ASUS P6T DELUXE X58 Motherboard Preview
Introduction
Published: 13th October 2008 | Source: Asus | Price: £250.69 |
Introduction
With the release of Intel's Bloomfield CPUs right around the corner and the X58 chipset bringing plenty of new features, many motherboard manufacturers have been hard at work putting together their arsenal of boards ready for the release date. Anyone following the news of these boards will have undoubtedly seen early leaked images in the news from many manufacturers, and here at Overclock3D we even managed to get a real life look at ASUS's P6T back in August at the Advanced Overclocking Championship event.However, today we've been sent what will be the actual retail version of the P6T DELUXE for some early analysis. Unfortunately we cant post any performance figures of the board yet (unless we wanted to get decapitated by both Intel and ASUS), but never less we're still going to take an up-close look at some of the boards finer points including its insane 16+2 phase power circuitry and the shiny new X58 chipset (sin IHS....boooo!). Here are some words from ASUS' recent press release:
Fulfilling demand for users that require a motherboard able to achieve extraordinary overclocking capability, ASUS, world-leader in motherboard production, has unveiled the new ASUS P6T DELUXE amid high user expectation. This innovative motherboard utilizes Intel’s latest platform, and features the exclusive ASUS Super Hybrid Engine concept that encompasses the TurboV and EPU technologies to deliver the twofold benefits of overclocking and power efficiency. TurboV is an advanced overclocking application that enables easy overclocking without the need to exit or reboot the operating system; while the EPU automatically provides users exceptional power efficiency. Equipped with Super Hybrid Engine, users will enjoy the best overclocking environment and address environmental concerns at the same time.
In the grand scheme of things the P6T DELUXE is essentially going to be to the Nehalem, what the P5B DELUXE was to the Conroe. Ok maybe that's a bit of a generalisation, but it's still interesting to look back at the P5B and see how much (or little in some cases) things have changed over the past two years in the world of motherboard design.
Probably one of the most interesting features of the P6T DELUXE (and the upcoming RoG board) aside from the entirely new architecture, is the TurboV overclocking application. Once again, we cant show any pictures of this in action YET, but essentially TurboV is a hardware version of tools such as ClockGen and SetFSB which allow "Live" overclocking from within Windows. Many of us will also recognise the LCD display used for the interface. Yes it's the Asus "ScreenDUO" as originally seen on the P5B Premium Vista Edition. Let's hope it gets more use this time around...
One final feature that most definitely deserves a mention for all X58 boards is is the ability to run either Crossfire or SLI. This is something that many enthusiasts have long been dreaming about, and based on the strength of Intel's P45 and X48 chipsets, may well bring about the decline of Nvidia based motherboards. More on this another time though.
Now that we've got the formalities out of the way let's unleash the beast...
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same here technokid, juicy benchilicious....stop it i'm salivating again :D
Actually guys, this is probably the best time to ask... WHAT BENCHES DO YOU ALL WANT TO SEE?
Get listing now and I'll accommodate whatever I can (and whatever makes sense).
Get listing now and I'll accommodate whatever I can (and whatever makes sense).
Actually guys, this is probably the best time to ask... WHAT BENCHES DO YOU ALL WANT TO SEE?
Get listing now and I'll accommodate whatever I can (and whatever makes sense).
Ideally m8, I`m only really looking for one of these setups to bench against the best 775 to see how it fairs.
Individually and cross-referencing to previous benchies doesn`t really excite me.
U gonna also oc it til it gives u issues ?
U gonna also oc it til it gives u issues ?
I feel that the initial review will more than likely only cover stock performance as overclocking may take some time to master, and I don't want to publish anything until I've had plenty of time to play with it.
I was considering something along the lines of Nehalem vs QX9770?
Sounds good.
Was thinking similarly with the oc`ing that it would be prudent to get some things down on paper b4 doing anything that`s likely to crap the setup out. The supplier would have to appreciate ur going to push it, that`s understandable, but it`s the old walking b4 u run addage.
I`d also consider using a mobo that will allow the best matching of memory in both quantity and performance - as best. Going in 3s and 2s could be an issue, whether settling for 6g vS 4g would be fine ? Or being as 6g is more than any1 would ever need (b4 we`ve seen Windows7), perhaps 6g vS 8g - in which case the dual speed system hasn`t been short changed at all.
Tricky. Of course the same graphics setup/drives/whatever would be straight forward.
U happen to be stuck with a stock cooler too ? Or u had any other new thing in ? If it`s stock, u might have to bite the bullet and use stock on the 775. Saying that the extreme stock cooler `looks` a heck of alot better than the regular 775 c2d stock cooler.
Was thinking similarly with the oc`ing that it would be prudent to get some things down on paper b4 doing anything that`s likely to crap the setup out. The supplier would have to appreciate ur going to push it, that`s understandable, but it`s the old walking b4 u run addage.
I`d also consider using a mobo that will allow the best matching of memory in both quantity and performance - as best. Going in 3s and 2s could be an issue, whether settling for 6g vS 4g would be fine ? Or being as 6g is more than any1 would ever need (b4 we`ve seen Windows7), perhaps 6g vS 8g - in which case the dual speed system hasn`t been short changed at all.
Tricky. Of course the same graphics setup/drives/whatever would be straight forward.
U happen to be stuck with a stock cooler too ? Or u had any other new thing in ? If it`s stock, u might have to bite the bullet and use stock on the 775. Saying that the extreme stock cooler `looks` a heck of alot better than the regular 775 c2d stock cooler.
I think 6GB vs 8GB will probably be the best bet and also try to use the same memory kits if possible (ooh this is gonna be fun).
As for GPU's i'm feeling a pair of 4870x2's maybe, just to ensure no bottlenecks (with SLI testing on-the-side).
CPU coolers, run with stock until we do the OC'ing and then maybe wait until someone like XSPC comes out with a compatible top for the new socket. At least that way we can test using exactly the same cooling capacity on both systems.
As for GPU's i'm feeling a pair of 4870x2's maybe, just to ensure no bottlenecks (with SLI testing on-the-side).
CPU coolers, run with stock until we do the OC'ing and then maybe wait until someone like XSPC comes out with a compatible top for the new socket. At least that way we can test using exactly the same cooling capacity on both systems.
I'd like to see the vantage scores at absolute stock, to see if they really stand up to the claims made on other sites about there performance. Nothing flashy, 1 Graphics Card, 2 GB of Ram, like I said stock with nothing special on it, then when we have a good baseline then look at how much difference triple channel DDR3 makes and push the thing piece by piece to see where it falls over. It would be very interesting to see Xfire scores against sli on the same mobo though.....ohhhhhh the possibilities....i'm sure whatever the oc3d team do will be exceptional as always :D
As for GPU's i'm feeling a pair of 4870x2's maybe, just to ensure no bottlenecks (with SLI testing on-the-side).
.. I dunno.
I`d probably think x1 card for the mobo comparisons. I`d want as little driver issue as possible. (even tho they`d theoretically have the same issues)
When u go to push them ofc, that`s different.
I feel that the initial review will more than likely only cover stock performance as overclocking may take some time to master, and I don't want to publish anything until I've had plenty of time to play with it.
I was considering something along the lines of Nehalem vs QX9770?
How about 2 setups, clock for clock identical, same ram graphics card etc, run some 3dmark and a few games on it, to see how they compare in games :)
I'd like to see some kind of comparison between all three of the i7 models. This would give an idea if the extra performance is worth the price.
I guess it's quite hard to obtain all 3 models early enough though :P
I guess it's quite hard to obtain all 3 models early enough though :P
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