Eight P35-DDR2 Motherboards Compared

[pschmid]

With DDR3 platform testing behind us, we look forward to boards that support current-generation DDR2 performance RAM and next-generation FSB1333 processors. How do these stack up to older solutions?

 

[shooter124]

on here before the main page what a treat thanks i hope the p35-ds3r kicks ass

edit: yay for gigabyte... although i'll probably spring for the cheaper board without ddr3 support

 

[Magnus]

GA-P35C-DS3R i already have that board and it is a real champion =)

 

[p4rry]

how come the msi platinum came 2nd in games, 5th in application then 2nd in synthetics yet for the total perfomance it was last? it makes no sense

 

[Crashman]

add the three up, then divide by three and see if it's accurate.

 

[p4rry]

i am not fool you know, i can work out the mean of a set of data.

MSI P35 Platinum : (106.11 + 101.23 + 100.92) / 3 = 102.75 (2dp)

Asus P5K Deluxe : (106.73 + 100.51 + 100.97) / 3 = 102.74 (2dp)

if only those 3 scores were counted the platinum should be top i do believe

 

[Crashman]

Evidently not, the site credited you with the discovery!

 

[mario2008]

good comparsion chart Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R looks prettty good Msi p35 platium is might get top score but I will go with Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R for my new computer

 

[p4rry]

Evidently not, the site credited you with the discovery!

Credited me? the article hasnt changed

 

[Crashman]

Note: Thanks to TG Forumz member p4rry for pointing out a glitch in the charts that had previously lead us to the wrong conclusion.

The MSI P35 Platinum gets the best overall performance rating, at 2.22% ahead of the least-performing P965 comparison board. Perhaps we should have chosen our P965 board based on performance rather than overclocking, but we really wanted to see "how much higher" the best P35 boards would clock than the top P965 versions they replace.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/19/eight_p35-ddr2_motherboards_compared/page21.html

 

[baius]

Thanks for your review.

There seems to be only an incremental improvement, but nowadays that's all computer parts seem to get anyway.

If the price isn't too expensive, and eVGA are doing one anytime soon, I may be tempted.

 

[petevsdrm]

Holy cow p4rry! You're famous!

 

[p4rry]

still cant see the change. i guess the uk version hasnt been changed but the US has. woo for me lol

 

[Crashman]

I'm sure the UK staff is "working on it".

 

[deadhead_matt]

Good job p4rry!!!!!!!!!

 

[phassat]

How's to read the overclock ability?

It seems like the top performer which is GA-P35-DQ6, can overclock up to 2.75 Ghz by bus speed at 459 or 3.46Ghz by making the multiplier 10 times....

Isn't this still too small for E6700?... or will it be different case by using different memory, cooler, etc?

 

[Crashman]

Intel sent out the early Core 2 Duo's prior to final stepping, so the reviewers all got sucky-overclocking early stepping models.

 

[Fireheart]

Okay, but they're comparing these P35s against 650i and 965 chipsets - neither of which really impressed me with their total performance. Certainly not in features or PCIe bandwidth.

How do these new P35 boards compare against 680i or 975X chipsets? If they're Really that good, let's compare the new guys against a mature powerhouse!

That will give a better idea of the reality and potential of the new design.

Be Well!
Fireheart

 

[Crashman]

You can read the 650i comparison to see how the 650i compares to the 680i. Same configuration. As for the 975X, it doesn't support the memory at full speed.

 

[BUFF]

Okay, but they're comparing these P35s against 650i and 965 chipsets - neither of which really impressed me with their total performance. Certainly not in features or PCIe bandwidth.

P35 is essentially an improved 965.
If you don't need SLI or Crossfire (& most people don't) then these are about as fast as you are going to get for overclocking (a good 975X will do~450fsb, a good P35 will do 600 )& Intel's RAID is superior to nVidia's.

 

[Crashman]

Yeh, and it's funny that he said neither the P965 nor 650i impressed him with performance, given that the P965 often outperforms the 680i.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/04/04/does_chipset_to_gpu_matching_matter/page5.html#3d_games

 

[BUFF]

a user reports tha you can use the firewire ports on the IP35 Pro with a double slot gfx card (in his case an X2900XT) :roll:
http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1031193452&postcount=18

 

[Crashman]

He's using a different video card to mislead, the 8800GTX won't fit over the leads.

Misleading, hey it's lying even if there's an excuse behind it.

Edit: Perhaps he just crushed the cables down with his card and was lucky enough that none broke.

 

[jive]

Hi Magnus,

I just want to know if you have any problem with this board. I order the same mobo myself and just want to be sure everything it's okay.
Did you have to flash Bios or something like that.

Thanks for your help

PS: Sorry english is not my first langage

 

[BUFF]

He's using a different video card to mislead, the 8800GTX won't fit over the leads.

another user reports that it also works with an 8800GTX ...