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sorry - the past few days my internet has been up and down in random intervals, we have a guy from time warner coming at 10 today to check it out
but no word from my friend yet
and we're still missing email confirmations from 3 people on the main list:
Latiass
Waffles
Dumo
-Justin
Sneaky -- unfortunately I need a new computer relatively soon, and since it is for business as well as pleasure, I won't be able to wait if they're not shipping this week as originally hoped. I am very sorry if I am causing any inconvenience, but since you haven't made any actual orders yet I hope it's okay. If they are available in the next few days, I'll still take one, but if we still have no news by the weekend I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to take me off the list. Thanks again for going to all this trouble for the community though, we all really appreciate it and if I wasn't on a tight schedule I'd wait as long as it took.
If you'd like me to send you an email as well for your records, just let me know.
Hey all,
I've heard from a very reliable source that Intel is holding off on the release of the rev.304 boards indefinately. They allocation of these motherboards is scarce as it is, but it doesn't look likely that any orders will be filled anytime soon. You can choose to believe me or not, but what do I know....I'm just an AMD guy :( :p:
:rolleyes:
I hope that doesn't mean they are strong-arming other companies from releasing their own rev 304 boards. Asus, DFI, MSI, etc? The specs are out. Why would they wait?Quote:
Originally Posted by s7e9h3n
Well well well...
Thats sad news if true...
Don't let him pull your leg too hard. :nono:Quote:
Originally Posted by tdenton1138
well right now he's waiting on a reply from the intel distributor, so hopefully we'll hear from him soon
damn... i hope intel does release the 304 boards
Just wondering if there's Intel monopolistic power that might be being used here. I kinda doubt it, since what's the point of not releasing the 304s... Unless you have a large supply of 301/2/3's that you need to dump, I suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by gone_fishin
If that's the case, it would not need to affect the supplies from non-Intel mobo manufacturers...
Either way, I know the boards will ship when the chip comes out - which looks to be July sometime. I'm still hoping they drop them just after AM2. I would. I'm also still hoping AMD has something up their sleeve (although I sorta doubt it at this point). Ah well.
Waiting is always the hardest part.
no offense to anyone here but wtf why on earth would you buy an intel made motherbaord..
they dont overclock.. they cost more than every other baord with the same featureLESS setup..
i have never owned any intel or OEM intel that overclocked e.v.e.r.
now i been out of the intel loop for a while so educate me
why on earth spend that much on a motherboard that isnt going to overclock like a freak ?
WHY ? lol
Lestat,
Your've obviously never used a recent Extreme series board.
I run my Pentium Extreme Edition 955 at 4GHz in an Intel D955XBK board using bios options only and at CeBIT there was a watercooled 955XE in a D975XBX at 4.66GHz on the Intel stand, if you asked nicely they'd pump it up to 5GHz....
The FSB isn't totally granular but using the 800/1066/1333 FSB over-ride and the percentage increase/decrease you can set the FSB to within 2-3MHz easily.
That is the past. Now they have made an extremist board, the bad axe, that overclocks, and is very stable also. It has features that I am sure would shock you because of your past experiences with Intel boards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
- It is the most stable 975X board around at the momentQuote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
- Excellent board design with 3 PCI-E and 2 PCI that allow for CF in various configurations in order to allow usage of PCI slot even if 3D card/fan is oversized
- ability to make custom bios with intel developer toolkit
- motherboard bios is unlocked with an extreme chip
For me the stability of the motherboard is more important than ultra extreme overclocking. :D
And gosh darnit just tell me this ain't pretty...
http://cache-www.intel.com/cd/00/00/...410_247410.jpg
Quote:
Originally Posted by JimboJoe43
Not to mention that Intel must be using top of the line caps on their boards.
One thing I am confused about. Does this board support vcore and vdimm support for regular non XE cpus? :confused:
any news coming? maybe wait 2weeks?
vdimm is an open option in the bios for non extreme cpu's, for vcore you must change the bios settings with ITK.Quote:
Originally Posted by greenwar
You know, before I got my Intel D975XBX motherboard, I would have said exactly the same :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lestat
Now I've got my 965XE doing 5.6 Ghz @ 350 Mhz fsb with 4x memory blocks, 2x x1900xt(x) in crossfire and some raptor disks. It is much more stable than my P5WD2-E ever was. Granted, it lacks a little in cpu Vcore and memory voltage, but overall I actually prefer the Intel D975XBX over the Asus P5WD2-E, it just feels a lot more robust.
so
we are going to see a freely available Winflash " INTEL bad axe overclocking bios " in near future here on XS ? :)
thanks for the education gentlemen!! i appreciate your input
i knew they had their desktop overclocking thingy but i didnt know they opened up the bios.
so this little baord is pretty good huh ?
better than the Asus 975X ?
i ask as i got my 955 Extreme and by gawd i want a freaking motherbaord but i dont want to waste my money.
i've always known intel to make the most stable but the overclocking and peformance has always left people wanting...
hhmm i will definately keep my eyes on this..
i am going to double check but i swear i saw newegg had these today or maybe mwave.....
its the Intel D975XBXLKR right ? with the blue flaming heatsinks ?
man... what to do what to do!!!!!! aRRRGG!!!! cough cough gag weez
Yes it is the D975XBXLKR, but you should at least wait for the 0304 revision to get conroe support.
Overclocking is limited to 30% unless you have an XE og ES chip with adjustable multiplier, or you are able to change the default fsb to a higher one. The bios is a rather different layout than say Asus, but once gotten used to it's fine.
Vcore is 1.600V max, Vddr is 2.200V max, so that's a bit low for an enthusiast motherboard. Also fs, nb and ich voltages are not as high as on Asus.
With all 4 memory slots filled, the board boots @ 345 Mhz fsb (max available with a 1066 Mhz fsb chip) just fine with some chipset voltage increases. With Glockgen, I can get to 358 Mhz fsb on stock passive NB cooling. So it's not quite as overclocking friendly as the Asus P5WD2 series, but IMO it is a lot easier to deal with. You may not set record scores with it, but you'll get really solid (and trouble free) everyday performance.
I think this is pretty good for Intel D975XBX + 965XE and a regular Mach II GT cooler:
http://www.hwt.dk/billedbrowser.asp?id=7913&pic=7
Sneaky, you have mail. :)
any news?
It's Monday!! What's the latest on these boards, Sneaky?
hi sorry to ask this but i see some people have got Intel Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 965 in this fourm and i want realy to but one for me and i checked most or all the uk websits thay dont have this cpu the only one thay have is the Intel® Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition 955
so how can i get one am in uk
thanks in advans
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