I've been trying to buy this motherboard for the last 2 weeks but with no luck! Even after I sent an email to Shuttle, told them who I was and am still waiting for a reply. Even their UK distributors don't list them or want to reply to emails! Anyway Hexus.co.uk the lucky peeps have got their hands on a review sample of the board.
It scores well on the features front, too. This is the first motherboard that I've personally seen with the upcoming S-ATA interface. I can't test just how well it performs, but its inclusion is definitely a forward-looking measure. Standard IDE RAID, decent on-board sound, USB2.0, Firewire support, decent extras, and a robust BIOS round off the features. Performance was more than acceptable throughout our series of benchmarks. It eclipsed the similarly SiS648-equipped ABIT SR7-8X motherboard in most benchmarks.
My main concern in recommending the Shuttle AS45GTR has nothing much to do with the motherboard itself. It has more to do with availability. After checking the usual on-line suspects, I found it difficult to find it in stock, or other Shuttle 'boards for that matter. Shuttle AS45GTR SiS648 Motherboard Review
It scores well on the features front, too. This is the first motherboard that I've personally seen with the upcoming S-ATA interface. I can't test just how well it performs, but its inclusion is definitely a forward-looking measure. Standard IDE RAID, decent on-board sound, USB2.0, Firewire support, decent extras, and a robust BIOS round off the features. Performance was more than acceptable throughout our series of benchmarks. It eclipsed the similarly SiS648-equipped ABIT SR7-8X motherboard in most benchmarks.
My main concern in recommending the Shuttle AS45GTR has nothing much to do with the motherboard itself. It has more to do with availability. After checking the usual on-line suspects, I found it difficult to find it in stock, or other Shuttle 'boards for that matter. Shuttle AS45GTR SiS648 Motherboard Review
