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8) That article was the reason why I was speculating the delay was due to replacing c19 with c55.

As for your friend, from what I've read there's lots of satisfied people loving P5W DH (975). Out of stock for newegg but I'm sure he can do his own searching.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131025

As for 965 I would suggest P5B Deluxe

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=p5b&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all

Anand tech wrote an article regarding the BIOS I was talking about in earlier posts.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2822

Of course this is assuming he wants nothing but Asus...
 
So that P5W is the best ASUS 975 board ASUS has and that P5B deluxe is the best ASUS 965 board ASUS has right? cuz my friend wants the best he can get since we wont upgrade to a new system in at least 2 years.

Regarding the C19, Im praying what we think is true. if it is then I would be the first one getting the premium board.
 
Which board he should get depends on usage. I suggest you google for some reviews on both boards to see which is good for what, then find out what exactly his computer usage is to determine which is best for him.

With this damn delay they better either have c55 on it or a good bios that unlocks mutiplier like on p5b deluxe. Or both 8O
 
Well my friend is gonna use it for Extreme Mega Enthusiast Gaming. So He needs power.

I just hope they give us C55, it would be soooooooo gooooooooooooood. Or at least a BIOS that can unlock multiplier or I dont know a C19 revision B (hahaha) that supports 500mhz FSB (XD!).

I dont know, that only thing I know is that we will get surprised the day we see this board out for sale. I guarantee you that.
 
P5B deluxe has better OC I believe with the new BIOS. Thats why I told him to ask his friend regarding usage: OC or no OC. The concensus is 975 for stability, 965 for OC
 
P5B deluxe has better OC I believe with the new BIOS. Thats why I told him to ask his friend regarding usage: OC or no OC. The concensus is 975 for stability, 965 for OC
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u may wanan double check that bud

"Both ASUS boards, the 975X P5W-DH and the P965 P5B Deluxe, are now for sale at the same $269 price. Frankly, at the same price we could never recommend this 965 motherboard over the better performing, better-featured and better-overclocking 975X model."

P5B got a 39% OC
P5W Dh got 67% OC
 
where's the link and how old is that info?

Mines here :roll:

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2822

100% OC with e6300

EDIT: found your article, dated July 19 before the BIOS change that I kept refering to. Keep in mind 965 is newer and therefor, less mature BIOS. Thats not saying that p5w is inferior, because Asus stated they will be keeping up the "unlock multiplier" BIOS developement. Hope it makes its way to 590 😀
 
where's the link and how old is that info?

Mines here :roll:

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2822

100% OC with e6300

EDIT: found your article, dated July 19 before the BIOS change that I kept refering to. Keep in mind 965 is newer and therefor, less mature BIOS. Thats not saying that p5w is inferior, because Asus stated they will be keeping up the "unlock multiplier" BIOS developement. Hope it makes its way to 590 😀
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From that link u just posted
E6600

"While the new BIOS on the P5B adds enormous flexibility to the 965P motherboard, it should still be pointed out that on average the 965 still does not overclock as well as the Intel 975X if you compare clock to clock. You might want to look back at the 975X overclocking results in Conroe Buying Guide: Feeding the Monster for a comparison."

with newer BIOS for P5W DH im sure there are even more impressive results comming from it since the july article. i believe there is a beta out that unlocks C2D mulitpliers.

either way they both look like very good boards that seem to still have more room for improvment. I think he would be happy with either choice.

we best be careful.
Dont wanna get more PMs from corksil for not talking about the P5N32.

better cover my arse;
"damn i still wish the P5n32 premium was here just like i did 2 months ago."
"oh thats right, got sick of waiting, P5W Dh here tomrow or the next day 😀"

kk think im safe now 😀
 
indeed p5w is still considered top of asus's list, but p5n is pretty damn close now thx to multiplier unlock (some lucky ppl might get the chip thats unlockable *upwards*). Dunno about now, but last week I checked p5w dh is like out of stock everywhere, unless you're willing to pay 300 for one.

I think p5w had a new bios out, but doesn't unlock :cry:

And staying with topic, no new info for 590 :x excal didnt upate eta yet.
 
p5nsli sucked. man I'm still getting this board, but I think I'll stop anticipating it :? by end of month I'll have ff12 to hold me over till it releases (if it gets push back to oct). I do wonder why Asus is so tight-lipped about it though...at the least they could just tell us what we all dreamed about:

"In order to implement C55 into the highly anticipated 590, delays have occured"

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
 
p5nsli sucked.

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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I take it from your remarks, you built a system using the P5Nsli. Would you mind providing a few comments as to the problems you had and why it "sucks". I am considering this board for a low-end E6400 build. If I overclock at all, it will be mild as gaming won't be a major focus for this rig.
 
Sorry I should've provided data or clarify why I said that. For a budget system I heard it's actually really decent

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/09/06/asus_p5nsli/10.html

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2820&p=9

Not a very good overclocker and does not support DDR800

Yes I know the 590 is suppose to suck a big one at OCing, assuming (and rightfully so) that they're still using C19. I'm just wishfully thinking that all these delays means replacing the C19 with C55.

Now I don't know if there was more bios updates that improved the p5nsli since anand's review, but since I'm spending lots of money to get top or near-top-of-the-line compenents, I consider this board as "suck". How ever, please don't let my mindless comment discourage your from using it to build a low end system, I apologize for making a irresponsible remark :wink:
 
All we can do is hope. I think we will be ok in the end though.

The reason being is the price , if we wanted sli alone then we would have just got the one you bought but its more we want and the new 590 hopefully will cater for that.

I reckon if they were just going to use the C19 then the board would have been out in beginning of august but it didnt , even shamino made some changes to it in a week so this is a huge company(asustek) and I expect them to change more than just a bios switch like shamino from vrzone.

to hope is a good thing :?
 
You asked how it compare to upcoming RD600 from ATI.

1st, it'll be widely available as oppose to ATI scant availability. This because of pressure from AMD and maybe Intel also.

2nd, ATI solution should be a great performer, but I can't say how much better than the 590, if better at all. I guess we'll have to wait for that one.
 
We need that data ASAP!

To the other guy, As he said, but im gonna say it in a different way, P5NSLI is just a waste of money unless you want to build a cheepy system. Thats reality I wouldnt recommend it to anybody but... if you like NVIDIA.
 
I was tired of waiting so I bought a P5W-DH and I must say this mobo is impressive. running my 6400 to 2.66Ghz and didnt even touch to the voltage. Rock stable.
 
To the other guy, As he said, but im gonna say it in a different way, P5NSLI is just a waste of money unless you want to build a cheepy system. Thats reality I wouldnt recommend it to anybody but... if you like NVIDIA.
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At last an unbiased review from a learned source, filled with factual data and objectivity. :roll:
 
We need that data ASAP!

To the other guy, As he said, but im gonna say it in a different way, P5NSLI is just a waste of money unless you want to build a cheepy system. Thats reality I wouldnt recommend it to anybody but... if you like NVIDIA.
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So what is the best solution if you want to run nVidia GPU's in SLI on intel CPU then?

( Please don't reply with: just buy AMD/ATI.. I already have a core 2 extreme and Linux is important to me so ATI's drivers put them out the race).
 
Yeah the P5nSLI is another board, he must not be talking about the p5n32 premium. That board is scheduled to be released any day now and it will represent the state of the art for a SLI with intel cpu motherboard. The only other board I would consider for this would be DFI's but they have canceled it until the c55 is released by Nvidia.
 
Look, this is all im gonna say

if you are desesperate and you just want the p5nsli to use sli, you will not get the perfomance you want. remember on the 570 the videcards will run at x8 each one. so its kinda dumb to buy that board.

I would recommend just wait for the P5n32 premium, even if it is released with c19, it will be way better than the p5nsli and you will have sli at x16 in both cards
 
Ive got that board the p5nsli with the 570 chipset because I would not wait. I think its dumb to have a CPU on yur desk and be waiting for a MB to be released. I have the e6600 and 2 gf 7900 gts it is damn fast. But I might get the p5n32 when it comes out and sell the 570 board on ebay. I dont have xpensive hobbies so playing with my computers is fun for me. The only thing I may wait for is the c55 chipset. Thats the only detail im worried about since I like to tinker and overclock as well.
 
It has been proven though *currently*, there's not much gain going from 8x to 16x for sli. Maybe down the road dx10 cards will make more use of it.

The cheaper prices that are popping up from cloakhunter's froogle search does worry me though...with lots of places selling it way cheaper and with realisitc prices considering the MSRP, it kinda hints there's not much change since reference board IMO. Why else would it be cheaper than p5w DH?
 
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