inexpensive 760MP board

[jimmycav78]

Does anyone know if any motherboard manufacturers plan on producing "cheap" (under $200) 760MP boards. I figured this might be something Abit would probably sink their teeth into eventually but I haven't heard anything yet. All the dual Athlon boards I've seen have been $500 and up.


Jim

 

[formulav8]

Heard that MSI is bringing one that they are trying to get to be sub-$200.

 

[frizzlefry]

MSI, Asus, and several other will be coming out with 760MP boards. Unfortunately, you won't be able to get them until the end of 3rd qtr or beginning of 4th.

 

[paynejulXYZ]

I think i heard tyan has the only board out right now...if you head over to price watch, it is a hefty $500+. I also remeber reading something about tyan being the "exclusive" mobo maker for the cpu for a couple months

 

[Hanpan]

<< Ok so some of you have have been wondering what the other motherboard manufacturers will be bringing to the table. Here is a list of the manufacturers and part numbers to put on your wish list.

MSI The K7D Master-LR has a total of four DDR slots and supports a maximum of 4GB of DDR DRAM. Expansion slots are available for 5 PCI (3X32bit PCI and 2X64-bit PCI) and 1 AGP Pro universal slot, providing great expandability and upgrade ability. Furthermore, the onboard LAN and RAID functions make this product the best choice for today's high computing environments.

ASUS A7M266-D Dual Socket A motherboard with support for the new AMD Athlon? MP processor with Smart MP technology. By incorporating the AMD-760TM MP multiprocessing chipset, the A7M266-D leverages advanced 64-bit architecture to deliver a reliable multiprocessing platform for one- and two-way servers and workstations.

Giga-Byte GA-7DPXDW supports 266MHz FSB and contains four PC2100 DDR memory slots for up to 4GB of memory, it has 2*64b/66MHz and 3*32b/33MHz PCI, 1 AGP Pro, Intel 82559 LAN and Promise 20265/20267 RAID controller for IDE RAID 0,1 0+1 support.

ABIT WA-2A contains support for up to 4GB of registered PC2100 DDR memory, has an AGP Pro 50 graphics slot, an on-board 10/100MHz Ethernet controller and 2X 64-bit/66MHz PCI slots.
Here is some unofficial information from AMDmb.com
Tyan Tiger K7 (no link yet) (not the thunder)
A little exclusive info for you: The Tiger K7 will be the same as the Thunder K7 minus the SCSI and integrated ATI video. Instead it will have IDE RAID. Also, the Thunder K7X will be a bit later and included 66 MHz PCI bus. >>



Taken from @cpu.com

 

[MustPost]

heard MSI sub-200dollar one.
What? we all heard that in the Anandtech review.

 

[SUOrangeman]

I'm hoping the Asus will be the silent hero. I have no need for onboard RAID (hoping to go with 3ware) and I already own 512MB of *non-ECC, non-registered* PC2100 DDR. Just give me a plain-jane MP board, and I'll be happy.

-SUO