The final High End article is basically complete. We had to test every board again due to the improvements in CrossFire performance from the 6.11 drivers. In fact, some game scores improved up to 11%. All boards have been retested and the scores in the final article will reflect the new driver results but overall the ranking of the boards did not change.
The issue at this time is P4 compatibility. We did our initial tests with a new 915 to ensure the boards were working as advertised. Over the past month we have received and verified user issues with older Presslers (920/930) and Smithfields (820/840) on several of the boards we have tested. The majority of issues deal with 1:1 memory compatibility when overclocking, low FSB overclocks compared to the 975X, hard drive recognition issues, and the list continues although most are very minor.
We would like your opinion on this matter. Would you rather see the article now (Monday) and a follow-up on these issues along with the tech support summary in a week or so or wait for the full article on the 12th. I am going to Taiwan next week to attend a conference but will meet with several of the motherboard engineering groups to talk about these issues. I spent the better part of last week at the US offices discussing product plans, reader issues, and technical support that led into face to face meetings next week.
I personally apologize for the delay but we wanted to address as many issues as possible before the Editors Choice awards. I never thought the initial issues we investigated would cause this type of delay and several have been corrected through BIOS releases already but we wanted to make sure we covered all the bases. In doing so, we created another issue about not getting our review posted in a reasonable time.
Thank you.
The issue at this time is P4 compatibility. We did our initial tests with a new 915 to ensure the boards were working as advertised. Over the past month we have received and verified user issues with older Presslers (920/930) and Smithfields (820/840) on several of the boards we have tested. The majority of issues deal with 1:1 memory compatibility when overclocking, low FSB overclocks compared to the 975X, hard drive recognition issues, and the list continues although most are very minor.
We would like your opinion on this matter. Would you rather see the article now (Monday) and a follow-up on these issues along with the tech support summary in a week or so or wait for the full article on the 12th. I am going to Taiwan next week to attend a conference but will meet with several of the motherboard engineering groups to talk about these issues. I spent the better part of last week at the US offices discussing product plans, reader issues, and technical support that led into face to face meetings next week.
I personally apologize for the delay but we wanted to address as many issues as possible before the Editors Choice awards. I never thought the initial issues we investigated would cause this type of delay and several have been corrected through BIOS releases already but we wanted to make sure we covered all the bases. In doing so, we created another issue about not getting our review posted in a reasonable time.
Thank you.
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