Evan, wasn't there suppose to be a 875/865 review up on Monday of like 20 boards?

[IvIaNTiS]

I'm waiting for that review before I finalize my decision. Hurry up!

 

[Rand]

I think he's missed a few of his self set deadlines.
At the beginning of May he said an I875P roundup would be up prior to the Springdale review.
Then on the 20'th and 22'nd he said it'd be up in a week.

Perhaps he's decided to amuse himself with the callings of his/AT's fan base?

 

[First]

Originally posted by: Rand
I think he's missed a few of his self set deadlines.
At the beginning of May he said an I875P roundup would be up prior to the Springdale review.
Then on the 20'th and 22'nd he said it'd be up in a week.

Perhaps he's decided to amuse himself with the callings of his/AT's fan base?

Actually that date was immediately changed to end of May. Yeah, I know it's June 3rd, but I'm going to be doing a 25-way 865PE/875P roundup instead of just an 875P roundup so

EDIT: Don't worry, the roundup is going to be packed with useful information that should help everyone find the board they're looking for.

 

[IvIaNTiS]

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
EDIT: Don't worry, the roundup is going to be packed with useful information that should help everyone find the board they're looking for.

So when will we see this roundup? I waited two weeks for this roundup. I'm stuck between the IC7, IS7, P4P800, and the Albatron. And I'm also stuck between 3200 or 3500 for memory. I was waiting for your roundup to help me out. Looking forward to it.

 

[First]

Originally posted by: IvIaNTiS

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
EDIT: Don't worry, the roundup is going to be packed with useful information that should help everyone find the board they're looking for.

So when will we see this roundup? I waited two weeks for this roundup. I'm stuck between the IC7, IS7, P4P800, and the Albatron. And I'm also stuck between 3200 or 3500 for memory. I was waiting for your roundup to help me out. Looking forward to it.

How about this...if I don't post this 25-way (maybe even more) 865PE/875P roundup by Friday, June 13th I will send you, free of charge, any P4 motherboard you like. OK?

 

[Vonkhan]

june 13th??? maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan ... hurry up before my grilfriend and dog and landlord and insurance gobble up my paycheck!!! i need to buy one fast!

 

[IvIaNTiS]

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb

Originally posted by: IvIaNTiS

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
EDIT: Don't worry, the roundup is going to be packed with useful information that should help everyone find the board they're looking for.

So when will we see this roundup? I waited two weeks for this roundup. I'm stuck between the IC7, IS7, P4P800, and the Albatron. And I'm also stuck between 3200 or 3500 for memory. I was waiting for your roundup to help me out. Looking forward to it.

How about this...if I don't post this 25-way (maybe even more) 865PE/875P roundup by Friday, June 13th I will send you, free of charge, any P4 motherboard you like. OK?

Deal! :beer:

 

[anomaly]

I think I chose the wrong mobo when I ordered yesterday =/ I got an IC7 instead of a P4P800. Im going to kick myself if the P4P ends up performing better than the IC7 once the bios's mature =(

 

[amcdonald]

Give him a break, he's in the IT field.
Deadlines schmeadlines.

 

[Rand]

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb

Originally posted by: IvIaNTiS

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
EDIT: Don't worry, the roundup is going to be packed with useful information that should help everyone find the board they're looking for.

So when will we see this roundup? I waited two weeks for this roundup. I'm stuck between the IC7, IS7, P4P800, and the Albatron. And I'm also stuck between 3200 or 3500 for memory. I was waiting for your roundup to help me out. Looking forward to it.

How about this...if I don't post this 25-way (maybe even more) 865PE/875P roundup by Friday, June 13th I will send you, free of charge, any P4 motherboard you like. OK?

In that case, please take all the time you want
Seriously though a 25-way roundup sounds very nice indeed. I may have already purchased the P4P800 Deluxe by then but it'll no doubt make for interesting reading.

 

[First]

Originally posted by: Rand

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb

Originally posted by: IvIaNTiS

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
EDIT: Don't worry, the roundup is going to be packed with useful information that should help everyone find the board they're looking for.

So when will we see this roundup? I waited two weeks for this roundup. I'm stuck between the IC7, IS7, P4P800, and the Albatron. And I'm also stuck between 3200 or 3500 for memory. I was waiting for your roundup to help me out. Looking forward to it.

How about this...if I don't post this 25-way (maybe even more) 865PE/875P roundup by Friday, June 13th I will send you, free of charge, any P4 motherboard you like. OK?

In that case, please take all the time you want
Seriously though a 25-way roundup sounds very nice indeed. I may have already purchased the P4P800 Deluxe by then but it'll no doubt make for interesting reading.

Actually, the P4P800 Deluxe is a great choice anyway.

 

[oldfart]

Originally posted by: anomaly
I think I chose the wrong mobo when I ordered yesterday =/ I got an IC7 instead of a P4P800. Im going to kick myself if the P4P ends up performing better than the IC7 once the bios's mature =(

You did fine. The IC7 is a great mobo. Use the version 13 BIOS.

 

[cmdrdredd]

may I ask why you're doing a 865 and 875 roundup together? Many people know that the 875 is faster and has more features in general, but the 865 is in a more attractive pricerange and I'd much rather see a roundup of the two chipsets seperately to get a feel for what is available for the 865PE.

Just a thought.

 

[First]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
may I ask why you're doing a 865 and 875 roundup together? Many people know that the 875 is faster and has more features in general, but the 865 is in a more attractive pricerange and I'd much rather see a roundup of the two chipsets seperately to get a feel for what is available for the 865PE.

Just a thought.

We have received updated BIOSes for several 865PE motherboards that exactly match and even surpass many 875P motherboards in performance.

 

[shoman94]

Make sure you use bios R1.04a for the AX4C-Max......

 

[First]

Originally posted by: shoman94
Make sure you use bios R1.04a for the AX4C-Max......

Yup, already done. You have no idea how feverishly I'm working right now.

 

[shoman94]

Curious...how many are you running at once during a review like that...with so many boards.......

 

[Rand]

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
may I ask why you're doing a 865 and 875 roundup together? Many people know that the 875 is faster and has more features in general, but the 865 is in a more attractive pricerange and I'd much rather see a roundup of the two chipsets seperately to get a feel for what is available for the 865PE.

Just a thought.

We have received updated BIOSes for several 865PE motherboards that exactly match and even surpass many 875P motherboards in performance.

Interesting, we've all seen and/or read about the P4P800's Canterwood-like performance, it'd be quite the showing if more boards were to offer equivalent performance to the Canterwood.

 

[First]

Originally posted by: Rand

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
may I ask why you're doing a 865 and 875 roundup together? Many people know that the 875 is faster and has more features in general, but the 865 is in a more attractive pricerange and I'd much rather see a roundup of the two chipsets seperately to get a feel for what is available for the 865PE.

Just a thought.

We have received updated BIOSes for several 865PE motherboards that exactly match and even surpass many 875P motherboards in performance.

Interesting, we've all seen and/or read about the P4P800's Canterwood-like performance, it'd be quite the showing if more boards were to offer equivalent performance to the Canterwood.

Yes, after hours of testing it was quite a surprise to see that 875P was basically nothing more than an 865PE with ECC support. Perhaps we'll discover something new during the next week of testing.

 

[Rand]

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Yes, after hours of testing it was quite a surprise to see that 875P was basically nothing more than an 865PE with ECC support. Perhaps we'll discover something new during the next week of testing.

Any comments on MSI's 865PE Neo2-FIS2R?
It's still hanging in there as a distant second to Asus' P4P800 Deluxe for me.

 

[shoman94]

ah ah ah.......you have to wait for the review....

 

[First]

Originally posted by: Rand

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Yes, after hours of testing it was quite a surprise to see that 875P was basically nothing more than an 865PE with ECC support. Perhaps we'll discover something new during the next week of testing.

Any comments on MSI's 865PE Neo2-FIS2R?
It's still hanging in there as a distant second to Asus' P4P800 Deluxe for me.

Yeah, don't get it. It's not a bad board at all, it's just that ASUS's P4P800 Deluxe is a significantly better deal for what you get in terms of features, performance, and cost. Even though the P4C800 (875P) series was not impressive at all, ASUS really hit the jackpot with the P4P800 series (Deluxe model in particular).

 

[ShoNuff]

There is no love expressed in this thread for the GA-8KNXP.:| Evan, c'mon maaaaaaan, drop a bomb on your fan base here at ol' Anandtech and pick this board as the best of breed.

 

[thatsright]

Well EVAN, I'm not sure if you can make suggestions in here, but....... I just ordered the ABIT IC7, and then of course a few hours after that, for the 1st time did I hear about the Awesome performance of the Asus P4P800 Deluxe. Now I don't even have the IC7 here yet, but I am already thinking of returning it and getting the Asus board. Which would you say is the best board in terms of performance? How about in terms of overclocking performance/potential?

Thanks a lot.

 

[Harabecw]

Just wondering, is the Gigabyte 8IPE1000/MK board in the comparison? I ordered it (nothing else to choose here, heh) and I'd like to see whats the best bios for it.