First Look: VIA K8T900

Okay, but there are heat issues with Sli cards being to close, and GTX's like the ASUS EN7800GTXTOP/2DHTV/256M with beefy coolers would definitly pose a problemo.

 

There are no 7800 GTXs that will work in this board in SLI - you need GeForce 6-series cards if you want to use both slots.

 

I guess that's why it says "Whats a Dramel?" under my handle

 

What I find interesting is the performance vs heat! nVidias chipset uses active cooling (passive cooling with heat-pipe) and performes just a wee-bit better than the VIA-900 that uses a small passive cooling heatsink. And if VIA is cheaper than nVidia, I see no problem in bying this mobo since I don't need dual-graphic-card setup afterall.. ..I just want a good-perfoming, silent PC!
BTW: I assume the memory can be set in dual-mode?

I too see no big deal in having a gigabit LAN, but the price on 1K-LAN equptment is nearing 100-LAN rapidly, so it will be a prefered feature in the next few years..

 

Hi there,

Yes the board supports dual channel memory as the memory controller is located on the CPU die.

 

Aahh! Good to know! Thanks!
The MB I've set my eyes on up until now is the ASUS A8N-E nF4 Ultra, since I don't need SLI - and then swap the NB fan with a passive heatsink. But if I can do without souch a swap, I'd much rather have the K8T900 since I want a silent (ànd cooler) PC