ASUS SK8N Mainboard Details Emerge

by Anton Shilov
05/19/2003 | 04:32 AM

A web-site has published a lot of details in regards the first and yet the only 1-way workstation mainboard for AMD Opteron processors, ASUS SK8N powered by NVIDIA nForce3 Pro150 core-logic.

In fact, this is also the one and only workstation mainboard for AMD Opteron processors based on a chipset from NVIDIA, so, I believe that this product is unique in some way. Check out the specifications:

• Supports one Socket 940 AMD Opteron processor;
• NVIDIA nForce3 Pro 150 chipset;
• 4 DIMM slots for up to 8GB of registered PC1600, PC2100 or PC2700 DDR SDRAM memory;
• AGP 8x; 5 PCI (32bit/33MHz) slots;
• 2-channel ATA-33/66/100/133 integrated controller;
• 2 Serial ATA-150 ports and 1 additional Parallel ATA-33/66/100/133 port (controller from Promise);
• CK8 MAC+ RealTek RTL8201BL PHY 10/100Mb/s Ethernet;
• 6-channel ALC650 audio solution with S/PDIF out interface;
• 6 USB 2.0 ports;
• Overclock Feature: ASUS JumperFree; Memory voltage adjustments;
• Proprietary features from ASUS;
• ATX.

I have no idea how ASUS plans to overclock AMD Opteron processors, but this capability is provided by the SK8N. Considering the fact that NVIDIA promised its nForce3 Pro150 to become available shortly, I think that we will try this interesting feature in future. Of course, if AMD Opteron processors that are sold in retail can really be overclocked.

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