Sneak Peak Asus p67 Sandybridge

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Hei her er Sneak Peaken

 

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/asus_p67_1155_sandybridge_sneak_peak/1

Endret 15. november 2010 av Mantaturbo

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De har vist sletta inlegget på oveclock3d

 

Men her er en kopi av deres sammendrag

Endret 5. november 2010 av Mantaturbo

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Asus P67 Sneak Peak

 

 

 

We are all too aware of Intel's intention to phase out LGA1156 in favour of a new platform. I suppose in some ways it would be understandable to see the demise of the enthusiast 1366 platform; after all it has been around since the final quarter of 2008. Strangely it is its simplified sibling that faces the chopping board of hardware demise at the ripe age of 14 months. Why might you ask? The simple answer is that the changes in architecture justify it - and on that bombshell, you'll eventually stop screaming with frustration and finally accept it. However, with any change in socket design, the processor forms only one piece of the puzzle...

 

Today we were able to spare a couple of hours from our busy schedules to attend an Asus Seminar in London. Here we were educated about Asus' upcoming innovations and how they tie in with the upcoming Intel processors, codenamed Sandy Bridge.

 

Naturally with any prerelease event, we were obliged to swear to secrecy at the risk of hefty implications. While we value our lives, we do enjoy living life on the wild side and so despite our promise to Asus, we would like to share a little bit of information.

 

New Platform vs Asus Market Strategies

 

As you would know by now, Asus offers a wide range of motherboard products that cater for the entire spectrum of audiences. The year of 2010 has seen a wide range of LGA1156 gear, from the value H55/H57 subset, to the upper mid range PRO/DELUXE suffixes. R&D has also been caught stretching their legs with overclock focused Republic of Gamers editions (think Maximus) as well as the all new durable (The Ultimate Force) Sabertooth series of motherboards.

 

Indeed it seems that Asus have been busy beavers this year but as always there is no room for complacency. As the Tawan based firm's representatives proudly showcased their new innovations, it became clear that R&D have been flexing their muscles with true gusto behind the scenes.

 

In short, expect it to be business as usual with Asus. If you have a good understanding of their existing LGA1156 product portfolio, you will most certainly have a clear understanding of what's to come.

 

Dual Intelligent Processors 2

 

As the name suggests, this is a natural progression from our recently published article on Dual Intelligent Processors. It might be worth reading it first before attempting to digest the following!

 

EPU and Digi+ VRM

 

 

Digi+ VRM is expected to bring a whole new level of energy optimisation and system stability to the table. Falling under the EPU side of DIP, some of its key features are as follows -

 

1) Active VRM Signal Optimisation - In essence, power signals are transmitted as a frequency. The concept follows that if a stand alone microchip (independent of the CPU) can actively adjust this frequency depending on system loading, it can be tweaked in a manner that system voltages remain consistent and in turn potentially higher levels of efficiency and stability can be obtained.

 

2) Enhanced Load Line Calibration - Nobody likes Vdrop/Vdroop when overclocking processors. Without LLC, many boards force the end users to raise assigned voltages well above the required amount for the desired effect. Likewise, it sometimes follows that a fully enabled LLC function results in mild overvoltage. Digi+ VRM solves the problem by offering intermediate options, which can be configured within BIOS or Software.

 

3) VRM Duty Control - Lets face it, temperatures often have a direct impact on stability. Depending on VRM temperature, Duty Control will adjust power phase loading accordingly. Once again, this occurs on the fly and is powered by a dedicated microchip and (presumably) a rather sophisticated set of algorithms to make it all happen.

 

TPU

 

The TPU aspects of DIP remain very much the same as before. Regardless it remains to be as impressive as ever.

 

Accessibility

 

As before it is possible to access all aspects of DIP from the centralised AI Suite II application. Our previous testing indicated that the program wasn't particularly costly in terms of memory utilisation however both we and Asus sympathise with those who fully disagree to installing software for features such as these.

 

With the P67 series it is possible to acccess the vast majority of DIP related features directly from BIOS. Even still, for those who are too frightened to enter BIOS may also enable these features via flick switches on the PCB itself.

 

BT GO!

 

In a nutshell, BT GO! bares similarities with the existing RC Bluetooth concept. The facility allows the end user to sync their smartphone (Symbian, Android, Windows Mobile, iOS) with the P67 series Bluetooth Adapter in order to -

 

- File Share

- Internet Share

- Auto Overclock

- Control Windows Media Player

- Power Down / Restart System

 

Feature packed doesn't even begin to describe these boards. Let's continue...

 

A New BIOS

 

 

The Asus P67 range finally brings conventional desktops into the new millenium with EFI BIOS technology. For the end user, the key difference in the new format is its GUI based interface.

 

However there is a big difference between this BIOS and other EFI implementations. The entire P67 range offers an Easy (left) and Advanced (right) mode for BIOS users. The former consolidates all important information into a single page and allows the end user to manipulate a number of useful parameters such as power saving modes and boot priority (that's right, no more F8 tapping). The advanced mode shares a near identical layout to the Asus BIOS' of the past. Regardless, even those who have not as yet played with a system BIOS will find the menus intuitive and very self descriptive.

 

Overclocking with Asus and Sandy Bridge - Gifts & Curses...

 

The Maximus IV Extreme on demo offered a wealth of system tweaking parameters. Whether you are looking to push memory upwards of 2000MHz or simply push your processor for all its worth, there will surely be something for you

Two of the most noteworthy options are as above.

 

Previously, the LGA1156 and 1366 platforms have offered DDR3 frequencies up to 1333 and 1600MHz at their base clock frequencies. This has changed significantly with LGA1155 where frequencies as high as DDR3-2133 are natively supported. Next up is the ability to manipulate individual core multipliers on this K series Sandy Bridge processor.

 

Many of us believe that "good things" happen for a reason, and god almighty there is most certainly a reason for some of the above features.

 

There is only so much that we can disclose, but at this point it is known that there will be Intel Dual/Quad processors that are fully multiplier unlocked, while the vast majority will be (partially or entirely) locked down. Very well, this may sound as though it is business as usual but it really isn't. While we were unable to confirm this for ourselves, we were informed that overclocking the Base Clock Frequency of the new Sandy Bridge processors is a rather fruitless endeavour. Quantatively it was said that we could expect these processors to reach their limits at just 115MHz (15% above their BCLK of 100MHz). Clearly the tables have turned; the emphasis of multiplier overclocking is here.

 

This may not be such a bad thing as for all we know, Intel may do an "AMD" by making one in three processors multiplier unlocked. Sadly one thing we do know is that the overclocking ball has landed squarely in Intel's court. How much will the end user have to spend for the priveledge of overclocking? Only time will tell...

 

Conclusion

 

 

I suppose there is very little that can be said at this stage as we are unable to confirm anything pertaining to performance and general capability. What we can tell you is that Asus' P67 range shows great promise for everyone. You can expect to purchase a LGA1155 motherboard for very reasonable money and still enjoy a number of notable features. Likewise, even the performance crazed lunatics and stability freaks have something available for them - at a premium of course.

 

A major caveat with the new platform will be the CPU product lineup, which has not been confirmed yet. If the BCLK claims hold true, then bang per buck overclockers better pray hard for a budget multiplier unlocked unit.

 

Regardless, we genuinely hope that this article has helped kindle some additional interest in the new platform as we feel it has much to offer. Moreover, we also hope that other manufacturers take this article as an open invitation to show us their latest innovations as we are keen to see some healthy competition.

 

 

Og her er en video av EFI

 

http://www.sweclockers.com/artikel/12976-forhandstitt-pa-uefi-med-intel-sandy-bridge

Endret 5. november 2010 av Mantaturbo

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Oppdatert :!:

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Dette høres jo spennende ut. Dumt at infoen om kortene er fjernet fra overclock3d.

 

Er dog litt bekymret for overklokkings egenskapene til de nye cpu'ene.

Håper Asus kommer med en slags tweak som låser opp multiplieren på sine kort, men jeg tviler sterkt.

Kansje det er AMD som blir valget i 2011..

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Kortet skal være leveringsklart 9.januar, både CPU og hovedkort skal være tilgjengelig i store mengder da.

Endret 13. november 2010 av ArcticOC

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Da har de postet den igjen