P67 vs H67

QuackPot · 6 Jan 2011 at 00:27

So I hear there's a few differences between the P67 and H67 motherboards. P67 being better for overclocking but the H67 has the fast video encoding feature.

But is there any other major (and minor) differences between the two that everyone should know?

fizban1980 · 6 Jan 2011 at 10:27

If I`m correct you cant overclock on H67 MB while you cant use onboard graphics on P67 MB.

NathWraith · 6 Jan 2011 at 11:34

H67 - No OCing, onboard GFX
P67 - OCing, no onboard GFX

P67 are the higher end boards designed for mulit GPU, high OC setups.

H67 are designed for lower end systems for home theatres and general use etc.

QuackPot · 6 Jan 2011 at 11:35

I really hope the Quick Sync rumours turn out to be false. If they were I'd certainly buy a P8P67 Pro instead of waiting until the other motherboards come out later in this year.

DeadMan · 6 Jan 2011 at 11:46

Not forgetting Q67 Intel AMT, no overclocking, Onboard GFX

shephga · 6 Jan 2011 at 16:54

Not sure if it's been posted elsewhere yet but -

Simply and disappointingly -

P67 boards disable the video transcoding power of the chip, H67 boards enable the video transcoding power of the chip.

http://www.techradar.com/news/compu...-sandy-bridge-video-transcoder-****-up-919110

Prob wont stop me but has taken the shine of my future purchase a little, not that I do much video transcoding but would be nice to have seeing as I've paid for the cpu.

QuackPot · 6 Jan 2011 at 19:20

I read on another forum that the Quicksync only works when the CPU graphics are in use. So does that mean the H67 users can only use Quicksync when they are using the onboard CPU graphics?

shephga · 6 Jan 2011 at 19:27

QuackPot said:
I read on another forum that the Quicksync only works when the CPU graphics are in use. So does that mean the H67 users can only use Quicksync when they are using the onboard CPU graphics?

Sadly this looks like case

QuackPot · 6 Jan 2011 at 19:38

shephga said:
Sadly this looks like case

I guess CUDA is still better than nothing. I mean Quicksync was a feature I did want but CUDA is still just as good. Plus with CUDA I can still browse the web without my PC getting tied up on transcoding.

Still, I know if I was to buy a P67 motherboard this problem will no doubt be fixed by another, equally priced motherboard in a few months time to which I'll end up kicking myself because of it.

arnell · 6 Jan 2011 at 20:57

th

That's a bit of a bummer, Quick Sync was one of the features i was looking forward to

but as my current system is desperate for an upgrade (P4 3.2) I'm thinking of getting a H67 board and using the on chip graphics, then when they sort the problem out upgrade the motherboard and buy a GPU.

What do you guys think ? Can you use the K series Chip in a H67 Board + is the on chip graphics anygood (got to be better than my nvidia 6600 agp)

Or other option is bugger it get an Asus P8P67 pro, the video encoding will be so much faster than my Pentium 4 it don't matter

Stonedofmoo · 6 Jan 2011 at 21:20

Well according to Anandtech there will be a 'Z67' in Q2 which combines the best of both chipset types so that's probably the one to get.

Fire Wizard · 6 Jan 2011 at 22:10

QuackPot said:
I really hope the Quick Sync rumours turn out to be false. If they were I'd certainly buy a P8P67 Pro instead of waiting until the other motherboards come out later in this year.

They aren't really rumours since this has all been addressed in the reviews. If you want to use SandyBridge's on-die GPU, the only way to do so at this current point in time is by using the H67 chipset. However, P67 is the only chipset that supports CPU overclocking. This means if you would like to use the on-die GPU but also overclock the CPU, you're going to have to wait till the Z68 chipset arrives which will enable you to take advantage of both aspects. Otherwise, you're going to have to sacrifice one for the other, unfortunately.

jonneymendoza · 6 Jan 2011 at 22:53

that sucks

Ken · 6 Jan 2011 at 22:53

Fire Wizard said:
They aren't really rumours since this has all been addressed in the reviews. If you want to use SandyBridge's on-die GPU, the only way to do so at this current point in time is by using the H67 chipset. However, P67 is the only chipset that supports CPU overclocking. This means if you would like to use the on-die GPU but also overclock the CPU, you're going to have to wait till the Z67 chipset arrives which will enable you to take advantage of both aspects. Otherwise, you're going to have to sacrifice one for the other, unfortunately.

How does the Z67 differ to the Z68?

And how come your P67 MSI range states the following in each specification?

- Support for Intel HD 2000/3000 Graphics with GPU overclocking support

the1gooner · 6 Jan 2011 at 22:54

Well wait it is then for Z67, by which time it will be good to see what AMD bring to the table.

Fire Wizard · 6 Jan 2011 at 22:59

Ken said:
How does the Z67 differ to the Z68?

My apologies, Z67 was a typo and I was meant to have typed Z68.

And how come your P67 MSI range states the following in each specification?

I'm afraid I don't work for Overclockers so I can't really answer that.

Ken · 6 Jan 2011 at 23:01

Sorry - stupidly assumed you did after seeing your avatar

Fire Wizard · 8 Jan 2011 at 00:30

Ken said:
Sorry - stupidly assumed you did after seeing your avatar

Hehe, no worries.

In case anyone is interested, while at the moment you cannot use Quick Sync if you have connected a discrete graphics card, it appears there will be a solution to this shortly, which you can read about in this article here.