Albatron K8 Ultra-U Pro A64 S754 Motherboard Review

jmke · 14th February 2005, 15:16

Albatron recently introduced a new S754 motherboard, based on the lesser known ULi chipset, it comes feature packed and offers some overclocking potential. Can this budget friendly board stand up to the competition? Read on to find out.

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=297

15th February 2005, 08:39

Very interesting motherboard!
I read another review on it and according to their screenshots it does have a PCI lock. Here:
http://www.ocworkbench.com/2004/alba...traupro/g3.htm

Maybe they used a newer BIOS, maybe an older one.

piotke · 15th February 2005, 08:58

That's weird. I saw that setting in BIOS, but I thought that it wasn't working (overclocked just ar the memory). As I experienced the typical not locked PCI errors.

jmke · 15th February 2005, 09:10

Quote:

Originally posted by thebluesgnr
I read another review on it and according to their screenshots it does have a PCI lock. Here:
http://www.ocworkbench.com/2004/alba...traupro/g3.htm
.

thanks for that info!

@Piotke: any way to verify the PCI speed iin windows when running higher HTT speeds,

15th February 2005, 16:28

Asrock also has a mobo available for quite some time now with this exact same chipset.

The K8Upgrade, and it's also a bit cheaper than this Albatron.

I heard somewhere Albatron is a sub-company of Gigabyte? Is that true?

The great thing about the K8 Upgrade is that you can upgrade it to a Socket 939 system whenever you want.

It's seems to me that building a budget S754/S939 has not been made more interesting because of the Albatron mobo but because of the Asrock mobo.

14th February 2005, 15:16	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Albatron K8 Ultra-U Pro A64 S754 Motherboard Review Albatron recently introduced a new S754 motherboard, based on the lesser known ULi chipset, it comes feature packed and offers some overclocking potential. Can this budget friendly board stand up to the competition? Read on to find out. http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=297 __________________

15th February 2005, 08:58	#3
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	That's weird. I saw that setting in BIOS, but I thought that it wasn't working (overclocked just ar the memory). As I experienced the typical not locked PCI errors. __________________ .

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15th February 2005, 08:39	#2
thebluesgnr Posts: n/a	Very interesting motherboard! I read another review on it and according to their screenshots it does have a PCI lock. Here: http://www.ocworkbench.com/2004/alba...traupro/g3.htm Maybe they used a newer BIOS, maybe an older one.

15th February 2005, 16:28	#5
TheRock Posts: n/a	Asrock also has a mobo available for quite some time now with this exact same chipset. The K8Upgrade, and it's also a bit cheaper than this Albatron. I heard somewhere Albatron is a sub-company of Gigabyte? Is that true? The great thing about the K8 Upgrade is that you can upgrade it to a Socket 939 system whenever you want. It's seems to me that building a budget S754/S939 has not been made more interesting because of the Albatron mobo but because of the Asrock mobo.