ASUS P6T Deluxe X58 Express Motherboard (OC Palm Edition) Review

[Dashken]

We have just updated the review!

The early readiness of the ASUS P6T Deluxe X58 Express motherboard is proof of ASUS' technical prowess. ASUS already has full retail units of this motherboard ready for sale more than a month before the actual launch of the Intel X58 Express chipset and the Intel Core i7 processor. It is a certainty that the ASUS P6T Deluxe will be one of the few motherboards available for sale on launch date.

However, the P6T Deluxe does not look like a rushed job. As it is a pioneer motherboard for a new platform, it is obvious that ASUS went all out to make this motherboard the best one they could design. If they want to make a mark on launch date, they had better deliver their best work and it shows in the P6T Deluxe.

Here's the latest update in Revision 1.1 :-

- Updated pages 2, 6 and 8 with updated details on SLI support and the NVIDIA nForce 200 SLI processor.

Link : ASUS P6T Deluxe X58 Express Motherboard (OC Palm Edition) Review Rev. 1.1

[ZuePhok]

Originally Posted by Unixlord

The main issue right now is the lack of an in-depth report on the Nehalem VDimm issue. There's lots of articles about it but they all seem to be dancing around the topic instead of addressing it directly.

1.6v is the max, and is very high for a 45nm made silicon. but you can go higher if you want to. there is an option in the bios.

but i don't think this will be an issue. first, triple channel, there is about 32gb/s of bandwidth if you run them at 1333. Good enough. i don't know any desktop app that needs that much of memory bandwidth. it's gonna be Core 2 Duo all over again. going from 1066 to 1333 is like 667 to 800 on Core 2 platform. Triple channel is a server design. i7's mem design is so good, no one has to worry about memory.

[trueg50]

I definitely cannot wait for the full reviews of i7.

QPT, HT, integrated memory controller, and so many other cool server performance increasing design changes is going to make this a very exciting release.

I anxiously awate the Tech Arp review of the board and chip pair.

[SkyLegendz]

Originally Posted by trueg50

I definitely cannot wait for the full reviews of i7.

QPT, HT, integrated memory controller, and so many other cool server performance increasing design changes is going to make this a very exciting release.

I anxiously awate the Tech Arp review of the board and chip pair.

Me neither, I can't wait for all of the benchmarks on all of the x58s boards. They all look like they can be insanely fast.

[ZuePhok]

a bummer, i know. but oh well, the performance of every X58 and future boards will be identical. the memory controller has been shifted on die, leaving nothing else to the chipset. The x58 is merely an I/O hub. heck, it's cheaper than the X48! this is a first from Intel!

[Unixlord]

X58 boards will still differ in memory support, overclocking and expansion slots.
BTW: ZuePhok your sig pic always makes me laugh.

[someguyfromhell]

Nice review, thanks

[SkyLegendz]

My question is how much this change in hardware will affect on previous components. I mean, how will games and computing change ?

[g0tanks]

Some guy over at overclock.net got his hands on an i7 and P6-T early (note that this was yesterday): I7 is out in the wild! - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net

Original picture is offline though because of bandwidth, I uploaded it to imageshack:
http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?i...lcorei7qa1.jpg