Asus K8N-DL...

Anybody currently using one of these dual Opteron boards with Win XP Pro
x64? As I peruse the spec sheet, I'm wondering if the nForce 4 Pro SATA 3.0
functionality is supported in the unified platform beta driver. All other
built in features seem to show up as having an available driver on nVidia's
and Broadcom's site.

Here's the link to the Asus page on the mobo:

http://usa.asus.com/products/server/...l/overview.htm

Any input would be appreciated.

M. Murcek

NForce 4 does not require sata drivers.

"M. Murcek" <> wrote in message
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> Anybody currently using one of these dual Opteron boards with Win XP Pro
> x64? As I peruse the spec sheet, I'm wondering if the nForce 4 Pro SATA
> 3.0 functionality is supported in the unified platform beta driver. All
> other built in features seem to show up as having an available driver on
> nVidia's and Broadcom's site.
>
> Here's the link to the Asus page on the mobo:
>
> http://usa.asus.com/products/server/...l/overview.htm
>
> Any input would be appreciated.
>

I ordered one of these for a client yesturday, and I expect it to be in
by the end of the week. If you don't get an answer by then, I'll reply .

FYI, SATA2 (300mb/s) has no real advantage over SATA1 (150mb/s), as hard
disks usually get 40-80mb/s in real world situations . If your going
to do a huge RAID, you might see some performance gains, but still very
marginal.

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M. Murcek wrote:
> Anybody currently using one of these dual Opteron boards with Win XP Pro
> x64? As I peruse the spec sheet, I'm wondering if the nForce 4 Pro SATA 3.0
> functionality is supported in the unified platform beta driver. All other
> built in features seem to show up as having an available driver on nVidia's
> and Broadcom's site.
>
> Here's the link to the Asus page on the mobo:
>
> http://usa.asus.com/products/server/...l/overview.htm
>
> Any input would be appreciated.
>
>