[muckshifter]

Taipei, Taiwan, June 27, 2002

ASUSTek Computer Inc., today announced the company’s P4S8X, A7N8X and A7V8X motherboards supporting cutting-edge technologies such as Serial ATA and AGP8X. With growing demand for faster and more reliable computing platforms, ASUS’ latest motherboard solutions are specifically designed to deliver best technology has to offer.

The P4S8X , A7V8X and A7N8X are based on SiS’ 648, VIA’s KT400 and NVIDIA’s latest chipset, respectively. One of the main features of these motherboards is the advanced Serial ATA storage interface. Different from the traditional Parallel ATA, Serial ATA offers lower voltage (500milivolts peak to peak), thinner and longer cables, lower pin counts, simpler cable routing and smaller connectors for smaller form factor design, system stability and robust data transfer at 150MB/s.

Also included in the new motherboards is AGP8X (AGP3.0) graphics standard. Just like its predecessor, AGP4X (AGP2.0), AGP8X is a 32-bit wide bus, but it can work at 533MHz data transfer rate and support up to 2.1GB/sec bandwidth, ensuring faster and better video graphics performance.

“ASUS is proud to extend our industry leadership position by being the first manufacturer to deliver AGP8X and serial ATA enabled motherboards to market,” says Joe Hsieh, Director of Motherboard Division at ASUS. “In addition to providing improved performance compared to current standards, motherboards with AGP8X and serial ATA provide scalability and investment protection for the future.”

The P4S8X, A7V8X and A7N8X will be available in July and August. For more information please visit the ASUS website at :

www.asus.com

[Eric Portelance]

Sounds good to me. I've been an Asus fan since they came out with their Socket A boards. I was planning on getting an A7V333, but I guess I'll have to wait for the A7V8X instead.