ASUS CROSSHAIR mobo !? IN STOCK !?

[crackdlr]

so i decided to upgrade some items in my computer that were showing their age, thanks to AMD and those sweet price cuts, am2 x2 4200+ pwnage is now in the very near future

i was doing some research on the best type of mobo and A LOT of people reccommended the ASUS M2N32-SLI mobo $165.00 US (which satisfies my futureproofing needs nicely)- then i found this last night...

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-M2XHAIR 8O
$252 US
just found another one
http://www.ajump.com/ajump/product.asp?dept%5Fid=8500&pf%5Fid=8640159&sku=99%2D99%2D99%2D99%2D99%2D8640159

is the Crosshair / Republic of Gaynames (gamers) really out? I haven't been able to locate any reviews despite and hour or so of googling. am i the only person looking for this?

Think its worth it? any sites review it? can it overclock significantly higher than the M2N32-SLI ------- Thanks for any input

 

[tehrobzorz]

it sure does look pro enough

we cant be sure if its really out, and i personally would go for it untill there are
website reviews etc..

 

[BUFF]

It's been in stock in the UK for a short while so yes, it's out.

 

[drcroubie]

PRICE INFORMATION
Your Price (ex Gst) $289.00
RRP $419.00

STOCK INFORMATION
Quantity Available 31 (QLD:31)

PRODUCT DETAILS
CPU Support AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX /
Athlon 64/ Sempron
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit
AMD Live! Ready
Chipset NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI MCP
NVIDIA LinkBoost Technology
System Bus 2000 / 1600 MT/s
Memory Dual channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2-800/667/533, ECC and non-ECC,
un-buffered memory
Expansion Slots 2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA® SLI technology
support, at full x16, x16 speed
1 x PCI Express x4
1 x PCI Express x1
2 x PCI 2.2
Scalable Link Interface (SLI) Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards (16x)
ASUS two-slot thermal design
ASUS PEG Link
Storage NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI MCP supports:
* 1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 / 33, * 6 x Serial ATA 3.0G
* NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and
JBOD span cross Serial ATA drives
Silicon Image® 3132 SATA controller supports
* 1 x Internal Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
* 1 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s port on back I/O
* Support RAID 0, 1, and JBOD
LAN Dual Gigabit LAN controllers support NVIDIA DualNet tech
NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP built-in dual Gigabit MAC with
external Marvell PHY
* Support Teaming and fail-over functions
* Support TCP/IP Acceleration
Audio ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack
Retasking
Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port
Support DTS® Connect function
IEEE 1394a TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports
USB Wireless Edition: max. 8 USB2.0/1.1 ports
Standard version: max. 10 USB2.0/1.1 ports
ASUS AI Lifestyle Features AI Nap
AI Gear
Advanced Thermal Design
* ASUS Fanless Design: Heat-pipe Thermal solution
* Stack Cool2
* ASUS 8-Phase Power Design
ASUS Crystal Sound
* ASUS Array Mic * Noise Filter
WiFi-AP Solo (Optional):
* 54 Mbps IEEE 802.11g and backwards compatible with
11 Mbps IEEE 802.11b
* Software Access point mode
* Station mode : Infrastruceure mode and Ad-Hoc mode
ASUS Exclusive Overclocking Feature Intelligent overclocking tools:
* ASUS AI NOS (Non-delay Overclocking System)
* AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
* AI Clock Skew
* ASUS PEG Link - automatically performance tuning for
graphics cards
* ASUS O.C. Profile overclocking configuration-sharing tool
Precision Tweaker:
* vDIMM: 25-step DRAM voltage control
* vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125V increment
* SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection): allowing FSB tuning
from 200MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment
* PCIe x16 Frequency: allowing PCIe x16 frequency from
100MHz up to 200MHz at 1MHz increment
Overclocking Protection: * ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
ASUS AI Booster Utility
Adjustable FSB/DDR2 ratio. Fixed PCI/PCIe frequencies.
Special Features ASUS EZ DIY:
* Q-Connector
* ASUS CrashFree BIOS3
* ASUS EZ Flash2
ASUS Music Alarm
ASUS MyLogo3
Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port, 1 x PS/2 Mouses
1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
1 x External SATA,
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports,
1 x COM port
8-channel Audio ports
1 x IEEE 1394a port
2 x LAN (RJ45) port
Internal connectors Standard version: 3 x USB 2.0 connectors supports additional
6 USB 2.0 ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector for two devices
7 x SATA connectors
1 x CPU / 4 x Chassis / 1x Chipset / 1 x Power Fan connector
1 x IEEE1394a connector
1 x Parallel connector
1 x S/PDIF output connector
1 x ADH connector
Chassis Intrusion connector
Front Panel Audio connector
CD audio in
24-pin ATX Power connector
4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
System panel connector
BIOS 8Mb AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3
Manageability WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chasis Intrusion, PXE
Accessories 1 x SLI bridge
1 x ASUS Array Mic
1 x ASUS Optional Fan
1 x ASUS Q-Connector Kit (USB, 1394, system panel)
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
1 x Floppy disk drive cable
6 x SATA cables
3 x SATA power cable for 6 devices
1 x 2-port USB2.0 module
1 x IEEE1394a module
1 x I/O Shield
User's manual
Support CD Drivers
ASUS PC Probe II
ASUS Update
ASUS AI Booster
NVIDIA MediaShield RAID
Form Factor ATX Form Factor, 12x 9.6 (30.5cm x 24.5cm)

PRICE INFORMATION
Your Price (ex Gst) $389.00
RRP N/A

STOCK INFORMATION
Quantity Available 0 ETA: 19 Aug 2006 (18)

PRODUCT DETAILS
Republic of Gamers The Republic of Gamers consists only the best of the best.
We offer the best hardware engineering, the fastest
performance, the most innovating ideas, and we welcome the
best gamers to join in. In the Republic of Gamers, mercy
rules are only for the weak, and bragging rights means
everything. We believe in making statements and we excel in
competitions. If your character matches our trait, then join
the elite club, make your presence felt, in the ROG
CPU Support AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon
64/ Sempron
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit
computing
AMD Live! Ready
Chipset NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI MCP
NVIDIA LinkBoost Technology
Front Side Bus 2000 / 1600 MT/s
Memory Dual channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2-800/667/533, ECC and non-ECC,
un-buffered memory
Expansion Slots 2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA® SLI technology support
at full x16, x16 speed
1 x PCI Express x4
3 x PCI 2.2
SLI Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards
(both at x16 mode)
ASUS two-slot thermal design
ASUS PEG Link
Storage NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI MCP supports
* 1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 / 33
* 6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
* NVIDIA MediaShield RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and
JBOD span cross Serial ATA Drives
Silicon Image® 3132 SATA controller supports
* 2 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s port on back I/O
* Support RAID 0, 1, and JBOD
LAN Dual Gigabit LAN controllers support NVIDIA DualNet®
technology
NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI MCP built-in dual Gigabit MAC with
external Marvell PHY
* Support Teaming and fail-over functions
* Support TCP/IP Acceleration
Audio SupremeFX Audio Card
featuring ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-
Retasking 8 channel audio ports
* ASUS Array Mic
* Noise Filter
IEEE 1394a TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports
USB max. 10 USB2.0/1.1 ports
Overclocking Features * ASUS AI NOS (Non-delay Overclocking System)
* AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
* AI Clock Skew
* ASUS PEG Link-automatically performance tuning for graphic
* ASUS O.C. Profile: overclocking configuration-sharing tool
* ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
* Extreme Tweaker
ASUS AI Booster Utility
Adjustable FSB/DDR2 ratio. Fixed PCI/PCIe frequencies
Special Features LCD Poster
EL I/O
Onboard LED
Onboard switches: Power / Reset / Clr CMOS
Q-Connector
Q-Fan Plus
ASUS CrashFree BIOS3
ASUS EZ Flash2
ASUS Music Alarm
ASUS MyLogo3
Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port / Mouse
1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
2 x External SATA
2 x LAN (RJ45) port
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x IEEE 1394a port
1 x onboard LED switch
1 x LCD Poster
Internal I/O Connectors 3 x USB 2.0 connectors supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector for two devices
6 x SATA connectors
1 x CPU / 7 x option Fan
3 x thermal sensor connector
1 x IEEE1394a connector
1 x S/PDIF output connector
Chassis Intrusion connector
Front Panel Audio connector
24-pin ATX Power connector
8-pin ATX 12V Power connector
System panel connector
1 x EL I/O Shield Connector
BIOS 8Mb AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3
Manageability WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chasis Intrusion, PXE
Accessories 1 x SLI bridge
1 x ASUS Array Mic
1 x ASUS Optional Fan
1 x ASUS Q-Connector Kit
3 x thermal sensor cables
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
1 x Floppy disk drive cable
6 x SATA cables
7 x Cable Ties
3 x SATA power cable for 6 devices
1 x 2-port USB2.0 module
1 x IEEE1394a module
1 x EL I/O Shield
User's manual
Support CD Drivers
ASUS PC Probe II
ASUS Update
ASUS AI Booster
Futuremark ® 3DMark® 06 Advanced Edition
NVIDIA MediaShield RAID
Kaspersky® Anti-Virus
Form Factor ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.5cm)

Crosshair has:
One more PCIe x1, one less PCI 2.2
One more External SATA (not eSATA), one less Internal SATA
"SupremeFX" Audio instead of ADI1988B (like your average hardcore gamer won't use an X-Fi Fatal1ty anyway)
"LCD Poster, EL I/O, Onboard LED, Onboard switches: Power / Reset / Clr CMOS" (whatever the hell they are)
34% price increase

Anyone know why this board's so special? looks the same to me...