AMD Opteron Mainboards Now Shipping

[Jerry Jones]

http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8s.html

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Tjalfe]

No AGP, but great for a server I am sure

[Jerry Jones]

This means the workstation mainboards are not far behind.

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Jerry Jones]

This one - from Rioworks - has AGP:

http://www.rioworks.com/HDAMB.htm

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[GNEP]

Will wait till AMD64 and PCI Express is fully there and matured and cheaper I think - no real pressing need yet

[bsdgeek]

Originally posted by GNEP
Will wait till AMD64 and PCI Express is fully there and matured and cheaper I think - no real pressing need yet

Yeah, it's way too expensive right now. Early adopters tend to get screwed over anyway (P4 Williamette anyone?).

[Jerry Jones]

Microsoft's April news release indicated the beta releases of 64-Bit Windows - specifically designed for Opteron - would be available by the "middle of 2003."

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/Apr03/04-09AthlonOpteronPR.asp

If one of you gets a chance to test, please post your results!

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Jerry Jones]

http://www.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=SK8N&langs=01

Here's a new one from Asus... the SK8N.

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net