Intel?s Bearlake X and Bearlake Q chipsets ...
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It seems people overwhelmingly preferr USB to PS/2. I see ten times as many USB mice available as I do PS/2.
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How much cost saving would there be to manufacture a mobo ( today ) without : PS/2, serial, parallel, PATA, FDD controller, PCI ?
Actually, I wouldn't mind buying it.
How much cost saving would there be to manufacture a mobo ( today ) without : PS/2, serial, parallel, PATA, FDD controller, PCI ?
Actually, I wouldn't mind buying it.
Originally posted by: n7
15% boost because of a new chipset
I'd say more like because of the increased FSB/RAM speed...but i guess we'll see.
Seems a bit too good to be true though...
Does not sound too unreasonable. Remember back in the days of the Athlon XP and the Nforce 2. Going from generic chipset to the Nforce 2 was a phenomenal performance gain.
Originally posted by: n7
15% boost because of a new chipset
I'd say more like because of the increased FSB/RAM speed...but i guess we'll see.
Seems a bit too good to be true though...
I agree
DDR3... Now I feel way behind.
It's about time someone finally trashed parallel and PS/2 ports. The only concern I would have is that the BIOS would have stable support of any USB keyboard. I've tried to use USB keyboards with a few BIOSes and they just didn't work with my G15 board.
Imagine what kind of CPU cooling possibilities this has. With no parallel or serial or PS/2 ports, you would only have 4-6 USB ports, LAN, firewire, maybe sound on the board. That leaves a lot of space directly behind the CPU to exhaust hot air like some video cards do now.
It's about time someone finally trashed parallel and PS/2 ports. The only concern I would have is that the BIOS would have stable support of any USB keyboard. I've tried to use USB keyboards with a few BIOSes and they just didn't work with my G15 board.
Imagine what kind of CPU cooling possibilities this has. With no parallel or serial or PS/2 ports, you would only have 4-6 USB ports, LAN, firewire, maybe sound on the board. That leaves a lot of space directly behind the CPU to exhaust hot air like some video cards do now.
Originally posted by: n7
15% boost because of a new chipset
I'd say more like because of the increased FSB/RAM speed...but i guess we'll see.
Seems a bit too good to be true though...
Improved memory controller maybe? That is the main performance impact a chipset can make, I think.
I remember the 845/865 chipsets had much better performance than the (for eg.) VIA P4M266 chipset, back in the day.
With almost every aftermarket (non-HP/Dell/Gateway) mouse usb, i'm always shocked to see people using those little green usb/ps2 converters. if they wanted you to use the ps2 port, they wouldnt have made the mouse usb. bah. im glad theyre getting stripped.
lopri
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Well, even if the board doesn't have a built-in legacy ports, it's always possible that vendors will provide those through PCI-brackets and on-board connectors. And there is a way to connect the legacy stuff via converters. I wouldn't worry too much about it. By the time this board comes out, folks who dish out for new tech (DDR3, yay!) will probably prefer more modern I/O system anyway. More USB, Firewire, and eSATA. Even external PCI-E spec has been finalized now.
Regarding the performance gain of 15%, I'm having a hard time believing it unless they're talking about synthetics such as Sandra et. al. Especially considering that a same CPU/freqency should be assumed. Then again, we don't know what apps they're talking about so yeah, I guess anything is possible.
I love the look of Biostar boards. One thing I don't quite understand is why the 'Deluxe' version needs such a heavy HSF cooling mechanism when the 'plain' version doesn't. I looked at the specs and they both use the same NB/SB sans the missing RAID on the plain one.
Regarding the performance gain of 15%, I'm having a hard time believing it unless they're talking about synthetics such as Sandra et. al. Especially considering that a same CPU/freqency should be assumed. Then again, we don't know what apps they're talking about so yeah, I guess anything is possible.
I love the look of Biostar boards. One thing I don't quite understand is why the 'Deluxe' version needs such a heavy HSF cooling mechanism when the 'plain' version doesn't. I looked at the specs and they both use the same NB/SB sans the missing RAID on the plain one.
I use my keyboard via PS/2 because it saves a USB port.
If they replace PS/2 ports with more USB, then obviously there is no issue, and I would use it via USB instead.
Sweet set, that thing will rock. About time they killed off PS2 and LPT. Now we just need the DDR3 to go with it.
fleshconsumed
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No PS/2 ports sucks.
First, Logitech UltraX keyboard only comes with PS/2 port, and there is no way I'm abandoning that keyboard, it simply rules. Two, I'm using KVM switches, and PS2 versions are dirt cheap ranging from $50 down to $10 for two port versions. USB KVMs are waaaay more expensive.
First, Logitech UltraX keyboard only comes with PS/2 port, and there is no way I'm abandoning that keyboard, it simply rules. Two, I'm using KVM switches, and PS2 versions are dirt cheap ranging from $50 down to $10 for two port versions. USB KVMs are waaaay more expensive.
hey wtf. my wireless keyboard and mouse use ps/2.and usb keyboard does not work for me since they don't work in grub.
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