AM2 Crossfire?

[Tsuwamono]

I posted here a month or two back about am2 crossfire boards. a few guys said late june early july. Just wondering if the boards got delayed again because i still havent seen any anywhere.

Anyone know when they will be released and what the price range would be?

 

[OBCT]

An Anandtech reviewer told me last week that BIOS tuning was holding up availability. Some should be available within a week hopefully.

Edit: Nice choice on your future mobo. Hopefully the Asus one will come out early enough for me to grab it.

 

[Tsuwamono]

ya, im still going back and forth about Asus though. Some people told me they arent as good as they used to be and since its been 2 rigs since i had an Asus board i dont know about their current quality. Price is also a huge factor, trying to keep it under 1200$ Canadian

 

[Cruise51]

I hear abit has the best crossfire boards... Not personal experience, so I could be completely wrong.

 

[OBCT]

The Asus is the only one of the 4 announced with 3 PCI slots (2 available with Crossfire and 2 slot GPUs). Dunno how much of a factor that is for you, but I'll be having a sound card and TV Tuner, so I need those 2 slots.

 

[Tsuwamono]

that doesnt matter to me, i would like one open PCI slot for a sound card but thats about it.

 

[OBCT]

In that case, go for the first one you can find. I heard that the SB600 is having supply problems, so don't wait too long to purchase one.

 

[Tsuwamono]

ya, but hopefully by august when i go to build there will be a larger selection of Crossfire 3200 boards so i dont get gouged

 

[CreepieDeCrapper]

any update on the status of these boards? i'm looking for the asus one as well (or similar if another mfg is better)... also, what are you getting that 5000 chip for? i saw one for about $750 USD but that doesn't sound right to me at all

 

[CrappyLuckMan]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135024
ECS KA3 MVP (V1.0A) Socket AM2 ATI CrossFire Radeon XPRESS 3200 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
$128.95
($108.95 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate

I the reviews on the web it does not overlock well at all. One review saying theres no x16 bus lock -since the reviews were a month old I checked ecs for a new bios, non found.

 

[CreepieDeCrapper]

thanks for the link, sounds like a crappy solution considering what it's for (two high-end graphics cards to power an "uber-gaming" machine)... i'll prolly hold out for the ASUS version, but it's strange because asus doesn't even list the board anywhere on their website! ati does tho:

http://www.ati.com/buy/promotions/radeonxpressmobo/3200am2.html

 

[OBCT]

I'd love to get my hands on either the ASUS or DFI boards with RD580 and AM2. Though, I only have 2 weeks left to wait. =\

 

[Tsuwamono]

Originally posted by: CreepieDeCrapper
any update on the status of these boards? i'm looking for the asus one as well (or similar if another mfg is better)... also, what are you getting that 5000 chip for? i saw one for about $750 USD but that doesn't sound right to me at all

the 5000 is 282$ US now.. which once you get to retail in canada comes to about 400$ at Tiger and about 380$ on NCIX when they had them in stock.

Originally posted by: OBCT
I'd love to get my hands on either the ASUS or DFI boards with RD580 and AM2. Though, I only have 2 weeks left to wait. =\

Good, my build is in about 2 weeks.

 

[CreepieDeCrapper]

Originally posted by: Tsuwamono

Originally posted by: OBCT
I'd love to get my hands on either the ASUS or DFI boards with RD580 and AM2. Though, I only have 2 weeks left to wait. =\

Good, my build is in about 2 weeks.

so these boards will be available in about two weeks? any links showing this? thanks

 

[Tsuwamono]

I was told 2 weeks by a few different people. If it isnt ready in two weeks i might have to go with the ECS mobo that was linked here before.. Providing i can get it in Canada.

 

[CrappyLuckMan]

http://www.isorm.com/product_info.php?products_id=1515
ASUS M2R32-MVP Deluxe Crossfire Socket AM2 Motherboard - Retail Our Price:
$219.00 sold out email them for release date though they can bs you.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/06/09/asus_shows_m2r32-mvp_deluxe/
looks pretty

 

[Tsuwamono]

i know, thats why i want it lol

 

[OBCT]

Wait wait wait. The M2R32-MVP Deluxe uses the ATI SB600, not ULI M1575. What gives? Wrong info on the site, or did Asus change it?

 

[Tsuwamono]

wrong info i would think

 

[OBCT]

Originally posted by: CreepieDeCrapper

Originally posted by: Tsuwamono

Originally posted by: OBCT
I'd love to get my hands on either the ASUS or DFI boards with RD580 and AM2. Though, I only have 2 weeks left to wait. =\

Good, my build is in about 2 weeks.

so these boards will be available in about two weeks? any links showing this? thanks

No no. I need to have my computer up and running by the time I go to college, so at the latest, I have to make a decisionand buy an motherboard in two weeks. I'm really hoping that some more RD580's come out before then.

 

[Tsuwamono]

ahh.. ya i dont really want to delay my build for too long or else it will throw off my budget that i set out. So if they arent out by august 30th i have to go SLI. Im sure they will be, and worst case senario i can just grab that ECS one.

 

[CreepieDeCrapper]

Originally posted by: OBCT
No no. I need to have my computer up and running by the time I go to college, so at the latest, I have to make a decisionand buy an motherboard in two weeks. I'm really hoping that some more RD580's come out before then.

gotcha... oh well i was hoping for some solid information on this as i will hopefully be building my new machine within a month or less so hopefully the boards will be available at that point

i also believe the link on the isorm.com site is just to show they will carry it, most likely it's not sold out, that's just the default "product not available" image that goes with their shopping cart

anyway, we just have to keep checking and waiting let's keep this thread alive as a place to announce the availability

 

[Tsuwamono]

i feel honored as the OP lol But i seriously hope its out within the next 2 weeks. next paycheck is my order date most likely.

 

[OBCT]

Maybe we should make an new, official AM2 Crossfire thread? I could update the original post with links and such (it's not like I have a life or anything).

EDIT: It doesn't look good for us:

"The biggest problem for ATI though is availability. The fact that we've had to work as hard as we have to get hold of any Xpress3200 AM2 motherboard doesn't bode well for a regular user. I checked with some Swedish webshops and they are now listing beginning September as the date when the ECS KA3MVP Extreme will be available. Neither ASUS or MSI has been able to give me an date even on when I can get hold of a early review unit."
(source: http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=938&pageID=2407)

I might call some manufacturers tomorrow and see what they say about the matter.

 

[OBCT]

A few things I found:

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=737
MSI now has the K9A Platinum on their site.

http://www.prixdunet.com/details/MSI_K9A_Platinum/
The very same motherboard can be purchases from this French site for about $187USD.

I'll post some more updates tomorrow when I investigate a bit more.