Fall Comdex '98 Coverage
by Anand Lal Shimpi on November 21, 1998 11:19 AM EST- Posted in
- Trade Shows
AOpen
AX59Pro II - Also based on the SiS 530 Super7 chipset, the AX59Pro II is intended to be a more stable alternative to the AX59Pro which uses the VIA MVP3 chipset. 
AOpen Socket-370 w/ Integrated Audio & 3D - To truly address the low cost market, AOpen produced a micro-ATX motherboard based on the 440ZX chipset, for use with the Socket-370 Celeron processor. Featuring 2 PCI slots and 1 ISA slot, the design allows for an integrated ATI 3D Rage Pro chipset to be used in conjunction with a Yamaha processor for on-board sound as well. 
Motherboards like this were incredibly popular among those seen at this year's Comdex, and you can expect them to start appearing during the first half of 1999. AX6B Plus - Due out shortly, the AX6B Plus is intended to satisfy the wants of the user that can't seem to get enough out of AOpen's current product line. Building on the quality and success of the AX6B motherboard, the BX based AX6B Plus takes all of the features of the AX6B and adds an Adaptec 7880P for on-board UltraWide SCSI 3 support. 
Unfortunately the AX6B Plus doesn't make use of the 5/2/1 expansion slot configuration (PCI/ISA/AGP) as can be found on the AX6BC, instead it only features a total of 4 PCI slots. If you take into account that you save a PCI slot by going with the on-board SCSI the board can't be too bad, however that extra PCI slot would be nice. Also coming soon to AOpen's product line is a dual processor board pictured above, it looks like both ABIT and AOpen are competing for the next wave of consumer demands.
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