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Unteroffizier · Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:49 am

Some time back we were hearing the new form factor BTX to take over ATX but what happened? Was BTX scrapped?

Ricochet · Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:56 am

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think i read not too long ago that Intel just launched their BTX form factor. So no, it hasn't been scrapped, just slow to rise.

Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:11 am

Yeah, it has just taken a really long time to get any traction in the market. Also you may never see any BTX boards for AMD CPUs, because BTX dictates physical placement of components on the motherboard. Since AMD puts the memory controller on the CPU now, making a BTX-conformant AMD motherboard is problematic, because BTX assumes the memory bus hangs off of the northbridge not the CPU.

Usacomp2k3 · Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:15 am

yeah it was in the shorbread a week or 2 ago
I'm looking forward to it for the OEM markey...should be good

ThelvynD · Thu Dec 09, 2004 10:50 am

It's already out there in the OEM market. I've seen several newer HPs come thru my shop at work in the BTX desktop form factor.

Skids · Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:24 am

Slow to rise and it doesnt look like AMD will be implementing it anytime soon. Nor do case manufacturer's like it since they have to retool for this. The only way id go with BTX is for an Dual video system and on that ID need to find a
Lamp and make a wish, course if I managed that id be wishing for a dual vid AMD64 platform to come sooner....

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P.S. - Not to mention having the $ to pay for such a setup.

Sargent Duck · Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:32 am

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1763/

little article on the layout of BTX

Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:29 pm

BTX will most likely only take root in the OEM market since it fits their needs more than the enthusiast market.

anand · Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:00 pm

Gateway has a couple of BTX PCs as well. Some of their "Gaming" lineup, for example:

http://www.gateway.com/home/products/ga ... l?clv=LNav

Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:33 pm

BTX may become very popular in the smaller computer segments. no more proprietary SFFs?

Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:49 pm

anand wrote:
Gateway has a couple of BTX PCs as well. Some of their "Gaming" lineup, for example...

That's pretty ironic, don't you think?

BTX will not work with Athlon64. BTX exists only to cool the insane amount of heat generated by Pentium4 with Prescott core. However, Pentium4's gaming performance is anemic when compared to Athlon64. Anyone truly building a gaming PC this year should not be using an Intel processor, and therefore cannot use BTX.

Felix · Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:45 am

unless i didnt look hard enough, where are you getting this info the Gateway is using the spec for there new systems, i read through the complete specs, and nowhere did i see type of motherboard used, or anytihng about a MB at all.....confused

ThelvynD · Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:49 am

Felix wrote:
unless i didnt look hard enough, where are you getting this info the Gateway is using the spec for there new systems, i read through the complete specs, and nowhere did i see type of motherboard used, or anytihng about a MB at all.....confused

It's part of thier 7200X line of computers.
http://www.gateway.com/dw/features_benefits/btx_tech.shtml

AntecRep · Fri Dec 10, 2004 11:41 am

BTW will be slow in the mainstream. Most estimates I've seen figure on 2006-2007 before it's 50/50 between BTX and ATX.

And yes we'll be coming out with BTX cases.

AntecRep

anand · Fri Dec 10, 2004 11:50 am

Felix wrote:
unless i didnt look hard enough, where are you getting this info the Gateway is using the spec for there new systems, i read through the complete specs, and nowhere did i see type of motherboard used, or anytihng about a MB at all.....confused

If you go to the link I provided (http://www.gateway.com/home/products/gaming.shtml?clv=LNav), you see two of the three systems say "Gateway BTX Technology Advantage" in their description columns.

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