Foxconn BlackOp first try! xD

[before]

Yeah... The Foxconn BlackOp is already a gem!

Boblemagnifique and I didn't expect a so friendly clocking board. This one is 'only' a ES one, and thus, it was a bit tricky to make it boot properly and to figure out what was working and what wasn't. But then... God! It climbed like mad!

Here are 2 benchies among those we managed to do.

M/B：Foxconn BlackOp X48
CPU：Intel Core Extreme QX9650 L739A643
CPU cooling：2 Stage Cascade "Petite Bertha" (~0.6bar evap pressure, i.e. -112C loaded)
Memory：Super Talent PC3-8500F 1024MBx2
VGA：Asus HD3870x2
HDD：Western Digital 80GB
Power Supply：OCZ 1000W
Vcore：1.99V(Bios)
OS：Windows XP Pro 64bits



M/B：Foxconn BlackOp X48
CPU：Intel Core Extreme QX9650 L739A643
CPU cooling：2 Stage Cascade "Petite Bertha"
Memory：Super Talent PC3-8500F 1024MBx2
VGA：Asus HD3870x2
HDD：Western Digital 80GB
Power Supply：OCZ 1000W
Vcore：1.99V(Bios)
OS：Windows XP Pro 64bits



I need to Vmod the VGAs in order to get better scores. Be sure that I'll.

And here are the pictures... I guess they aren't revealant because the retail board will obviously have a different look.













Thanks for reading guys (And many thanks to Shamino )

[BNDMOD]

Why you don't use CPU-z 1.43.. maybe it recognize your X48 like it is... :p not like x38 one :d

Nice Score... and keep pushing it :d

[luihed]

Nice board and nice scores bro....

Does the X48 feel better performance/stability wise compared to the P35/X38 ? I dig those bent caps by the cpu socket....

[celemine1Gig]

Hehe, those vcore filter caps that are soldered in in parallel by hand look really nice.
It's a 8 phase digital PWM, right?

[eva2000]

Hehe, those vcore filter caps that are soldered in in parallel by hand look really nice.
It's a 8 phase digital PWM, right?

hehe.. looks nice

How's it handle on air/water ?

[ZoLKoRn]

Why you don't use CPU-z 1.43.. maybe it recognize your X48 like it is... :p not like x38 one :d

Nice Score... and keep pushing it :d

Maybe he tested it before cpuz 1.43 come out

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very nice board, looking good for Foxcon of new generation and nice results

[BNDMOD]

Maybe he tested it before cpuz 1.43 come out

Yes maybe :d jejeje... i suppoust that version 1.43 detect as x48chiset :p jejeje

[SeLecT]

Nice results!

I think this would be my next board.

Can you make a bios screen? It is comparable with the Blitz Extreme?

[T_M]

All hail the new king

[boblemagnifique]

We do the tests last week, franck cpuz released this weekend (I had not thought to ask before the beta version)

Pics Mobo :

[pepinorang]

Great ! That's what I was looking for dude, I think it will be my next board as soon it comes out (since post losted my maximus on it's way to boby ) no 3d06 run this time ?

Bye
p€p|n0r@ng

P.S: Keep pushing it and recove thoses places we have lost on HWbot

[SF3D]

Here is the motherboard. Nice layout around the socket. It's easy to insulate.



Here is one result by me. I need to get another pair of DDR3, cause I couldn't change any memory settings or the board wouldn't boot

I also have an early sample, so it is no surprise.

CL7-5-5-17 (all auto settings)


3D results are coming later.

[Ic3man]

Tempting, looks like a well laid out mobo apart from sata placement.

Any idea of release date?

[boblemagnifique]

Here is the motherboard. Nice layout around the socket. It's easy to insulate.



Here is one result by me. I need to get another pair of DDR3, cause I couldn't change any memory settings or the board wouldn't boot

I also have an early sample, so it is no surprise.

CL7-5-5-17 (all auto settings)


3D results are coming later.

The Diviser 1/4 not functions , strapp 266/333 is better for the performance (not different with 400/450)

I test the Kingston 1800 & my Supertalent 1800 , max 700/720mhz DDR3 , yet a problem with the overclocking DDR3 i think

The Gskill don't use D9GTR but D9JNL i just test under the Msi of Before , don't boot a 850 c7 a 2.1v i believe

[SeLecT]

I hope, they solve the problems with DDR3. 900Mhz is the minimum i want

[before]

Memory isn't a 'real' problem I guess. I mean, not for the retail board.

Guessing, actual matter is the locked MCHBAR. On-the-fly adjustment cannot be done (even with memset, or a registers editor). It might requires electrical reboot and thus memory timings cannot be tunned under windows.

Additionally, dunno how the bios of this ES board try to set timings, but it usually results in no boot condition (not for all the timings). May be there's a need for an electrical reboot here too. Really dunno

Also, actual bios lacks of SPD reading ability (once more, that's my own guess ); it seems to try the same settings for any RAM modules.

Anyway, this looks like a bios issue. Not very surprising for an ES board.

Here is the motherboard. Nice layout around the socket. It's easy to insulate.



Here is one result by me. I need to get another pair of DDR3, cause I couldn't change any memory settings or the board wouldn't boot

I also have an early sample, so it is no surprise.

CL7-5-5-17 (all auto settings)


3D results are coming later.

Nice one Pete

[boblemagnifique]

Yes for a Mobo ES, its performing very well for the cpu, there are some problems with DDR3 but I think the engineers and shamino will work over before the release to the public

I still remember the First P35 ES (P35-DQ6 and DS3) by Gigabyte, max fsb 350 and the memory has hardly 500mhz, it's much worse !!!

[SeLecT]

Can you tell anything about the release date?

A month oder maybe Q1 2008?!

[@rne]

The socket area looks very promising, clean as we always wish them to be.

Not bad your achieved results.

[boblemagnifique]

Can you tell anything about the release date?

A month oder maybe Q1 2008?!

i don' know , maybe the next month or more later

[elmor]

This board looks awesome, can't wait to test mine

[SeLecT]

i don' know , maybe the next month or more later

Thanks for this info i can wait...

[wedfighter]

oo my..
foxconn has jumped to enthusiast now

nice run before

wonder the retail version has that kind of caps too

[tiborrr]

Nicely done, before.

But where is mine? Let's hope retails will be out shortly.

[SeLecT]

here some retail pictures:

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/637/2/

and another nice foxcon board:

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/637/1/