The Soltek SL-865Pro- 775 is exactly what some of you have been looking for. You get to choose a new, faster Prescott LGA 775 processor and still use your AGP 8X video card and fast DDR memory. It is also nice that you can build this hybrid solution without really giving up anything in performance. Across all the game benchmarks and PCMark 2004, the Soltek was certainly competitive with the new mainstream 915 chipset. It either placed between the high-end 925X boards and the 915, or it the performance was right in line with the 915 results. Considering that DDR2 is running at 533 versus the 400 for DDR400, this close performance is pretty remarkable. As we have stated in other reviews, the higher latency of DDR2-533 offsets a lot of the gains from the speed increase.
Soltek positions the 865Pro-775 as a member of their high-end PRO series, and the feature set certainly fits. You get all the standard features found on other 865 boards like SATA and 8 USB ports, plus the enhanced features of additional Promise SATA and IDE ports, two firewire ports, and 6-channel AC97 2.2 audio. The BIOS options also support just about anything an average overclocker might want, which allows the 865Pro-775 to reach overclock levels many 915 boards can not begin to approach.
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LS6TA - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link
I was looking to pick this board up but it isn't on newegg's site anymore, know of anywhere else to get it?Wesley Fink - Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - link
#19 - This has been corrected several times, and it is corrected again. Here's hoping our Document Engine is kinder to corrections this go-round.bhtooefr - Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - link
Another mistake - the Soltek's memory speed is listed as a DDR2 speed (in the specs on the board), whereas it's a DDR board.That P5P800 does look interesting, BTW. (Not that I would bite - Intel's price-performance isn't good at all)
Galvin - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
Asus makes one as well. See it here.P5P800
http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket775/p5p800/o...
Hopefully you can review this board too.
Bozo Galora - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
Newegg and Soltek??Hah Hah
Guess it shows how much I block out AT's ads.
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
#4,#7,#9 - the first requirement for Doom 3 under System Requirements is: "3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX® 9.0b compatible 64MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest drivers".You can check for yourself at http://www.idsoftware.com/games/doom/doom3/index.p...
Oxonium - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
It will be interesting to see if more mobos like this will come out. It definitely fills a gap in the market, probably to Intel's chagrin. I'm curious if the new P4 F-series (64-bit enabled) would work on this board.Wesley Fink - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
#10 - We made it to 265 FSB with a 2.8 Prescott. We talk about this briefly at the bottom of Page 3.#11 - The incorrect reference is removed.
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
#12 - It is available at New Egg for $125 including FedEx Saver shipping, which is linked at the top of every page.Bozo Galora - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
Its irrelevant to people in the U.S. It cant be bought here easily, if at all. I suppose it can be bought online from NCIX in Cananda, but they say special order. I have owned Soltek - they are good boards, but their support is non existent. Also note they are not even listed in Pricewatch brands, search4hardware.com shows pics, but no stores selling it.Why review vapor???