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alright, we have our 40 people, all confirmed - new board reservations will not be accepted unless we have enough people that will bring the total to 50 boards
no update yet - haven't recieved any updates from the channel, so I'll be contacting them within the next couple days to see if they've heard any good news from intel on the shipping of these boards
-Justin
id be interested but not until they really crank the overclocking abilities of it
im hearing its got a limit and not a real high one
Yeah, if it "only" overclocks 30% it'll still own anything now available.
Only 30 percent in bios, ofcourse you can still OC using clockgen or other programs in windows.
Worth remembering that it may well be the only board for a few months to support it when its initially released, and certainly the only board released to support it if you can get your hands on an ES chip.
the 955 EX the i have is better than an ES.. now i maybe wrong but i was told the 955 EX has a totally unlocked multiplier jsut like the AMD FX series. where as, if intel sticks with their standard Engineering Samples, only have the multiplier unlocked 2 down and 2 up from the stock setting.
now if i was told wrong i'll be pissed..
Tiger direct has the "Axe" in stock and so do several other places along with most places haveing the P5WD2 and -WS and -E Premium in stock..
now as for those two being the only two 975X baords for a few months i highly doubt that.. well there is the Gigabyte 975x.. others will come its just a matter of passing intels R&D and QA.
as for the 30%.. it may go 30% but does it have enough voltage and other controls to allow the 30% increase.
Does it also have the multiplier controls IF the multipliers are unlocked.
right now im sitting on a 955 EX 2gig of PC2 5300 and a 7800 gTX and im getting damned pissed cuz i cant tell which board to get and which board is truly worth the 200+ price tag.
i cant afford to just throw 200+ down on just any board...
know what i mean
ok, the way the overclocking on this board works, is that in BIOS, you can select from 533/800/1066/1333 FSB options, and then you can overclock in 1% intervals up to 30% from each of the base FSB options
these boards have basically no limit to overclockin, they theoretically top out at 333*130% which is 432.9mhz FSB... plenty of headroom
CPU voltage up to 1.65v, vdimm up to 2.2v, chipset up to 1.7v IIRC
edit: and any/all engineering samples from intel can switch between their lowest multiplier (usually 14x) and their highest (stock) multiplier, plus anything between
on the extreme editions, both retail and engineering samples, have an unlocked multiplier from 12x to 60x
Except mobiles ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sneaky
no clue how the mobiles work... care to elaborate for us s7e9h3n?
Sneaky,
Thanks for the update. I have seen one other report on the web dated 4-28 that rev 304's have not yet hit a particular distributor. Hope your contact gets good news soon.
Oh...it's nothing really...I only know this since I'm testing a t2600ES. Otherwise, I'm pretty much a complete Intel noob. I have no access to multipliers above my stock one (13), but have access to lower multis (kinda like AMD's :D ).Quote:
Originally Posted by Sneaky
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/8270/13x2418m6od.jpg
oh, its the same, between minimum multiplier (of the processor type) and the maximum
Oh, ok :p: I just saw that XE thing....that's crazy :wth:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sneaky
damn, this could be a sweetass board if it were capable of dealing up a little higher voltages. 2.2 VDimm is weak. 2.4 would be better, or maybe OCZ should release a new DDR Booster... Also, 1.65 VCore isnt xtreme, but considering conroe is prolly gonna be like 1.3, like the cedar mills and preslers are at (i think). This could very well be a good board. Nice surprise from intel if it turns out to be so. Might get one myself in a few months, unless asus or (i heard dfi) come out with a real, hold nothing back enthusiest board.
sneaky
intel ES chips dont have fully unlocked multi's they only have multi's unlocked 2 down and 2 above stock..
so if its stock at 14x you get 12x 13x 14x 15x and 16x
i have had many ES chips and i have yet to ever see one with a totally unlocked multi...
now is it possibly that the boards at the time didnt show the fully unlocked multi sure but not... no one has ever said an eS chip was fully unlocked you the 1st person i have ever heard say that.
now if you meant the 955 XE ES ok sure i can go for that since its fully unlocked already.
ok.. so thanks for the update on the clocking.. i was also concerned about the chipset itself could handle it cuz of voltages and etc...
so how are the voltage's for the board ? droop etc ? do they start drooping once you hit a certain overclock like i am seeing people say about the asus ? rather a certain clock and a certain cpu voltage all of those combined,, does the board hold up to higher clocks ?
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Originally Posted by Lestat
no, intel CPU's do not have mutlipliers above the stock multi
for example, with a intel 660, the stock multiplier is 18, and the lowest is 14
you can select from 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, but nothing higher than stock (except for ones like 840EE/955XE/965XE, which are fully unlocked like AMD's FX lineup)
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Originally Posted by Sneaky
damn it sneaky your right my bad... wonder wtf i was thinking about... wierd.:slapass: .
thanks for correcting me!!! i prostrate myself before you!
lol... what did yo mama tell you about crack? :stick:
crack is whack! :nono:
Still no word on these boards??? I think that the Abit AW8D-Max will be out this month supporting conroe before these boards ship. Only thing I don't like about the Abit board is it uses a heat pipe to cool the north bridge and I have a lian-li pcv1000b case with an inverted motherboard, doubt it would work well with a motherboard that has a heat pipe since the heat pipe won't be able to work the way it is suppose to.
Anyways hope to hear something soon about getting this Intel board.
i refuse to buy anything from abit. ever.
but we're just waiting for word from intel that they're shipping these boards, we WILL be the first ones to recieve this board, as the channel will have them drop shipped directly to me from intel as soon as recieve the go-ahead (and everyone has paid once availability is confirmed)
Dang, so it looks like I'm too late. I want one, so if anyone falls through, please inform me. I sent you a PM also sneaky. Looks like I'm SOL :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Sneaky
-Collin-
After buying my last mobo from ABIT(biggest mistake I ever made), I will have to agree with you. I will never buy another ABIT product EVER again.
you can have my spot if you want itQuote:
Originally Posted by NinjaZX6R
Backing out? If it is going to be soon, I'll gladly take it. I'll send you a PM later today. Have to make sure my bank account is ready for my adventures. Thank you very much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ender17
-Collin-
sorry I'm gonna have to retract that offerQuote:
Originally Posted by NinjaZX6R
I'm sure you can get in on the next order though, just send sneaky an e-mail