M1695 at Comutex 2005

[UncleBob]

I believe that's right on track. I heard there are 2 new Chaintechs: the S1695 and the V945 coming at end of July. I'll let you know as soon as I see one, you can count on that!

[21021]

ULi M1695 Athlon 64 Chipset Preview @ tweaktown.com

[UncleBob]

Good find, thanks!

[Krank]

Another good find from the folks at Anantech:

Anandtech First Look ULi

Krank

[UncleBob]

Good find!
Check this out:

The ULI M1695/M1567 is really even more as it also supports PCI graphics. With this ULI chipset, you can simultaneously use PCI Express X16, AGP 8X, and PCI graphics.

The M1695 provides a PCI Express Interface that can drive either 1 x16 slot of 2 x8 slots. The 2 x8 configuration is called SLI on NVIDIA motherboards, and the option of x16 or 2 x8 is even available in this Reference Board BIOS.

Does it overclock? Well, it sure seems to, although it's missing some voltage adjustments right now:

While we could not reach a CPU base speed of 400, we were able to run 300, which is very comparable to results with the NVIDIA nForce4. We also reached an overclock of 235 with our default 12X multiplier. Both these results are competitive with NVIDIA, and they are both outstanding, considering that they were achieved with no memory voltage control.

So, this does answer some nagging questions about ability to overclock, we just need some features. Remember, they only have a reference board and BIOS, so this real product will undoubtedly differ! My guess and hope is that it will have more features.

[_dangtx_]

thats it.i want one

[tnt]

I think it will be great to have another very good chipset for the A64. Competition among chipset manufacturers is good for us.

I know this is picky but in reading the three reviews they all use the 1567 Southbridge. This Southbridge does not support SATA II. Many will argue SATA II especially with current drives offers no advantage or performance increase. I am not wanting this to become a flame on that issue but justfor me native sata II support was a requirment I had when selecting my current board. At least one of the reviews indicated it did not support gigabit ethernet but for me this was not one of my requirements but it may be for some others.

At least one of the reviews mentioned new southbridges to be available soon and a integrated Northbridge in the future. It would be nice (IMHO) if the new southbridge were available when Chaintech comes to market with the board.

Very impressive performance for a reference design.

[Lenny]

I'm using IDE drives exclusively

I'm going to keep an eye on this board. IMO, it would be perfect for AGP owners who aren't quite ready to transition to PCI-E but are planning it at some point in the future.

[Krank]

Here's a new link from HKEPC showing video card scores, Crossfire, SLI and even a whacky 6 monitor setup.

HKEPC ULI 1695

Krank

[UncleBob]

Video Extreme!
Inno3D Geforce 6,200 PCI-E 128MB
Colorful Geforce 6200A AGP 128MB
Galaxy Geforce 6200A PCI 128MB



Hooked up

[UncleBob]

Thanks Krank, great article, good find!!

[_dangtx_]

i even like the color of de ref board...shuttle?

lol

[Cyber-Mav]

any idea if this board will hit retail in august or are we looking at it turning up december time?

[UncleBob]

You guys will be the first to know. I think it will be a bit earlier than December, though!

[Krank]

Another nugget of ULI info, though this is an ASRock board, not the S1695-2.

ASRock 939Dual-SATA2

Used the Google cache, so I hope this works.

Krank