DH Review: Socket 775 Mobo Roundup

***Zardon*** · Apr 12, 2007, 04:33 PM

Read The Review Here
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Stuart "Veridian3" Davidson takes an indepth look (over 7,000 words and 18 pages) at some hot enthusiast motherboards in the slot 775 sector.

"A few months back we took a look at the first real generation of Core2 boards which were based on the Intel 975x chipset. At the time it was arguably the best chipset available for the Core2, however in recent times both AMD and Nvidia have taken a stab at stealing the performance crown with their 680i and 690 chipsets respectively. Our first look at the 680i was hugely disappointing with the early reference designs being plagued with problems, ranging from PS2 keyboard compatibility issues to quad core bugs. That said, some manufacturers took a little more time to bring their products to market and so with this in mind we revisit the chipset in the form of Abit's IN9 32X-MAX. The recently released Fatality F-I90HD is the second product on test today, based on the brand new AMD 690 chipset it is a more budget conscious board with great potential to compete with the more expensive models. Finally we have Intel's D975XBX2, an updated version of the original XBX which is the best Intel board we have used to date."

mike2h · Apr 13, 2007, 04:00 PM

great job guys! ty.
kinda wished i would have waited for the intel mb rev to come out, especially after the read. oh well.

Dyre Straits · Apr 14, 2007, 06:13 AM

Excellent job!

I read this with great interest as I have the original version of the Intel board. I still can't figure out why it performs so poorly in Oblivion. The problem seems to point to the audio controller on this board.

mike2h · Apr 17, 2007, 02:54 PM

hey guys! have/can u do a performance comparison between the d965 extreme & a highend core duo on the intel board? nothing major just enought to get an overall impression.

nvm, the 'great' price i found was for oem engineering samples. so its cheaper to buy new mb & conroe.

Apr 12, 2007, 04:33 PM	#1
*Zardon* enchanted Join Date: May 2002 Location: Driverheaven Posts: 32,281 Rep Power: 3150	DH Review: Socket 775 Mobo Roundup Read The Review Here _____________________________ Stuart "Veridian3" Davidson takes an indepth look (over 7,000 words and 18 pages) at some hot enthusiast motherboards in the slot 775 sector. "A few months back we took a look at the first real generation of Core2 boards which were based on the Intel 975x chipset. At the time it was arguably the best chipset available for the Core2, however in recent times both AMD and Nvidia have taken a stab at stealing the performance crown with their 680i and 690 chipsets respectively. Our first look at the 680i was hugely disappointing with the early reference designs being plagued with problems, ranging from PS2 keyboard compatibility issues to quad core bugs. That said, some manufacturers took a little more time to bring their products to market and so with this in mind we revisit the chipset in the form of Abit's IN9 32X-MAX. The recently released Fatality F-I90HD is the second product on test today, based on the brand new AMD 690 chipset it is a more budget conscious board with great potential to compete with the more expensive models. Finally we have Intel's D975XBX2, an updated version of the original XBX which is the best Intel board we have used to date."

Apr 13, 2007, 04:00 PM	#2
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,489 Rep Power: 74 System Specs	great job guys! ty. kinda wished i would have waited for the intel mb rev to come out, especially after the read. oh well. __________________

Apr 17, 2007, 02:54 PM	#4
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,489 Rep Power: 74 System Specs	hey guys! have/can u do a performance comparison between the d965 extreme & a highend core duo on the intel board? nothing major just enought to get an overall impression. nvm, the 'great' price i found was for oem engineering samples. so its cheaper to buy new mb & conroe. __________________ Last edited by mike2h; Apr 18, 2007 at 12:51 PM.