<%BANNER[top_768x90]%>
 Print article
 Send link to friend

 Digg this
 Post to del.icio.us
 Post to Slashdot

<%BANNER[news_160]%>
<%BANNER[banner_468x60_h]%>
<%BANNER[article]%>

News

ASUS Claims P4P800 and P4C800 Mainboards to Be Prescott Compatible.

But Removes the Written Statement from its Web-Site

[07/17/2003 08:38 AM]
by Anton Shilov
<%BANNER[fp_160x600_r_1]%>

Right after Gigabyte talked on Prescott support by their mainboards powered by Intel’s “Ensure '03 Platforms are Prescott-Ready” Springdale and Canterwood chipsets, a person from ASUSTeK Computer told us that the company’s P4P800 and P4C800 mainboards are also going to be fully-compatible with Intel Prescott CPUs due to be launched later this year.

“Surely ASUS P4P800 and P4C800 mainboards support the Prescott processors. Keep in mind that ASUS develops and builds mainboards for Intel”, an unnamed ASUS representative said.

“I think everything is under control and has been for some time now. No one will forgive Intel such incompatibility after its pretty recent transition from Socket 423 to Socket 478. It is very unlikely they will go the same road again soon”, he added.

Meanwhile ASUS removed the written claim about Prescott support by P4P800 and P4C800 from its web-site here and here.

We now are not sure who to believe. We think that nearly everything depends on Intel itself at the moment.

<%BANNER[banner_468x60_f]%>

Related news

Discussion

<%BANNER[fp_160x600_r_2]%>
Comments currently: 4
Discussion started: 07/18/03 07:56:33 AM
Latest comment: 08/15/03 02:01:53 PM

[1-4]

1. 
Check Asus-N.America web site - believe they still make the Prescott support claim - funny, I thought N.America was somewhere on the globe ...
Oh well.

Link: http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=P4P800%20Deluxe&l ngs=09
[Posted by: Jake_Barnes | Date: 07/18/03 07:56:33 AM]
You must log in to reply
2. 
"Surely ASUS P4P800 and P4C800 mainboards support the Prescott processors. Keep in mind that ASUS develops and builds mainboards for Intel”, an unnamed ASUS representative said.

Isn't it time for "official" statements on letterheads and web sites from Asus and other mainboard manufacturers - stating, for the record, Prescott support or not. It's time.

Isn't it time for Intel to officially put out a list of Prescott compatable mainboards. I think so. They have finished engineering samples - they can test now and report.
[Posted by: TLBuilder | Date: 07/18/03 08:44:03 AM]
You must log in to reply
3. 
"Meanwhile ASUS removed the written claim about Prescott support by P4P800 and P4C800 from its web-site here and here"

It's no correct. Both item appears
[Posted by: sormeno | Date: 07/24/03 01:42:24 PM]
You must log in to reply
4. 
They (Asus) can take off the message from their web site if they dare to, unfortunately for them, the claim for the P4C800 Deluxe "Platforms Are Prescott Ready" is clearly written in the manual as a tec-spec of the board. So, if there is a Prescott during the next quarter that would not "fit" on my mainboard, this one will be out of specs and returned! We shall see some reverberations when Asus and other manufacturers are going to challenge Intel when their boards are having a return ticket!

Wait and see!
Thomastodon
[Posted by: Thomastodon | Date: 08/15/03 02:01:53 PM]
You must log in to reply

[1-4]

You must log in to add comments.

Forgot password? Registration

remember me



Latest News

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

11:19 pm | Apple Co-Founder Predicts Death for iPod, Unenthusiastic About iPhone. Steve Wozniak Unimpressed with iPhone, Expects iPod to Disappear

10:17 pm | Samsung Loses Legal Battle Against Rambus. U.S. Supreme Court Denies Samsung Appeal in Rambus Case

5:43 pm | AMD Confident In Ability to Produce x86 Microprocessors Despite Intel’s Doubts. AMD Reassures It Can Outsources Production of All x86 Chips

3:04 pm | Intel Has “Serious Questions” Regarding AMD’s Fab Spin Off. Intel Questions Legitimacy of AMD’s Fab Spin Off

12:34 pm | Less Companies to Supply Nvidia GeForce Graphics Cards . Nvidia Intends to Reduce Number of Add-In-Board Partners

9:13 am | AMD Unveils Asset Smart Strategy: Transfers Fabs to The Foundry Company. AMD Spins Off Manufacturing Facilities into Foundry Company

more news >>>

Our Sponsors