Abit's short term Road Map – 4290 days old

[Alakazam]

This just posted a couple of hours ago:

"ABIT's Nearest Plans
Posted 9/17/01 at 10:40 pm by Rat

Some interesting info on ABIT’s mainboard plans till the end of the year has penetrated into the web. Well, let’s take a look, what we can expect from this mainboard manufacturer in the nearest future.
First come the Socket A solutions for AMD Athlon and Duron CPUs:

KR7A-RAID. This mainboard is based on the new VIA KT266A chipset and is positioned to replace the KR7-RAID mainboard based on VIA KT266 chipset in ABIT’s roadmap. The main distinguishing feature of this mainboard from similar solutions by other manufacturers is the 4 DIMM slots for PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM. All the other specs of the product are pretty standard: 1 AGP 4x and 6 PCI slots, 4 USB ports. The mainboard will be equipped with an integrated ATA/100 RAID controller from HighPoint – HPT370.
The supplies are expected to start as soon as the VIA KT266A chipset starts shipping in mass, i.e. in October.

KS7. As for the Value market sector, ABIT is preparing another cheaper DDR mainboard there. It will be based on SiS735 chipset and consequently, will boast somewhat simpler specifications. It will feature 1 AGP 4x slot, 6 PCI slots, 4 USB ports, 3 DIMM slots for PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM. There will be no integrated RAID controller onboard.
The shipments should begin in November.

NV7. This so long awaited solution based on NVIDIA nForce chipset will appear only in December. Besides the regular features such as 1 AGP 4x slot, 6 PCI slots, 4 USB ports, 3 DIMM slots for PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM, we should also mention an HPT370 integrated ATA/100 RAID controller from HighPoint, even though you see no "RAID" in the product name."

For some reason, this article has already been taken down from RoJak's site, that didn't take long! I went back to get the url to post instead of the article and found a dead end.

[026TB4U]

That's a shame about the NV7. I was really looking forward to it. I think I'll wait until all these chipsets get sorted out before my next upgrade. But I would seriously like to get a non-via chipset this time around.

[Orange Peel]

An interesting read. I'm thinking of the KR7A-RAID for my next upgrade, it sounds like a winner. The NV7 sounds too new for me, I need to see it proven before I part with my money.

[Alakazam]

I would tend to agree that all these new chipsets need to be sorted out before my next upgrade, even the SIS chip holds some promising numbers. As far as the NV7 goes, we'll just have to wait till some boards are out there and see how well the chipsets OC. There is going to be a lot to think about when upgrading over the next 3-4 months.

[Darksword]

I'm itchin' to ugrade to the KR7A-RAID as soon as it's out. But from all that I've learned over the past few years, it's best to wait a bit to see how the chipset matures and compares to others that will be released right after it. If the KR7A-RAID and NV7 will support the Athlon4, I'll probably just hold out until after the new year to decide. 1,450Mhz on my KT7-RAID is plenty fast for the time being, it's just that I always feel that I'm being held back severely.