OC3D Review: ASUS P6T DELUXE X58 Motherboard Preview

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

About that RAM.. if you're prepared to spend £500 on a motherboard and a CPU, I expect you're prepared to spend more than £20 for a stick of RAM which is the slowest DDR3 speed you can get, etc..

I don't mean to start any flame wars because by the look of it you're getting annoyed already.. I'm just simply stating a fact!

 

[FarFarAway]

I think we should draw a line under the ridiculous 'it's expensive so it's not worth it' pettiness here.

Here's a news flash: New stuff is expensive. R&D costs, along with commercialism dictates this and those not old enough to know should simply take note of these facts.

Nehalem looks very nice and is what Intel should have done in the previous generation, by integrating the memory controller on-die, but they couldn't eat humble-pie so soon after A64. I'm looking forward to Nehalem, as well as some of AMD's new stuff, IF AMD can get it out before the new millenium.

 

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

I reckon Intels stuff is coming out first...

Any ways Kempez, yeah I know it costs due to R&D and marketing etc.

The biggest thing that annoyes me is the fact that it is some times nearly half price in the USA than it is over here in the land of the taxes. Looks like my aunt is bringing me some stuff the next time she comes over..

 

[Luigi]

I reckon Intels stuff is coming out first...

Any ways Kempez, yeah I know it costs due to R&D and marketing etc.

The biggest thing that annoyes me is the fact that it is some times nearly half price in the USA than it is over here in the land of the taxes. Looks like my aunt is bringing me some stuff the next time she comes over..

Lucky!

It annoys everyone dude, but its getting better

 

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

For sure! So.. who wants a CPU for half the price, I'll get her to ship it over

LOL jokes.. this is going completely off topic now.. stop it lads:nono:

 

[Luigi]

For sure! So.. who wants a CPU for half the price, I'll get her to ship it over

LOL jokes.. this is going completely off topic now.. stop it lads:nono:

You started it? lol,

Tbh, I cant wait for the benchies

 

[Jaster]

same here technokid, juicy benchilicious....stop it i'm salivating again

 

[JN]

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).

 

[Rastalovich]

I think we should draw a line under the ridiculous 'it's expensive so it's not worth it' pettiness here.

Here's a news flash: New stuff is expensive. R&D costs, along with commercialism dictates this and those not old enough to know should simply take note of these facts.

Nehalem looks very nice and is what Intel should have done in the previous generation, by integrating the memory controller on-die, but they couldn't eat humble-pie so soon after A64. I'm looking forward to Nehalem, as well as some of AMD's new stuff, IF AMD can get it out before the new millenium.

It`s all well and good, but u also have to massage into that that the price for whatever product, especially in the UK, is set to "what can we get away with charging for this".

RnD, costs/expenses, then how much more %.

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 ?

 

[JN]

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?

 

[Rastalovich]

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.

 

[JN]

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.

 

[Jaster]

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

 

[Rastalovich]

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.

 

[Luigi]

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

 

[monkey7]

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