Well the dust has finally settled from the X79 launch with all the players on the field and its time for my X79 upgrade.
So far my favorites are the
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
ASRock X79 Extreme 9
Gigabyte G1 Assasin 2
Each has their own price points and Pros + Cons.
I plan to do...
Well standing with tradition EVGA made their own midrange dual gpu graphics card.
Just like the Geforce GTX 460 2Win before it EVGA has created the Geforce GTX 560 Ti 2Win.
Price is $519
http://www.evga.com/articles/00656/
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win
- Part Number...
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/faith/channel-sources-confirm-nvidia-flushing-stock-ahead-of-kepler/
Well this is certainly surprising if true given that Nvidia has been especially quiet lately.
Tweaktown expanded on the article...
Well Gigabyte finally did it.
They now have their own bios running on UEFI and I gotta say its pretty.
There are some still pics but you really got to watch the video from Gigabyte to see it in motion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q62I2uHLkKc...
Well it looks like someone at Intel and motherboards.org forgot not to create leaks and NDAs.
First vrzone snapped a pic from Intel's own website of the new DX79Si.
http://vr-zone.com/articles/intel-leaks-the-dx79si-on-its-own-website/13854.html
They say its off of Intels mobile...
Foxconn Quantum Force X79
http://vr-zone.com/articles/foxconn-quantum-force-x79-motherboard-final-pictured/13851.html
All and all not a bad board but not a great board.
It also follows the same Red/Black color scheme that Asus and Evga are using, but thats not a bad thing...
I was chating up with a buddy who is an Asus partner and he said that he heard from a guy that went to the Asus tech event, that Asus plans to unveil a Dual Socket WS for the X79 platform.
I told him that sure thats to be expected for future Xeon servers, but he said that no this one will...
So far I think every motherboard manufacturer has shown photos of what they will be offering for the X79 chipset.
And the ONE characteristic that sticks out is that Some have chosen 4 DIMMs on their Extreme OC boards and others have chosen 8 DIMMs.
Now traditionaly the boards that had...
Here are the final versions of Gigabytes entire X79 launch lineup from Gigabytes facebook page.
Nothing much has changed other than a few missing SATA ports and some chokes moved around.
The G1 Assassin 2 was leaked earlier but its here again.
G1 Assasin 2
X79 UD7 OC...
MSI X79-GD65 8D
http://vr-zone.com/articles/msi-x79a-gd65-8d-motherboard-pictured/13775.html
I saw the prototype of this board back in July.
MSI has put out final pics and not too much has changed since then but it definitly is more refined.
So far I think this board and the ASRock...
New info just keeps flooding out of Intel
VR-Zone again has the scoop from another Chinese source about Ivy Bridge.
Apparently Ivy Bridge will have a maximum TDP of 77W :eek:
They also picked up a slide that explains the new SKUs for Ivy Bridge
It also seems that Intel doesnt...
Ok, first read this article from VR-Zone.
So taking what we now know, the 6 core SB-E chips actually contain 2 more cores but they are locked due to power requirements.....
wouldnt it then be possible for a mobo company like EVGA to step up with a 150W TDP and have an unlocking feature...
Well, Bulldozer is here and left enthusiest relevancy at the speed of a benchmark. :o
So, who's jumping on Sandy Bridge-E in November? :D
Performance previews have shown it to be slightly faster than the current leaders 2600K and 990X , but the overclocking headroom has been touted to be...
Xbit Labs just confirmed that Sandy Bridge-E will ship with the Intel branded Asetek closed loop water cooler.
Sandybridge-E must generate some serious heat for Intel to bundle an LC solution with their processesor. :eek:
Now the question is how is this going to affect the price? :(
Well here it is, after last months teaser image we finally have full images of the ASRock X79 Extreme7.
http://vr-zone.com/articles/asrock-x79-extreme7-full-board-shots-surface/13707.html
Right away the the odd configuration of 6 DIMM slots on a platform that supports 8 DIMMs...
This is my first post but anyway
I just got off sales support with Ergo-tech to put in an order for their Triple LCD Desk Stand and...
Can see Stand HERE
... they confirmed that they are indeed supplying XFX with all of the hardware minus the base for their own XFX Fxtristand.
Can...