Recent content by nray

Wow. Just, wow. Time I left this forum for good, and stick to the forums with human beings and not assholes.

I think I realize where some of the confusion in this thread may be coming from - people might not be realizing that "P45" is a chipset designed and made by Intel, and used by many motherboard makers. So when someone says, "all P45s", what they are saying effectively is this set of motherboards...

Huh? Why would I do that? I've had the board since release, I've known that it's x8 x8 wired. I saw someone's post claiming all Intel P45s were x8 x8, had read otherwise, and asked that person to back it up. Pretty simple. Go back and read my post on 09-16-2008, 03:47 PM - I talk about...

Hmm? I'm not so concerned with what DFI will do, but what they (and other companies) can do. What I have been investigating is two possible scenarios - one is that the Intel P45 can only do x8 x8, the other that it can switch between x16 x0 and x8 x8 if a motherboard maker chooses (or has the...

Ah, I see now that you didn't look at my system config in my sig, or read my other posts in ohter threads in this forum... I've had the JR P45 T2RS since it was released, so I never needed your pictures of that. I was just concerned with whether DFI cut any corners with their P45 MATX...

DisplayPort's advantages over DVI-D are mostly connector size and the fact that it's packet-based, and can support things like daisy-chaining monitors off of one connection (which will be awesome for notebooks someday). But it's not like there's any quality difference in what you see on the...

Most of the time PCIe 2.0 8x isn't a problem... based on the reviews I could find, the only time it could make a big difference is if you have a 30" LCD (2560x1600) *and* you have a video card (or two) with only 512MB of video memory. At that point, the video card(s) would have to use the PCIe...

lowteckh, what is your problem? MSI could be wrong - never said they couldn't! Look, I was hoping you had some real insight into the Intel P45, heck, maybe you were an industry insider, I don't know do I? You made a claim about all P45s, and I wanted details, and asked you to back up your...

Does everyone else here find that lowteckh adds as much value to this thread as I do? I've been trying to think of ways to thank him for everything he's done, but I'm having a hard time deciding how best to express my appreciation of the wonderfulness that is lowteckh... Anyway, back on...

Good to see someone has done a review: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/09/17/j-w-minix-780g-mini-itx-htpc-motherboard/1 They didn't do any testing with PCIe x16 video cards though. Would have been nice to see how it performs as a tiny workstation/gaming rig, but I'm sure they'd have...

I don't care what term anyone uses... either you or MSI have "misinformation" - who is it? Wrong. P45s are either 16x 0x or 8x 8x. I brought up MSI and linked to their product page for a P45 board they have which they say auto-switches from 16x 0x to 8x 8x because YOU said "all p45s are...

Do you recall what I took issue with? When you said this: "all p45s are x8." That's what I took issue with. Now unless you know that all P45s are x8, and that MSI is a liar about their P45, why would you say that? MSI could be a liar, I don't know, you haven't provided any evidence. I...

Speaking of "immense amount of false and crap info", either MSI is a liar or you are: "When using two PCIE x16 slots, the PCIE x16 lanes will auto arrange from x16/ x0 to x8 x8" So who's the liar? (I'm honestly curious.)

Ah, I see. The person who posted wrote "S$450" - when someone puts an S in front of a $ it means Singapore dollars, not US dollars.

Really? The PowerColor PCS+ HD 4870 1GB is $340 in US dollars, so you're saying you can get a GTX280 for $260?! Where???