G45 and G43 Chipset Based Motherboards? Anyone seen dates for release?

[Glenn]

My patience is wearing out on this release! I haven't seen anything new about these chipsets since the Cebit show and tells. Has anyone seen or heard when they will be in the pipeline for sale?

 

[AmberClad]

One delay after another. They found some issues with the PCIe 2.0 compatibility. Last word was that release is slated for June, I think?

 

[Zap]

IIRC there's also a problem with the graphics core.

The interesting thing is that, after all this time, there are finally more G35 chipset boards than just from Asus.

Hmmm...

 

[Glenn]

Thanks for the updates. I've been using the G33M-DS2R Gigabyte boards but those are all gone now so I'm in search of a steady long term replacement for my business builds.

 

[AmberClad]

There's the newly released Intel G35.

 

[IntelUser2000]

It was originally slated for June release, but the delays will probably put the launch in July. The driver that's necessary to support the G45 will be out any week now, so its mostly the hardware problem at this point.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Glenn
I've been using the G33M-DS2R Gigabyte boards but those are all gone now so I'm in search of a steady long term replacement for my business builds.

The G33M-S2L is still available.

What do you need for your business builds? I've been pretty happy with the Asus P5K-VM boards, plus just got a Gigabyte G31M-S2L and it seems decent. The Asus P5E-VM boards seem pretty popular too.

 

[erobles]

Zap, have you tried overclocking the g31m-s2l? I'm intesrested in this board paired with e2180.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: erobles
Zap, have you tried overclocking the g31m-s2l? I'm intesrested in this board paired with e2180.

No. It is currently in a slimline case (not much ventilation) with an E6550. It is going to be used at ACEN next month, after which I'll have more time to play with it. According to Newegg reviews the board is reasonably overclockable.

Regarding your E2180, if the board is like other Gigabyte boards you will want to do a BSEL mod to it, otherwise you won't have access to the lowest memory multiplier. You'll need that low memory multiplier to be able to hit higher FSB.

 

[Glenn]

The g31s will overclock as well as the p35 boards if you have the onboard video disabled. They wont take much if you are using the onboard video though- maybe a 20% overclock is max. I've used all these boards over the past year but the one I have used the most was the G33-DS2R because of all the internal headers for usb and firewire. Part of my sales pitch is multiple front usb ports that are easy to get too compared to cookie cutter systems.

The G43/G45 equivilant has been shown at Cebit and fits my needs perfectly. I am sold on the "ultra durable" boards because of the all solid caps etc... . I open up two and three year old systems every day with blown or bulged caps with mysterious spontaneous reboots or other motherboard goblins wreaking interemittent havoc on the systems.

Asus is probably my second choice because the model you listed is all solid caps too but I've had bad luck trusting Asus since the early P4 days. Anyone remeber the P4PE that liked to reboot just any old time, and Asus saying theirs nothing wrong with them? Attitudes like that have cost them alot of my money in the past 5 years and I'm really not over it yet! MSI's seem to be built ok but I haven't really tried any of their newer boards lately.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Glenn
I've used all these boards over the past year but the one I have used the most was the G33-DS2R because of all the internal headers for usb and firewire. Part of my sales pitch is multiple front usb ports that are easy to get too compared to cookie cutter systems.

AFAIK all of the boards that have Firewire have headers for front ports, plus they all have at least 2-3 sets of USB headers.

If you're not overclocking, consider the Intel boards. They have solid caps too, and are often considered stable (though quite boring to enthusiasts).

If you good overclocking, then lacking the Gigabyte boards with Firewire, the Asus board is it. Seems to work as well as any other board.

 

[Skott]

I thought these mobos were due in April and then got delayed till June due to the problems? So now there's another delay putting it past June? I'm kinda confused about the time line here. Can someone set me straight?

 

[Glenn]

I noticed Mwave now has the P45 boards from Asus listed but I still haven't seen anything about a new timeframe for the G45s coming out from anyone?

 

[IntelUser2000]

Skott: April was the timeline for sending the samples to motherboard makers and such. Basically Beta versions.

Looks like the delay will put the launch to mid-July to August.