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WilHarris · 4th Oct 2006, 09:47

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...65p_dq6/1.html

Marquee · 4th Oct 2006, 12:57

Go Gigabyte

Its pretty impressive to me hitting 3520MHz with a E6400. Do you mind re doing some of the test at overclocked speeds to see how much more powerful the CPU is now.

Bindibadgi · 4th Oct 2006, 14:04

Um, sorry but yea :P If I piled all the stuff Ive got to get through up on top of each other it would be taller than me

I can give you the short and dirty answer though: "OMFGHOLYSHITZ THAT'S FAST!!"

r4tch3t · 4th Oct 2006, 14:05

Nice review, Would get that board, but the 4x PCI-E puts me off.

Tim S · 4th Oct 2006, 14:17

in what way?

Tyinsar · 4th Oct 2006, 14:47

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Originally Posted by Article

...if you plug something into any of the PCI-Express x1 slots, the orange x16 slot is reduced to a lowly x1 bandwidth - which seriously cripples any extra performance a second graphics card will give you...

kinda kills the crossfire compatibility for me (but then I doubt I'll ever use crossfire or SLI) so why even say it does crossfire? (somebody slap that idiot from marketing)

Bindibadgi · 4th Oct 2006, 14:53

Well CrossFire support is unofficial. For those not using any of the x1 slots it'll be at "full" x4 speeds, so it's not to worry. It's not just CrossFire, however, anything like a RAID card plugged into the bottom x16 slot will suffer the same effect.

Tim S · 4th Oct 2006, 15:22

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Originally Posted by Bindibadgi

Well CrossFire support is unofficial. For those not using any of the x1 slots it'll be at "full" x4 speeds, so it's not to worry. It's not just CrossFire, however, anything like a RAID card plugged into the bottom x16 slot will suffer the same effect.

It's official on P965 with Catalyst 6.9 and a pair of X1900's. Every board that has two X16 interconnects *should* do CrossFire already, or will after a BIOS update.

Tim S · 4th Oct 2006, 15:24

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Originally Posted by Tyinsar

kinda kills the crossfire compatibility for me (but then I doubt I'll ever use crossfire or SLI) so why even say it does crossfire? (somebody slap that idiot from marketing)

Well, how many PCI-E x1 cards do you have?

Bindibadgi · 4th Oct 2006, 15:28

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Originally Posted by Tim S

It's official on P965 with Catalyst 6.9 and a pair of X1900's. Every board that has two X16 interconnects *should* do CrossFire already, or will after a BIOS update.

That doesnt make sense, why would they officially ratify something CrossFire enabled that's not at least two x8s?

Pie_uk · 4th Oct 2006, 16:56

so in short is it better than the king asus p5b d

Bindibadgi · 4th Oct 2006, 18:03

Depends if it offers the features you're looking for.

Tyinsar · 4th Oct 2006, 18:30

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Originally Posted by Tim S

Well, how many PCI-E x1 cards do you have?

Zero, (point taken) but with the speed that graphics moved from AGP I'm surprised there aren't many other PCI-e cards out.

pillow · 5th Oct 2006, 01:00

the ds3 baord was killin it, now this. gigabyte's hot right now.

Nature · 5th Oct 2006, 01:13

Bindibadgi.... please change your avatar...

Thank you

Tyinsar · 5th Oct 2006, 04:36

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Originally Posted by Nature

Bindibadgi.... please change your avatar...

The dancing stopped.

Nature: was your sig always "(Nothing)"?

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Bindibadgi · 5th Oct 2006, 08:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nature

Bindibadgi.... please change your avatar...

Thank you

No.

Can I change yours?

DougEdey · 5th Oct 2006, 08:40

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Originally Posted by Nature

Bindibadgi.... please change your avatar...

Thank you

Can I ask why?

will. · 5th Oct 2006, 10:20

obviously anything more than a pie chart arrouses mr nature, can you imagine what a small dancing blue thing would do to a man like that?

ps. That board is now on my shopping list. Although, by christmas - when i'm updating - i would imagine that prices may have dropped an new boards come out. For now though, its on my shopping list.

DougEdey · 5th Oct 2006, 10:22

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obviously anything more than a pie chart arrouses mr nature, can you imagine what a small dancing blue mini bindi would do to a man like that?

Corrected, cos everyone knows that Bindi on a Weekend :P

4th Oct 2006, 09:47	#1
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Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,281	Well CrossFire support is unofficial. For those not using any of the x1 slots it'll be at "full" x4 speeds, so it's not to worry. It's not just CrossFire, however, anything like a RAID card plugged into the bottom x16 slot will suffer the same effect. __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

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