** Official ** Gigabyte UD3 P45 Series -- EP45-UD3 / EP45-UD3R / EP45-UD3P

[Simps]

Simps....what is your point in comparing the Asus Maximus II Formula to these Gigabyte UD3 boards? I'm trying to see where you are going with this and I'm still not sure if you are trying to bash the board or what?

Man, I am a member since 2002, older then all of you guys. Registered just after Fugger, like you
I am not a troll, I am not bashing anything. There is no "win / lose" in this comparison. Reason of this, is that I am trying to understand if 16 phase power of asus boards are really overkill or not. Since UD3P uses 6 phase power only, if it can handle same stability and clocks on same voltages, then I don't see any reason for the crazy 16 phase them. Of course, for that, a quad 4.5GHz + on 500FSB would be ideal for testing. But I only have a 65nm quad B3 aircooled, so that is impossible for me. So, lets do it on 7x500 and see what happens.

If you are interested in which board win "will", believe me its prbably the UD3P, the other guy is testing on a Q9650, a 45nm processor that will require much less VTT and PLL then my 65nm quad, to perform the same overclock. 3.5GHz is nothing for that 45nm CPU. It would be ideal if he would use a 65nm B3 quad too. But that is impossible, so lets just run it this way I still believe we can come to some conclusions.

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Simps