680i Rejecting Quad-Core Penryns? - Page 3

Stormcrow · November 25th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Quakindude

We have one thing to agree on then. The 590 chipset was shit IMHO.

Athildja-x64 · November 25th, 2007

sorry storm,
Unfortunately it was.
I have 5 of them here the only one that showed any promise was is the Asus Crosshair.
but my 5000+ was killed by a bad DFI 590SLI board so I have not been able to test it out properly yet.

Quakindude · November 25th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Stormcrow

Heh, sorry brother. I tried three different makes of the 590 SLI. It was horrible. Overclocking sucked, memory handling sucked, voltage regulation sucked and by and large, support for it was so short lived as to be almost non-existent.

Kinda like Intel knocking out the 975 and then the 965. The 590 was a holdover for the 680i series. IMHO, all four of those chipsets could have been a lot better than they were/are. Me, I'm really looking forward to the X38's coming down in price. I think this will be my next chipset.

Athildja-x64 · November 25th, 2007

the X38 has a EIST flaw,
wait for the X48

Stormcrow · November 25th, 2007

What chipsets have support for the Penryn line, both dual and quads. Is it just X38 and X48, or P35 and others as well?

Athildja-x64 · November 25th, 2007

the ones that I know of for sure are the P35 (with a BIOS flash) the X38 and the X48 (which will be out in early january)

Quakindude · November 26th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Athildja-x64

the X38 has a EIST flaw,
wait for the X48

Is it a persistent problem even when disabled? That is, of course, one of the first things I turn off when setting up a BIOS for the first time.

**One4yu2c** · November 26th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Quakindude

Is it a persistent problem even when disabled? That is, of course, one of the first things I turn off when setting up a BIOS for the first time.

From what little I've read, the complaint making the rounds is that EIST stays enabled even after disabling it in the BIOS. I'm currently testing the Gigabyte DA-X38-DQ6 for an upcoming review (next week), and so far, I' haven't seen same bug, either on the original BIOS it shipped with (F4) or the latest one I just installed (F6b).

Athildja-x64 · November 26th, 2007

I am having problems with the Asus Maximus Formula
The EIST is staying on.
I am also have other issues but I am not sure if they are related.

Loosecannon · November 26th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Athildja-x64

I am having problems with the Asus Maximus Formula
The EIST is staying on.
I am also have other issues but I am not sure if they are related.

Well at least it will look nice holding a door open

November 25th, 2007	#22
Athildja-x64 Infinite Improbability Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Insanity Clause--- Do you believe insanity clause? Posts: 197	Re: 680i Rejecting Quad-Core Penryns? sorry storm, Unfortunately it was. I have 5 of them here the only one that showed any promise was is the Asus Crosshair. but my 5000+ was killed by a bad DFI 590SLI board so I have not been able to test it out properly yet. "For the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead..." "Keep on trying till you run out of Cake." -GLDos "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the first" - Albert Einstein

November 25th, 2007	#24
Athildja-x64 Infinite Improbability Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Insanity Clause--- Do you believe insanity clause? Posts: 197	Re: 680i Rejecting Quad-Core Penryns? the X38 has a EIST flaw, wait for the X48 "For the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead..." "Keep on trying till you run out of Cake." -GLDos "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the first" - Albert Einstein

November 25th, 2007	#25
Stormcrow HL's Technomancer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Frozen North Posts: 1,168 Blog Entries: 1	Re: 680i Rejecting Quad-Core Penryns? What chipsets have support for the Penryn line, both dual and quads. Is it just X38 and X48, or P35 and others as well?

November 25th, 2007	#26
Athildja-x64 Infinite Improbability Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Insanity Clause--- Do you believe insanity clause? Posts: 197	Re: 680i Rejecting Quad-Core Penryns? the ones that I know of for sure are the P35 (with a BIOS flash) the X38 and the X48 (which will be out in early january) "For the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead..." "Keep on trying till you run out of Cake." -GLDos "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the first" - Albert Einstein

November 26th, 2007	#29
Athildja-x64 Infinite Improbability Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Insanity Clause--- Do you believe insanity clause? Posts: 197	Re: 680i Rejecting Quad-Core Penryns? I am having problems with the Asus Maximus Formula The EIST is staying on. I am also have other issues but I am not sure if they are related. "For the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead..." "Keep on trying till you run out of Cake." -GLDos "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the first" - Albert Einstein

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