AMD Motherboards (cont’d)
At the ULI booth, representatives were showing off the ability of their south bridge to couple with any other north bridge. However, what is most interesting about this socket 939 motherboard is the north bridge:
The ATI R480 chipset — something that most have never even heard of, and on public display at the show. This is why I love these conventions!
And finally, here is a quick few of the motherboard vendors and their 939-pin offerings:
Gigabyte -nForce 3 Ultra chipset (also had a VIA offering)
MSI – nForce 3 Ultra chipset
ECS – VIA K8T800 Pro chipset
DFI LanParty – nForce 3 Ultra chipset
Abit AV8 – VIA K8T800 Pro chipset
