Asus P5AD2

[Icarusintel]

Anyone know when Asus is gonna put out their P5AD2 deluxe motherboards? I pre-ordered one and I would like to know when it'll be out. I can't wait to put together my sweet PCI-X system.

 

[Asus]

This board has a few PCI-X slots.
hehe

It's on backorder here.
Premium version here.

btw
PCI-X = 64bit PCI slot
PCI Express = what you ment to say

hope that helps

 

[ShinRa]

lol...owned. and why are u wasting money on a pci-e rig so early? pci-e is an infant!

 

[Icarusintel]

I want a rig that I can upgrade easily in the following years - something I only have to put a new processor or a new video card in, cause i don;t wanna buy a brand new rig that's gonna be completely obsolete in a year or two

 

[Asus]

Well if you plan to upgrade in the future, buying a CPU, GFX and 100$ board isn't such a bad deal if you get a system now that gives you great performance.

If that platform gives you that performance then go for it. If you would like other options then you can easily pick up a A64 or P4 system now and save you that 100$ today so you can spend it later. heh

 

[Icarusintel]

Well, it's actually my first desktop system (I have an Alienware laptop) and I would like to make sure I don;t have to upgrade really for a while

 

[ShinRa]

well itll be obsolete anyway cuz btx will be in effect by then.

 

[Asus]

Link
There is the performance differences you will be looking at.
925 and 915 are the chipsets on the new Intel platform with PCI-Express.
2.8GHz 'E', 3.2GHz 'E', 3.6GHz 'E' and even the 3.4EE were tested on that platform.

Compares it with the 2.4GHz 'C', 3.4GHz 'C' and 3.4EE Pentium 4 on the 875 (Current) platform and the Athlon XP 2400+, Athlon 64 3800+ and FX-53.

They all used a Nvidia 6800 (NV40) based card clocked at 400/550. Either AGP or PCI-Express depending on the system.