Stephen ASUS Maximus II Formula @ Hot Hardware
“We’re writing to let you all know that we have just posted a new article at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features and performance of the Asus Maximus II Formula Intel P45 motherboard. The Maximus II Formula is a member of Asus’ high-end “Republic of Gamers”, or RoG, series of motherboard and as such it is loaded with integrated peripherals and has an elaborate cooling setup.”
ASUS P5Q-E @ Hardware Logic
“The ASUS P5Q-E motherboard aims to do just that by featuring Intel’s new hotness, the P45 Express chipset that has everyone buzzing. Among its many highlights, the P5Q-E delivers native 1600 FSB CPU support, CrossFireX capable, eSATA, RoHS certified and recognizes up to 16GB of DDR2-1200 memory. Wow. Considering this all comes at an affordable price point, I couldn’t wait to get it in the lab and on the test bench.”
AMD Phenom 9950 X4 @ Techware Labs
“AMD recently released several low power processors to its Quad core family, while simultaneously pushing the ceiling up a bit on their high end line with the 9950. We take the new 9950 for a test drive and put it through its paces using several different software titles. We find out if the new flagship processor packs a bigger punch.”
EVGA 750i FTW @ Hardware Logic
“This baby comes stacked with 2-way SLI, native 1333 FSB support, PCIe 2.0, LEDs, and onboard reset / power switches. It is geared towards the consumer who wants maximum performance without the bells and whistles that tends to drive up costs.”
MSI P45 Diamond @ TBreak
“Today. We take a look on MSI’s upcoming P45 Diamond motherboard that is equipped with Intel latest EagleLake chipset aka P45. The new chipset brings official support for 1333MHz FSB along with the option to use DDR3-1333MHz. We say option as the chipset also supports DDR2-800MHz and the motherboard manufacturer can decide which way to go.”
ASUS Rampage Formula @ OC Club
“This motherboard was a breeze to overclock. To OC this board, I attempted to get the highest Front Side Bus that I could. After many different settings, the highest I could get stable was 470×7. This motherboard booted up at 500×7 easily, but Windows didn’t like that overclock. I could get into Vista with 485×7, but it wasn’t stable enough to run benchmarks.”
Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 @ Neoseeker
“I was able to run stably at 9.5×475, which is actually a pretty good result – however the memory read, write, bandwidth and latency results are not as good as I’d expect; frankly this may very well be a matter of “too conservative” values for some of the default memory timings, or it could be a board layout issue requiring slower timings; I don’t know what the cause is, however the memory performance of the board is definitely a limiting factor in the results obtained from the board.”
ASUS Striker II Extreme @ OC Club
“The Striker II Extreme can overclock, but unfortunately, not quite to the level I have achieved on several other boards with this processor. Given the dearth of settings in the BIOS, it does take time to find a nice stable overclock. Pretty much every voltage and many of the memory sub-timings needed to be tweaked for maximum performance.”
Biostar TF8200 A2+ @ OCIA
“Today I have for review a new motherboard model from Biostar, the TF8200 A2+. This board is part of Biostar’s TForce lineup, which are upscale versions of their regular motherboard series, featuring better components and more options for enthusiasts and overclockers. The TF8200 A2+ uses the GeForce 8200 design, part of nVidia’s most recent release of 8000 and 700 series chipsets for AMD.”
ECS A780GM-A @ TweakTown
“AMD’s progress of late has been rather slow. With Phenom being initially delayed due to poor clocking, and then being bitten by the TLB bug in its B2 stepping core, AMD’s Phenom has been a late bloomer. Although it has now come out of its shell, it’s still not able to kick Intel off the performance ladder.”