ExtremeTech has examined five Athlon 64 motherboards (http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1387436,00.asp) from the first wave of products, designed for early adopters and PC enthusiasts.

Participants that make it to the round-up include Asus, Abit, Leadtek, FIC and Shuttle. ET has only included Socket 754 models that go along with non-FX 64-bit Athlons in this comparison.