Most Disappointing Hardware Release (2008)

[Blacky]

Same with P45 from P35. Not much difference.

The X48 shines doing crossfire.
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/14...nce/index.html

Last time I remember I didn't saw a p35 with a 700+ FSB also p35 wasen't that cheap like some p45 starting with gigabyte's and biostar also p35 didn't had x8 + x8 instead x16 + x4 pcie's or maybe I missed something

Well....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130157

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130189

P45 would have been better if it had 2x 16x PCI-E, but as it didn't it wasn't appealing to crossfire users, and I couldnt wait for the second one to be released so I went ahead and bought an X48. They do overclock good enough for decent 24/7 overclocks, mine can handle up to an FSB of 525. Although I wouldnt have minded saving money and getting the P45 Neo-2 FR as the real successor to my previous P35 Neo-2 FR, this one wasn't available on launch and didnt appear untill several months later.

X38's were truly horrible and didnt OC anywhere near enough, but as long as I can reach 500 Mhz FSB and use full power crossfire, I'm happy

I am an ex - Asus user. I realised they were horrendously overpriced after buying MSI and getting the same thing for far less money, but hey, they can get away with it because they are Asus! And everyone wants an Asus mobo these days and thinks that MSI and other brands are crap

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138123

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138123

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138118

these are better choices

Oh? So you also got a dozen GTX 280 GPUs for customer builds, and had to RMA 40% because of bad internal IHS <-> core contact?
Sure you read my point properly? I didn't say the GTX 280 was a bad card, or overpriced - just stated that QA sucks ass with Nvidia these days

I wasn't referring to you specifically, is that Iv'e seen some people flaming it.

[B.E.E.F.]

Last time I remember I didn't saw a p35 with a 700+ FSB also p35 wasen't that cheap like some p45 starting with gigabyte's and biostar also p35 didn't had x8 + x8 instead x16 + x4 pcie's.

700fsb? Maybe with liquid nitrogen. This isn't realistic for most people.

I forgot about the PCI lane setup. But you shouldn't be doing crossfire on it anyways. Or the P45. There's always the X38, and the X48 for that.

Yeah. P45 is cheap. Very little R&D to recoup, unlike the P35.

Just wait for the P55 prices.

[Blacky]

700fsb? Maybe with liquid nitrogen. This isn't realistic for most people.

I forgot about the PCI lane setup. But you shouldn't be doing crossfire on it anyways. Or the P45. There's always the X38, and the X48 for that.

Yeah. P45 is cheap. Very little R&D to recoup, unlike the P35.

Just wait for the P55 prices.

Yeah I know, but just was an example of how P45 chipset good overclocker is, yet its a "mainstream" mobo is par with a high-enthusiat mobo for cheap, about P55 to be honest I don't think is going to be cheap like P45, looking at reference of the overpriced X58...also nehalems aren't going to be cheaper :/ either, if i missunderstood your statement please tell