The current boards all have minor hiccups. I've seen the asus 570 intel board shown though its now about thanksgiving before people ship volume. But I think a lot of people will kick themselves if they wanted those features
Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -----Original Message----- From: "Christopher Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:11:15 To:"'The Hardware List'" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [H] New CL2 stepping for Core2 Duo? So what's the consensus. Should I buy now or hold off? I want to buy within the next month as I want to move my other machine over to a server role. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 11:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] New CL2 stepping for Core2 Duo? Only a few P965 boards are out that have ICH8R, and Intel's retail branded P965 will not have it. Only ones in supply are the Asus and Abit. >From: JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> >To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [H] New CL2 stepping for Core2 Duo? >Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:15:49 -0700 > > >How or why is that better than the P965 chipset? > >Are there differences other than onboard graphics on the G965 chipset? > > > > > >>Get a G965 based motherboard (it has the integrated graphics which > >>you >wont > >>be using of course). You have all the perks, including the latest > >>intel fakeraid ICH8R and DDR2-800 support. The only thing you will > >>not have is crossfire/sli support as there is only one PCIe x16 > >>port. However a >single > >>ATI x1950xtx or NV 7950GX2 should be plenty powerful unless you > >>intend >to > >>play Elder Scrolls Oblivion @ 2500x1600 on a 30" LCD. > >> > >> >-- > >JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Please remove **X** to reply... > >...Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult...
