OCW has posted a review on the ULi M1697 K8 chipset
In our initial tests, we found out that ULi M1697 has put in efforts to fine tune their USB performance. We found out that in one test, the ULI M1697 is nearly 20% ahead of the NVIDIA NF4 series chipset.ULI m1697 Ref board review
Not only that, the board inherits the best from 1695. High CLK can be reached. It is now running 6 x 401.5MHz.