New Asus & Intel P35 mobos - Blitz Extreme & Blitz Formula

[SidewinderX]

A search on google got me info about Asus' ROG P35 based boards! Looks like I'm waiting for this instead of getting a P5K Deluxe board.

more info/details over at vr-zone

[Kunaak]

hopefully, from the pics they are tweaking this board to run 8 x 8 for crossfire, cause the chipset fully supports it...
just no board has went that far yet.

be a great reason to go for the ROG series, if they went that extra mile for the board with 8 x 8.

[NickS]

What's the heatsink stuck in between the two PCI-E slots?

[ziddey]

I guess that's the "crosslinx"

I've seen some other p35 boards with that as well. hmm interesting

[pochoboy]

if the chip on the P5K deluxe supposedly supports 8 x 8 why can't they upgrade the bios on the P5K deluxe to support 8 x 8 ?

[ziddey]

if the chip on the P5K deluxe supposedly supports 8 x 8 why can't they upgrade the bios on the P5K deluxe to support 8 x 8 ?

It requires physical changes in the electronics. Just like how on a lot of the p965 boards that supported 16+4, you had a set of jumpers to change around to make the slot into x4 instead of x1.

[SharkerSk]

EDIT: 2nd thread merged! - bachus_anonym

Translated from Japanese to English (google translator )

ASUS next term leading mother “Blitz” discovery! ──COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2007 preview (1/2)
Up to COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2007 2 weeks after. ASUS introduced the unpublished product which in the Japanese authorized personnel plans the exhibition with COMPUTEX, also the R.O.G. mother who follows to “Striker” “COMMANDO” appeared.

　ASUS on May 25th, advance explanatory meeting of the product which with COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2007 is displayed went in Tokyo. As for being displayed the Intel next term leading chip set “Intel 3” from the series 7 models of the motherboard which loads “Intel P35” “Intel G33”. Among these, from the main stream covers to entry class “the P5K” series has been shipped already at area other than Japan, but Intel P35 mother “Blitz Extreme” of the R.O.G. series “Blitz Formula” in the world for the first time that form and the specifications made clear.
Blitz Formula (DDR2) :

Blitz Extreme (DDR3) :

Intel P35 mother “Blitz Extreme” of the R.O.G. series which has become worldwide first announcement (the picture left) with “Blitz Formula” (the picture right), besides the fact that “Extreme” DDR3 correspondence, “Formula” is DDR2 correspondence, almost it possesses the same specifications and function. Seeing with the picture, what it is visible on the southern bridge and between the PCI Express X16 slot is “Cross Linx”.

The HD sound module which is prepared with another baseplate evolves added the noise cutting seal into “SupremeFX II”

Relocating to back panel, to use the CMOS clear button which with the former R.O.G. mother is installed in the baseplate it was easily improved

The POST monitor which with the former R.O.G. mother is in back panel it became easy to see with as an external.


Fusion Block system




You can find more here (original in Japanese )



Thanks to:
[Kazuya Nagahama, ITmedia]

[redphil]

They call it Blitz? That's the German word for lightning.
Interesting how marketing sometimes names things.

What is this chip left from the southbridge and why it is necessary to cool it?

[screwtech02]

Does this actually mean that this board will do x8-x8 crossfire in "linked" mode??? How is that "watercooling" going to work??? Look's pretty jankey to me....

[xs64]

I thought they will named "Emperor" or somethings like this lol

[Wiggy McShades]

there is definately a waterblock on one of those northbridge heatsinks.... at least it looks like it has fittings on the top of it.

[Atom]

i know that board gonna cost a fortune when it comes out,just like the striker did
I just hope it's below $400

[ineedaname]

Judging from the link u just sent it seems like they need 2 use that crosslinx chip 2 enable 8x 8x.

So i guess this board does support 8x 8x

Like wut Atom said, I hope this board doesn't cost => striker

[sxs112]

EDIT: 3rd thread merged! - bachus_anonym

R.O.G.( Republic of Gamers)"Blitz Extreme" and Blitz Formula"

Scheduled to release in COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2007 at present, begins to sell in the last ten days of June, the price is unknown

New function of Blitz series

-According to ' CROSSLINX ', CrossFire is designed for PCIEx8 *2 correspondingly (whether before PCIEx16 +4)
-The water-cooling Silent-Pipe "Fusion Block System"(Extreme)
-The storing device adopts the return circuit of double-phase power to carry
-POST shows LCD changes into the design of the outer type from I/O
-COMS removes the button and changes to I/O backplate part from the host computer board
-There is abundant "Super Memspeed" that selects that is adopted
-Because grade OC "CPU Level Up" function of CPU
-Adopt the voltage? Dr.eye: The condition shows yellowish green red LED shows ' Voltiminder LED function
-"COP EX" function stopped before measuring NB/SB and GPU overheatedly

-Chip: Intel P35+ICH9R
-Memory: DDR3-1333/1066/800 *4 (Max 8GB) *Blitz Formula support DDR2
-FSB: 1333/1066/800MHz
-Expand the slot: 2 of PCI Ex16, 1 of PCI Ex1, 2 of PCI
-HDD: 3Gbps SATAx6, eSATAx2, IDEx1
-LAN: Gigabit Ethernet x2

Derek Yu( Product Manager, Motherboard Business Unit, ASUSTeK Computer)


「R.O.G.」(Republic of Gamers) DDR3 Edition"Blitz Extreme"


「R.O.G.」(Republic of Gamers) DDR2 Edition"Blitz Formula"
























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[S1mon-]

That looks sick!

[Mad1723]

That CPU level up is for overclocking for noobish... perfect for me... but the price will be a major problem I guess

[Atom]

I'm definitely getting this if it's gonna clock quads well
Looks better than sick!!

[kemo]

So why there is no chipset water cooling for the DDR2 part or it is sold separately !!!!

[Fr3ak]

The watercooler on the chipset looks really nice. Hopefully it is designed the way that it still works ok with the heatpipes and no watercooling gear attached to it.

Too bad the chipset laggs a second PCI-E X16. Otherwise it would bhe the perfect board to get in case it turns out to oc like other P35 boards.

[syne_24]

So why there is no chipset water cooling for the DDR2 part or it is sold separately !!!!

That's what I'm saying! it looks like an attempt to push towards ddr3 imo.

[kemo]

That's what I'm saying! it looks like an attempt to push towards ddr3 imo.

Push DDR3 and squeeze our pockets pay extra 100$ for Mobo and like extra 600$ for 4GB of ram

[saaya]

the chipset waterblock is interesting...
but wth is that heatpipe for that goes from the sb and ends between the two pciE slots?

and crosslinx technology... sounds... amazing.
did they patent it?

[onewingedangel]

So asus are using an external chip to split the x16 pci-e from the nb to 2x8 when running dual cards - What kind of impact does the extra chip have on performance when using a single card?

[onewingedangel]

but wth is that heatpipe for that goes from the sb and ends between the two pciE slots?

above mentioned external chip

[Nedjo]

What kind of impact does the extra chip have on performance when using a single card?

It's reasonable gueass that in a case of this solution single card is working with full 16 lines on one PEG slot!