Super-Size Me: Gigabyte's G1.Assassin In An XL-ATX Monster

[cobra5000]

I dont see how those cards can stay cool when they are that close together. I have tried 2 card crossfire with 5870's that close and it was not healthy at all.

 

[allthatjazz]

Gotta love the "Quick Boost" button. Reminds me of the "Turbo" button back in the XT days. Does anybody ever switch modes often enough that you actually need a front panel button?

 

[KardisF1]

Many of you are saying that the magazine heat sink looks ridiculous, but would it not be covered by the four cards that the board is designed to hold?

 

[kilo_17]

Great article! Just to let you know, Don, in slide 11, the second "dedicated" is missing a c.

 

[Repelsteeltje]

G1.Asinine. Assassins? Cartoon skulls? Ammo magazine? Let's be honest here... it's erring on the side of tacky. As motherboards aren't exactly bought by children, I wonder if this sort of marketing really increases the number of sales.

 

[cleeve]

[citation][nom]Repelsteeltje[/nom]I wonder if this sort of marketing really increases the number of sales.[/citation]

Reasonable folk like you and I might think it's insane, but if you doubt that tasteless people have money to blow go to your local drag strip any given weekend.

 

[christop]

Sweet but late in the game of x58..

 

[dalauder]

In the land of Folding @ Home, this would be a god.

 

[wrxchris]

[citation][nom]Crashman[/nom]Tom's Harware does it's best to provide valid configurations for its test, unlike some other sites that gimp their systems to "prove" something else. Having said that, if you really want to see 5760x1200 you will. Just send the monitors and I'll get started right away![/citation]

I remember a few articles back you guys said you were listening to us and were going to start addressing the demand for multi-screen benchmarks. You also gave us some multi-screen benchmarks in that article; what happened to those monitors? Took them home with you?

And also, gimping your tests by not testing every real-world scenario, and then claiming the biased result as the "end-all-be-all" is just as bad as what you claim your competitors are doing.

Sorry to be a dick about it, but telling me that the only way I would ever see 5760x1200 benchmarks is if I were to buy you the monitors is not the best way to make friends with your readers.

 

[Quiksilver]

I wants, I needs, cuz my computers all broke

 

[Guest]

I'm a little surprised by the many electrolytic capacitors, at this price I'd expect 100% solids.

 

[malnute]

All these people complaining about overkill are not true enthusiast. I mean who needs a 500 hp mclaren mercedes costing more than the average home? Don't mean you wouldn't want one right?

 

[quickmana]

With Ivy next year you would still have to run the 4 lanes at x8 for 32 of 40 lanes... 4 video cards is a waste.

 

[flowingbass]

thats right folks a heatsink is not a weapon

 

[applegetsmelaid]

Had to change my underwear after reading this article. Thanks Tom's.

 

[memadmax]

omg, I drool......

Gargle gargle gargle gargle...

 

[ArgleBargle]

[citation][nom]mayankleoboy1[/nom]now how about giving it away in a contest?[/citation]
And while we're at it, how about opening that contest to people who live outside the US.

Or is that just asking way too much?

 

[albatross83]

The disclaimer on the magazine is almost certainly for import purposes rather than the end user.

 

[gerhardb]

Ok,

I have a GS-X58A-UD5 rev 1.0 motherboard. Basically, it's an older version of these "updated" G1 series of motherboards. Since I need the 6 cores worth of my i7-980x, I opted to update to the Sniper edition of this board. The ONLY thing updating gets you is MAYBE a little more time for intel to get it's multi-core consumer desktop CPUs straightened out. However, I doubt they will, as the i7-980x, 990x, compete with the Xeon platforms, which vendors get to charge an ARM and a LEG for. In my case, I just want the 6 cores to run VMware Workstation... and THAT does work very well on this updated board, which I can also use for gaming. I can tell you that G1.Sniper is really not very different from the GA-X58A-UD5 Rev 2.0 board, so it's unlikely (unless you need BIOS support updates -smile-) that it truely worth the money to get anything other than the G1.Assasin... and that's provided you can get 4 GPUs running on it. FYI: for the record... the system at fully bore doesn't more than 450watts. I've tested this... and it's FULLY loaded.

 

[gerhardb]

[citation][nom]flowingbass[/nom]thats right folks a heatsink is not a weapon[/citation]

I've got to be honest... it IS really tacky. So is the box it came in...

...and I've got PLENTY of those magazine in real life, and yet I still think it's tacky.

 

[greg7683]

Hmm I thought that the Zerotherm Nirvana NV120 named the hardware killer in the CPU Cooler Charts 2008, Part 1 if so why did they recommend this CPU cooler for this $500 board.

Or did I miss a recent review on this cooler

 

[greg7683]

Hmm I thought that the Zerotherm Nirvana NV120 named the hardware killer in the CPU Cooler Charts 2008, Part 1 if so why did they recommend this CPU cooler for this $500 board.

Or did I miss a recent review on this cooler

 

[greg7683]

Hmm I thought that the Zerotherm Nirvana NV120 named the hardware killer in the CPU Cooler Charts 2008, Part 1 if so why did they recommend this CPU cooler for this $500 board.

Or did I miss a recent review on this cooler

 

[cleeve]

[citation][nom]greg7683[/nom]Hmm I thought that the Zerotherm Nirvana NV120 named the hardware killer in the CPU Cooler Charts 2008, Part 1 if so why did they recommend this CPU cooler for this $500 board.Or did I miss a recent review on this cooler[/citation]

I haven't experienced the problems that Daniel did with this cooler in that review, and the cooling performance of the NV120 is very good. Frankly it's the best cooler I had on-hand when putting this system together.

That's not to say folks shouldn't ignore Daniel's warnings, but it is a very effective cooler.

 

[Guest]

I like it. I do not get the over Kill, I do not even know what that means.