Six 975X Enthusiast Motherboards for Today and Tomorrow

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Motherboard Components

Asus uses Intel's 6702PHX workstation/server Southbridge...

...that supports two PCI-X slots.

This jumper defines the PCI-X bus speed (Auto/100/133 MHz). It reaches 1.06 GB/s at the maximum speed using its 64-bit bus width, but the bandwidth is shared by the two slots.

A Marvell 88SE6141 PCI Express SATA controller offers four additional ports for hard drives.

The dual Gigabit Ethernet controller is attached via PCI-X.

Asus provides an 8-phase voltage regulator for maximum system stability.
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Summary
  1. Intel 975X Motherboard Battle, Spring 2006
  2. The 975X Chipset
  3. Asus P5WD2-E Premium Edition
  4. Motherboard Components
  5. BIOS
  6. Drivers, Software And Tools
  7. Accessories
  8. Asus P5WDG2-WS Premium Edition (w/ PCI-X)
  9. Motherboard Components
  10. BIOS
  11. Foxconn 975X7AA
  12. Motherboard Details
  13. Motherboard Details, Continued
  14. Motherboard Details
  15. BIOS
  16. Driver, Software And Tools
  17. Gigabyte GA-G1975X
  18. Motherboard Components
  19. Accessories
  20. Audio
  21. BIOS
  22. Drivers, Software And Tools
  23. MSI MS-7246 975 Platinum H
  24. Motherboard Details
  25. BIOS And Memory
  26. BIOS And Memory, Continued
  27. Driver, Software And Tools
  28. Intel D975XBX
  29. Motherboard Details
  30. Motherboard Details, Continued
  31. BIOS
  32. BIOS, Continued
  33. Driver, Software And Tools
  34. Test Setup
  35. Benchmark Results
  36. OpenGL
  37. Video
  38. Audio
  39. Synthetic
  40. Power Consumption Measurements
  41. Audio Measurements
  42. Noise Level
  43. Dynamic Range
  44. THD + Noise (at -3 DB FS)
  45. Intermodulation Distortion
  46. Stereo Crosstalk
  47. IMD (Swept Tones)
  48. Conclusion: Intel Inside Almost Wins
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  • has anyone ever tested this (my) MB with a core 2 duo processor? Does it work?
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