Computex 2003 - Athlon64 Motherboards Likely Delayed While plenty of Athlon64 motherboards were on display, many are unlikely to hit store shelves until late in 2003, when A64 chip supplies improve. Table of Contents Filed under: Tradeshows / Events Published:  Author:  External Mfg. Website: PCSTATS Sep 30 2003   Max Page   Home > Reviews > Tradeshows / Events > PCSTATS

Tyan Thunder K8S Pro: Server boards are only as good as they are reliable, so it is not surprising to find Tyan's Thunder K8S Pro based on the AMD 8131 and 8111 chipsets. While not the most feature-rich of the K8 chipsets, manufacturers agree it is the most stable, and one of the best performing for socket 940 Opteron and Athlon64 FX processors. The large K8S Pro features 8 DIMMs capable of supporting 16GB of ECC or non-ECC Registered DDR333 memory. With built-in 10/100 and GbE LAN, the board also comes equipped with four 64-bit PCI-X slots, ATA133, SATA RAID, USB2.0, and Adaptec U320 SCSI. On board graphics are taken care of via an ATI RageXL chipset with 8MB of memory, and various MiniPCI and server management options are also available for a multitude of application specific server environments.

Tyan Thunder K8W: Another dual socket 940 Opteron / Athlon64 FX server motherboard from Tyan, the Thunder K8W also packs in an AGP8X-pro socket so the board can be used in high-end workstation environments with truly powerful graphics cards. The K8W board is on AMD's 8151, 8131 and 8111 chipsets. The large motherboard features 8 DIMMs capable of supporting 16GB of ECC or non-ECC Registered DDR333 memory, Broadcom 64-bit GbE LAN, four PCI-X/PCI slots, ATA133, SATA RAID, USB2.0, AC'97 Audio, and even a Digital SPDIF.

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