carl:
I was 100% right on registered DDR DRAM being the preferred adopted standard for DDR.
AMD 760MP supports it exclusively; Intel's only DDR standard is registered so far per the pdf link you posted to about 2 weeks ago. Who is left that has not supported it. VIA.
If you start to chart it as the DDR memory type, I will not call you a "liar for fun" anymore. Deal?
john
xbitlabs.com
Tuesday, June 05, 2001
AMD-760MP Mainboard for Less than $200? [2:28 am] Gavric
Anandtech website has posted a word about a dual-processor mainboard for AMD processors which MSI now demonstrates at Computex. The board named MS-6502 is based on AMD-760MP chipset. Its specifications are the following: ATX form-factor, Dual Socket A, 4 PC2100/PC1600 Registered ECC DDR SDRAM DIMM (maximal capacity is 4GB), 2 x 64bit/33MHz PCI, 3 x 32bit/33MHz PCI, AGP Pro, ATA-100 RAID controller by Promise.
MS-6502 is notably similar to the already known Thunder K7 from Tyan (pricing at $550-600), but it will be much cheaper. As an MSI official said, «we want this board to be sold for not more than $200». Well, given the pricy dual-channel SCSI controller being replaced with ATA-100 RAID, this pricing bar can be maintained, but as for practice... yet it’s hard to say anything for sure. By the by, even if this mainboard will really cost less than $200, we’re unlikely to get a cheap system since only Registered ECC modules can be used.
Anyway, MS-6502 will be released no sooner than in Q3 or even Q4, so there is enough time for a situation twist. |
