I like it , and i like also that there are no more mofsets-capacitors neart the socker .
easy insulation :hehe:
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I like it , and i like also that there are no more mofsets-capacitors neart the socker .
easy insulation :hehe:
Oh yeah the board is definitely nicely laid out and will probably perform ok... just that the chipset itself will be crap compared to the Intel offerings...Quote:
Originally Posted by Athens[2004]
Some testing seems to be bearing that out Sumanji... sadly
Have to see though. Think the killer for me is I'm not likely to wait till these boards come out. Guess we'll have to see. It's not like you can actually go buy a Conroe yet lol Ok well maybe you can but not reaaalllly :)
No capacitors near the CPU socket, also.Quote:
Originally Posted by andyisc00l
This is a nice looking board, very cleanly laid out.
My main beef with the new nV chipsets is the sky high power consumption, it's ridiculous :( Hopefully their drivers will get better though, what with their NBP push I'd expect it!
Yes perhaps, but high is a bit relative here. It's not exactly tons more juice, just relatively more. The 965 also consumes more power than the 975 so it seems there is definitely a trend to more features and slightly more power consumption. If the heat is managed, I can live with the power issue.
If you're shooting for Conroe/SLI, this looks like the right board. Very clean layout. I'd like to see an RD600 from DFI with an identicle layout. I wonder what chip handles the two extra SATAs.