Just Another P55 Pictures

[zanzabar]

It doesn't bother me too much, 2nd Gen PCI-Express 8x offers the same bandwith as 1st gen PCI-E 16x and that is more then enough even for SLI/Crossfire. Unless software SLI/Crossfire is used. The thing that bothers me is the 3rd slot running at 4x which will mean you will see a slight drop in performance.

the 3rd slot is coming from the SB its a utility slot like the 4x on the x38/48 and its pci-e1. intel designed it so this wont do super high end so u have to buy the proper expensive parts

SLi

why is it a surprise, the NB is on the cpu its not like there could be anything NV could do for a chipset

[saaya]

It doesn't bother me too much, 2nd Gen PCI-Express 8x offers the same bandwith as 1st gen PCI-E 16x and that is more then enough even for SLI/Crossfire. Unless software SLI/Crossfire is used. The thing that bothers me is the 3rd slot running at 4x which will mean you will see a slight drop in performance.

have you ever used the x4 pciE 1.1 slot on an x38 or x48 board? resulting xfire perf is worse than with 2 cards iirc

[s0lid]

would you really want a p55 board in 2029?
think twice about what you wish for! heheh

My point is just i wouldn't have to RMA that board within first year due cpu vrm caps have gone bad
That happens sometimes even with polymer caps...

[Raja@ASUS]

My point is just i wouldn't have to RMA that board within first year due cpu vrm caps have gone bad
That happens sometimes even with polymer caps...

The Os-Cons don't offer anything special over the polymers used on boards (both are 'dry' polymer dielectric types). The failure rates of both are identical when compared to conventional 'wet' electrolytics, it's the same material branded as a Semi-Organic (http://www.inelcohunter.co.uk/OSCON ). Failure rates are reduced mainly due to the fact that the electrolyte dries up in conventional capacitors.

[saaya]

My point is just i wouldn't have to RMA that board within first year due cpu vrm caps have gone bad
That happens sometimes even with polymer caps...

k... i havent heard of any solid cap failing yet... not a single one actually... what happens when a solid cap fails?

oh wait, i saw a couple of those asus "super caps" popped
but besides that... i havent seen any dead solid caps... do they pop like the asus super caps and conventional caps? or they burn? or the board just wont work properly anymore?

[Sr7]

theres no gap, the holes will overlap into each other to form peanuts

the socket is not rotated but the 775 mount holes are

That seems like a bad idea for those using stock coolers or anything resembling them.

If you have the holes overlap, you'll have to ensure that the two plastic prongs which get pushed apart by the cooler pin are both pushing against PCB... and that one of them is not pushing into the other hole (resulting in more loose mounting).

How will this be avoided?

[Don_Dan]

If you have the holes overlap, you'll have to ensure that the two plastic prongs which get pushed apart by the cooler pin are both pushing against PCB... and that one of them is not pushing into the other hole (resulting in more loose mounting).

The holes are rotated so that exactly that does not happen. Look at the pics in the first post!

[Smartidiot89]

I totally love EVGA... Really the best motherboard/GPU brand there is.

Almost makes me wanna convert to Intel and Nvidia - ALMOST

Start producing AMD or atleast ATI cards ffs!

[Sr7]

The holes are rotated so that exactly that does not happen. Look at the pics in the first post!

Obviously I did.

It looks like it will be close to popping through... it depends on how overlappe the holes end up:

http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2...I77512B-C-.jpg

[Don_Dan]

I just looked at one of my own Intel coolers, it should fit, the prongs are really small and it *should* fit judging from pictures of the board.
But on the other hand, who will be using push-pin coolers on this board anyway?

[Sr7]

I just looked at one of my own Intel coolers, it should fit, the prongs are really small and it *should* fit judging from pictures of the board.
But on the other hand, who will be using push-pin coolers on this board anyway?

Plenty of people... 95% of people buy products for what they "could" do, not what they do. Lots of people will buy this motherboard not to overclock right away, but to get a high quality EVGA brand P55 mobo that they can overclock later on down the road.

Don't let the demographic here deceive you.. not all customers will be pouring LN2...

[Xoulz]

1: why 2 connector?
2: ugly-strange-use for?
3: graphic memory with relative clock gen?
4: graphic memory upgrade?

4 = Open NAND Flash Interface <--clicky




@SR7

Yeah, I wonder what the gaming experience between (LGA11 vs LGA13) is going to be. Both can be spec'd with i7s !!! How much will triple-channel memory benefit gamers, over Lynfield's inherent ability to OC itself higher (turbo boost) than the LGA13 based i7 @ Stock settings.

Meaning, what actually benefits the end user more..? Memory bandwidth or CPU MHz ??

Not everyone overclocks and I am interested in the mindset of each platforms and intrigued if the Lynfield's will have better benchmarks. Specifically gaming.

[TheGoat Eater]

The clicker.

yeah - it was awesome to see in action, and I love the new case design

[kiwi]

What's the precise distance between 1156 holes?

[saaya]

What's the precise distance between 1156 holes?

its between 775 and 1366... i cant remember it...

775 was 72 right?
and 1366 80?
i think its 75... but not sure...

[kiwi]

BS

Another clip for Ultra 120

And now even new cpu pot mounting needed cause holes would overlap most likely

[saaya]

BS

Another clip for Ultra 120

And now even new cpu pot mounting needed cause holes would overlap most likely

i moved them slightly sideways and then it worked
but foxconn didnt want it for some reason so they wont have 775 holes on the p55 boards :/

shamino rotated the holes and evga is going to use them afaik
so for pots itll be fine, and for tower heatsinks... it might...

any TRUE 775@p55 pics shamino?