obliv said:
do these even exist? every rdram board ive found has nothing but agp 4x only. I just bought a radeon 9700 pro, cant let it go to waste on 4x.
Ok I posted this in another thread(cut`n paste):
This is a DDR based card though.... But I`ll use it with DDR-400, so I think it will nice performance anyway. Note that this card might not work with more than one stick of DDR-400 pc3200.
The P4S8X are based on the SIS648 chipset. One of the big advantages of this board IMO, is that it has AGP 8x. If you`re going to upgrade you`re gfx card later it will surely be an AGP 8x card (the new ATI radeon 9700 will be the first AGP 8x card).
About Serial ATA: It`s a thing for the future like AGP 8x). As of now, I have a quite conventional ATA100 disk. I don`t even think there is any S/ATA HDs out there yet. Anyway... The P4S8X will still be able to use all of todays HDs (ATA - 66 -100 or -133)
The new Serial ATA HDs will be able to deliver up to 150MB/s, in comparison of todays best at 133MB/s.
About IDE cables: It think, if I remember right, i will get 2 IDE cables for ATA 100/133 and 2 cables for S/ATA. I even think I can use them all at once, since they have different outlets.... I`m not completley sure though..
About overclocking: Allmost all the ASUS-cards I have bought, have been very good for overclocking. I don`t think this is an exception.
I`m more unsure about the chip I have bought... P4 2.53MHz is not very suited for oc`ing I think. I would rather buy a 2.5 if you are into heavy overclocking. I got a nice price on the 2.53, so I went for it.
Cheers from the cold north,
Snowman