OC3D Article Asus P67 1155 Sandybridge Sneak Peak

[tinytomlogan]

i also believe these boards have that new version of BIOS on them (cant remember what it is called)

or at least the M4E does

EFI bios

all P67's will feature it.

 

[stevenwright6379]

thats the one

i knew it

 

[AMD_PBz]

The GUI Bios seems pretty sweet no longer are we staring at the cream of the crop from 20 years ago (text on a screen in COLOUR)

 

[alexhull24]

That explains why I read about this earlier and now can't find it anywhere!

The new BIOS thing is the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). Should provide faster boots and pretty up the settings quite a bit. Will probably be initially shunned by purists as you can use a mouse and it means people will become less afraid of the BIOS and overclocking etc.

 

[yggdrasil]

The new BIOS thing is the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). Should provide faster boots and pretty up the settings quite a bit. Will probably be initially shunned by purists as you can use a mouse and it means people will become less afraid of the BIOS and overclocking etc.

Dose that mean more noobs will play with it and break their PC's and more work for technicians, But I guess more work means more money so guess I can't complain there.

I remember when I was younger it was a big thing for parents to keep their children out of the bios

I can see this becoming a big thing again, In the end I imagine it will just come down to passwording it but still.

 

[Stromatolites]

Shame only a few people got to see the post before it was taken down. Oh well, only a few days longer to wait I guess

 

[SnW]

That explains why I read about this earlier and now can't find it anywhere!

The new BIOS thing is the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). Should provide faster boots and pretty up the settings quite a bit. Will probably be initially shunned by purists as you can use a mouse and it means people will become less afraid of the BIOS and overclocking etc.

Just because they can use a mouse in the bios

 

[yggdrasil]

When can we expect to see this sneak peak?

 

[stevenwright6379]

when ever the NDA gets lifted

 

[yggdrasil]

I guessed that

I was hoping for a date.

 

[stevenwright6379]

well it looks like the board manufactures dont even know that

 

[yggdrasil]

Thats not what I want to hear

Even tho it was what I expected lol

 

[tinytomlogan]

well it looks like the board manufactures dont even know that

You need to shush.

Asus will let us talk about the mobos on the 15th.

 

[stevenwright6379]

or else what?

lol

looking forward to it

 

[skit]

So this whole UEFI Bios is just about prettier GUI and "faster" boots? Not that big of an update then.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Its back!

 

[stevenwright6379]

 

[Aurus_OC]

well looks like we will have some nice stuff coming up in January

I really really like the new UEFI BIOS.

 

[murphy7801]

I like the new heats sinks though im getting sick of blue motherboards

 

[wraithien]

And the NDA is down, First off the bat FINALLY a good looking bios screen i know its a small thing but its nice to see. As to the motherboards I have mixed opinions, the new Sabretooth vest is an interesting concept with possibly the most boring execution surely they could have put a few logos or vents on it.

As to the maxiumus they have always appeared to be the ugly members of the ROG family and things dont appear to have changed on the plus side I'm pleased to see ceramic heatsinks, the negative being it looks like they've just slapped the ROG light up logo on it and called it a day. Yeah I know its just aesthetic but if I'm paying good money for a motherboard I'd at like it to look as good as this generations ROG motherboards. Though this being said next year should be very interesting, two new sets of Intel chips at either end of the year and AMD's new chips sometime next year aswell should be a very good (and expensive year) for us enthusiasts.