ASUS RELEASE OF THEIR UPCOMING CONROE MB BEFORE VISTA LAUNCH

[timthx]

I want to purchase P5W DH Deluxe board ,but I am RELUCTENT because there may be a
better conroe board just before vista launch. PLEASE ADVISE PURCHASE THIS MB OR WAIT?

 

[renethx]

Two new chipsets are to be released in Q4 2006:

ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 for Intel (codenamed RD600)
NVIDIA nForce 590 (?) SLI for Intel (C55+MCP55; not C19+MCP55)

It's hard to say if they are better of not. Intel is planning to release D975XBX2 (Bad Axe 2) in Q4 2006. It is optimized for quad-core processors, but its chipset is a year-old 975X+ICH7DH. Then Bearlake comes in Q2 2007.

 

[n7]

The RD600 appears to be only from DFI though
And thus far, nF5 for Intel is great for features (SLI, etc.), but severely lacking in overclockability.

If you don't need CF/SLI, you could wait a little for the C2 965 mobos, since i suspect they will OC even better than current 965s.

 

[CupCak3]

what are these "C2 965 mobos" you speak of?

 

[Billyzeke]

Originally posted by: CupCak3
what are these "C2 965 mobos" you speak of?

Yes inquiring minds want to know.

 

[Heidfirst]

They are 965 boards using the C2 stepping 965 chipset.
The C2 stepping has a few fixes & iirc should be shipping to mobo mfrs now - the problem may be telling which boards have which stepping.