On Tuesday 14 May 2002 01:29 am, you wrote: > Guys, if you're in the market for some new technology for under your > hood, I strongly suggest that you check out the 18 mainboard lineup that > just came out as of May 9th on Toms: > > http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q2/020509/index.html > > These boards are using the new VIA Apollo KT333 chipset; its the one > I've been waiting for, so I could upgrade. > > There is one board that evidently came out too late for their tests, > which took over two weeks. It's one I'm personally watching: > > http://www.abit.com.tw/abitweb/webjsp/english/products_shortcut.jsp?pPRODUC >T_TYPE=MotherBoard&pMODEL_NAME=KX7-333R > > However, no matter how good the Abit board looks on Abit's home site, > I'm not going to buy it until it's been reviewed in a roundup. I'm in > the market for a mobo upgrade. > > As it sits, judging from the roundup, I'm looking strongly at either the > Epox 8k3a+, or the Enmic 8TTX2+. The Gigabyte got a strong review, but > if a mobo doesn't have at least 7 slots, it's not interesting. > Overclocking features are important too, which both the Epox and Enmic > have. I wish he'd go ahead and update this roundup with the Abit > KX7-333R, so I could finalize a decision. > > L8r, LX
LX: Skimming through the article, I noticed that some of these boards have gone to a USB-only configuration -- no serial or parallel ports. Given that these boards are aimed at end-users and not OEM's, this does not sound like a Really Good Idea to me. In my case, it would mean adding the cost of a new printer and a new modem to the overall project cost, and those are not trivial costs. Besides, my present modem and printer work just fine, thank you. -- cmg
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