ULi M1695 - the new Competitor

[mixa]

One of the first things you think on when you choose a motherboard is the used chipset.These days the market is mainly ruled by NVIDIAs NFORCE4 MCP and some VIA chipsets but that`s all you have to choose from.Recently ATI has launched it`s XPress 200 but it`s still very hard to find a board based on it.[---]

And here comes the ULi M1695 which supports both PCE-E and AGP.This time we are dealing with a Real AGP not just a few PCIs tied together.Ofcource the board supports AMD socket 939 based CPUs and a full set of overclocking tools.The performance is not compromised in any way.Uli M1695 even beats NF4 in some tests , whlie they are equal each other.

AnandTech says :
ULi did a great job with their new PCIe/AGP chipset. If you are in the market for a new Socket 939 board, then boards based on the ULi M1695/M1567 should definitely be on your shopping list. If you by chance plan to use AGP on your new PCIe board, then ULi M1695/M1567 is the only board that you should have on your shopping list. This AGP on PCIe really works, there are no compromises, and you will not be disappointed.

Read a full review at : AnandTech (http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2471)

[wazzledoozle]

Im postponing upgrading to Socket 939 until I can get one of these.

[boruvka]

So will probably I :)

[Mad-Matt]

this chipset is just what ive been waiting for ..still plenty to get out of my x800 agp yet ;)

[mixa]

Definately this is the next main competitor in the market.I`m sure it will be very successful because of it`s great performace and overclocking abilities.Probably I`ll get one too.