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it just pisses me off that you can get a board like this that has crossfire and sli support but on an amd board you cant. What a bunch of bs. And amd gets on nvidias case about compatibility. sheesh
Do mobo manufacturers seriously think someone's going to spend hundreds of dollars on the latest mobo, CPU and memory, only to plug in a 10 year old PS/2 keyboard?????
Yes, that works great, until you find a game that requires you to use two directional keys (move forward while strafing), jump, and use another key at the same time. Then, the system speaker beeps at you and you're locked out of the keyboard for a split second. Tried it, went back. Both my overbuilt Quietkey and my Model M are worth it over the cheap half-pound no-bezel USB deal that ships with Dell PCs now. Mice, you can take - they have no problem with converters, they are a much shorter-lifespan product even when properly cleaned, and most people have switched over to optical USB - but leave me my one PS/2 keyboard port. Forgive me for not wanting to shell out $70 for something I already own, in order to save backplane space.And PS/2 to USB connectors are about $5. No excuses. PS/2 plugs are a waste of board realestate. You also can buy modern builds of the Model M that have USB on the end.
http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/customizer.html
I thought it took a while for boards to become simplified again after dropping ISA and all the different memory types out there... but they're sure taking a damned long time to get rid of parallel, serial, ps/2, IDE and the frickin' floppy of all things. There's even a version of WinXP out there with a Vista installer, which means it can install from USB! LET THE FLOPPY DIE!
.. your penis is fine.... no, really..it's long enough
remember how long there were USB ports on machines before there were actual USB devices? without a plethora of devices what is the point ?
.. your penis is fine.... no, really..it's long enough
im assuming the x58 variant of this board will have triple channel memory capability? im perfectly happy with my p6td-deluxe but it would be nice to have the option to upgrade that down the line
And the PCI slots? There's only 6 total expansion slots instead of the 7 many boards have, and 2 double slot video cards would reduce the free slots to 2, and only one PCI-E. Not even any 4x or 8x slots either just 2 16's and 2 1's...
According to hothardware.com the USB3 and SATA6 controllers share 4 PCIe 1.0 lanes (via a PEX bridge chip) that multiplexes 4 1.0 lanes into a pair of 2.0 lanes (one for each).
It appears that they're configured on the p55 board as:
2 lanes: sata6.0
2 lanes: USB3
2 lanes: ethernet controllers
2 lanes: 1x PCIe slots.
Since that consumes all 8 available PCIe lanes the PATA and Firewire controllers are presumably using legacy PCI.
Asus has been putting 2 different NIC controllers on their P55 boards, (I think Kyle complained about it when they reviewed it) so I am wondering if they might be putting one of the NICs on the PCI bus also.
Not to mention the PS/2 connectors on the back. Do mobo manufacturers seriously think someone's going to spend hundreds of dollars on the latest mobo, CPU and memory, only to plug in a 10 year old PS/2 keyboard????? Seriously, give us 2 more USB 2.0 connections and call it done.
Not to mention the PS/2 connectors on the back. Do mobo manufacturers seriously think someone's going to spend hundreds of dollars on the latest mobo, CPU and memory, only to plug in a 10 year old PS/2 keyboard????? Seriously, give us 2 more USB 2.0 connections and call it done.
Hey Juan_Jose, do you have anything to say about the ASUS P6X58D Premium? Like spec sheet and/or expected release date? Most of the talk is about the new P55 board, but I'm personally a lot more interested in the new X58 board. I haven't seen any P6X58D Premium info on the ASUS website either unfortunately. I hope it's still coming...2. Availability will be soon please keep your eye out for more information on our website. Or here at HardOCP where we will provide the information. ( this is in relation to the boards )
You obviously don't know about the IBM Model M keyboard, which uses a PS/2 (or AT) connector.
And PS/2 to USB connectors are about $5. No excuses. PS/2 plugs are a waste of board realestate. You also can buy modern builds of the Model M that have USB on the end.
http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/customizer.html
There's even a version of WinXP out there with a Vista installer, which means it can install from USB! LET THE FLOPPY DIE!
+2 on this post.[X]eltic;1034941432 said:Hey Juan_Jose, do you have anything to say about the ASUS P6X58D Premium? Like spec sheet and/or expected release date? Most of the talk is about the new P55 board, but I'm personally a lot more interested in the new X58 board. I haven't seen any P6X58D Premium info on the ASUS website either unfortunately. I hope it's still coming...
Will these Asus SATA 6g controllers allow to run two SATA 6g devices in raid 0 at full speeds? Or is there only enough bandwidth for just one?
OTOH sequential write and random IO is still much slower than current SATA bandwidth and would be doubled in a raid.