[Grey Wolf]

That thing beats my MSI KT3 Ultra 2, hands down. Just take a look at those features....

[Rampage]

Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
I want this motherboard.

Who wouldn't?  It isn't the fan, is it?

[Admiral LSD]

Do nVidia have an nForce chipset planned for Athlon 64? If I only have AMD or Via to pick from I won't touch it with a 10 foot pole, I'll go for Opteron or whatever Intel have planned.

[Grey Wolf]

That is an nVidia chipset
The K8 Crush chipset is actually what the nForce 3 Pro is based off of.

[Kamikaze]

Wow, that's a nice motherboard I don't want to know the price though

by the way, isn't the Opteron AMDs new chip?

[Grey Wolf]

OK, here I go again:

Opteron (Sledghammer) = Workstation/Server Chip, 1MB L2, DC DDR333 (ECC Required), 940 pins
Athlon 64 (Clawhammer) = High-End Desktop Chip, 1MB L2, DDR400 (possibly DC, but this has not yet been confirmed, AFAIK), 939/940 pins
Athlon 64 (Paris) = Mid-range Chip, 512KB L2, DDR400 (no DC), 754 Pins

DDR-II support will start with the 90nm range of chips (Athens, San Diego, and Victoria).
Also, for now, it appears, low-end chips will be the Athlon FX chips, which are Athlon XPs with the Barton core, but with 50% of the L2 cache disabled.

[Nico]

wasn't the sledgehammer cancelled last year ( to my great despair )?

[Grey Wolf]

No, they're selling it now
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?catalog=343&DEPA=1&submit=property&mfrcode=0&propertycodevalue=4777
In speeds from 1.4 GHz to 1.8 GHz. Only 1 motherboard for sale there (an MSI dual-proc).