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[WRAPLEFT]http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/7b9e83fed9.jpg[/WRAPLEFT]Οι πρώτες εικόνες του πρώτου X38 mainboard της ASUS έκαναν την εμφάνισή τους στο διαδίκτυο. Πρόκειται για την Asus P5E3 Deluxe X38 η οποία αναμένεται να κυκλοφορήσει σύντομα. Η συγκεκριμένη μητρική παρέχει υποστήριξη για Core 2 και τους επερχόμενους 45nm CPU's και διαθέτει ένα περίπλοκο σύστημα παθητικής ψύξης που θυμίζει κάπως αυτό της Ρ5Κ3 Deluxe.

Επίσης διαθέτει 3 θύρες PCI-Express x16, 6 θύρες USB 2.0, 2 X e-SATA, 2 θύρες Ethernet καθώς και 6 συνδέσεις για συσκευές SATA, εκ των οποίων οι 4 έχουν πλευρική τοποθέτηση.

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Επίσης θα κυκλοφορήσουν αυτόν τον μήνα οι

P5E3 WS Professional

P5E WS Professional

P5K64 WS

P5K WS

Maximus Extreme X38 αντικαταστάτης της Blitz

Maximus Formula "" ""

σε κανέναν μήνα Z7S WS

και για AMD

M3A-MVP(RD780)

M3A(RX780)

M2N Plus (nForce 430)

M2N-X Plus (nForce 430)

M3A32-MVP(RD790)

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Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility technology will provide an interface to enable the changing of BIOS settings directly from within the operating system making it easier to tweak settings and overclock the system. Intel's partners have the option to customize the interface of the software tool.

Αυτο ακουγεται καλο και λενε οτι θα το εχει στο Χ38.

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Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility technology will provide an interface to enable the changing of BIOS settings directly from within the operating system making it easier to tweak settings and overclock the system. Intel's partners have the option to customize the interface of the software tool.

Αυτο ακουγεται καλο και λενε οτι θα το εχει στο Χ38.

ε ρε γλεντια που θα πεσουν, ετσι δεν ξεκινησε η κατρακυλα της abit με το uguru?

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Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility technology will provide an interface to enable the changing of BIOS settings directly from within the operating system making it easier to tweak settings and overclock the system. Intel's partners have the option to customize the interface of the software tool.

Δεν νομιζω οτι ειναι κατι αυτο...Τι παραπανω μπορει να κανει αυτο το Extreme Tuninig Utility απο το MemSet και το SetFSB ας πουμε?

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Kαι κατι αλλο...Συνηθως στις μητρικες δεν χωραει ειτε η κεφαλη απο ενα Phase ειτε ολο το κανιστρο με την μονωση και βγαινει το πισω Mofset.Εδω ειναι ολα ενωμενα, πως θα βγει το ενα μονο?

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Αυτά ειναι!!!

Τι εκανε ρε ο Γιωργος εβγαλε το socket και το εβαλε απο την αλλη ??? Μαμαει ο φιλος πρωτη φορα το βλεπω αυτο

(το εχω δει και το θεμα που εβαλε απο την αλλη τους πυκνωτες)

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Σοβαρά μιλάω αλλά δεν μπροώ να βρώ το θέμα..νομίζω πώς το έιχε κάνει με μια P4GD1...

Πάρε αυτό...είναι πιο ακράιο.. :P

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=82191

αυτο εψαχνες

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=119275&highlight=insulation

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Τάσεις...

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Test setup...

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Memory Testing...

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We did not expect the memory performance of DDR3 to be this close to the DDR2 board as we noticed significant differences on the P35 boards when running DDR3 at 1066. Intel and the board manufacturers have repeatedly said the X38 chipset will show improved performance with DDR3, especially with the 1333MHz FSB CPUs that allow DDR3 to run at 1333MHz. The latest BIOS spins show this trend and hopefully the retail releases will show the same progress we have noticed over the past couple of days. However, the price differential between the two memory technologies still means the DDR3 boards will be regulated to the very high end of the market for the near future.

Q6600 9x266...

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Q6600 9x333...

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Q6600 9x400...

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Our memory results are very preliminary considering the beta nature of the latest 1.4 BIOS. We are not showing comparisons to the other DDR3 boards until the BIOS is finalized, but at this time it appears performance is generally a few percent better. In the 9x400 results, the top screenshot is with the system set to the 400 strap and the bottom screenshot is with the 333 strap setting. The resulting improvements in chipset latencies result in slightly better read/write/copy numbers and memory latency is improved about 5%, although tRAS timings were increased from 15 to 18. However, we had to increase our MCH voltage by .004V and CPU voltage from 1.375V to 1.41875V.

Max. FSB με Q6600...

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We were able to reach a final FSB setting of 505 with our Q6600. This required the 400 strap, MCH voltage to 1.77V, and several other BIOS settings that we will discuss in the launch article. The board actually posted our Q6600 at 522FSB, but benchmark stability was not reached until the 505FSB level. We hit 498FSB with 4GB of memory and the same settings. Hopefully the latest chipset spin and BIOS tweaks will improve upon this result. Vdroop averaged around .02~.04V throughout testing with CPU Voltage Damper enabled; without it, we noticed Vdroop around .07V~.09V when overclocking a quad-core CPU.

Gaming and Graphics Performance...

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In our 3DMark06 test, all of the boards are basically even in this test. When looking at the individual tests, the ASUS board scores slightly better in the SM2.0 and SM3.0 tests while the CPU scores are just about identical between all three boards - we'll ignore the ASUS board's seven point advantage.

In the more memory and CPU throughput sensitive 3DMark01 benchmark we see our ASUS P5E3 Deluxe board is around 1% faster. We believe Gigabyte still has some tuning left to complete with their DDR2 X38 board as it scored a fairly anemic 35311 with the memory set to DDR2-800 with 3-4-3-9 1T timings. The differences in performance are not really noticeable in either 3DMark unless you're looking to reach the top of the ORB, which we have a good feeling the X38 was designed to do with the right setup.

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Gaming Summary

The ASUS P5E3 provides an almost 3% improvement in frame rates under BF2, which tends to be more CPU limited than most games, but in the latency sensitive Prey benchmark we find it falls about 5% behind the Gigabyte board. This is the only benchmark where we witnessed a measurable decrease in performance when utilizing DDR3 at 1066 on the X38 chipset. For now, we will chalk it up to the BIOS needing fine tuning as other latency sensitive benchmarks did not show this pattern in offline testing. Once we receive the shipping BIOS for the retail boards, we will revisit these same games and provide CrossFire results against the P35 and 975X equipped boards. However, the preliminary CrossFire results show minimal gains for the X38 over the 975X when comparing percentage increases between single and dual card configurations.

First Thoughts

We have thoroughly enjoyed our test sessions with the ASUS P5E3 Deluxe board. Although we still do not have final silicon boards yet, we have to say that ASUS has done an excellent job with their design implementation on this board. While the new or revised features such as Express Gate, 802.11n, and the BlackHawk audio technology might mean little to some users, we think the additions complete the overall package that ASUS is after with their Deluxe series of boards. The early package we received just showed a certain level of polish that our other X38 boards do not have at this time. Sometimes that means little, but it certainly left an impression on us in early testing. This is an impression that we hope continues with the retail package as this board is certainly worth a second look.

Overall performance has been very good at stock speeds even with the slight memory throughput penalties that running DDR3 at 1066 brings to the table compared to DDR2 at 1066. However, unlike what we witnessed with the P35 DDR3 boards at launch, the ability to have DDR3 1066 performance match or better DDR2 1066 is impressive considering the potential clocking headroom DDR3 enjoys. Unfortunately, the performance potential of DDR3 sounds great until you realize the current entry price for the high performance modules. As a buyer, looking at the prospect of spending up to four times more for DDR3 is daunting considering the minimal advantages it offers.

We are only a few days away from the official X38 launch and the ability to show a full test suite, provided the retail boards show up in time. We had actually planned on providing a lot more detail today, but last minute updates from the involved parties limited our reporting. With the launch article, we will have additional details including some impressive power consumption numbers that are now lower than the P35 chipset and improved thermal characteristics. We say "impressive" because the early boards showed just the opposite trend. While we would love to provide more information, at the behest of our contacts at Intel it will have to wait. We just hope the wait is not longer than expected.

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