Anyone try a Radeon Xpress board yet?

I was wondering if anyone has tried one of the new Radeon Xpress boards yet?
The only one available around here (Canada) is the MSI board. Any comments
appreciated.

"zzipper" wrote in
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I was wondering if anyone has tried one of the new Radeon Xpress
boards yet? The only one available around here (Canada) is the MSI
board. Any comments appreciated.

I'm still waiting on someone elses. I want something other than
PCI slots for future expansion. I like the Jetway one the best,
but no site of it yet.

http://www.jetway.com.tw/evisn/index.html

Look at the A210GDAG PRO


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It has some BIOS upgrades to go, but a nice overall board so far.

The built in fan speed/voltage controller works (for both fan headers).
Dont skimp on cheap memory, or poorly mismatched memory. Mine is stable with
4 x 512 Kingston sticks, dual channel 128bit mode.

Check the MSI forum, there is more to learn there. The board has no
overclocking features, yet.
http://forum.msi.com.tw/index.php?board=24.0

Mine runs silent with a 3800+ and Zalman 7000a , controlled onboard.

The XPress 200 onboard video, isnt completely usless. Of course you wont be
settings game details to High with it, but games (BF Vietnam, SW: Republic
Commando, Far Cry) are all very playable. They just look alittle uglier then
you may be use to


"zzipper" wrote in message
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I was wondering if anyone has tried one of the new Radeon Xpress boards
yet? The only one available around here (Canada) is the MSI board. Any
comments appreciated.

Thanks for the info. Are you running 4x512 of DDR400 @400? I presently have
an Asus A8V Dlx and I have to use the 2T command to run @400. It's smooth
but I want to run full speed without the performance loss so I'm looking at
the Radeon Xpress boards as an option.

"Sept1967" sept1967@highstream.(Erase)net wrote in message
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It has some BIOS upgrades to go, but a nice overall board so far.

The built in fan speed/voltage controller works (for both fan headers).
Dont skimp on cheap memory, or poorly mismatched memory. Mine is stable
with 4 x 512 Kingston sticks, dual channel 128bit mode.

Check the MSI forum, there is more to learn there. The board has no
overclocking features, yet.
http://forum.msi.com.tw/index.php?board=24.0

Mine runs silent with a 3800+ and Zalman 7000a , controlled onboard.

The XPress 200 onboard video, isnt completely usless. Of course you wont
be settings game details to High with it, but games (BF Vietnam, SW:
Republic Commando, Far Cry) are all very playable. They just look alittle
uglier then you may be use to


"zzipper" wrote in message
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I was wondering if anyone has tried one of the new Radeon Xpress boards
yet? The only one available around here (Canada) is the MSI board. Any
comments appreciated.

Yes, it is all running 400MHz, dual channel 128 bit mode.

"zzipper" wrote in message
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Thanks for the info. Are you running 4x512 of DDR400 @400? I presently
have an Asus A8V Dlx and I have to use the 2T command to run @400. It's
smooth but I want to run full speed without the performance loss so I'm
looking at the Radeon Xpress boards as an option.

"Sept1967" sept1967@highstream.(Erase)net wrote in message
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It has some BIOS upgrades to go, but a nice overall board so far.

The built in fan speed/voltage controller works (for both fan headers).
Dont skimp on cheap memory, or poorly mismatched memory. Mine is stable
with 4 x 512 Kingston sticks, dual channel 128bit mode.

Check the MSI forum, there is more to learn there. The board has no
overclocking features, yet.
http://forum.msi.com.tw/index.php?board=24.0

Mine runs silent with a 3800+ and Zalman 7000a , controlled onboard.

The XPress 200 onboard video, isnt completely usless. Of course you wont
be settings game details to High with it, but games (BF Vietnam, SW:
Republic Commando, Far Cry) are all very playable. They just look alittle
uglier then you may be use to


"zzipper" wrote in message
. ..
I was wondering if anyone has tried one of the new Radeon Xpress boards
yet? The only one available around here (Canada) is the MSI board. Any
comments appreciated.

Thanks....might be time for a new toy next month :-)

"Sept1967" sept1967@highstream.(Erase)net wrote in message
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Yes, it is all running 400MHz, dual channel 128 bit mode.

"zzipper" wrote in message
.. .
Thanks for the info. Are you running 4x512 of DDR400 @400? I presently
have an Asus A8V Dlx and I have to use the 2T command to run @400. It's
smooth but I want to run full speed without the performance loss so I'm
looking at the Radeon Xpress boards as an option.

"Sept1967" sept1967@highstream.(Erase)net wrote in message
...
It has some BIOS upgrades to go, but a nice overall board so far.

The built in fan speed/voltage controller works (for both fan headers).
Dont skimp on cheap memory, or poorly mismatched memory. Mine is stable
with 4 x 512 Kingston sticks, dual channel 128bit mode.

Check the MSI forum, there is more to learn there. The board has no
overclocking features, yet.
http://forum.msi.com.tw/index.php?board=24.0

Mine runs silent with a 3800+ and Zalman 7000a , controlled onboard.

The XPress 200 onboard video, isnt completely usless. Of course you wont
be settings game details to High with it, but games (BF Vietnam, SW:
Republic Commando, Far Cry) are all very playable. They just look
alittle uglier then you may be use to


"zzipper" wrote in message
. ..
I was wondering if anyone has tried one of the new Radeon Xpress boards
yet? The only one available around here (Canada) is the MSI board. Any
comments appreciated.