Athlon 64 Motherboard Shootout @ Hardware Zone

The Athlon64 has been gaining popularity in the retail market and even though it is not suggested that the mainstream user take the Athlon64 plunge it is still good to see what kind of motherboard offerings are available. This article features 15 Athlon64 (754pin) motherboards from various mfgs. Though the overviews are very brief and miss many features the side by sides are interesting to see.
"In addition to that, the BIOS did not come with any option that allows the user to disable the Promise RAID controller. This is an important feature as we've heard countless users complaining about slow boot-ups due to the fact that the Promise controller's BIOS was slow to detect drives. Soltek should have allowed some sort of disabling for those who don't intend to use the controller. "
Actually there is an onboard jumper to take care of this. Good looking out guys.

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