Computex 2004 Early Bird Coverage: NV45 in the Flesh, New Chipsets, BTX Boards and more...
by Anand Lal Shimpi on May 31, 2004 12:31 PM EST- Posted in
- Trade Shows
SiS and VIA with PCI Express Chipsets
Although Intel dominated the ranks of PCI Express chipsets, solutions from both SiS and VIA are definitely out in the open at Computex.
Here we see a SiS PCI Express reference board, also with a LGA-775 socket:
Intel isn't the only platform that PCI Express chipsets exist for, here we have a SiS 756 Socket-939 reference board with PCI Express support:
What's interesting about the SiS 656 and 756 boards is that it too features both PCI Express x16 and AGP 8X slots, something that our original SiS roadmaps said was not going to happen. Maybe SiS' plans changed in response to VIA? Combined with the fact that we have seen an Intel 9xx chipset board with AGP 8X, it seems that VIA's AGP/PCI Express strategy may not be quite as unique anymore. Update 6/4/04: We've discovered the real story behind this motherboard - read our new article on the topic - AGP on Intel 9xx Chipsets? We explain how.
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JGF - Monday, May 31, 2004 - link
Wheee! Love the early stuff but really the meat and potatoes of this computex, at least for me, is going to be the new amd processers and and amd info regarding PCI-E and AMD64 chipsets.Da3dalus - Monday, May 31, 2004 - link
That K8 Combo board is quite interesting. If you'd have a board like that with support for either Socket 939 or 754 CPU, along with support for both AGP 8X and PCI-Express, then that would be really cool for transitioning/upgrading...Not something I'd expect to see anytime soon, but it would be cool :)
mjz5 - Monday, May 31, 2004 - link
just stick with an A64 939 pin CPU, and you'll be happy. Intel == crap!