Wheres the 975 Boards??

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Doesnt appear that the Asus board has 8phase power?
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...81&modelmenu=1
I would like to know why Asus choose to do it with the P5N32-SLi but not theP5WD2-E?

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It sure doesn't.

I would guess ASUS decided to do that with the nCrap 4 chipset because it is lame and perhaps something good like 8phse could help the chipset become what Intel's Core Logics are.

I would also guess that the P5WDG2-WS has the 8phase because of that third chipset for the PCI-X, those PCI-X cards must suck a lot of power from the MoBo, just look at the size of those slots, they're bigger than the PCI-Ex16 slots.

I wonder now if Fugger when he gets his two versions is going to give us a head-to-head review in therms of overclocking power with & w/o 8phase.

My guess won't be "that" important, since that 65nm seem to overclock sky-high and consume less power, it won't need the 8phase.....heck the P5WD2-Premium took that 3.8ghz to 7.4ghz.

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Originally Posted by Nasgul

I would guess ASUS decided to do that with the nCrap 4 chipset because it is lame and perhaps something good like 8phse could help the chipset become what Intel's Core Logics are.

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I suspect you are correct. Although if I were Asus I would slap 8phase onto the P5WD2-e anyway, surely it would be helpful at high clocks when the CPU is using more power?

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Originally Posted by Shnorque

I suspect you are correct. Although if I were Asus I would slap 8phase onto the P5WD2-e anyway, surely it would be helpful at high clocks when the CPU is using more power?

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By all means YES, For O/C like us who will go as far as we can afford to, 8-phase will be bonus for O/C CPU's that need extra grunt when push comes to shove !
Its suppose to run a bit cooler around the CPU area with 8-phase as well, heck even Epox have 5-phase on a 945 chipset board !

EP-5LDA+ GLi

Looks like I'll be getting the WS version of Asus 975X unless Abit comes to the party with something soon.

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Originally Posted by Nasgul

My guess won't be "that" important, since that 65nm seem to overclock sky-high and consume less power, it won't need the 8phase.....heck the P5WD2-Premium took that 3.8ghz to 7.4ghz.

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Yes, but did'nt that board that did 7,4Ghz have Vmod on CPU ?

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Originally Posted by death metal

I know Intel board is not really considered "xtreme", but wait next week for the most overclockable motherboard from intel =)...it's really a bad one, ax to get one quick...

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See the BX from my post about Bad Axe? ;)....INQ has tested one already: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28412

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Boy, was I wrong... by mistake, I changed the default x13 multiplier not to x14, but to x15 and, when I rebooted the system, the magical 4.0 GHz clock frequency status appeared, yet I only upped the default CPU voltage by 0.025 volts. The CPU temperature as per hardware monitor jumped from 80 C to 90 C, and then pretty much stayed there over those 15 mins as I checked all the new BIOS options, some of which I saw for the first time on an Intel board.

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Originally Posted by IluvIntel

Its up to the motherboard vendors to apply 8-phase cpu power circuit, I'm hoping Asus or other vendors apart from just Gigabyte at this stage do this. :)

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All it really needs to be is FMB 2.0 and etc... The only thing blocking SLI is nVidia trying to use blocks in their drivers=P i975 has the support for the tech, so does i955 and i945, sheesh! Just nVidia acting like Slimebags they are again.:rolleyes:

i975 and i965 has both the Arbitration for Smithfield and the bypass for of this for Presler. Hell, Presler should have an easier time running that the first Hotscotts.:)

Donnie27

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Originally Posted by death metal

See the BX from my post about Bad Axe?

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I did not think I would live to see the day when Intel would release an enthusiast motherboard...

here you are

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=247059

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Originally Posted by Shnorque

I did not think I would live to see the day when Intel would release an enthusiast motherboard...

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;)...maybe, someone gave them a tip? ;)...