Originally posted by: Clauzii
SCSI HDs usually performs much better than IDE-drives - but YES it DOES NOT MATTER TO HAVE THE FASTEST INTERFACE AVAILABLE UNLESS U HAVE A HardDrive that IS NOT INVENTED YET - Stupido!!!
Originally posted by: jaeger66
Originally posted by: pr497
btw...this chipset does support ddr400 operation so you were actually wrong and right at the same time.
It only supports DDR400 @ 800(200x4)fsb.
Originally posted by: Paradoxx
I am confused, does this mean that DDR400 won't run at all without an 800fsb processor, what do you mean by "supports"?
Where can I find a suggested memoery list for the GA-8KNXP.
Originally posted by: smahoney
One of the interesting point on the "Ultra" version of the board is that the onboard SCSI controller supports limited RAID capability - hence the really increased premium - although it drops the 1394 ports and IDE RAID controller on the non-Ultra board. Gigabyte seems to really be pushing for the workstation market with this board. Hard to imagine anyone getting this board unless they have to use 15K RPM SCSI drives.
I wonder if their next "Ultra" board will support Fibre Channel.....
Originally posted by: jaeger66
Originally posted by: Paradoxx
I am confused, does this mean that DDR400 won't run at all without an 800fsb processor, what do you mean by "supports"?
Where can I find a suggested memoery list for the GA-8KNXP.
No, it just means that if you use a 533fsb CPU your RAM will run at PC2700(DDR333) speeds. PC3200(DDR400) will work fine, just at the lower speed. I'm not aware of any list of memory yet though.
Originally posted by: OberstWittmann
i just received my 8knxp, i am not going to set it up until i get my 3.0 ghz cpu. I will keep everyone informed on how it goes
Originally posted by: nucleon
This board looks nice, but I have one question.
In the doco, the block diagram reports that the network port is connected to the southbridge, i.e the ICH chip. But I thought that the 'CSA' bus was connected to the Northbridge. The northbridge conenction was by design to alleviate the northbridge-southbridge interconnect.
The Feature summary in the manual reports that the Onboard LAN is "Intel 82547EI (KENAI II CSA) Chipset". So from that it sounds that the onboard LAN is connected via CSA. Can anyone confirm? I know it would be abig Fubar for gigabyte to implement the intel gigabit LAN, and then connect in a non-optimal configuration.
As the CSA connectivity is a major marketting point from intel's point of view for the 875 chipset (the other was of course the 800MHz FSB), has anyone seen any reviews comparing network performance of this chipet, to say the E7205/845 chipsets?
The only other 875chipset board I've seen that claims a CSA connection for their onbaord LAN was the Abit motherboard (IC7-G).
-- Craig
Originally posted by: Bobbyeyes
i REALLY dont have the faintest..
i even thought this thread was about the potentially fantastic
GIGABYTE GA-8KNXP board.
when i buy this board i will give a detailed (thugs format) thread.. including ide vs scsi performance, and overclocking and memory performance results.
so jaeger66...
i might just have to hold on to my scsi drives just a little longer!
Originally posted by: harddrive747
Kewl. I'm waiting a couple of weeks to see if the price comes down. I got all the other parts, including the 2.8 GHz processor, 1 gig of ram in 2 DIMMS and a few other goodies.
I can and can't wait.
I will let you guys know when I get it and how it goes.
Terry
Originally posted by: Wurrmm
I saw it on a price list somewhere for this month. And the 3.0 800FSB was list at like 417
Originally posted by: snidy1
What does the Ultra have that the non Ultra doesn't?