TomsHardware has previewed AOpen's AK86 Tube Motherboard. This mobo is based on VIA's K8T400 chipset which supports AMD Hammer CPU's. Although this motherboard's will not be launched before this year christmas you will get a good idea what the next gen Hammer chipset has to offer.
There is no run-of-the-mill benchmarks (cause no CPU's available) for the mobo but all features are covered nicely. Note only that they also have listed a "features comparision table" of all Hammer chipsets from Nvidia, ATI, AMD, VIA to-be-launched. In THG words: We bring you a first look at details of the board with Socket 754 for ClawHammer. Top secret: new info for manufacturers from VIA, NVIDIA and AMD, as well as an overview of roadmaps. For the full article warp 2 ... TomsHardware.
There is no run-of-the-mill benchmarks (cause no CPU's available) for the mobo but all features are covered nicely. Note only that they also have listed a "features comparision table" of all Hammer chipsets from Nvidia, ATI, AMD, VIA to-be-launched. In THG words: We bring you a first look at details of the board with Socket 754 for ClawHammer. Top secret: new info for manufacturers from VIA, NVIDIA and AMD, as well as an overview of roadmaps. For the full article warp 2 ... TomsHardware.
