If I ignore my DS5 fiasco, which I try to do as much as I can, then the UD7 does look very nice.
On the other hand, some of the "fluff" that the Crosshair has seem to be nice also; but since I've never used those types of things I don't know if they really are worth it.
A quick analysis: (i.e., Me... Thinking out loud)
1. ROG Connect. Seems nice. Not really necessary but nice.
2. GameFirst? I think the dual ethernet of the UD7 trumps that.
3. iRog, Probelt, MemOK,CPU Level up, Core Unlocker, Voltminder LED... ALL NICE fluff, but probably none are really used often.
4. Supreme X-Fi. Who cares... I have a Asus D2X and this X-Fi is software based anyway.
5. Turbo key, WHO CARES. Unless you can active during boot from the keyboard? (Wasn't there a key to do that?) But then... except for benching I don't really care.
6. Turbo-V and/or Turbo Unlocker. A dynamic overclocking feature better than AMD's?
Anybody have any thoughts on any of these Crosshair features? Any of those things "must have" features? Many of them seem to be only really useful in a test bench setups and not in actual cases. Many also seem only useful in specific one time situations like memok/core unlock. Am I missing anything big that I'm not seeing?
Besides I love the look of the "overkill" passive heatsink on the Gigabyte.
I think I might be quickly talking my way OUT of a Crosshair... and into a UD7...
Although I do like the idea of the Hydra chip and better power conditioning on the "Extreme". Plus the heatsink on the Extreme appears like it might be better than the Formula.
ARG... decisions... decisions...
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