Asus A8R32 MVP Review

Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
edited March 2006 in Science & Tech
Anandtech reviews the first motherboard available using the brand new ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset! (ATI RD580).

View: Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe: First ATI RD580

Anandtech also has the skinny on upcoming ATI RD580 Chipset Motherboards from DFI, Abit and Sapphire.

View: Live from Taiwan: ATI RD580 Motherboards
Two things stand out about the Radeon Xpress 3200 chipset:

1) RD580 is a true Dual x16 PCIe design with both x16 PCIe slots off the north bridge.
2) The RD580 was designed from the ground up for high-speed overclocking. In fact, most RD580 boards will be able to run at around 300 clock frequency at the base 5X (1000) HTT frequency instead of having to drop to 3X (600) as on other chipsets.
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In the process of updating the A8R-MVP to the A8R32-MVP Deluxe, Asus has also listened to buyers of the A8R-MVP. With the move to the new rock-solid ATI RD580, Asus has updated just about every complaint with the original A8R-MVP. There are even finer adjustments for many BIOS settings, voltage adjustment options have been greatly expanded from simple on/off to expanded adjustment ranges, the AD1986 6-channel HD codec was replaced by the even better 7.1 channel Realtek ALC882 HD with 103dB S/N ratio, a second full-speed PCIe Gigabit LAN was added, two more SATA2 ports were added with the excellent Silicon Image 3132, and the list goes on.
All Hail the New King! :respect:

Source: Anandtech

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