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My GPUs utilization is under 50% with v-sync on or off.

Disabled. Wouldn't affect the lousy GPU utilization regardless under SLI. Good point.

I've found SLI support very lousy. I'm running TRI-SLI GTX 580, using the latest beta drivers w/Skyrim profile. I've even tried tweaking the Skyrim profile in Nvidia Inspector. Basically MSI Afterburner reports an average 40% GPU utilization for each GPU. A well optimized SLI game would be...

My point was that at 100% it just doesn't seem as bright as when I first got it. When I first got it anything above 50% was too bright, but now anything less than 100% seems too dim. I was curious if any other long time owners have noticed loss of brightness. I guess I should have measured the...

I've had my u3011 for about 7 months now. Have been very impressed with it. Recently I got an iPad 2, and the intense brightness of the iPad 2 (at 100%) made me realize how dim my u3011 was. Yet, I seem to recall when I got my u3011 the brightness was so extreme at 100% I had to turn it down to...

Haha, I feel your pain. My company is exactly this, except once I became the head IT guy I installed Firefox on all the computers. The computers are still pieces of 7-year old crap with 512mb of ram that the company doesn't want to invest to replace, but at least they have a modern browser.

Also, lol at Japan/Korea's high usage of IE6. Would have thought the vastly superior bandwidth speeds they have would make them want better browsers. Or maybe it's the opposite? Maybe their superior speeds make them not realize how slow IE6 is.

Only 2.9% for U.S.? I still thought it was much higher. My faith in human kind (or America) has been restored! I guess I should stop putting so much effort into making my web pages IE6 compliant for local companies.

Hm.. Get a magnify glass and check for burnt MOSFETs, capacitors, socket pins, or CPU die.

My good old D2X. It's worked great for the last few years, but with my recent upgrade to TRI-SLI I don't have any space in my rig for the card. Not really an audiophile anyway, I can live with chipset audio. The accessories pictured are the only ones that will be provided with this card. I'm...

Depending on the price of the GTX 590 or Radeon 6990 it could drop. If it doesn't, I doubt it'll drop price until the flagship 600 series card. (or whatever series Kepler is)

Sweet, my favorite benchmark is still receiving updates. =)

All systems go.

Purchased / have / planning to purchase: * Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K (enroute) * GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD7 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard * G.SKILL PI+ Turbulence II 4GB (2 x...

Did I not answer the question? I'm confused. :D

I assume all boards have at least 2 Intel SATA 3.0 ports, considering it's the P67 Intel chipset. Edit: What strikes me is which boards have Intel Gigabit controllers. I haven't seen all P67 boards, but have only noticed upper-end ASUS boards with Intel Gigabit and of course Intel's own...

I'm not sure a fan would fit inside there with the lid closed, the Northbridge should already have some sort of flush passive heatsink on it.

I didn't think about that, but then the fan would be visible and the clean passive look of my water cooled motherboard tarnished. :(

Oh, I saw the sign--that's what led me to ask. I was wondering if Gigabyte had any current mobos w/integrated Killers, or if another vendor did.

I tend to believe the military-grade certifications, [H]ardOCP has done Sabertooth reviews and they've talked about said certifications. I linked the P67 Sabertooth certifications in my first post, they look legit. The smaller ones (that aren't bulging) are solid state. The theory...

Yea, but given how rigorously tested to military-grade those caps are, I don't think they're going to burst. My main concern is dust.. because dust could flow and collect under the shroud.

Catering to modern FPS themes. :P I want a motherboard that caters to RPGs. It should be colored blue or red with heatsinks in the shape of swords and wands. Ok, maybe not.

Are these the first mobos with integrated Bigfoot Killer NICs?

They make longer bridges: http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=crossfire+bridge+100mm http://www.amazon.com/ATI-CrossFire-Interconnect-Bridge-Connecctor/dp/B003NLGR7I Edit - one more (has positive reviews): http://www.amazon.com/Asus-Bridge-08G160001230-nVidia-Video/dp/B0025VT6LQ/ref=pd_cp_e_2...

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ZYgjt71bzlh62Zk9 There hasn't been much discussion on this board despite Sandy's Sunday arrival. Guru3D has reviewed it: http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-sabertooth-p67-tuf-review/ The "tactical jacket' (plastic shroud covering the board)...

I think you mean DDR4, which is expected in 2012. DDR5.. er, 2015?

Well, it's not on the ASUS website yet.. I kind of doubt it will be available the 9th like most Sandy Bridge stuff. http://www.asus.com/ProductGroup2.aspx?PG_ID=mKyCKlQ4oSEtSu5m

I'm probably just confused here, but nearly every P67 motherboard I've seen claims SLI at 8x for each card. Is this board claiming SLI at 16x for each card? What does 2 x16 or x8 mean?

I'm afraid driving round-trip to my nearest Microcenter would nullify the rebate in gas. Good to know the 9th is the confirmed date though.

They have "Verified Buyer" for Newegg buyers. Those are the only reviews I ever pay attention to.

I much prefer BIOS overclocking to Windows based. I'm die-hard optimizer when it comes to start-up items, background processes/services, etc. My task tray is a ghost town. I've seen plenty of people get above 5Ghz through UEFI. I mean, at most the only thing the Windows OC utility does is the...

Gonna be frank, I don't follow the GPU price scene that closely, but I don't think flagship GPUs ever drop price during their lifetime as flagship. I remember just before the 580s came out the 480s were still $500. In other words, I don't see the 580s ever dropping price until...

LGA 775, will be upgrading. Massive improvements. :D I upgrade every other architecture (~every 3-4 years). I think anyone sidegrading to 1055 from 1366 should seriously reconsider (unless you're wealthy). You bought an enthusiast processor and are going to trade it for a mainstream...

Great read. Enjoyed this bit: :D I'm curious if the 2011s will be limited to no-brainer overclocking too.

Agreed. I've bought from Newegg since their establishment in 2001. Superior convenience (normally 1-2 day delivery with 3-day UPS), great RMA (at least for me), and competitive pricing. As you mentioned, I've only seen Microcenter challenge them on MSRP. I do my research, visit other retailers...

Ah BitTorrent, where I get my unlimited trial versions of software. Of course I'm talking about Linux.

Fun for benchmarking, but I can't imagine running long at 1.65v.

The NDA has apparently been lifted, with the reviews flowing in--you can probably expect retailers such as Newegg to sell their stock starting tomorrow or Wednesday (or the latest--the 9th which was rumored).

Technically that's the biggest difference, especially for gamers. There's also the 2MB extra of L3 cache--which again is probably mostly useful for people who would make use of Hyper-threading. e.g. CAD, encoding, video editing, etc. I use my PC for my day job, which includes much encoding...

Hyper-threading requires a little more Vcore, meaning you can squeeze a little more overclock with Hyper-threading disabled. That's how it is now. I have no idea if Sandy Bridge will be the same because all the overclocks are pretty tight. Hyper-threading is useful for encoding and media...