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[Nov 18, 2008] Manufacturers Launch Intel X58 Motherboards
[Oct 16, 2008] Manufacturers Launch GeForce 9300 Motherboards
[Oct 15, 2008] nVidia Launches GeForce 9400/9300 Chipsets
[Oct 03, 2008] EVGA Launches nForce 790i SLI FTW Mainboard
[Aug 26, 2008] MSI Launches ‘P45-D8 Memory Lover’ Motherboard
[Aug 06, 2008] AMD Launches 760 GX Chipset
[Jul 31, 2008] Gigabyte Unveils EP45-Extreme Motherboard Series
[Jul 10, 2008] ASUS Launches ROG Rampage Extreme Motherboard
[Jun 25, 2008] ASUS Launches ROG Maximus II Formula Motherboard
[Jun 04, 2008] Biostar Rolls Out TPower I45 Motherboard
[May 19, 2008] Gigabyte Presents EP45 Extreme
[May 15, 2008] VIA Intros EPIA PX5000EG Pico-ITX Board
[May 12, 2008] Biostar Intros TPower N750 Motherboard
[Apr 17, 2008] Tyan's Tempest S5396 is Qualified Under IQSB Program
[Apr 10, 2008] Abit Releases A-S78H Motherboard

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Manufacturers Launch Intel X58 Motherboards
Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 18, 2008 - 7:11 PM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info:
Motherboard

See below a list with the manufacturers that already launched motherboards based on Intel X58 chipset for the newest Intel Core i7 processors.

ASUS

ECS

EVGA

Gigabyte

MSI

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Manufacturers Launch GeForce 9300 Motherboards
Author: Cássio Lima Date: October 16, 2008 - 10:07 AM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info:
Motherboard

See below a list with the manufacturers that already launched motherboards based on nVidia GeForce 9300 chipset.

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nVidia Launches GeForce 9400/9300 Chipsets
Author: Cássio Lima Date: October 15, 2008 - 10:50 AM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info: http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html
Motherboard

nVidia has just introduced its first chipsets for the Intel platform to support Hybrid SLI: GeForce 9300 and GeForce 9400. Both chipsets feature on-board video with a DirectX 10 engine and are single-chip solutions. The only difference between them is the clock rate under their graphics engine run. On the table below we compare the basic specs from these two new chipsets. 

Chipset

GeForce 9400

GeForce 9300

GPU Clock

580 MHz

450 MHz

Graphics Processors

16

16

Graphics Processors Clock

1,400 MHz

1,200 MHz

DirectX

10

10

Shader Model

4.0

4.0

FSB

1,333 MHz

1,333 MHz

DDR2

800 MHz

800 MHz

DDR3

1,333 MHz

1,333 MHz

PCI Express

2.0

2.0

USB 2.0 Ports

12

12

SATA-300 Ports

6

6

RAID

0, 1, 0+1, 5

0, 1, 0+1, 5

ATA-133 Ports

No

No

Hybrid SLI

GeForce Boost

GeForce Boost

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EVGA Launches nForce 790i SLI FTW Mainboard
Author: Cássio Lima Date: October 3, 2008 - 11:07 AM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info: http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=132-YW-E180-A1&family=Mot...
Motherboard

EVGA has just launched nForce 790i SLI FTW mainboard, as its own name implies, it is based on the latest high-end chipset from nVidia for the Intel platform. What is new on nForce 790i compared to its predecessor, 780i, is the support for DDR3 memories and PCI Express 2.0 support generated by the chipset itself. This EVGA mainboard supports Intel 45-nm processors based on socket 775 and DDR3 memories up to 2,000 MHz (8 GB max), has three PCI Express x16 slots, two PCI Express x1 slots, two PCI slots, nine SATA-300 ports, tem USB 2.0 ports (six soldered on the rear panel and four available thru I/O brackets), two Gigabit Ethernet ports, two Firewire ports and it has other features like on-board CMOS clear, reset and power switches (which are quite convenient for overclockers), a POST (Power On Self Test) diagnostics display, advanced 8-phase voltage regulator, 100% solid state capacitors, 100% ferrite core chokes and BIOS for extended range voltage settings. It’s MSRP is of USD 339.99.


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MSI Launches ‘P45-D8 Memory Lover’ Motherboard
Author: Cássio Lima Date: August 26, 2008 - 8:15 AM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info: http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=newsdesc&news_no=652
Motherboard

MSI has launched ‘P45-D8 Memory Lover’, a motherboard equipped with eight memory slots, four of them used by DDR2 memories (up to 16 GB) and the four remaining used by DDR3 memories (up to 8 GB). So you can use your DDR2 memories on this board and as soon as DDR3 price declines you can upgrade to this technology by just replacing the memories. P45-8D Memory Lover is also equipped with one PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot, one PCI Express x1 slot, three PCI slots, 8-channel high-definition audio and a heat-pipe installed on north bridge and south bridge chips. No word about pricing and availability.


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AMD Launches 760 GX Chipset
Author: Cássio Lima Date: August 6, 2008 - 10:53 AM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~1274...
Motherboard

AMD has just launched 790 GX chipset equipped with ATI Radeon HD 3300 graphics engine and supporting Advanced Clock Calibration (ACC), a technology that optimizes overclocking potential of Phenom processors. AMD 790 GX also supports Hybrid CrossFireX and CrossFireX, HyperTransport 3.0, Cool'nQuiet 2.0 and Unified Video Decoder (UVD) technologies. Paired with SB750 south bridge, 790 GX chipset supports 12 USB ports and six SATA-300 (RAID 0,1,5 and 10) ports.

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Gigabyte Unveils EP45-Extreme Motherboard Series
Author: Cássio Lima Date: July 31, 2008 - 9:31 AM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
Motherboard

Gigabyte has officially unveiled EP45-Extreme motherboard series targeted to overclocking enthusiasts. Two boards were launched within this new series: GA-EP45T-EXTREME e GA-EP45-EXTREME. The only difference between them is that the former supports only DDR3 up to 1,900 MHz, while the latter supports only DDR2 up to 1,600 MHz. Both boards are based on Intel P45 chipset (with Intel ICH10R south bridge), support FSB up to 1,600 MHz, two PCI Express x16 slots (one of them running a x8), one PCI Express x4 slot, one PCI Express x1 slot, three PCI slots, six SATA-300 ports, one IDE port, one floppy disk port, two Gigabit Ethernet ports and they support up to 12 USB 2.0 and three Firewire (IEEE1394a) ports.

On the audio section a Realtek ALC889A codec is used. It features a 106 dB signal-to-noise ratio, 7.1+2 channels (translation: besides the 8-channel surround sound, it features an extra stereo channel, usually used for audio streaming) and DTS Connect compatibility (i.e. Blu-Ray and HD-DVD audio compatibility).

Motherboards from EP45-Extreme series also have a myriad of overclocking options and a copper heat-pipe used for liquid and traditional cooling.

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ASUS Launches ROG Rampage Extreme Motherboard
Author: Cássio Lima Date: July 10, 2008 - 8:12 AM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info: http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=12040
Motherboard

ASUS has just unveiled ROG Rampage Extreme, a motherboard targeted to overclocking enthusiasts based on Intel X48 chipset. This motherboard has a myriad of overclocking options that can be adjusted on-the-fly through a joystick-like control without entering the BIOS Setup. ROG Rampage Extreme also has a LCD POST display and comes with an add-on sound card called SupremeFX X-Fi based on an Analog Devices ADI2000B codec, which is connected to a PCI Express x1 slot. Its MSRP isn’t available yet. See the specs for this new ASUS motherboard below.

  • CPU Support: Intel Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo/Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron 400 Series/Celeron D Processor
  • FSB Support: up to 1,600 MHz
  • Chipsets: Intel X48/ICH9R
  • Socket: LGA 775
  • Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets up to DDR3-2000 MHz (8 GB max.)
  • PCI-E x16 2.0 slots: 2
  • PCI-E x1 slots: 3
  • PCI 2.2 slots: 2
  • SATA-300 ports: 8
  • e-SATA ports: 1
  • Parallel IDE ports: 1
  • On-board LAN: Two Gigabit Ethernet ports
  • USB 2.0 ports: 12
  • Firewire (IEEE1394) ports: 2

ASUS ROG Rampage Extreme
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ASUS Launches ROG Maximus II Formula Motherboard
Author: Cássio Lima Date: June 25, 2008 - 11:40 AM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info: http://usa.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=11877
Motherboard

ASUS has just launched ROG Maximus II Formula, a motherboard targeted to gamers based on Intel P45 chipset. This motherboard comes with an add-on sound card called SupremeFX X-Fi based on an Analog Devices ADI2000B codec, which is connected to a PCI Express x1 slot. The ROG Maximus II Formula MSRP is USD 289. See the specs for this new ASUS motherboard below.

  • CPU Support: Intel Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo/Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron 400 Series/Celeron D Processor
  • FSB Support: up to 1,600 MHz
  • Chipsets: Intel P45/ICH10R
  • Socket: LGA 775
  • Memory: Four DDR2-DIMM sockets up to DDR2-1200 MHz (max. 16 GB)
  • PCI-E x16 2.0 slots: 2
  • PCI-E x1 slots: 3
  • PCI 2.2 slots: 2
  • SATA-300 ports: 8
  • e-SATA ports: 2
  • Parallel IDE ports: 1
  • On-board LAN: Two Gigabit Ethernet ports
  • USB 2.0 ports: 12
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Biostar Rolls Out TPower I45 Motherboard
Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: June 4, 2008 - 7:56 AM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info: http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/t-power/content.php?S_ID=365
Motherboard Biostar releases the motherboard TPower I45, based on the Intel P45 chipset. It is designed to overclock and with 'Cooler Harbor’ Thermal noiseles solution. Check the specifications:

  • CPU Support: Intel Core2 Extreme/Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo/Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron 400 Series/Celeron D Processor
  • FSB Support: 1600MHz
  • Chipset: Intel P45/ICH10R
  • Socket: LGA 775
  • Memory: DDR2 1066MHz x 4
  • PCI-E x16 Gen. 2: x2 (Crossfire 2x PCI-E x8)
  • PCI-E x1 Gen.2: x2
  • SATA II 3Gb/s: x6
  • e-SATA II 3Gb/s: 2
  • GbE: 1
  • USB2.0: x10
  • RAID: 1, 5, 10
  • Audio: 8+2 Channel HD Audio
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Gigabyte Presents EP45 Extreme
Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: May 19, 2008 - 7:09 AM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Default.aspx
Motherboard

Gigabyte has released pictures and specifications of the new motherboard EP45 Extreme, based on Intel P45. Schedule to be launched by end of June, the new mobo supportsIntel Core 2 Multi Core and 45nm processors with FSB 1600 MHz.

It comes with cooling design Pure Copper thermal design featuring Water Cooling. The all pure copper design helps the cooler to efficiently remove the heat from motherboard by the Tower-like heat sink. The hybrid silent pipe features both heatpipe and water cooling technologies.

The mobo has some overclocking friendly features, as more voltage control options (CPU, NB, memory) and finer steps control (20 mV min.). It also provides an onboard quick switch, which power/reset. CIr CMOS buttons located directly on board.

It also has 2 PCI-E 2.0 x16 and PCI-E 2.0 x4 with Quad CrossFire.

p45 gigabyte
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VIA Intros EPIA PX5000EG Pico-ITX Board
Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: May 15, 2008 - 8:14 AM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherbo...
Motherboard VIA Technologies announced the EPIA PX5000EG Pico-ITX board, which features the extremely power efficient 500MHz VIA Eden ULV processor. The Pico-ITX form factor measures a mere 10cm x 7.2cm and includes both LVDS/DVI and VGA support, integrated 5.1 channel audio, fast 100/10 Ethernet, both IDE and S-ATA drive support and up to six USB ports and a COM port. Check more specifications:

  • Processor: VIA C7 1.0GHz NanoBGA2 Processor, VIA Eden ULV 500MHz NanoBGA2
  • Chipset: VIA VX700 Unified Digital Media IGP chipset
  • System Memory:     1 x DDR2 533 SODIMM socket up to 1GB
  • Onboard IDE: 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 connector (2.0 mm 44-pin header)
  • Onboard Serial ATA: 1 x SATA connector
  • Onboard LAN: 1 x VIA VT6106S 10/100 Mbps Ethernet controller
  • Onboard Audio: VIA VT1708A High Definition Audio Codec

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Biostar Intros TPower N750 Motherboard
Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: May 12, 2008 - 7:17 AM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info: http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/t-power/content.php?S_ID=351
Motherboard Biostar has launched a new motherboard series called TPower, indicated for demanding users. The TPower N750 features the 'Hybrid Space-Pipe', a 'revolution of cooling concept', says Biostar. The solution  combined with 'Cooler Harbor' and 'V-Pipe' delivers an advanced thermal performance and noise level reduction.

  • CPU Support: Supports AMD Phenom Series/Athlon 64/X2/64/FX/Sempron Processors
  • Chipset: NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI
  • Socket: AM2+
  • HT 3.0: Up to 5.2G
  • PCI-E x16 2.0: X 2 (SLI x8)
  • PCI-E x1 2.0: X 1
  • PCI: X 3
  • GbE: X 1
  • SATAII: X 6
  • RAID: 0,1,5, 0+1
  • USB 2.0: X 10 support
  • Integrated Video: nForce 750a SLI Chipset
  • Integrated Audio: 8+2 Channel HD Audio
  • DVI: X 1
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Tyan's Tempest S5396 is Qualified Under IQSB Program
Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: April 17, 2008 - 8:25 AM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info: http://www.tyan.com/product_board_detail.aspx?pid=580
Motherboard

TYAN Tempest S5396 is now qualified under the Intel Qualified Server Board (IQSB) program. The platform supports the latest multi-core Intel Xeon Processor 5400 Series up to 1333MHz front side bus, with up to 12MB of L2 cache. The S5393 also features  FB-DIMM memory slots with a maximum capacity of 64 GB, PCI-E 2.0, PCI Express x16 slots, PCI Express x8 slot, PCI-X 64-bit 133Mhz slots and PCI 32-bit 33Mhz slot. Also featured on the S5393 are GbE LAN, SATA2, SAS ports and onboard XGI Z9S graphics controller. Server Management is supported with the optional addition of the SMDC M3295-2 or M3296 cards.


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Abit Releases A-S78H Motherboard
Author: Alessandra Carneiro Date: April 10, 2008 - 9:15 AM PST
Category: Motherboard
More Info: http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMOD...
Motherboard

Abit has announced the A-S78H MD platform motherboard, supporting ATI Hybrid CrossFireX Technology. Based on the AMD 780G chipset, the mobo comes with ATI Radeon HD3200 Graphics and the SB700. It supports AMD AM2+/AM2 processors running HT3.0 up to 5200MT/s and a maximum of 8GB memory capacity for Dual Channel DDR2 1066 modules. It also features 1 x PCI-E X16, 1 x PCI-E X1, and 2 x PCI slots and audio 5.1-Channel HD.

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