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According to PC Magazine, the PCI SIG (special interest group) has decided to officially delay the release of the finalized PCI Express 3.0 specification until Q2 2010. Originally, the specs were due to be released this year, with 3.0-enabled products to hit the shelves in 2010. Now, according to the new date, products compliant with the new specs won't be available until 2011.
The PCI SIG said that the delay stemmed from the need to maintain backward compatibility with products based on current standards, namely PCI Express 1.0 and 2.0. "In this particular case, with pushing the technology so hard, and with PCI gen 3 providing so much more capabilities but with the need to be still backwards-compatible, we had to do the diligence required to move the date," said Al Yanes, president of the PCI SIG.
Yanes added that a big portion of the delay was related to verifying products in the lab, making sure that the older devices can function correctly in the new 3.0 slots. The group is taking extra time to ensure that the three frequencies used by PCI Express--2.5 GHz, 5.0 GHz, and the new 8.0 GHz--can support the new encoding schemes (bumped up from 8-bit and 10-bit to 128-bit and 130-bit) on an electrical level.
Although graphics card manufacturers will be mostly affected by the delay, Yanes said that the member companies of the PCI SIG were satisfied with the group's decision.
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Manufacturer ABIT ASUS Gigabyte Website www.abit.com.tw www.asus.com.tw www.gigabyte.com.tw Model ABIT AA8-DuraMax Asus P5AD2 Premium 8ANXP-D Revision 1.0 Rev. 1.02 1.0 BIOS Version AA8_13.B00 (06/02/2004) 1005 BETA 002 (07/13/2004) M5 (06/25/2004) Form Factor / Size 30.5 cm x 24.5cm 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm Power Connector 24-Pin, 4-Pin 24-Pin, 4-Pin 24-Pin, 4-Pin Chipset CPU Support Pentium 4 (Socket 775) Pentium (Socket 775) Pentium (Socket 775) CPU Clock (2200/2000 MHz) n/a MHz n/a MHz n/a MHz FSB Clock (200 MHz) n/a MHz n/a MHz n/a MHz Northbridge Intel 925X NG8925X - SL7LZ - L419A389 Intel 925X NG8925X - SL7LZ - L420A251 Intel 925X NG88ADW L415A335 QF99 ES Southbridge Intel ICH6R (FW82801R) SL79N (Final) RAID Intel ICH6R (FW82801R) Raid Intel ICH6R (FW82801R) FW82801FR F4170079 QF89 ES Raid Memory Memory Type DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 SDRAM Memory Speed(s) 533/400 400, 533, 600 400, 533 Memory Modes Dual-Channel Dual-Channel, Single-Channel Dual-Channel Memory Timings 4.0-4-4-12 (SPD) 4.0-4-4-12 (SPD) 4.0-4-4-12 (SPD) Memory Sockets 4 4 6 Maximum RAM 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB ECC / Registered Memory no yes / no Yes/no System Components Piezo PC Speaker no no no PCIE Card Lock yes yes yes Northbridge Fan yes no yes (detachable fan w/ blue LEDs) 4-Pin CPU FAN Headers yes yes yes FAN Headers CPU,NB,SYS,AUX1,AUX2 1x CPU, 2x System 1x CPU, 3x System Voltage Regulators 4-Phase 3-Phase 8-Phase (w/ U-Plus DPS) I/O Components Mass Storage Controller Intel ICH6R Intel ICH6R Intel ICH6R Raid Raid RAID Storage Ports 4x SATA 150, 1x Ultra ATA 100 4x SATA 150, 1x Ultra 100 4x SATA 150, 1x Ultra ATA/100, Secondary Mass Storage Controller Silicon Image Silicon Image Sil3114CT176 Sil3114CT176 RAID Support Raid Mode 0, 1, 0+1, 5 RAID Mode 0, 1, 0+1 Secondary Storage Ports 4x SATA 150, 2x Ultra 133 4x SATA 150 Floppy Controller yes yes yes Primary Network Controller Realtek RTL8110S Gbit Marvell 88E8053 (PCIE) 1 GBit Broadcom BCM5751KFB (PCIE) 1 GBit Secondary Network Controller Marvell 88E8053 (PCIE) 1 GBit Marvell 88E8001 (PCI) 1 GBit Parallel 1 1 1 Serial (integrated / additional) 1/0 1 / 1 1/0 USB Ports (integrated / additional) 4/4 4 / 4 4/7 Firewire Texas Instruments TI 1394a Texas Instruments TI 1394b Texas Instruments TI 1394b Ports (integrated / additional) 1/2 1x a / 2x b 3x b Game Port no 1 no IR Connector no no yes Expansion Components PCI Slots (32 Bit) 2x 32 bit (PCI 2.3) 3 2x 32 Bit (PCI 2.3) PCI Express (16 lines) 1 1 1 PCI Express (1 lines) 2 2 3 Features Chassis Intrusion Detection no no footprint Temperature Monitoring CPU,SYS,PWM1,PWM2 yes CPU Fan Monitoring CPU,NB,SYS,AUX1,AUX2 yes CPU, Chassis, Power Smart/Manual Fan Control ABIT FAN EQ yes / yes CPU/ NB Smart Fan Voltage Monitoring CPU Vcore, DDR, DDR VTT, NB, NB 2.5, FSB VTT, +12V, +5V, +3.3V, +5VSB yes Vcore,DDR18V, 3.3V, 12V Power-Up on... "Schedule, Keyboard, Mouse, LAN, Modem" LAN, Modem, PCI, Time, Keyboard Schedule, Keyboard, PME, Ring Power-Up after Power Loss off, on, last state off, on, last state Sof- off, Full-On, Memory Other Features Softmenu ASUS Stack Cool ASUS Noiseless Fan Design U-Plus DPS(8 Phase) Four Blue CID LED/Heat Pipe 6 DDR2 Socket DualBIOS EasyTune 5 M.I.T C.I.A.2 S.O.S. Xpress3 Download Center C.O.M. On-Board Audio Type Intel High Definition Audio HD Audio Intel High Definition Audio Chip Realtek ALC880 C-Media CMI9880 Realtek ALC880 Surround Support 7.1 Channel Audio 7.1 Channel Audio 7.1 Cannel Audio Jackets MIC-In, Line-In, Line-Out (front ch.), Line-Out (F-SUR), Line-Out (Center & Subwoofer), Line-Our (R-SUR), S/PDIF IN, S/PDIF OUT Line-In, Line-Out (front ch.), Line-Out (center & subwoofer ch.), Line-Our (rear ch.), SPDIF coaxial output, SPDIF optical output Line-In, Line-Out (front ch.), Line-Out (center & subwoofer ch.), Line-Out (rear ch.), SPDIF coaxial input and output onBoard Connectors CD-In CD-In, Azalia Front Audio Panel BIOS Details Type Phoenix AMI Award Version / Date AA8_13.B00 (06/02/2004) 1005 BETA 002 (07/13/2004) M5 (06/25/2004) Update via DOS, BIOS (3.5" Disk), Windows DOS, BIOS (3.5" Disk), Windows DOS, BIOS (3.5" Disk), Windows Special Features "ABIT Guru Clock ABIT OC Guru ABIT EQ, ABIT Audio EQ ABIT Flash Menu ABIT Black Box" "Asus Non-Delay-Overclocking SystemAsus Post Reporter Asus Q-Fan2 Asus CrashFree BIOS 2 Asus Multi-language BIOS Asus MyLogo2" "GIGABYTE DualBIOS GIGABYTE @BIOS GIGABYTE QFlash GIGABYTE Multi-language BIOS" overclocking recoveryyes Configuration Setup via BIOS, Windows Tool Bios, Windows Tool Bios, Windows Tool FSB Frequency Range / Steps 100~400 MHz / 1 MHz 100 - 400 / 1 MHz 100 - 355 / 1 MHz Memory Frequencies 400/533 MHz 400/533/600 MHz 400/533 MHz PCIE Frequencies 50~255 MHz / 1 MHz 90 - 133 / 1 MHz Auto Asynchronous - Memory : FSB yes yes yes Asynchronous - PCI/PCIE : FSB yes yes Auto CPU Voltage 1.3875~1.7375 / 0.025V 1.3875 - 1.700 / 1.0025V 1.6000 - 0.8375 / 0.0125V Memory Voltage 2.50~3.20 / 0.05V 1.80 - 2.10 / 0.10 V 1.80 - 2.10 / 0.10 V Chipset Voltage 1.5~2.05 / 0.05V 1.50 - 1.60 / 0.10 V 1.5-1.8/0.10V FSB Termination Voltage 1.20 - 1.40 / 0.20 V 1.20-1-1.40/0.10V Additional Information Model Variations "AA8-3rd Eye AA8-DuraMAX" P5AD2 Premium, P5AD2 Deluxe 8I925X-G all Add-Ons from the Motherboard BOX Book 1x Board, 1x RAID 1x Board, 1x RAID 1x Board, 1x RAID Board I/O-Shid yes yes yes Cables 4 x SATA 150 1 x UDMA 133 1 x Floppy 10 x SATA 150 4 x SATA 2x Port Power 2 x UDMA 133 1 x UDMA 66 1 x Floppy 4 x SATA 150 1 x UDMA 133 1 x Floppy 1 x SATA 2x Port Power Slots 2 x USB 2.0 / 1x Firewire a and b 2 x USB 2.0 / 1 x Game 2 x Firewire b / 1 x RJ-45 1 x COM 2 x SATA 150 / 1 x 4-pin Power 3 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 2.0 / 1x Firewire a and b Add on 3 x jumper 1 x WLAN Antenna 1 x Northbride FAN 1 x WLAN PCI-Card b/g 1 x WLAN Slot-Blände (kein) 1 x U-Plus DSP Card Included Software 1 x Driver Diskette 1 x Driver CD 1 x Driver CD 1 x DVD-Player Software - WinDVD 5 Platinum 6Ch - WinDVD Creator Platinum2 - WinRIP 2 1 x Software CD - PC Cillin Antivirus 2002 - Winbond Voice Editor - Marvell Yakon VCT Application 1 x Driver / Software CD - Norton AntiVirus - Norton Personal Firewall - Norton Privacy Control - Norton Spam Alert - Norton Parental Control Other 1 x ASUS Sticker 1 x Board overview Sticker 1 x Board versions Info 1 x Handbook WiFi-g (WLAN) 1 x Gigabyte Sticker 1 x Qucikguide 8Sigma CD Driver;Chipset/Serial-ATA/RAID/Netrwor/Audio Drivers Norton/DirecrX/Adobe Acrobat Reader/Easy Tune5/GIGABYTE C.O.M. FDD;IDE;SATA;SATA Power Cable ;1395b;USB;IO Shield;U-Plus DPS Clip; GN-WPKG;U-Plus DPS;Detachable NB fan;CPU Protective Cover
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Manufacturer Asus Asus Gigabyte Intel Internet Website www.asus.com.tw www.asus.com.tw www.gigabyte.com.tw www.intel.com Model NCT-D NCCH-DL GA-9ITDW SE7525GP2 Revision 1.06 1.02 1.0 1.0 BIOS Version 1000 BETA 000 (09/14/2004) 1001 (06/21/2004) F1 E(06/17/2004) P03 (06/22/2004) Form Factor / Size 26.8 cm x 30.5 cm 26.0 cm x 31.5 cm 30.5 cm x 33.0 cm 30.5 cm x 26.7 cm Power Connector 24-pin ATX, 8-pin ATX 24-pin ATX, 8-pin ATX 24-pin ATX, 8-pin ATX, 4-pin ATX 24-pin SSI, 8-pin SSI, 5-pin SSI Chipset CPU Support Dual XEON Socket 604 (Nocona) Dual Xeon Socket 604 (Nocona) Dual XEON Socket 604 (nocona) Dual XEON Socket 604 (nocona) CPU Clock (2200/2000 MHz) 3600.2 MHz (+/- 0.00%) 3600.2 MHz (+/- 0.00%) 3600.2 MHz (+/- 0.00%) 3600.2 MHz (+/- 0.00%) FSB Clock (200 MHz) 200.0 MHz (0/- 0.00%) 200.0 MHz (0/- 0.00%) 200.0 MHz (0/- 0.00%) 200.0 MHz (0/- 0.00%) Northbridge Intel E7525 Intel 82875P Intel E7525 Intel E7525 Southbridge I Intel 6300ESB Intel 6300ESB Intel ICH5 (FW82801ER) Intel 6300ESB (FW80001ESB) Southbridge II N/A N/A Intel 6700 PXH N/A Clock-Chip ICS952618BF ICS9D81088F ICS932S208DG Memory Memory Type DDR2 SDRAM DDR SDRAM DDR2 SDRAM DDR SDRAM Memory Speed(s) 400 266/333/400 400 266 / 333 Memory Modes Dual-Channel Dual-Channel Dual-Channel Dual-Channel Memory Timings by SPD by SPD CL 3.0-3-3-7 (SPD) CL 2.5-3-3 & 2.0-2-2 & 2.0-3-3 (SPD) Memory Sockets 4 4 6 4 Maximum RAM 8 GB 4 GB 16 GB 8 GB ECC / Registered Memory yes/yes yes/no yes/yes yes/yes System Components Piezo PC Speaker yes yes yes no (onboard buzzer) PCIE Card Lock yes no yes yes North-/Southbridge Fans no no yes (6700 PXH) no 4-Pin CPU FAN Headers yes (2 x CPU) yes (2 x CPU) yes (2 x CPU) 3-pin fan headers x 2 FAN Headers 2 x CPU, 4 x System 2 x CPU, 4 x System 2 x CPU, 3 x System 2 x CPU, 6 x system Voltage Regulators 2 x 4-Phase 2 x 4-Phase I/O Components Mass Storage Controller Intel 6300ESB Intel 6300ESB Intel ICH5 (FW82801ER) Intel 6300ESB (FW80001ESB) Storage Ports Raid 2 x SATA 150, 2 x Ultra ATA 100 Raid 2 x SATA 150, 2 x Ultra ATA 100 Raid 2 x SATA 150, 4 x Ultra ATA 100 Raid 2 x SATA 150, 4 x Ultra ATA 101 Secondary Mass Storage Controller Adaptec AIC-8130 (NCT-D(A)) Promise 20319 Adaptec None RAID Support 1, 0, 1+0 1, 0, 1+0 7902W (Ultra 320) 1, 0, 1+0 Secondary Storage Ports 4 x SATA 300 (NCT-D(A)) 4 x SATA 150 no Floppy Controller yes yes yes yes Primary Network Controller Broadcom BCM5751 (Gbit, PCIe) Intel 82547GI (Gbit, PCI-X) Broadcom BCM5751 (Gbit, PCIe) Intel 82548PI Secondary Network Controller no no no no Parallel 1 1 1 0 Serial (integrated / additional) 1 1 1/1 1/1 USB Ports (integrated / additional) 4/4 4/0 4/2 2/2 Firewire TI 1394 TI 1394 Texas Instruments TI 1394a none Ports (integrated / additional) TSB43AB22A 1/1 TSB43AB22A 1/1 TSB43AB23 1/0 Game Port 1 (Slot) 1 (Slot) 0 0 IR Connector 0 0 0 0 Expansion Components PCI Express (16 lines) 1 1 x AGP Pro 8x 1 1 PCI Express (1 lines) 1 (PCI E - 4 lines) 0 0 0 PCI Slots (32 Bit) 1 x 32 bit/ 33 MHz (PCI2.3) 2 x 32 bit/ 33 MHz 2 x 32 bit (PCI 2.3) 2 x 32 bit (PCI 2.3) PCI 64 0 0 2 x 64 Bit/64~100 MHz 0 PCI-X (1.0a) 2 x 64 bit/ 66 MHz 2 x 64 bit/ 66 MHz 1 x 64 Bit/ 133 MHz 2 x 64 bit/ 66 MHz Features Chassis Intrusion Detection yes yes yes yes Temperature Monitoring CPU 1+2, MB CPU 1+2, MB CPU 1+2, SCSI, PXH, LAN CPU 1+2 Fan Monitoring CPU 1+2, Front 1+2, Rear 1+2 CPU 1+2, Front 1+2, Rear 1+2 CPU 1+2, SYSTEM 1+2+3 CPU 1+2, System 1+2+3+4+5+6 Smart/Manual Fan Control yes yes no no Voltage Monitoring CPU 1+2, 3,3V, 5V, 5VSB V, VBAT, 12V CPU 1+2, 3,3V, 5VCC V, 5VSB V, VBAT, 12V "CPU 1+2, +3.3V, +5V, +12V, +1.8V, +5VSB, Battery, FSB VTT, DDR2 VTT, +3.3VSB" CPU 1+2, +3.3V, +5V, +12V, +1.8V, +5VSB, +1.5V, -12V, FSB VTT, MCH VTT Power-Up on... Keyboard, Mouse, Ring, LAN, PME, RTC Alert USB, PCI, Modem, Keyboard, Hotkey, RTC Alert, Mouse, LAN "Schedule, Keyboard, Mouse, LAN, Modem, USB" Keyboard, mouse, LAN, Modem, USB Power-Up after Power Loss off, on, last state off, on, last state off, on, Former-Sts off, on Other Features ASUS Post Reporter ASUS Q-Fan2 ASUS EZ Flash ASUS CrashFree BIOS2 ASUS My Logo 2 ASUS Instant Music ASUS Post Reporter ASUS Q-Fan ASUS EZ Flash ASUS My Logo 2 no 1 x8 PCI-E connector (wired x4) On-Board Audio Type ADI ADI Realtek none Chip AD1980 AD1980 ALC655 Surround Support 5.1 Channel Audio 5.1 Channel Audio 5.1 Channel Audio Jackets Mic-In, Line-In, Line-Out, SPDIF-Out Mic-In, Line-In, Line-Out MIC-In, Line-In, Line-Out (front ch.), Line-Out (F-SUR), Line-Out (Center & Subwoofer), Line-Our (R-SUR) none onBoard Connectors SPDIF-Out CD-In, AUX-in none BIOS Details Type AMI Phoenix/Award Phoenix/Award AMI Version / Date 1000 BETA 000 (09/14/2004) 1001 (06/21/2004) F1E (09/14/2004) P03 (06/22/2004) Update via DOS, EZ Flash DOS, EZ Flash DOS, BIOS (3.5" Disk), Windows Windows, Linux, DOS, USB, Floppy Special Features EZ Flash BIOS EZ Flash BIOS overclocking recovery ASUS C.P.R. ASUS C.P.R. yes no Configuration Setup via BIOS BIOS BIOS BIOS FSB Frequency Range / Steps 100 MHz - 400 MHz / 1 MHz 100 MHz - 400 MHz / 1 MHz always FIX 200 MHz fix 200 MHz Memory Frequencies 400 MHz 266/333/400 MHz 400 MHz 266 / 333 MHz auto PCIE Frequencies auto - auto auto Asynchronous - Memory: FSB auto auto Asynchronous - PCI/PCIE: FSB auto auto CPU Voltage adjustable adjustable auto auto Memory Voltage adjustable adjustable auto auto Chipset Voltage adjustable (PCIe) adjustable (AGP) auto auto Additional Information Model Variations NCT-D(A) with Adaptec AIC-8130 onboard SATA II Controller/ ZCR optional NCCH-DR Rackmountversion with integrated VGA (ATI Rage XL), second Gbit LAN ???? all Add-Ons from the Motherboard BOX Book 1 x Board 1 x Board 1 x Board On CD Board I/O-Shid yes yes yes yes Cables 6 x SATA 150 3 x SATA Powercable 3 x Floppy(1)/Ultra ATA(2) 3 x Floppy(1)/Ultra ATA(2) 6 x SATA 150 3 x SATA Powercable Bag of Jumpercaps 1 x UDMA 133 2 x SATA 150 1 x Floppy 1 x SCSI 4 Port + Terminator 1 x UDMA 133 2 x SATA 150 1 x Floppy 1 x Serial Slots 1 x Serialportmodul 1 x USB + Gameportmodul 1 x 1Port 1394 Modul 1 x Gameportcable 1 x SPDIF Out Modul with cable 1 x 1Port 1394 Modul no no Add on 1 x CPU Heatsink supportkit 1 x CPU Heatsink supportkit no Included Software 1 x Driver CD 1 x ASWM Servermanagement Software 1 x Driver CD 1 x ASWM Servermanagement Software 1 x Driver CD 1 x Driver and Documentation CD System Management CD
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Manufacturer Iwill Supermicro Tyan Internet Website www.iwill.net www.supermicro.com www.tyan.com Model DH800 X6DA8-G2 S2676 Revision 1.0 1.1 TC45F BIOS Version 1.02 (07(/12/2004) 1.1 (08/14/2004) 1.03 (08/17/2004) Form Factor / Size 26.5 cm x 30.5 cm 33.1 cm x 33.2 cm 33.0 cm x 30.5 cm Power Connector 24 pin and 8pin EPS12V or ATX 24 pin ATX PWR, 12V 8 pin, 12V 4 pin PWR Connector 24 pin SSI, 8 pin SSI Chipset CPU Support Dual XEON Socket 604 (nocona) Dual XEON Socket 604 (nocona) Dual Xeon Socket 604 (Nocona) CPU Clock (2200/2000 MHz) 3600 MHz 3600.2 MHz (+/- 0.00%) 3600.2 MHz (+/- 0.00%) FSB Clock (200 MHz) Up to 250 MHz (for version 1.1) 200.0 MHz (0/- 0.00%) 200.0 MHz (0/- 0.00%) Northbridge Intel 875P Intel E7525 Intel E7525 Southbridge I Intel 6300ESB (HR) ICH5R Intel ICH5 (FW82801ER) Southbridge II Winbond W83627THF PXH+82546 GB Intel 6700 PXH Clock-Chip ICS952618BF ICS 9DB108AF Memory Memory Type DDR Unbuffered Memory ECC or Non-ECC DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 SDRAM Memory Speed(s) 400/333/266 400 400 Memory Modes Dual-Channel Dual-Channel Dual-Channel Memory Timings by SPD CL 3.0-3-3-7 (SPD) CL 3.0-3-3-7 (SPD) Memory Sockets 4 8 6 Maximum RAM 4 GB 16 GB 8 GB ECC / Registered Memory yes/no yes/yes yes/yes System Components Piezo PC Speaker no no yes PCIE Card Lock no no North-/Southbridge Fans no/no passiv no/no 4 pin CPU FAN Headers no yes/8x 4 pin Header 2 x CPU (PWM) no FAN Headers 2 x CPU, 3 x System 2 x CPU, 6 x System 2 x CPU, 2 x System Voltage Regulators 2 x 4-Phase 2 x 8-Phase I/O Components Mass Storage Controller Intel 6300ESB (HR) ICH5R Intel ICH5 (FW82801ER) Storage Ports 2 x SATA 150, 4 x Ultra ATA 101 Adaptec HOST RAID 0, 1 Raid 2x SATA, 2 x Ultra ATA 100 Raid Secondary Mass Storage Controller no Adaptec Adaptec RAID Support Dual Channel 7902 (Ultra 320) 1, 0, 1+0 (13 Drives) Supports up to 15 Ultra320 devices per channel on a standard cable configuration up to 12 meters 7902W (Ultra 320) 1, 0, 1+0 Secondary Storage Portsno Floppy Controller yes yes yes Primary Network Controller Intel CSA Gigabit Ethernet Controller 82546 GB Dual Gigabit Broadcom BCM5751 (Gbit, PCIe) Secondary Network Controller 4 (see above) no Parallel 1 1 1 Serial (integrated / additional) 1 2 1 USB Ports (integrated / additional) 4/0 4x rear ports/4x header 4/0 Firewire Texas Instruments TI 1395a 0 Texas Instruments TI 1395a Ports (integrated / additional) TSB43AB22A 1/1 TSB43AB22A 1/1 Game Port 1 (Slot) 0 0 IR Connector 1 0 1 Expansion Components PCI Express (16 lines) 1 x AGP Pro 8x 1 x (16x), 1(x4) using (x16 slot) 1 PCI Express (1 lines) 0 0 PCI Slots (32 Bit) 1 1 2 x 32 bit (PCI 2.3) PCI 64 2 x 32 bit (PCI 2.1/2.2) 2 2 x 64 Bit/ 64~100 MHz PCI-X (1.0a) 2 x 64 Bit/ 66 MHz 1 1 x 64 Bit/ 133 MHz Features Chassis Intrusion Detection yes yes yes Temperature Monitoring CPU 1+2 CPU 1+2, SCSI, PXH, LAN CPU 1+2, Front, Rear Fan Monitoring CPU 1+2, FAN 1+2 CPU 1+2, SYSTEM 1-6 CPU 1+2, Front, Rear, PSU Smart/Manual Fan Control no no no Voltage Monitoring CPU 1+2, +3.3V, +5V, +12V "CPU 1+2, +3.3V, +5V, +12V, +1.8V, +5VSB, Battery, FSB VTT, DDR2 VTT, +3.3VSB" "CPU 1+2, 12V VRM0 + 1 CPU VTT, 3.3VSB, 3.3V, 5V, -12V, 12V, Battery" Power-Up on... USB, PCI, Modem, Keyboard, Hotkey, RTC Alert, Mouse, LAN "Schedule, Keyboard, Mouse, LAN, Modem, USB" USB, PCI, Modem, Keyboard, Hotkey, RTC Alert, Mouse, LAN Power-Up after Power Loss off, on, last state off, on, Former-Sts on Other Features n/a IPMI 2.0 Supprt n/a On-Board Audio Type Analog Device Realtek Analog Device Chip AD1980 ALC655 AD1981B Surround Support 5.1 Channel Audio 5.1 Channel Audio 5.1 Channel Audio Jackets MIC-In, Line-In, Line-Out; S/PDIF Out MIC-In, Line-In, Line-Out (front ch.), Line-Out (F-SUR), Line-Out (Center & Subwoofer), Line-Our (R-SUR) MIC-In, Line-In, Line-Out; S/PDIF Out onBoard Connectors CD-In, AUX-in CD-In, AUX-in CD-In, AUX-in BIOS Details Type AMI Phoenix Phoenix/Award Version / Date 1.02 (07(/12/2004) 1.1 (08/14/2004) 1.03 (08/17/2004) Update via DOS DOS, BIOS (3.5" Disk) DOS Special Features n/a n/a overclocking recovery Iwill Smart Setting no Configuration Setup via yes BIOS yes FSB Frequency Range / Steps 1 MHz steeping up to 300 or higher always FIX 200 MHz - Memory Frequencies 266/333/400 MHz 400 MHz 400 MHz PCIE Frequencies - auto auto Asynchronous - Memory: FSB auto auto Asynchronous - PCI/PCIE: FSB a)66/33/100 b)72/36/100 c)40/80/100 auto auto CPU Voltage 1.1000 ~ 1.6000 step 0.0125 auto auto Memory Voltage CPU=4:5/1:1/6:5 auto auto Chipset Voltage 2.6/2.7/2.8/2.9 auto auto Additional Information Model Variations 10 Variations all Add-Ons from the Motherboard BOX Book DH800 User's Manual 1 x Board/ 1 x Ultra SCSI 320 Manual 1 x Board Board I/O-Shid Yes yes yes Cables SATA Cable+ SATA Power Cable Floopy disk driver cable ATA-66/100 IDE Cable 1 x ATX Floppy Cable 1 x LVD, Ultra 320 SCSI Cable 1 x ATA 100/66 Cable 2 x SATA 150 Cable 1 x UDMA 133 1 x SATA 150 1 x Floppy 1 x SCSI 2 Port + Terminator 1 x 2 Port Power Cable Slots 3 Jumper caps Two heat sink retention module IWILL Iron Plate Two Hat Spring Add on IPMI 2.0 card can be ordered 1 x Quick reference Sticker Included Software CD (contains drivers and utilities) 1 x Driver CD and SuperO DoctorIII Monitoring 1 x Driver CD 1 x RAID Driver Disk
PCI-E 3.0 was originally expected for end of this year... now 2011 >_>
I wanted USB 3.0, SATA III, and PCI-E 3.0 on my next motherboard upgrade but I don't think I can wait for 2 years.
I'd rather have them release it late and well working than have it early and full of compatibility problems.
PCI-E 3.0 was originally expected for end of this year... now 2011 >_>I wanted USB 3.0, SATA III, and PCI-E 3.0 on my next motherboard upgrade but I don't think I can wait for 2 years.
Actually, it was expected next year. The spec would have been finalized this year, but products wouldn't hit the shelves until 2010.
Well that means DX 11 GPUs won't ever be using PCI express 3.0
Are we maxing out PCIe 2.0? I didnt think Vid cards were.
I agree with haunted one, i'd rather see it delayed and working properly with full backward compatibility then rushed and screwed up.
It'll be ready when it's ready.
It'll be ready when it's ready.
yep. I can wait, besides, PCIE 16x and 16x 2.0 don't differ all that much anyways. usually just a couple of frames depending on the game. i'd think the same with 3.0
everybody is waiting for the 3's. USB 3.0, SATA 3, PCIE 3. and Diablo III.
PCI-E 3.0 was originally expected for end of this year... now 2011 >_>I wanted USB 3.0, SATA III, and PCI-E 3.0 on my next motherboard upgrade but I don't think I can wait for 2 years.
Yeah... it gets annoying...
Are we maxing out PCIe 2.0? I didnt think Vid cards were.
I don't believe we're maxing out PCIe 1.0.
However, the higher bandwidth is good for crossfire (were you have less lanes meaning less bandwidth, actually hitting a cap).
Are we maxing out PCIe 2.0? I didnt think Vid cards were.
PCIe 1 is still good enough for most people. I remember when the 8800GT came out boasting PCIe 2.0 but the reviews said it really needn't because it didn't come close to saturating PCIe 1.0.
Now with the likes of Radeon 4870x2 and Geforce GTX 295 PCIe must already come in handy. But we can probably wait another year before PCIe reaches it's limit, if it doesn't last even more than that (probably for the mainstream graphics card market it will last another two or three years).
forgot to add "2.0" at the end of "Geforce GTX 295 PCIe" and before "another year before PCIe". Sorry.
Big deal. I'll wait contently.
If nothing else, it'll give me plenty of time to get more "bang from my buck" from the hardware i already have. It's not like we will see a magical increase across the board with the new spec. It'll take time before the improvements are "realized"
Just my two cents.
Any one got any links to the actual papers for PCIe 3 fight now? I'm interested in how much power are available for use.
It's interesting how we want these new 3's. The only new standard, the USB 3 would be used to the full potential here since we have yet even saturated SATA I or PCI Express 1.1 with the current HDDs/GPUs. So the delay shouldn't affect performance at all as you most likely won't gain any performance by going PCIe-3.0 or SATAIII even with the new DX11 cards. I'll gladly wait. PCIe 2.0 and SATAII is working quite well, no bottlenecks to speak of here.
Are we maxing out PCIe 2.0? I didnt think Vid cards were.
video cards, probably not, but massive, server raid arrays likely could when the next gen of sata/sas appears (as far as i'm aware, pci-e raid cards are typically 8x and not 16x)
It's interesting how we want these new 3's. The only new standard, the USB 3 would be used to the full potential here since we have yet even saturated SATA I or PCI Express 1.1 with the current HDDs/GPUs. So the delay shouldn't affect performance at all as you most likely won't gain any performance by going PCIe-3.0 or SATAIII even with the new DX11 cards. I'll gladly wait. PCIe 2.0 and SATAII is working quite well, no bottlenecks to speak of here.
SATA I has hit peak (with SSDs)and same with PCI Express 1.1 (with GTX 295), just not 2.0.
PCI-E 3.0 was originally expected for end of this year... now 2011 >_>I wanted USB 3.0, SATA III, and PCI-E 3.0 on my next motherboard upgrade but I don't think I can wait for 2 years.
While I am in the same boat as you and was looking forward to upgrading on FY-2010, my engineer's background says it is better to wait and hopefully get better hardware than to rush in and get something with design faults.
I'd rather have them release it late and well working than have it early and full of compatibility problems.
Agreed. Oddly, this article reminded me of an ancient PC problem with the i820, ASUS, the P3C2000 mainboard, and the MTH design problem that was rushed into production and later recalled by ASUS, who's customer service back then was worse than terrible.
Man, and I was hoping to wait till Q1 2010 to build a new computer for the USB 3 and PCI-E 3.0. I guess I might as will just get it over with by getting a Core i5 system... doh!
"The only new standard, the USB 3 would be used to the full potential here since we have yet even saturated SATA I or PCI Express 1.1 with the current HDDs/GPUs. "
SATA-II is being already saturated by current gen SSDs and a complete bottleneck for next gen SSDs coming out soon. So yes, you don't know what you're talking about.
As for PCI-E 3.0, 2.0 has 20% overhead data and 3.0 has 1.5% overhead data. Less energy will be wasted on overhead on top of overall more bandwidth.
Win7. All those nifty UI affects also take their toll. Vista had a copy of the textures/etc needed in system memory, then copied it up to video memory. This helped reduce latency by not relying on the bottleneck between CPU and Video card. Win7 now stores everything in video memory, so any "updates" it does to your screen requires copying down the needed data to the CPU over your PCI-E, modifying, then re-uploading the changes. This will overall increase PCI-E usage, also your UI thread stalls on waiting for the data to get back from your video card. The faster you get data back from your video memory, the less CPU time wasted on stalling.
you may say PCI-E is already fast enough, but when you compare 4GB/s of PCI-E 2.0 to the 38.5GB/s of tri-channel corei7, you can see why Vista opted to just duplicate/waste the memory in order to reduce latency.
@Benjie: Those "nifty" Win7 effects don't take that much of a toll. Linux eye candy(KDE 4 or Enlightenment e17 + Compiz effects) is far more advanced than Windoze ever has been, and it can run on a fairly crappy spec laptop. Granted, MS didn't do such a great job on making their eye-candy efficient, but all the same, it's not maxing out anybody's GPU, much less their PCI-e bandwidth.
this is a bummer
Unless your the kinda of person that drops $500-$600 USD on a "1" videocard a year then I wouldn't worry about it as if it wouldn't matter to you in any way so of form any how.
My GTX295 in SLI aren't capped yet on my PCI Express 2.0 slot yet even running @ 729/2400Mhz my QX9650 is bound at 4Ghz.
The 2.0 slot has alot to offer still
The actual PCI-E interface is never the bottleneck in current configurations. Heck, we can still game with some AGP cards! As long as there's not any hardware to fully use the actual PCI-E bandwidth, I say there's no need to hurry with PCI Express 3.
I'm more interested in Sata-III and USB3.0, where actual peripherals do suffer from the limited bandwidth.
We don't need this yet, what we need is affordable 300GB or more SSDs.
When the Radeon 5XXX cards come out there will most likely be a problem when it comes to running cards in crossfire. Currently PCIe 2.0 x16 lane has a total bandwidth of 8Gb's so that's 4Gb's on a 8x lane or PCIe 1.0. A Radeon HD4870 has an official data rate of 3.6Gb's which isn't an issue for currant cards but consider the jump form the 3870 to the 4870 pushed that transfer rate from 2.2Gb's you then realise this might be an issue for anyone wanted to do 5XXX crossfire on a P45 or P55 motherboard.
With any luck ATI will be able to get more work done per clock cycle so they won't have to increase the data rate (Nvidia cards are lot more efficient, a GTX275 has the same data rate as a 8800GTX) to much.
Delayed? Bummer...
PCI-e 2.0 chipsets only use x16 lanes and not the 48x lanes the spec allows. Since it is likely that 3.0 cards will work on a 2.0 or 1.1 bus, this is not a big issue like usb 3.0, where the speed and hopefully CPU utilization will be much lower.
SSALIM KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT! SSD'S FOR THE MASSES! HARD DRIVES ARE THE REAL BOTTLENECK! ahem...
Also Nvidia GT300! Another 3! also Sata 6GB/S as it is officially called is not needed, at least in the high end consumer market SSD's have not reched this barrier yet. But yeah was hoping to build me a Pci-e Gen3 rig for use with sli and such, also great furture proofing. but ohwell, if i have to wait. i must...