What do you think of ULI

[pauldh]

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2471" target="_new">ULi M1695 PCIe/AGP Socket 939 for Athlon 64 preview at Anandtech</A>.

The concept of being able to upgrade to A64 right away while keeping your current AGP card, and still be ready for a future released PCI-e, is interesting. Would be good for people now as they wait for R520/580 and G80. And look at those AGP performance #'s.

What are your thoughts?


<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=658042" target="_new">3DMark05</A> <A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3781954" target="_new">3DMark03</A>

 

[Rugger]

Beat me to the punch on this one. It looks like a great chipset! No wonder Crash has been raving about it!

For a first go and a <b>reference</b> board, ULi is putting up some serious numbers! Definitely something to think about for anyone wanting to upgrade without swapping their video card.

The PCIe numbers are a little disappointing. Makes me wonder if the mobo mfrs can tweak them some with the mob design....

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[apesoccer]

Looks good for Uli. I read that earlier and thought about posting about it.

It'll be nice to have a cheaper alternative...that works...<bloody ati chipset...>.

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[pauldh]

I wonder what Mfrs will offer these boards and when they will hit the shelves. I'm looking forward to an actual retail mobo shootout with these things.


<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=658042" target="_new">3DMark05</A> <A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3781954" target="_new">3DMark03</A>

 

[TheRod]

I never putted ULI aside in my buying decision, but as stated in the article, most of the time SIS,ALI (and now VIA) are often limited to the low-end board, with not much included on-board.

If MSI or ASUS would make a GREAT ULI based board, it would probably be in recommendation for friends that want to upgrade and not throw their AGP card in the garbage.

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[Rugger]

I'd love to seem some <b>real</b> competition between boards with different chipsets! nForce has come to really dominate the chipset arena with great products - products that the mfrs are really using in top-end boards. If the mobo mfrs will use the ULi and it is stabl as well as fast, then we may see a price war - GREAT for us.

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[endyen]

No matter how you cut it, it's still Acer/Aopen. Not interested in the least, thank you very much.
I've had almost as much trouble with thier stuff as Crash has had with via.

 

[DuncMac]

I've got hundreds of Aopen boards in machines at work that have worked flawlessly for 3 years. They are all getting the bin now due to the upgrade cycle.

Anyway this boards great if it had come out sooner I'd of saved a couple of hundred quid on my upgrade.

If they'd of got this out earlier they'd of made a killing.

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