X58 To The Max: Three New Flagship LGA 1366 Motherboards
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Supporting Intel’s highest-performance processors with twice the bandwidth of its mainstream counterpart, the X58 chipset proves the staying power of good ideas. We take a closer look at what makes the latest generation of premium motherboards special.
Benchmark Results: Productivity
Adobe Photoshop and Autodesk 3ds Max reveal nothing more than a one-second difference in completion times.
AVG isn’t as clock-speed dependant, and thus shows no difference in scan times between various motherboards.
A second here and a second there puts MSI in the lead during our file compression tests.
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one-shot No EVGA SR-2? :(Reply
Ok, Hold on. Three Flagship LGA 1366 Boards and no overclocked power consumption results? These boards are obviously made for overclocking and those results would be very interesting to see. -
Lmeow 9498281 said:No EVGA SR-2? :(
The EVGA Classified SR-2 is based on the Intel 5520 chipset and uses Xeons, so it's not an X58 board technically speaking which is why it doesn't qualify. ;)
If I could spend that much on a motherboard I'd have chosen the Rampage III Extreme, not only does it have good features it also has the best colour scheme. ^^
Does anyone know why I try to submit a comment it doesn't show up, and I have to use the forums instead to post a comment instead? -
sudeshc I am totally impressed by ASUS they always come up with best solution in every category, but the price is a killer for me :(Reply
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rottingsheep IMO, the only interesting part about motherboard reviews is the overclocking and power consumption portion.Reply -
avatar_raq Nice article..I have only catch: Of all the mobos tested, Quad SLI is not possible on the ASUS R3E, courtesy of nVIDIA's driversReply
http://www.guru3d.com/news/quad-sli-on-asus-rampage-iii-extreme-is-not-possible/ -
dragonfang18 Whats the point when Intel will come out with new processors with different sockets next year?Reply -
Crashman avatar_raqNice article..I have only catch: Of all the mobos tested, Quad SLI is not possible on the ASUS R3E, courtesy of nVIDIA's drivershttp://www.guru3d.com/news/quad-sl -possible/Awesome, thanks. Manufacturers don't actually discuss this stuff.Reply
dragonfang18Whats the point when Intel will come out with new processors with different sockets next year?That's what people like you were saying months before LGA 1156 was released. We see which direction that went. -
dragonfang18 That's what people like you were saying months before LGA 1156 was released. We see which direction that went.
Yeah... they are changing 1366 to some socket R... Well... At least I can look forward to these motherboards going down in price by next year when they go to Socket R's for performance than 1366's. I guess ill be happy with 1366's. Hopefully they go down by at least $100.