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   #9. Posted at 04:26 PM on Aug 16th 2007 Edit   Reply
evermore
P35's high power usage was attributed at least in part to the dual memory support, having to run controllers for both DDR2 and DDR3 at the same time, even though only one of them was actually in use. So X38 might not be as much of a power draw as it might seem. If it's still a power hog and heat-maker, then hopefully they justify it with real performance gains.

PCIe 2.0 makes it "enthusiast" because now you'll be pushed to go replace your 8800GTX with a PCIe 2.0-enabled version that doesn't really change performance at all but which appears to if you run the right tests. And only hardcore enthusiasts will go make that buy.

I'll be happy if it makes P35 boards cheaper.

How the heck are they going to add DDR2 support? Can they bridge it somehow with an extra chip to let the DDR3 controller work with DDR2?
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#9, PCIe 2.0 won't require anyone to buy a new anything.  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#20)  «
#20, Who said it would? I said manufacturers and media would p...  :  evermore  (#26)  «
#26, Err.. you did: "because now you'll be pushed to go rep...  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#28)  «
#28, Your original comment: #9, PCIe 2.0 won't require a...  :  evermore  (#29)  «
#9, Duh, double post.  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#21)  «

   #17. Posted at 11:07 PM on Aug 16th 2007 Edit   Reply
titan
Alright, I'm a little confused on a spec item here. What exactly is a gigatransfer? Is it the same as GHz?

What reading I've been able to find seem to indicate that PCIe 2.0 will have a 4 Gb/s transfer rate per wire. Is that right?
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#17, Haha, I found my answer, and you'll never guess where... http...  :  titan  (#18)  «
#17, More marketing BS to make PCIe 2.0 look better than it actua...  :  Krogoth  (#24)  «
#24, GHz can be a misleading term, due to clock-doubling or -q...  :  evermore  (#27)  «

   #22. Posted at 01:01 AM on Aug 17th 2007, Edited at 01:01 AM on Aug 17th 2007 Edit   Reply
Anomymous Gerbil
How can Intel enforce a news embargo on a product that anyone can (soon) buy in a shop?
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#22, I was wondering that too. How does that work when the produc...  :  titan  (#23)  «
#23, intel supplies the chips to mb markers with the stipulati...  :  green  (#25)  «

   #2. Posted at 02:05 PM on Aug 16th 2007 Edit   Reply
zqw
The Intel mobo with dual pci-e 16x only has dual support for ATI video cards? Wacky.
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#2, Apparently the board's certification from nVidia did not hap...  :  Lord.Blue  (#5)  «
#5, Nvidia is just reluctant as ever. They want to make SLI, ...  :  Krogoth  (#19)  «

   #10. Posted at 05:40 PM on Aug 16th 2007 Edit   Reply
albundy
what card maker has pci-e 2.0 viddy cards?
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#10, and does it make a difference? look at agp 8x  :  Deli  (#11)  «
#11, Surely agp 8x would be a bottleneck for an 8800ultra?  :  Nullvoid  (#12)  «
#12, No the bottleneck for an 8800 Ultra is the GPU -> Vide...  :  AbRASiON  (#13)  «
#13, yeah, but load times would take hours  :  albundy  (#15)  «
#11, I'll let the numbers and benchies decide.  :  albundy  (#16)  «

   #6. Posted at 02:40 PM on Aug 16th 2007 Edit   Reply
Shinare
I dont know just how much more "enthusiast" you can get than the P35... I'm pretty enthusiastic about it already.
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#6, Agreed, stuff buying DDR3 ram.  :  AbRASiON  (#14)  «

   #7. Posted at 03:49 PM on Aug 16th 2007 Edit   Reply
bdwilcox
This chipset uses a lot of juice. Mobo makers are shoe-horning DDR2 capability into their X38 mobos. And nVidia SLI is dependent on nVidia enabling that feature in its drivers.

There are rumored tweaks with latencies to improve overall performance, though. I'm not sure if they're enough to justify its added complexity, power-hungry nature, and price premium.
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#7, I'm a little concerned that DDR2 support will suffer since i...  :  Thresher  (#8)  «

   #4. Posted at 02:29 PM on Aug 16th 2007 Edit   Reply
Coran Fixx
So is the G35 the forgotten stepchild? The x38 and g35 had been kind of grouped together, anybody know about any g35 boards. Foxconn was showing one off in april...
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   #3. Posted at 02:07 PM on Aug 16th 2007 Edit   Reply
1970BossMsutang
Funny how it supports "AMD's/ATI's crossfire but it doesn't support Nvidia's SLI. Not just that but DDR3 prices are crazy right now...close to 1,000 bucks just to get 4gb's.
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   #1. Posted at 01:56 PM on Aug 16th 2007 Edit   Reply
Lord.Blue
I wonder what the power consumption will be on this one...
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