Which BX board would you buy today

[WARDRAGON]

I am looking to buy a new BX motherboard and would like to get input as to which best all around board

 

[LXi]

MSI BX Master(slot1), Asus CUBX(s370).

 

[Tripleshot]

Unless Abit is out of business,I am going for the new BX133 they annonced last week.I have been trying the Abit website to get more info,but haven't been sucessful yet. It is going to be 1 sweet mobo!

 

[WARDRAGON]

I have been wonderning about the Abit BX-133? Everyone is very quiet about this board.It sounds kick ass.

 

[LXi]

Yea, no offense but any sh1t Abit comes up with is a sweet product to you. That new mobo is nothing but BE6-2 with S370 and ATA100 controller, big deal.

 

[Tripleshot]

You bet it is. Here is the link.

http://www.abit-usa.com/english/index.htm

 

[Mikewarrior2]

asus CUSL2... oops, that isn't a bx board..



Mike

 

[BoberFett]

The Asus CUBX sounds nice.

 

[LXi]

What do you think of the CUSL2, Tripleshot?

 

[Tripleshot]

Funny thing about tweekers raves on thier mobos. Asus vs. Abit reminds me of Ford vs. Chevy. I am getting used to it more. The Abit BX133 will be in my next system and it is not the same as BE6 II. No slot. This is flip chip ready and has a beefed up highpoint controller. Everything I have read so far shows that this board will O/C the heck out of anything else in it's field.

 

[Tripleshot]

LXi

I think it is a damn good mobo from the reviews. I know you would argue that Toms test with an out of spec BX board skewed it's performance rating,but it did show that BX still outperforms 815e,even if the margin has narrowed. An interesting comparrison will be this BX133 to the 815e. Head to head, all things equal since 133fsb is supported on the BX133.

That will be the show stopper.( I kinda like getting hardware raid an a linux distro with my mobo $)

 

[WARDRAGON]

When should the BX-133 hit the street? From what I have read it ant no BE6 II

 

[LXi]

Tripleshot: Im not talking about Tom's review, nor am I talking about the performance. Im talking about Anand's review and what you think of it in regards to extra features, reliability, and overclockability. Basically I think Asus has taken over Abit even in the overclocking aspect, there isnt a thing that Abit can do that Asus can't or hasnt already done. Btw, the BX133-RAID still doesnt support 133MHz, Abit can claim as much as they want but the fact is they can't change a thing in the BX chipset. Eitherway, I just think that it's time for BX to retire now, i815e's performance is good enough to replace and sucess it.

 

[LXi]

It aint no BE6-2, it's BX133-RAID, basically adds ATA100 RAID to BE6-2 and trade in that Slot1 for S370.

 

[Tripleshot]

Lxi

I don't think thats accurate. If Abit calls it BX133,it is supported by Abit.

Here is the link to the best Salano(which is towted as the BX replacement)http://www.asus.com/products/Motherboard/pentiumpro/cusl2/index.html

It did beat Abit salano in the tests,but not an O/ced BX @ 133

 

[LXi]

Supported by Abit? Since when did they start to make their own BX chipset? The so called Abit 133MHz is only their claim, Intel never authorized this. The thing is as long as it's BX, it doesnt have 1/2 AGP divider, as long as it doesnt have 1/2 AGP divider, it's running AGP out of spec, and as long as its running AGP out of spec, it will run into problems. I highly doubt these BX133-RAIDs will run everyone's system at 133MHz problem free.

 

[Terance]

I would go for a 815e motherboard rather than a bx board. A 815 will give similar performance without the overclocking.

 

[Tripleshot]

Lxi

The so called Abit 133MHz is only their claim, Intel never authorized this

Who gives a sh!t what Intel authorizes? Why are you saying Abit can't devise the agp down to 1/2? You know something the rest of the world doesn't?

...as long as its running AGP out of spec, it will run into problems

Thats a bit presumptuous, isn't it? The board isn't even out yet and you have all the answers. sheesh!

What the heck are all these overclocked (unauthorized by intel) BE6 II and Asus BX boards running, PCI? Hell know,They are running quality geForce cards running as high as 93 and getting stable 1 gig performance off as little as a celeronII 533.

This is what I mean. Its' just a ford /chevy brag fest.

 

[Aboroth]

My Abit boards haven't broken yet, but the crappy Highpoint ATA66 controller they have on them is a pain in the butt. It has crappy performance and can't be disabled to free up IRQs. I'm staying away from Abit's BX boards now, and going with the BX Master next. At least that has the much better Promise controller.

 

[Mem]

WARDRAGON,I would go with Asus CUBX,but personally the Asus CUSL2 (815E) board is a better choice,give it a couple more BIOS updates & I`m sure there will be a few more FPS in performance, then that gap between it & the BX will get narrower & narrower.

 

[Origen]

I have an Abit BE6-2 and it's Highpoint controller disables just fine. At work I have an MSI BXMaster and it's UDMA66 does _NOT_ disable (granted I'm still using the 5.1 BIOS so maybe you can disable in the 5.3).

 

[LXi]

Who gives a sh!t what Intel authorizes? Why are you saying Abit can't devise the agp down to 1/2? You know something the rest of the world doesn't?

If its not official, it's not. It doesnt support 133MHz, Abit is only hoping most of us will be able to run 133MHz, I doubt they're guarranteeing 133MHz sucess.

Edit Abit has absolutely no way to add a 1/2 AGP divider into the BX chipset, nor add an external chip to accomplish this. There is just no way.


Thats a bit presumptuous, isn't it? The board isn't even out yet and you have all the answers. sheesh!

Yea, but judging from all the BX boards thats available today, I dont see why the BX133-RAID will be any different.


What the heck are all these overclocked (unauthorized by intel) BE6 II and Asus BX boards running, PCI? Hell know,They are running quality geForce cards running as high as 93 and getting stable 1 gig performance off as little as a celeronII 533.

Yea right, think about the people who doesnt have GeForces, like me, not even mentioning that there are GeForces that cant do 133MHz. So you're claiming Abit can definitely do 133MHz just because of GeForce? Thats pretty presumptuous of your part.


This is what I mean. Its' just a ford /chevy brag fest.

Asus has already taken over, or should I say they're dominating. Probably not in your eyes because no matter how good Asus is, and how bad Abit is, they're still Ford/Chevy in your opinion. In fact, I believe Asus has gone far more than Abit has in the past two years. No longer just a Ford/Chevy.

 

[BeHeMOTH]

Well for slot 1 I'm going to say MSI BXMaster. I really like this board and it has everything but the kitchen sink. Rock solid I'd pick this board over abit or asus. I guess that would make me a DODGE man in that chevy and ford debate

 

[LXi]

Dodge? Heh... boy. I would say Asus and MSI can be compared as Ford/Chevy, that makes Abit one of those Saturns.

 

[WARDRAGON]

Damn,I didn't mean to start a slugg fest.Maybe I'll just get a pine.