AT8-32X.

View: Live from Taiwan: ATI RD580 Motherboards
With around 3 months until the scheduled launch of Socket AM2, it is not surprising that many Taiwan motherboard makers are skipping the RD580 Socket 939 launch and planning their first RD580 boards for AM2. However Asus, DFI, Abit, and Sapphire are all expected to deliver Socket 939 RD580 motherboards.
Source: Anandtech

Comments

  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited February 2006
    I will wait on this chipset for at least month. I want to read the mfg forums to see just what people who have these boards have to say. Also I will be reading some tech site forums.

    It will be interesting to see what DFI has come up with this time.

    These should all be real winners with the Uli southbridge.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited February 2006
    Leading Edge is Bleeding Edge. I'll be waitng also.....
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited February 2006
    And by the looks nVidia doesn't have anything worth mentioning to rival this chipset ...for the time being.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited February 2006
    csimon wrote:
    These should all be real winners with the Uli southbridge.

    Could you have imagined yourself saying something like that back in the nForce-2 days? I sure wouldn't have imagined ULi being a performance contender back then. ;D

    How quickly things change in our hobby!:clap:
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2006
    Yeah, I was just thinking that DFI used to be a total crap brand, akin to Jetway or something... and now, look :eek3:
  • finlay
    edited March 2006
    IM STILL WAITING FOR IT TO BE RELEASED IN THE UK!!!!!!!!!!
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    Yeah, I was just thinking that DFI used to be a total crap brand, akin to Jetway or something...
    This industry never stands still, does it! And the comment ULI. They used to be "ALI", right? I built an AMD Thunderbird system with Ali chipset Iwill motherboard. What a dog! It was smooth, stable, and very easy to set up, but what a poker! But what I'm hearing about them these days is very good.

    How's VIA these days? It seems as though Nvidia shredded VIA's market share both with Intel and AMD system boards.
  • QeldromaQeldroma Arid ZoneAh Member
    edited March 2006
    After an initial offering price of nearly $250 for the ASUS at Newegg and currently hovering around $210, this would be welcome news that might take some edge off that bite.

    Personally, I kind of like the idea of neon colored sockets.
  • redchiefredchief Santa Barbara Member
    edited March 2006
    Abit corporate changes

    http://www.abit-usa.com/news/2006/20060321.php
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